"Get busy living or get busy dying" - time management focuses on endless productivity but that might not be the only thing we should optimize for.\nLife is short and it's easy to run around trying to do everything and missing the important stuff. Overcome existential overwhelm and falling into efficiency traps with the 7 mental models for working on the right priorities and getting stuff done.\nThis episode discusses some of the best lessons from the book "4000 Weeks: Time and how to use it" by Oliver Burkeman.\nWhether you're seeking a fresh perspective on time management, eager to harness your creative potential through deliberate procrastination, or simply yearning for a more fulfilling and purpose-driven life, this episode is your guide to reimagining success on your own terms. Learn to become the main character in your unique story, optimize your precious time, and enrich each moment with profound insights from our thought-provoking episode.\nUncover the secrets that can transform your approach to productivity, and elevate your sense of fulfillment. Take control of your narrative and craft your own path to success.\n- - -\nOn the growth mindset podcast with Sam Webster Harris, we explore the psychology of happiness, satisfaction, purpose, and growth through the lens of self-improvement. Success and happiness is a state of mind unique to ourselves and is our responsibility to create.\nThrough a process of honest self-reflection of what is holding us back and what is driving us forward, we can lose the ego and build awareness of how to be the best we can be.\n- - -\nConnect with Sam Webster Harris\n\U0001f9d8\u200d\u2640\ufe0f Newsletter: https://explosivethinking.substack.com/\n\U0001f426 Twitter: https://twitter.com/samjamharris\n\U0001f4f8 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/samjam.zen/\n- - -\nStay up to date: \U0001f913\U0001f913\U0001f913\n\U0001f4a1 Podsite: https://www.growthmindsetpodcast.com/\nEpic books on growth \U0001f4da\U0001f4da\U0001f410\n\U0001f3c3\u200d\u2640\ufe0f Atomic Habits: https://amzn.to/3O1F5MC\n\U0001f9e0 Mindset, psychology of success: https://amzn.to/42nYDzj\n\U0001f4b0 Psychology of Money: https://amzn.to/3nNnXzs\n- - -\nShow: Growth Mindset, psychology of self-improvement\nEpisode: 7 Time-Management Tools for Mortals\n00:00 Impact of the Efficiency Mindset on Our Lives\n01:32 Questioning the Hustler Mentality\n02:34 7 Insights from 4000 weeks book\n02:59 #1 - Tracing the Roots\n04:42 #2 - Navigating Existential Overwhelm\n06:33 #3 - The Efficiency Trap\n08:00 #4 - Embracing procrastination\xa0\n10:18 ADVERT\n11:23 #5 - Elevating Enjoyment\n13:49 #6 - Stepping into the Spotlight\n15:48 #7 - Enriching your remaining weeks\n17:32 Live Life with only 4,000 Weeks - Time Management for Mortals\nTopics:\nGrowth Mindset, Psychology, Success, Self-Improvement, Time Mastery, Crafting Your Narrative, Efficiency, Productivity, Procrastination, Personal Growth, Unconventional Wisdom, Balanced Success, Embracing Joy, Life Enrichment, Getting Stuff Done, 4000 weeks, Benefits of procrastination, Stopping Procrastination, Oliver Burkeman, time-management for mortals.\n \nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices