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Why I’m Just About To DUMP All Of My Bitcoin: I’ve Had Enough Of This Madness.

Okay, this whole bitcoin crypto thing has got out of control. I’m completely sick of it.
Yes, there’s a need for blockchain and some sort of virtual currency, but until someone cracks the code and comes up with something that is scalable, secure, easy to use and performs some value-creating function, I’m telling you to run for the hills like the Wizard of Oz and not take your bitcoin with you!
This is what is making me dump all of my bitcoin:
Every day there is a new crypto.
First, it was bitcoin. Then it was Ethereum. Then it was NEO. That last one made me think I was in the Matrix. Geez, it’s now become like the stock market; there are so many options and so simply following the next new company will not work. You actually have to do research, and that requires passion.
People are coming up to me in the lobby with ICO pitches.
This bloke at work who’s in IT came up to me several times in the last week whispering things in my ear. It was like some secret society that was going to make us all rich.
He said to me: “My brother who is also in IT told me this ICO (Initial Coin offering) is the next big thing. You should buy some.”
When the IT guy and all of his mates started telling me to buy, I knew it was time to exit from bitcoin.
It feels like the dot com bubble all over again.
I’m ancient enough to have been around (all be it a kid) when the dot com bubble burst. I can remember everyone betting like crazy on companies that were making no money. Everything at the time defied logic. No one knew why and people would say “Just trust me, it’s the future!”
I’m hearing these same sentences again. You shouldn’t trust anyone with your money. Know what you’re buying and do the research. If it doesn’t make any sense, then revert to something you do understand.
“This bitcoin party doesn’t make sense. Time to take off the party hat and be smart”
Bitcoin doesn’t really perform any valuable function.
It’s not like anyone uses bitcoin to perform any valuable business function. The price rise has been driven by speculation. Speculation is a great way to lose money – if you like that sort of thing then go for it, otherwise, wise up my friend!
If you’re regularly buying, you’re gambling, not investing.
There’s heaps of day trading going on with all of these cryptos including bitcoin. This is not a good sign. Day trading is for people who know their stuff. Even in the long term, most day traders don’t win so you’re better off investing for the long run.
Day trading with no experience = gambling.
Don’t be stupid. Your life is not a casino and neither is your financial future.
What goes up, must come down Freddy.
People keep telling me bitcoin will go up forever. The truth is what goes up, must come down Freddy. Nothing goes up forever and that’s perfectly fine. What’s fuelling bitcoin is greed, not logic. It will come down. Trust me.
It goes against all investment philosophy.
Bitcoin and crypto go against every bit of investment philosophy for the last 100 years.
“Either the philosophy of investing and making a return is wrong, or bitcoin is pulling the wool over our eyes, and leading us down a dark and unknown path that leads to Jack The Rippers Basement”
It’s the same as buying a stock.
Price goes up; price goes down. Price is high today and price can be low tomorrow.
What’s new again about the bitcoin price going into the thousands?
It’s taken me away from my goals (using up valuable headspace).
The time I spend thinking about bitcoin takes up space in my mind that could be used for creative endeavors or things that give me purpose in life.
“My goals are more important than bitcoin. Life is more important than bitcoin”
Spam emails selling crypto trading advice.
Yes, that’s right. You can buy and sell bitcoin and never have to work a day in your life again. Seriously, who believes these stupid emails?
The moment you see lots of this type of spam is the moment to run. It’s starting to remind me of that stock people bought called Enron all over again.
I don’t know enough about how it works.
Good investment theory teaches you that if you don’t know enough about an asset, then you shouldn’t buy it, or hold onto it. That’s why I’m running a million miles from bitcoin.
So if you’re like me and don’t know enough, what do you buy then? Simple, if you don’t know squat then buy index funds. I personally like Vanguards Index funds and I spread the risk across multiple markets like the USA, Australia and the UK.
Index funds in layman’s terms are a low-cost way to buy entire countries top companies. Instead of picking stocks, you buy the 100 largest companies in that country as an example. That way growth is much simpler and you get to own companies rather than thin air like bitcoin.
That’s a much better strategy than buying something you don’t know jack about.
Index funds are zero maintenance.
Checking the price of bitcoin is addictive. Index funds don’t make me do this and that’s why I’m going back to them. Index funds are where the greats like Warren Buffet and Tony Robbins put a lot of their money. They’ve been proven over many decades, so there’s no guessing involved.
That’s why you should consider index funds instead of bitcoin. The whole maintenance side of bitcoin and the mental anxiety it gives you is not worth it.
Read these books instead.
These books taught me never to be short-term with investing, diversify my risk and ignore people’s investing opinions. Base what you invest in on the fundamentals of the asset. You can’t beat 100 years of investment history and the fact that the stock market is way better than bitcoin.
Here are the books that will teach you this:
1. Tony Robbins – Money Master The Game
2. Robert Kiyosaki – Rich Dad Poor Dad
3. Peter Lynch – One Up On Wall Street
4. Peter Lynch – Beating The Street
5. Benjamin Graham – The Intelligent Investor
6. Anything written by Warren Buffett
Cashing out is how you make money.
