Real Talk… Humble Stacking
Earlier nostr:nprofile1qqsgz4xf23072wqd7lpwhgwvuw7pnj0wt4mtvrnvfzjsajs0fthpfwqpzemhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuurjd9kkzmpwdejhgqg4waehxw309aex2mrp0yhxsctddejhgtnfdud9qz74 said this about me and nostr:nprofile1qqsqfjg4mth7uwp307nng3z2em3ep2pxnljczzezg8j7dhf58ha7ejgpr9mhxue69uhhxetwv35hgtnwdaekvmrpwfjjucm0d5q3vamnwvaz7tmjv4kxz7fwwpexjmtpdshxuet5mm8xr7 which I think is true, but maybe not 100% useful.
If you want to emulate a successful person you need to emulate them at the beginning of the journey not once they’ve already found success.
So in the spirit of helpfulness and transparency here’s a portrait of who i was ten years ago to the best of my recollection.
- I was working my ass off trying to build my company
- I was focused to the point of over obsession on obtaining wealth
- I was extreme in my worldview, thoughts and actions and I demanded that others get on board or get left behind.
- I was willing to go out on my own and risk failure/rejection/embarrassment etc…
- I didn’t have a plan B. It was kill or be killed.
- I was willing to (and did) destroy relationships in the pursuit of growth.
- I was cocky and arrogant (mainly as a defense mechanism).
- I constantly inhaled information. Books/podcasts/news/private conversations etc…
- constant focus on learning, getting better etc…
- I was ruthlessly self critical, I would ruminate on every mistake no matter how small for months.
- I took big risks
- I went all in
- I met as many new people as I could
- I did not agree to disagree, I was out to win. Every single interaction.
- I made enemies
- I was shamed/ridiculed for my extreme behaviors (riding a moped etc…)
- I lived well below my means
- I kept doubling down on myself
- I got rid of the people who weren’t interested in growth, I pulled along others against their will.
- I had a savior complex and thought it was my duty to save everyone I met.
- I had a misplaced sense of loyalty and was loyal to the wrong people at times.
- I made dumb mistakes
- I let ego get in my way
- I never quit
- I showed up everyday and worked/learned even when it didn’t seem like anything was happening
- I fought anyone who got in my way
- I had extremely long term goals and aspirations and was willing to sacrifice and endure pain in the short term in order to meet them.
- I relentlessly battled my own self doubt which was a constant
- went against the wishes of my father and extended family
- went against the desires of my fiance (now wife) who eventually came to see things my way
Basically I was a young man who was willing to tear himself and everyone else around him to pieces in order to win. I’m not saying this was a good thing. I’m just saying this is how I was then.
Go hard; go all in or go home
Incredible trip to El Salvador to meet Bukele and see for myself what has changed since last time I was there.
I think most that follow me, know where I stand on #bitcoin. That, as long as it stays decentralized and secure (which means it must be used as a medium of exchange) it is IMPOSING the first global free market that has ever existed. A competitive, yet cooperative protocol and network that forces abundance broadly. We are both the map and territory - our actions within it, and aligned to it, strengthen and protect Bitcoin, bringing more people to it and they each, in turn grow in their own understanding - which in turn strengthens it further. We are bitcoin, we are Satoshi. Each node (us) of sovereignty adding our voice, time, energy into something that changes the course of history.
Because that map of “what will be, or “what already is” (as long as it remains decentralized and secure) has never existed before, our minds have a hard time with it. So instead, most revert to measuring #bitcoin from within the system they have always known. This leads to most of the fights within bitcoin. People far deeper down the rabbit hole, versus those just entering or choosing to remain trapped (and not being able to yet see the bigger picture)
You can imagine - that change would be chaotic because the change……is the change within each of us. All 8 billion of us, and we often can’t see our own hypocrisy, the lies we tell ourselves. Etc etc. In addition, with over 3000 years of us living in a zero sum game - where someone else had to lose for us to win. So for many, it would seem normal to play by the rules of the old game.
This is why I went to El Salvador. I went to meet the President and see for myself who he was and what choices he might make along the way. Ie - how deep was he down the rabbit hole? Did he see El Salvador and himself as part of system change to a global free market that would permeate around the world - or would he be a pawn and be captured in a game that created imperialism 3.0? It was a very deep discussion…..lasting almost 2.5 hours. I came away convinced that he gets it. Moreover, he might be the most impressive leader of a country I have ever seen. Said to me, more people in El Salvador need to be in self custody, more need to use it as a currency, not in stablecoin but natively on lightning, more in non custodial. He understands the larger forces at play here.
El Salvador is still Bitcoin country, but is still early. Having a nation with security is a big deal. 50 years of poverty, gangs, wars, fear in a society doesn’t change overnight. (All of that caused by broken money and psyops)
It takes time to rebuild trust. I was last here the day after all the gang violence (coincidentally starting after introducing Bitcoin as legal tender)
Huge changes since I was last here, not only safer, but hopeful. That hope will lead to opportunity for people, and that opportunity to value creation. The downtown core in San Salvador, previously one of the most dangerous places in Central America is feels a like a European city with thousands out walking. Cool Social houses (Video below) shops everywhere with the hustle and bustle of people and opportunities. Bitcoin isn’t yet used broadly, but making inroads. I spent in it almost everywhere - but you could tell - bitcoin transactions are fairly rare.
Lots more to do, and big plans underway. Stay tuned!!!
And a huge thanks to Max and nostr:npub1pq2ll9l7qdmxsfqyrd5w9gul8c7ftqy9yepcqvc8a2l2ys9zhd6sk42rew for all their work in El Salvador and in helping make this a fantastic trip.
What a time to be alive!
https://blossom.primal.net/3937c43a0c98ec9871ac97651bc23885c6698586d63734bff846c271423e4369.mov
Thank you for the reflective insights
Respect the sound works Delly… setting a new standard
Signal TipZ… you and Lawrence Lepard speak the same truth!
Parker Lewis and nostr:nprofile1qqsg2zqd8wkhpnxu6lm5c2dyfa2mhpwte57apjae2ldp6g2mmwf3ypqpzemhxue69uhk2er9dchxummnw3ezumrpdejz7qg6waehxw309ac82unpwe5kgcfwdehhxarj9ekxzmny9uculgrh discuss Bitcoin’s convergence as global money, its role in energy markets, and innovations in payment systems like Zaprite.
Watch here: youtu.be/xcjv8UWkJwc
Ta… gonna defo give this a watch
I’m with you. Mr Saylor is truly inspired, open and inspiring but my things are stack sats, earn sats, run a node, chuck some hash at Ocean, solo mine and participate in the highest form of network effect by spending sats
Will take a look
