The reason I don't think it is pertinent to Bitcoin is that there is & always will be an uncertainty around it's future. As certain as it is, Bitcoin dies & is reborn every 10 mins on average. Sometimes longer & sometimes shorter. It's code is resistant to change but will require careful change in the future. It's under constant pressure to change & to ossify at the same time. This is a beautiful little trick of Satoshis and keeps Bitcoin in harmony with the Universal Laws.

I sometimes wonder if the striving is what I'm after and not the ultimate achievement. This is why focusing on achieving my highest ideal is important along with the continuous reevaluation of what the highest ideal is as I gain experience and knowledge throughout life. If I focus on the ideal, it is impossible to achieve or perfect but continuously possible to improve upon, continuous striving. Hopefully the financial capital Bitcoin provides will only create freedom to focus more on my ideals and less on achievement of idea of financial success.

Love it. There is an African American speaker who calls financial success as success 1.0 and then goes onto explain success 2.0 and 3.0. From memory, success 3.0 is contribution or legacy. I can’t remember 2.0… it might be self fulfilment.

Some clever people can bypass 1.0. It is an empty kind of success anyway… Ayn Rand would call 3.0, production in the sense only of goods/services of value in a truly free market.

Musk/Tesla would be unlikely of ever achieving success 3.0. Much the same as current solar and wind farms and zombie corporations.

Very thought provoking, Brisket. If your goal is financial independence, I can see how the law of self destruction could play out.

What if your goal is broader? I think your goal might involve helping your peers. Helping everyone escape inflation??? That mission could take a little longer?

We all spoke highly of you great friend whom I’ve yet to meet, this weekend!

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You should be worried if you've placed the majority of your success on the price of Bitcoin mooning. What this sets up is a scenario where you could one day achieve absolute success. If this occurs, there's a very real chance you self sabotage so that you can experience the struggle/challenge once again.

What you need as a human is internal growth that largely comes from facing adversity. You don't want Bitcoin to moon so that you can sit on your ass by the pool, stoned off your face.

Try to find a greater challenge to focus on that is not solved by Bitcoin mooning.

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Your buddies experienced the Universal Law of Self Destruction.

When you align your whole purpose to a manifested outcome, you run the risk of achieving that outcome. Once this outcome is achieved, you lose your purpose for being here & so you destroy what you have achieved in order to do it again.

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most people I know who became wealthy at a relatively young age, like under 50, spent some time immediately after that and a place that you could call depression

they worked really hard and then when the work was over and they had a big bag of money they didn't know what to do and they got depressed

other friends are still working and couldn't just go party all the time

this is why I really rich people often end up with a posse. these are paid friends that they take with them everywhere

Progress is the feeling we all want. Happiness is a derivative of momentum towards a goal