Four Thousand Weeks

This book by Oliver Burkeman has been genuinely recommended 5 times across 3 different shows: Diary of a CEO, Joe Rogan, Tim Ferriss. The people who vouched for it on air: Chris Williamson, Matthew Hussey, Tim Ferriss. It comes up in conversations about consciousness, depression & mood, exercise & strength, fasting, meditation & mindfulness. The earliest recommendation we indexed is from Mar 2022 and the most recent from Oct 2022. Every quote below is verbatim, attributed, and linked to the exact second it was said. Sourced expert opinion, not medical advice.

The average human lifespan is absurdly, outrageously, insultingly brief: if you live to 80, you have about four thousand weeks on earth. How should we use them best? Of course, nobody needs telling that there isn't enough time. We're obsessed by our lengthening to-do lists, our overfilled inboxes, the struggle against distraction, and the sense that our attention spans are shrivelling. Yet we rarely make the conscious connection that these problems only trouble us in the first place thanks to the ultimate time-management problem: the challenge of how best to use our four thousand weeks.

• “I thought Four Thousand Weeks was an exceptional book, and I plan to go back and reread it.”

  Tim Ferriss · The Tim Ferriss Show · Oct 202201:27:21

  Said during "Q&A with Tim, PR and Marketing Lessons, Time Dilation, Selling to the Affluent, and Much More". The episode features Tim Ferriss: Author of The 4-Hour Workweek, 4-Hour Body and 4-Hour Chef, host of The Tim Ferriss Show podcast, early-stage startup investor and advisor to companies including Shopify, Uber and TaskRabbit. Tim Ferriss fields a solo live Q&A on PR, marketing, launching products, selling to the affluent, time dilation, and his personal protocols.

• “yes four thousand weeks by oliver berkman it's a fantastic book everyone should go and check that out if you haven't”

  Why it counts as a recommendation: “it's a fantastic book everyone should go and check that out”
  Chris Williamson · The Joe Rogan Experience · Aug 202200:49:03

  Said during "450k Q&A - Joe Rogan, NoFap & Andrew Tate vs Jordan Peterson". The episode features Chris Williamson: Host of the Modern Wisdom podcast, former club promoter and Love Island contestant, based in Austin, Texas. Chris Williamson answers fan questions about his Joe Rogan appearance, NoFap, fame, dating, discipline, and building Modern Wisdom.

• “4 000 weeks the book oliver berkman great book more highlights in that book and psychology of money than probably any books in recent memory for me”

  Why it counts as a recommendation: “great book more highlights in that book... than probably any books in recent memory for me”
  Tim Ferriss · The Tim Ferriss Show · Aug 202200:20:09

  Said during "Tim Ferriss Q&A: Wealth and Money, Book Recommendations, Advice on Taking Advice, and Much More". The episode features Tim Ferriss: Author of The 4-Hour Workweek and host of The Tim Ferriss Show; angel investor (now focused on climate tech), podcaster, and self-experimenter, here doing a solo live Q&A. Tim Ferriss answers live and pre-submitted listener questions on wealth, money's limits, book recommendations, skill-building, and taking advice wisely.

• “oliver burkman his book for anyone who's struggling with being ready for commitment is a really powerful book you could read that book as a dating book”

  Why it counts as a recommendation: “is a really powerful book”
  Matthew Hussey · The Diary of a CEO · May 202201:23:23

  Said during "Matthew Hussey: The Secret To Building A Perfect Relationship | E142". The episode features Matthew Hussey: New York Times best-selling author and dating coach who runs the world's number one YouTube channel for dating advice. Dating expert Matthew Hussey on why "the one" doesn't exist, chronic pain, vulnerability in men, and building rather than finding love.

• “it's called four thousand weeks that refers to the average lifespan of humans and there's actually a lot of great exploration in this book”

  Why it counts as a recommendation: “there's actually a lot of great exploration in this book ... i end up liking it a lot ... it's a solid book”
  Tim Ferriss · The Tim Ferriss Show · Mar 202200:54:39

  Said during "Tim Ferriss and Matt Mullenweg Get Personal in Antarctica". The episode features Matt Mullenweg: Co-founder of the open-source publishing platform WordPress and founder/CEO of Automattic, the company behind WordPress.com, WooCommerce, Tumblr, and Pocket Casts. A longtime friend of Tim, distributed-work advocate, and avid photographer. Tim Ferriss and Matt Mullenweg record from a tent on an Antarctic glacier, sharing personal reflections on grief, mortality, fear, and meaning.