Computer Vision News Computer Vision News 32 That’s a good question. I try to keep a positive mindset as often as possible and then bunker up on good experiences that I can pull from when I have a down period, but sometimes that’s not always enough, and that’s when it’s really important to have a good support system around you. That doesn’t have to be specifically just in your work environment. It could be, but I also think that friends and partners, like my girlfriend, for example, is someone who’s really nice to just have on the side and speak with and vent to if something’s going bad. It’s very helpful to have people who are non-scientists, who can just help me decouple sometimes, and kind of isolate work from my personal life. It’s still a bit of luck where, if you’re having a bad time, if you have colleagues who are there for you and are able to rekindle your spirit a bit, then that’s also very helpful. Having people around you that sometimes, when you’re on a low, maybe they’re on a high, and you can lift each other up. It’s a combination of that. This is very random, but I’m a very active person, and I think that helps a lot. When I’m down or frustrated, I always go for a run or a hike, and being in nature really lifts my spirit as well. I realize there’s more than just the work that I do, and I’m more than my job or the latest method that I’m developing. That’s another way for me to just reconnect and restart. Many years ago at ECCV 2016, Cheng Zhang told me that whenever she has a bad day, she says to herself: ‘It’s a bad day; it’s not a bad life!’ Yeah, that’s a very good attitude. I try to do that as well. She is a brilliant scientist and very successful too, so this also probably depends on your attitude. Yes, for sure, but it also depends a lot on the people around you. I think it’s easy to sometimes think that you’re the strong one, but then you realize you’re not an island. You’re an average of the people around you! I don’t want to attribute everything to my own mindset. I’m very appreciative of everyone around me as well. We have not spoken about the fact that you are not Californian. You come from very far away. You landed with a parachute in California somehow… Women in Science
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