Time isn’t something you manage. It’s something you run out of.

And most productivity advice avoids that truth because it’s uncomfortable. In this episode, I break down nine lessons from Oliver Burkeman’s Four Thousand Weeks and look at what finite time really means for creative people.

This isn’t about doing more. It’s about choosing better, accepting limits, and focusing on what actually matters while you still can.

“You can’t do it all. The real work is deciding what not to do.” Carter Ferguson

LINKS
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QUOTES
“You can’t do it all. But you can do what matters.” – Oliver Burkeman
“Don’t count the days, make the days count.” – Muhammad Ali
“The really important kind of freedom involves attention, and awareness, and discipline, and effort, and being able truly to care about other people.” – David Foster Wallace
“You can do anything, but not everything.” – David Allen
“It is not that we have a short time to live, but that we waste a lot of it.” – Seneca
“The difference between successful people and really successful people is that really successful people say no to almost everything.” – Warren Buffett
“Concentrate all your thoughts upon the work at hand. The sun’s rays do not burn until brought to a focus.” – Alexander Graham Bell
“Procrastination is the fear of success.” – Denis Waitley
“Rest when you’re weary. Refresh and renew yourself.” – Ralph Marston
“I am always doing that which I cannot do, in order that I may learn how to do it.” – Pablo Picasso
“Wherever you are, be all there.” – Jim Elliot
“The key to a good life is not the absence of negativity. It is the ability to navigate it.” – Oliver Burkeman

This episode is sponsored by GBM Casting
who have been supplying SAs to the screen and media industry throughout Scotland for over 20 years. We know our people and we know when they’ll fit for you. gbmcasting.co.uk

REFERENCES
Four Thousand Weeks – Oliver Burkeman
Time management for mortals
Finite time
Creative prioritisation
Attention and focus

Please check out my friends shows:
FILM FIGHTS WITH FRIENDS PODCAST with Stephen Koepfer and Paul Varacchi (etc)
THE FILMMAKERS PODCAST with Giles Alderson (etc.)
THE HORROR CUT with Stephen Kerr and Gary Hewitt
WILDE WORLD with David Wilde
FILMMAKING CONVERSATIONS with Damian Swaby

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