On this episode, I chat with Cal Newport about his fantastic new book, A World Without Email. We chat about:




How the cost of email is higher than we realize
The differences between “asynchronous” and “synchronous” ways of communicating, and why they matter
Cal’s idea of the “hyperactive hive mind”
How email scrambles our thoughts and makes us anxious
How to identify the parts of our work we can move outside of email
How Cal manages his own email
Key mindset shifts to make with email
Overcoming the guilt of not checking email
How to automate email scheduling
How to set up “email office hours”




Links mentioned in this episode:




Cal’s new book: A World Without Email
Cal’s book Deep Work
Cal’s New Yorker article, Was E-Mail a Mistake?
Trello boards
Neal Stephenson’s essay, Why I Am a Bad Correspondent
Meeting schedulers

ScheduleOnce
X.ai
Calendly






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