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How to Build a Cognitive Training Plan | Monday Advice

Deep Questions with Cal Newport, 24 August 2026. The book comes up at 38 min 1 sec in. Said by Cal Newport.

Cal Newport reads from a publicist's press release for this forthcoming book by two Parisians who moved to the US. The idea that caught his attention — "treat time like wine, not water" — prompts a brief discussion with Jesse comparing it to an Oliver Berkman-style philosophy of savouring time rather than optimising it. Cal Newport muses they may have the authors on the show when the book is out.

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