Cal Newport on “A World Without Email”

<p>Today Mark is talking to Cal Newport about his new book <em>A World Without Email: Reimagining Work in an Age of Communication Overload</em>. Cal is a well-known digital minimalist and has been known to the Unbeatable Mind tribe since his first appearance on the show talking about his book <em>Deep Work (Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World)</em>. Today he is talking about how email can be managed and how it has rewired our brains (not for the better).</p> <p>Learn about:</p> <ul> <li>The hyperactive hive mind—we are not truly collaborating, so we end up getting stuck</li> <li>With emails, we force an interaction without proper facial cues and tone of voice— resulting in unnecessary misery to the recipient</li> <li>How our economy is now more dependant on knowledge work—yet thinking is becoming more difficult to do</li> </ul> <p>Listen to this episode to hear more about how you can limit your email usage and become more productive as a whole.  </p>