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Ep. 233: Escaping Your Tyrannical Inbox
Deep Questions with Cal Newport
How to Reduce the Number of Messages in Your Inbox
Being beholden to the hyperactive hive mind is a misery making machine. Most of the messages in your inbox are now announcing things or sending you information that need an answer when you get around to it. The stuff that requires actual quick collaboration is happening elsewhere. So those are my three pieces of advice. Let's say none of that works. Consider reengineering your job. consider changing what it is you do, your specific requirements, who you work with and the teams on. That can have a really big difference. We've saved back and forth emails to figure out. So 10 minutes well structured every day can reduce 10, not so structured emails. It might have to happen during the day
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