Melinda French Gates

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932 appearances 10 recordings 6 series first heard Feb 2026 last heard 14 Jun

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Wild Card with Rachel Martin · Melinda French Gates · 5 Feb 2026 podcast

And this is one thing I've learned about myself over the many years, is that I work against the N-O-T-S, the nots.

Who do I not want to be?

Yes.

And it's true.

When I go back and look at who was I friends with in college, and I would see some of these – I went to Duke University.

I came from a very middle-class family in Dallas, Texas.

But as I would see some of these kids who were more of wealth and of means and –

sort of acted like they were all that because of coming from a family with a name or wealth, I thought, I do not ever want to act like that.

And if I'm ever lucky enough to be in that situation, absolutely not.

I would never want to raise kids that way.

So I learned over time, I work against that opposition to see it helps shape who I don't want to be.

Totally.

The

The last thing I'll say about this is just I also work against the knots in life, the K-N-O-T-S.

So sometimes when something's really hard and gnarly and you can't figure it out and it's bothering you and stuff, that's where the biggest growth is.

And I need to look at that and sort of try and relax the pressure on myself and say, this is tough, but I'm going to figure out my way through it.

And that's where I've grown and learned also the most.

Yeah.

Then there you were as a result of that.

And you find out who your essence is.

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