Oliver Burkeman
Person on 4 sites
Oliver Burkeman is a British author and journalist.
-
5 facts on wiqqi (opens wiqqi.app)
- Born: 1975 (opens wiqqi.app)
- Books: Help!; The Antidote; Four Thousand Weeks (2021); Meditations for Mortals (opens wiqqi.app)
- Writes: The Imperfectionist newsletter (opens wiqqi.app)
-
2 channels on ppll (opens ppll.app)
-
13 beliefs on korrents (opens korrents.com)
-
Distraction is not something done to you: you turn to it willingly, to escape the discomfort of the thing you actually care about. (opens korrents.com)
“you don’t get dragged away against your will. You surrender willingly.”
-
Blocking apps and personal rules do not cure distraction, because they close the escape route without touching what is being escaped. (opens korrents.com)
“This is why most anti-distraction hacks – web-blocking apps, noise-canceling headphones, personal rules – never seem to work very well.”
-
Work that matters requires tolerating discomfort and boredom rather than escaping into distraction. (opens korrents.com)
“Consider the possibility that mild discomfort – butterflies in the stomach, a sense of difficulty, a moment of boredom – might simply be the price of doing things you care about.”
-
Distraction is not something done to you: you turn to it willingly, to escape the discomfort of the thing you actually care about. (opens korrents.com)
-
5 recommendations on rcmnd (opens rcmnd.app)
-
Smile or Die: How Positive Thinking Fooled America and the World (opens rcmnd.app)
“This is a brilliant political polemic and a critique of the problematic effects of positive thinking.”
-
Awe: The Delights and Dangers of Our Eleventh Emotion (opens rcmnd.app)
“This is an amazing book that sketches out some alternatives to the very shallow and impractical positive-thinking approach to happiness.”
-
Born Losers: A History of Failure in America (opens rcmnd.app)
“This is an historical account of changing attitudes towards failure. Sandage takes American culture as his focus, although I think his insights apply far beyond that.”
-
Smile or Die: How Positive Thinking Fooled America and the World (opens rcmnd.app)