In today’s lecture, Dr. Laude discussed optimization. Optimization means “wanting to be better” in our career and in our life. First of all, one reason that people lie to themselves about why they are doing bad in a class is to make themselves feel better, some learn from their mistakes but some unfortunately do not. Dr. Laude explained that achieving personal growth and success is about understanding that for every “optimization there’s always a response,” a positive or negative one. Furthermore, Dr. Laude recalled that it took him approximately two and a half years to learn how to study, which was by cramming before a test and memorizing everything he read in the textbooks. Now, that he knows more about himself he’s able to optimize almost