Well, the truth is that very successful people in the field are truly obsessed with what they’re doing. I think this is true. I don’t think they say, ‘Today, I don’t care.’ They always have it in the back of their minds. Breaks are very important. I have talked to people, and there are multiple modes of work. There are some people who are really devoted and like machines every day, and if you give them more time, they will be even more productive. There are other people that if you give them more time, they wouldn’t be more productive because their creativity is not very structured. Will both succeed in the same way? Yes, they can both generate very high-quality research ideas. Only a few minutes ago, I saw Yann LeCun go to the Meta booth. I feel that he is one of those people who is always inspired and motivated to do more research to succeed. Is he a good example? Yes, I think he’s a fantastic example of a devoted person. Now, just to be clear, being devoted is good for your research success; it doesn’t really mean it’s good for your family success as well because it’s a finite time you have per day, 24 hours, and you need to have a family/work balance if your family needs to be happy. Some people do not need that. Some people don’t, which is good for their research success. One thing that I find inspiring, for example, is I 20 DAILY CVPR Women in Computer Vision Thursday Katerina with me, when we took the interview at ICLR 2024
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