Email Overwhelm
Cal discusses the phenomenon of "obligation hot potato" where people bounce obligations and emails back and forth to alleviate the pain of having too much on their plate. He shares an interesting story about an experiment where a person was taken off email for a week and how it affected their boss's behavior.In this clip
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503: Cal Newport | Reimagining Work in a World without Email
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