The Unmistakable Creative Podcast The Knowledge Management Series: Cal Newport | A World Without Email: Reimagining Work in an Age of Communication Overload
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Oct 20, 2022 
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Email's Impact on Productivity
- Constant email checking leads to context switching, mental fatigue, and reduced productivity.
- The human brain struggles with constant task-switching and unresolved items from emails.
Srini Rao's Email Experiment
- Srini Rao experienced high anxiety from excessive email checking but found no negative consequences when avoiding email for a day or two.
- This demonstrates that the perceived urgency of email often doesn't reflect reality.
Beyond Inbox Habits
- Don't try to fix email overload with inbox habits alone; instead, go below the inbox.
- Optimize underlying work processes and workflows to minimize back-and-forth messaging.