002: Oliver Burkeman

This week on The One You Feed our guest is Oliver Burkeman. Oliver is a journalist for the Guardian and the author of a wonderful book called The Antotdote: Happiness for People who Hate Positive Thinking. 

 In This Interview Oliver Burkeman and I discuss...

• The One You Feed parable.
• Why you should ask yourself:  "What is the worst thing that could happen".
• Do you have a problem right now?.
• What musterbation is and why you should avoid it.
• Why positive thinking isn't all it's cracked up to be.
• Why focusing too much on your goals can be counterproductive.
• How many wars were started in world history because somebody forgot their coffee in the AM.
• What pop songs can Oliver not get out of his head.
• Why positive thinking abhors a mystery.