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A World Without Email by Cal Newport
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In “A World Without Email,� Cal Newport provides a fascinating history of email and how it changed the way organizations worked. He calls the corporate environment as a "hyperactive hive mind" which keeps switching from one task to another briskly. And the most important one seems to be is responding to one's emails. According to him, email makes us miserable. He provides examples of a few small companies that use project boards to manage workflow instead. Knowledge workers need autonomy over how they do their jobs than being bogged down by constant flow of emails. His prescription:

1. Using another software to schedule meetings.
2. Having non-personal email addresses for topics or projects that remove the expectation that a particular person is going to respond quickly.
3. Compose shorter emails or make a phone call instead.

So it is difficult to have 'A World Without Email' at present but we can minimize the time we spend on emails.
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November 27, 2020 – Shelved
November 27, 2020 – Shelved as: to-read
March 5, 2021 – Started Reading
March 5, 2021 – Shelved as: non-fiction
March 15, 2021 – Finished Reading
October 25, 2021 – Shelved as: skimmed

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