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Now I'm going to take you on a scenic route—not a highway where all you can think about is keeping up and getting ahead. A scenic route is when you slow down and start looking around. You notice the landscape. Trees, mountains, other cars where people are going about their lives.

That's the whole point of this part of the journey. To slow down and truly see what's around you—the people around you, the very essence of things. Not to change your position, but to understand what exactly you're looking at from where you are. You have a unique perspective on this landscape because no one else is standing in your place.

And it's about how you perceive other drivers – and, frankly, not all of them seem like geniuses.

There are people who are dumber than you, and there are those who are smarter.

Stupidity is relative to YOU personally. People are either smarter or dumber than you. That's how our perception works.

Let's return to the highway example. When you're driving 65 mph, a car speeding along at 80 mph seems reckless. A car trudging along at 50 mph seems like an obstacle. But neither of these observations is objective—they're both relative to YOUR speed. You are the reference point. Everything else is measured as "faster than me" or "slower than me."

Have you ever noticed a car in your rearview mirror following you at the same distance for miles? You immediately feel a connection with this driver—they match your pace, they drive like you. This empathy arises automatically because they match your speed. They feel "right."

It's the same with intelligence. You're the starting point. People who think faster than you, see patterns you miss, and grasp concepts that baffle you—they're "smart" in your eyes. People who take longer to understand, who don't see the obvious, and who get stuck on problems you find easy—they're "stupid" in your eyes.