Episode description

Oliver Burkeman is a Guardian writer based in New York. He writes the weekly psychology-based column This Column Will Change Your Life. He is also the author of The Antidote: Happiness for People Who Can't Stand Positive Thinking.

In this interview, we cover:

• Oliver’s tips for parenting in the age of COVID
• Oliver’s personal method for time management
• How Oliver decides which projects to prioritise
• Oliver’s personal Kanban system to planning his time
• How to overcome procrastination using self-talk
• Strategies for overcoming writer’s block
• How Oliver trick’s his brain into getting into flow
• How Oliver find’s new ideas for his columns every single week
• Oliver’s go-to sources for inspiration and information

Get Oliver’s book The Antidote, follow him on Twitter @oliverburkeman, and check out Oliver’s column for The Guardian.

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