Meditation for mortals
E-book, Czech
Meditation for mortals
Do you really believe the day will come when you have everything under control?
Treat yourself to a four-week 'mental' detox and redirect your attention to where it really matters.
Oliver Burkeman, author of the bestseller *Four Thousand Weeks*, once again goes against the grain – this time deeper, more personally, and more practically.
Oliver Burkeman has a clear message for you: that day will never come. He offers a philosophy of imperfectionism in which our limited time, uncertain future, and endless to-do list are not problems to be solved, but simple realities. Yet, meaning, peace, and joy can flourish within them – precisely when we stop trying in vain to conquer reality.
With his characteristic humour and intellectual precision, Burkeman reveals how the obsession with productivity has become a substitute religion for modern society and how to cure ourselves of it.
In this Melvil book, he will guide you on a journey from accepting your own finiteness, through committing to imperfect action, to living more fully in the present. Each of the twenty-eight chapters offers a change in perspective and a practical step you can try immediately.
In the book, you will learn, among other things:
Accepting human finiteness and limits is not a failure, but the key to freedom.
Treat your to-do list like a restaurant menu – you don't need to choose everything, just what's most important.
A life without any problems wouldn't be an ideal, but a bore without growth.
Embrace 'imperfect hospitality' and deepen relationships without pretence.
Accepting your limits doesn't mean settling for less in life. On the contrary.
What they wrote about the book:
Editing this book was like sitting with a friend who has a sense of humour, is well-read in philosophy, and instead of spouting pleasing clichés, prefers to tell you what you need to hear.
- Vendula Kusá, editor
Burkeman offers a practical path to personal transformation. He'll help you resist the superficial allure of constant busyness and discover the liberating joy in life's limits and imperfections. A must-read.
- Cal Newport, author of *Deep Work* and *Slow Productivity*
Full of wisdom and solace (…). A truly important book about embracing truth and reality that will help many people leave their illusions behind and immerse themselves in real life.
Chris van Tulleken, author of *Ultra-Processed People*
Oliver Burkeman
(* 1975) A British journalist, writer, and speaker with an unmistakable sense of humour and the ability to ask uncomfortable yet liberating questions. His bestseller *Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals* has won over millions of readers worldwide. He studied Social and Political Sciences at the University of Cambridge and has worked as a journalist in London, Washington, and New York. He wrote a popular psychology column for *The Guardian*, in which he wittily commented on new trends in personal development. His writing combines philosophical depth, sincerity, humour, and wisdom, which readers appreciate for its practical application. He currently lives with his family in the North Yorkshire countryside, from where he regularly publishes articles and essays.
Jan Melvil Publishing s.r.o., Roubalova 383/13, 602 00 Brno 2, Česká republika, www.melvil.cz
