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13: Pick the fights worth winning

My mum used to say, “there are plenty of tombstones in the cemetery for people who died defending their rights.” Typically she was referring to other road users who, while defending their right-of-way would do something stupid.

If you drive you know this situation. And it isn’t getting better out there. How many times have you experienced someone roar past you only to be at the same set of traffic lights moments later.

When I was learning to ride the instructor cautioned us to ‘ride to your limits – by the time you catch up to your mates they’ll only just be taking their helmets off’. It is so true. The first couple of long day rides I went on with more seasoned riders I was always at the tai; where I liked it. And always when I caught them up my coffee was still hot.

But this saying extends way beyond driving and riding. I’ve deployed this maxim with customers, clients, staff, suppliers, managers, friends, family, strangers and wives. And almost daily on Twitter.

Who has time to argue about shitty, insignificant rubbish when there is so much to do. You want to tell me black is white? Fine, I’m colour blind so go your hardest. Feel in the mood to tell me my language is too coarse? Ok, but fuck off anyways. If you want to argue shit then you need to look at your life and expand your horizons. Look up from the dirt and start seeing the clouds.

And I know this to be true because I used to do it every-fucking-day in some lame ass attempt to prove false superiority.

Buckle up kiddies; only 12 sleeps to go and this shit is getting real, bitches.