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How Thinking Like Bill Gates Cured My Road Rage
"Have you tried not being poor?"
Addison Collingsworth
August 07, 2024
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I was an impatient driver fighting road rage.
If I was in a bad mood and a car cut me off, it would trigger my frustration.
A few more instances of people making blind turns and driving far below the speed limit and that frustration would turn to anger.
I'd fume at people in cars who didn't know who I was, couldn't hear a word I was saying, and most likely were oblivious to the situation.
Even for the people who were being purposefully rude, all my honking and aggressive driving didn't change the fact that afterward, they would move on with their day and I'd be the one left stewing.
It made no sense.
Why was I falling into the same trap as so many others and raging when it solved nothing?
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