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## Left out for brevity

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#### But as the saying goes...

> Premature optimization is the root of all evil

&mdash; <cite>Donald Knuth</cite>

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#### Try out everything?

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This could take a lifetime.

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#### Try whatever comes?

<header class="navbar hidden">
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                <select class="algo-select">
                    <option value="DFS" selected>Depth First Search</option>
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            <div class="custom-select">
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On average this takes several lifetimes.

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*Leaders Eat Last*

by Simon Sinek

<img data-src="slides/books/leaders.jpg" alt="Book cover" class="r-stretch" />

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#### Arousal addiction

(not about sexual arousal)

Addiction to new, stronger stimuli. <!-- .element: class="fragment" -->

e.g. by setting bigger and bigger goals. <!-- .element: class="fragment" -->

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## Discipline

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#### Baby Elephant Syndrome <!-- .element: class="text-over-image" -->
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Young elephant gets tied to a tree by a thin rope which it can't break.

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Because it learned it is no use to even try.<!-- .element: class="fragment" -->

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### TOOL: Daily Heroism <!-- .element: class="text-over-image" -->
[Philip Zimbardo] <!-- .element: class="reference-author" -->

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Take a small step out of your comfort zone.

Daily.

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#### Why?
- grows your ability to **act**, step out of the crowd
- supports fulfilling your vision and maintaining discipline

It makes the elephant jump before it realizes<br/> the hole is too deep for comfort.
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### My Heroism

Game of smalltalk

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### Real world

is complex and ever-changing.

### Mental model <!-- .element: class="fragment" data-fragment-index="2" -->

is our understanding of the world and its rules. <!-- .element: class="fragment" data-fragment-index="2" -->

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Mental models have varying levels of *objectivity*,

i.e. how much they correspond to reality.