Pushkin.
Imagine that right now you're driving a car,
which if you actually are driving a car is probably an easy thing to conceptualize.
But imagine you're in your car and you're stuck in bumper to bumper traffic.
Your lane is ending soon, so you turn on your turn signal and try to merge.
But car after car pretends just not to see you.
And that's when the drivers behind you start honking their horns at you,
like it's somehow your fault that no one will let you in.
Now, I'd like to think that during a moment like this,
I'd think back to my years of training as a happiness expert,
that I'd embrace a bit of compassion for the other drivers, or just remember to take a deep breath.
But no, instead,
I usually undergo an immediate hulk-like transformation from a friendly everyday commuter into a full-on,
profanity-shouting, road rage mass hole.
My car may be at a standstill, but my emotions, and specifically my rage,
has gone from zero to 60 in what feels like less than a millisecond.
The science shows that bursts of anger like these don't really help us out in the long run.
Unlike a green superhero, our human fury can be much more under control than we think,
if we have the right strategies.
It's such an uncomfortable feeling, right?