Dr. Cal Newport

So it's an advantage as, you know, someone who's listening to this, you start caring about your brain, how it works, how you want to take care of it, what you want to get out of it.

You start caring about this.

You're going to get advantages compared to the person right next to you.

Suddenly in your office or in your grad program, it's going to be like, well, what's going on here?

A little superpower.

It's funny.

I had that same experience as an undergrad that you had.

Yeah.

Because I cared.

I was impatient to be done with college and like to do things with my brain.

I wanted to be a writer.

I wanted to be an academic.

But, you know, that takes a lot of work.

And I really cared a lot about it.

So I was a fraternity brother for one day.

And I went to the first meeting where they're doing, you know, he was held up pledging or whatever.

And I remember, it's not for me.

And I walked away.

I was like, I'm not going to, because this is going to be distracting, like the hangovers and this and that.

And, you know, I want to focus on writing.