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Podcast: Nudge
Episode: Oliver Burkeman: “Most scholars worked for just 4 hours a day”
Description: Why did Charles Darwin, Virginia Woolf, and Henri Poincaré all follow the same four-hour rule? In this episode, bestselling author Oliver Burkeman returns to explain why three to four hours of focused work might be the secret to productivity and peace.Access the bonus episode: https://nudge.kit.com/d4e55ac69dYou’ll learn:The 3–4 hour rule: why it worked for Darwin, Trollope, and Dickens and still works today.How to tackle overwhelming tasks with a simple menta...