647: Cal Newport: How to Break Free from Your Email Inbox

<p>Cal Newport reveals how the rise of email led to a productivity disaster and what we can do to change that.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p><strong>— YOU’LL LEARN —&nbsp;</strong></p><p>1) How email changed the way we work for worse<strong>&nbsp;</strong></p><p>2) Simple strategies for cutting down the email back-and-forth<strong>&nbsp;</strong></p><p>3) Why we feel guilty when we don’t respond—and what to do about it<strong>&nbsp;</strong></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Subscribe or visit</strong> <a href="http://AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep647" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep647</a> for clickable versions of the links below.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p><strong>— ABOUT CAL —&nbsp;</strong></p><p>Cal Newport is an Associate Professor of Computer Science at Georgetown University. In addition to researching cutting­ edge technology, he also writes about the impact of these innovations on our culture. Newport is the author of six books, including the New York Times bestseller, <em>Digital Minimalism</em>, which argues that we should be much more selective about the technologies we adopt in our personal lives, and <em>Deep Work</em>, which argues that focus is the new I.Q. in the modern workplace.<strong>&nbsp;</strong></p><p>Newport’s work has been published in over 25 languages and has been featured in many major publications, including the <em>New York Times</em>, <em>Wall Street Journal</em>, <em>New Yorker</em>, <em>Washington Post</em>, and <em>Economist</em>, and his long-running blog <em>Study Hacks</em>, which receives over 3 million visits a year. He’s also a frequent guest on <em>NPR</em>.<strong>&nbsp;</strong></p><p>• Cal’s book: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/World-Without-Email-Reimagining-Communication/dp/0525536558?tag=petemo-20" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>A World Without Email: Reimagining Work in an Age of Communication Overload</em></a><strong>&nbsp;</strong></p><p>• Cal’s book: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Deep-Work-Focused-Success-Distracted/dp/1455586