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Oliver Burkeman: “I stared at a painting for 3 hours straight.”

Nudge

15 October 2025 · Marketing & Growth

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Could staring at a painting for three hours make you more productive?

In this episode, I try a strange experiment inspired by bestselling author Oliver Burkeman.

Based on lessons from his book Four Thousand Weeks, I stare at Picasso’s Guernica for three hours.

No phone, no distractions, just a n

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