Meditations for Mortals

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

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

Bracing and refreshing ... This book is both a comfort and a challenge — exactly what our trying times demand

Daniel H. Pink, author of The Power of Regret

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 delightful, engaging, rigorous and reassuring book – so intelligent and questing and intimate. I read it in one go. The world would be a better and less frightening place if more people would stop what they are doing and read this book

Cathy Rentzenbrink, author of Write It All Down

A deeply helpful reflection on how to permit our lives a sigh of relief. Moments stopped me in my tracks. Oliver is a steersman through sanity and must be read alongside any attempts at self-improvement

Derren Brown

I'm sceptical about self-help - but a four-week 'mind retreat' changed me ... [Meditations for Mortals] teems with good sense, sensibly dispensed

i

Thoughtful, level-headed and useful ... a book to meditate upon

The Times

Life-changing

Stylist

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

A bracing read ... I'd bet that his audience will finish it in one sitting ... uplifting

FT

A must-read for anyone struggling with perfectionism, imposter syndrome, or feeling in need or direction

Psychologies

If there are two people who have changed my life - or encouraged me to configure it differently - then one of them is Oliver Burkeman ... Insightful and wise

Pandora Sykes