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Meditations for Mortals

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Stop trying to sort your life out. Start living.


Our lives can feel defined by the struggle with overwhelm, endless decisions and striving to be productive. Wouldn’t it be good to stop doing all that? What if we could find freedom – and get more of the important things done – by embracing our limitations, and by letting things happen instead of forcing them?

Meditations for Mortals begins with the reality in which we actually find ourselves, not with fantasies of an ideal existence. Reflecting on ideas from philosophy, religion, psychology and self-help, it offers us a powerful and practical new way to do what counts: a guiding outlook Oliver Burkeman calls ‘imperfectionism’.

This book is a profound and liberating crash course in living more fully. It overturns much familiar advice and opens a gateway to a saner, freer and more enchantment-filled life.

‘Full of wisdom and comfort' CHRIS VAN TULLEKEN

‘A practical path toward personal transformation… A must-read' CAL NEWPORT

'If there are two people who have changed my life...then one of them is Oliver Burkeman' PANDORA SYKES

'Oliver Burkeman has a way of giving you the most unexpected productivity advice exactly when you need it’ MARK MANSON

© Oliver Burkeman 2024 (P) Penguin Audio 2024

Critics Review

Thoughtful, level-headed and useful ... a book to meditate upon
The Times
I'm sceptical about self-help - but a four-week 'mind retreat' changed me ... [Meditations for Mortals] teems with good sense, sensibly dispensed
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A bracing read ... I'd bet that his audience will finish it in one sitting ... uplifting
FT
Illuminating ... Burkeman's insight [is] always clear-eyed and jargon-free ... reassuring and constructive
Guardian
Full of wise advice on not getting overburdened by work
The Times
Life-changing
Stylist
Oliver Burkeman has a way of giving you the most unexpected productivity advice exactly when you need it
Mark Manson, author of The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck
Full of wisdom and comfort. I enjoyed every page and read it in a single sitting. This is a really important book about embracing truth and reality
Chris van Tulleken, author of Ultra-Processed People
A very special book. We should all read this - for the sake of our aching world as well as the state of our souls
Krista Tippett, author of Becoming Wise
A practical path towards personal transformation. A must-read
Cal Newport, author of Slow Productivity

User Reviews

Book 5.0
Narration 5.0
Author Oliver Burkeman
Narrator Oliver Burkeman
Duration 4 hours and 6 minutes
Release Date
ISBN 9781529925395
Format Audiobook
Publisher Random House
Genre Assertiveness, motivation, self-esteem and positive mental attitude, Mind, body, spirit: meditation and visualization, Popular philosophy
Collections Helen Bain Recommends
Availability AU, GB, IE
Rating
5.0 (2 reviews)
Narration
5.0 (2 reviews)

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