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Haha, it's a great life lesson no doubt. I learned this concept a few years ago when I first started to ride a motorcycle, and they have a phrase for it - target fixation:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Target_fixation

What amazed me more was how the fundamentals of riding a motorcycle contained many great life lessons. It's not just target fixation, but rider awareness, maintaining margin, and all sorts of other little things.



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