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Ep. 97: Should I Outsource My Inbox?

Deep Questions with Cal Newport

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Meeting Overload - Is It a Hyperactive Hybrid?

One of the main sources of meeting overload is using meetings as a proxy for productivity. Most people do not really have their act together when it comes to professional productivity. The solution is to replace the underlying processes so that you don't have so many unscheduled messages. A new project falls on your plate. That's a source stress. What you going to do with it? You don't have a nice trello board for to go in a back burner column. So you set up a meeting. Now it’s temporarily off your plate. It is an easy way to close an open loop....

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