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Making a ton of money is cool but unless you’re happy/joyful BEFORE you make that money, you’ll still be unhappy with all the money in the world.
Lambos, yachts, private jets and fancy watches will never replace deep relationships, a relationship with God, spending time with your family etc..
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Here's how I research coins, and it's less exciting than people expect.
Scroll through the top 1,000 coins and understand what each one does. Look at their X accounts, their docs, their Discord and their Telegram.
You don't have to do that by hand. Point your AI at CoinMarketCap and have it summarize 100 coins a day for you. In 10 days you've been through all of them.
These days I barely scroll myself. I give Claude or Perplexity a prompt that says how I'd research a project, and I ask it to find similar ones.
The skill isn't reading the docs and deciding a project is revolutionary. Most things are not revolutionary. The skill is the heuristics and basic understanding that filter out the scams and the noise.
My filter for a legit coin is short.
It has real technology behind it.
The team is still working on it and still has money to build.
It had a good run last cycle.
And it didn't drop below its previous bear market low.
If a coin passes that, it's a good coin. It's relevant, it's not too obscure, and the team hasn't left. I'm not going to tell you it's better than another coin that also passes, and I'm not going to tell you to sell one and buy the other. There's no best coin.
Basically all of the top 50 coins are good projects by that standard.
The last part isn't really a skill. Be someone who loves crypto and sticks around no matter what. I've been doing this for seven years, so I've seen most of it before. It's not anything crazy that I do.
And the other half of the work isn't picking coins at all. It's holding Bitcoin
F.A.C.E. retweeted
🇺🇸 US dollar has lost 97% of its purchasing power since the Federal Reserve was created.
A $3 item in 1913 would cost $100 today.
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The biggest critics of the Four Year Cycle for Bitcoin will become the biggest cheerleaders of it in a few months
F.A.C.E. retweeted
You got one life. Do something with it. Don’t be scared. Don’t worry about people’s judgment. Live it!
F.A.C.E. retweeted
When you start making money, reinvest in yourself first.
Prioritize these upgrades:
• Sauna
• Ice bath
• Reverse osmosis water filters
• NON toxic cookware
• PEMF mat
• Redlight panels
Your health compounds faster than any investment portfolio.
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Okay. I'm ready to talk about this.
It was the worst month of my life. Also ironically the greatest blessing god has ever given me.
Last month I was held in the Cayman Islands facing 15 years in prison.
The charge: illegal firearm importation. Here's what happened. More importantly what I learned.
Short answer: no. I haven't been smuggling guns.
In the States I legally carry a gun on me at almost all times for self defense. Part of this is ensuring I am trained.
Hence why I routinely go to the range to shoot. When I do I pack the firearm I intend to use in in a backpack.
Last month I was in a giant rush to make a private flight and didn't fully check my backpack before leaving. In it was a small firearm I missed.
It was discovered when I went through immigration.
At first I assumed I'd just be sent home.
Then my wife did some quick research. She pointed out the minimum sentence for importing a gun is 15 years. The police who showed up confirmed it.
To say I nearly pissed my pants is an understatement.
This was completely my fault. I'm an idiot. The point of this post isn't to blame or complain about anything. The laws there are fair. I'm a grown man capable of checking his bag before flying.
The point is: for three weeks on the island (on bail), I got to take a long hard look at my life.
I've built a high net worth and a company I love, with people I love working with. I have a beautiful wife who is my best friend. I do whatever I want all day every day. My parents are alive and I get to see them almost every week.
Still, despite all this, I often wake up annoyed I haven't done enough with my life. Asking myself "is this it?" In fact I'm pissed half the time, feeling I can do better.
Which is ironic. I made $20,000 a year in the military. If you'd told me then I'd achieve a 9 figure net worth and all the above, I would've assumed I'd consider my life a dream.
The twist truly hit me on the island as I watched everything I worked hard for in my life held at "gunpoint". Pun intended. Everything I worked so hard to get — poof. Didn't matter for shit.
The way the law works there are simple : if you can't prove it was an accident, the minimum is 15 years.
It became glaringly obvious. Not only was I an absolute idiot who couldn't pack his own bag. I'd also become a fool who couldn't enjoy the blessings I already had.
I'd taken all the people in my life and the success totally for granted. Blind. Blind. Blind.
Nothing like a 20-year potential sentence to make you realize: waking up with fun stuff to work on, then chilling on the couch reading with your wife at the end of the day — that's about as good as it gets.
I should be euphoric 24/7.
To go from having it all, to potentially not even having the option to piss and shit when you want — that's a wake up call if there ever was one.
Luckily, the Caymans is a fair place. I was found under exceptional circumstances during my trial. AKA the judge and the courts reviewed the case and agreed it was an accident.
I still love the island. It's probably my favorite place to vacation. Just check your luggage before you go. Ha.
My point is this: be present. Enjoy your life. One day something could happen — even by complete accident — and yoink it all away.
I have so many friends who'll read this and by all definition live a "dream life" — and yet are dissatisfied just like I was. If anything this is the default for most successful men. Not the exception.
I'm writing this to help you stop.
It took god slapping me across the face with my own ignorance to see it. It was painful and scary. Dark.
But honestly, it was the greatest blessing I've ever received. I'm writing this from my office at home, giddy as absolute fuck about my life and everything I have the option to do today.
If anything, I'm sad about how much time I wasted feeling otherwise.
Don't be ignorant and stupid like me. You might not get the blessing of a 15-year prison threat in a foreign country to wake you up.
Wake up. Appreciate what you have now.
