Deep Questions with Cal Newport

By Cal Newport

Ep. 149: How Do I Tame Email?

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Published November 22, 2021 6:00am

Below are the questions covered in today's episode (with their timestamps). For instructions on submitting your own questions, go to calnewport.com/podcast.

DEEP DIVE: How do I tame email? [9:51]

DEEP WORK QUESTIONS:

- How to accomplish deep work in the context of meeting overload? [29:09]

- What is difference between the productivity funnel and capture/configure/control? [36:06]

- Do you (Cal) have a filing system for emails? [40:18]

- What time blocking granularity is best? [42:53]

- How do you (Cal) manage projects vs tasks on your board system? [44:52]

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