If you never sell, then you never actualize the profit you’ve made. Now is a good time to sell bitcoin with the price high, and a potential crash coming – it’s inevitable.
What’s all of this money going to do for you anyway?
That’s the question you need to ask. So what if bitcoin went up 1000%. Is all this extra money you’ve made really the key to life? If you gambled your way to this newfound wealth, you’ll gamble your way out of it too.
If you adopted a greedy mindset so far with bitcoin, you’ll use your profits for greedy, selfish endeavors too. Is that what we really want for the human race?
Well, I certainly don’t. That’s why I’m out. No more of this craziness, fuelled by greed.
In closing, I’m telling you to pump and dump.
That is: Pump your fist in the air and scream with joy, and dump all of your bitcoins and crypto in the sewer, and let the vermin waiting at the bottom buy them from you. It’s the best decision you’ll ever make. Then, with your profit, go invest in something real.
Like, say a company that’s selling products and services that create real-world value maybe? Until this whole thing matures, run for the hills.
Here is your new investing mantra. Repeat after me:
No cryptocurrency will define me!
I will not break the basics of investing that have worked for the last hundred plus years!
I will remain mentally strong and avoid the hype that this new crypto world has bought!
I use logic not chance.
I invest, I don’t gamble.
Who am I? I am an intelligent investor.
That’s enough from me. I’m out.
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How to Break the Cycles of Mediocrity and Manifest Your Greatness
There is no greatness without becoming and there is no becoming with authenticity

In just a few weeks, we will be wrapping up 2023. Can you believe it? This year has been absolutely incredible for me.
I have seen amazing doors opened, new relationships formed and I am seeing dreams realized in my life. While this seems like the hallmarks of a great year, this has also been the most challenging year of my life. With all of the change happening in my life, I have been forced out of my comfort zone and challenged to grow in every area of my life.
I can truly say that I have made the most of my moments this year and I have used everything as a catalyst for maximizing my greatest potential.
As a revolutionary leader, I have the pleasure of consulting and advising leaders around the world to fulfill purpose, realize their greatest potential and make an impact.
I want to share some insights with you that will help you to break cycles of mediocrity and manifest your greatness.
Everything legal must come through the matrix
I am sure that some of you are wondering why I am using the term matrix. However, what you have to understand is that I am trying to make a highly complex spiritual principle practical to understand.
Regardless of your spiritual beliefs, every life has an origin and I believe that origin is divine and begins with eternity. You are birthed from eternity and into time to fulfill a unique purpose and assignment in your lifetime and generation.
The matrix is simply the portal or vehicle that brings something out of the invisible realm and into tangible form. The problem with much of the teaching today is that it excludes the matrix. We are told to believe that success is instantaneous and overnight.
Nobody talks about how a dream progresses through stages beginning with visualization and ultimately culminating in manifestation. Without a matrix or portal then everything that you attempt to birth and build will be illegal.
The matrix not only makes you legal but it gives you the authority and power to function as the greatest expression of who you were created to be.
Every matrix has an incubation process
While many people admire and respect me today, I remember a time when nobody knew who I was or the significance of my message. How did I get to where I am today? I got here through an incubation process.
In other words, everything that has been destined for your life is incubating and awaiting a set time of manifestation. The problem is that most people live their entire lives idle and never initiate the incubation process.
What do I meany by that? Most people are living reckless and very few people are living intentionally. I am amazed at the number of people I have conversations with that have no vision, goals or strategies for their lives. They show great promise and they have undeniable potential.
However, without development they will die with their dreams still in them.
Everything that has been destined for your life must be incubated and converted to become realities born to time.
“Visualize this thing that you want, see it, feel it, believe in it. Make your mental blueprint and begin to build.” – Robert Collier
You must give expression to that which is not yet born to time
When you think about a matrix or a prophetic incubation process, you have to understand that potential is often unrealized and untapped. In other words, your potential is in raw form and your potential cannot serve you as long as it is untapped.
The thing that makes me valuable is that I have the ability to convert potential into power. I have done it in my own life and I have empowered leaders around the world to do the same. How do you convert potential into power?
First, it is important to note that you have to perceive potential. If you cannot perceive your potential then you can never cultivate your potential. In addition, you must take the time to cultivate your potential. We often get excited about our capabilities; however, we never expand our capacity in order to realize our greatest potential.
In other words, the strength of your potential is only discovered through your willingness to stretch. The more we are challenged the more we are empowered to expand our capacity for greatness. Most of all, you must begin to express your potential. The expression of potential is different for every person.
For example, the expression of my potential is best demonstrated through the thoughts, ideas, products, services, books, etc.
For another person the expression of potential may look like a screenplay, artwork, sports, scientific discoveries, medical breakthroughs, etc.
Regardless of the form of expression, I know that you will live empty and unfulfilled until you make the decision to express your potential. The expression of your potential gives voice to your dreams, life to your vision, significance to your moments and activates your true power.
You must manifest your greatness
As a revolutionary thinker and leader, my work has impacted people around the world. I am grateful that my life is a source of empowerment to so many people. However, before anyone could ever benefit from my life, I had to make a non-negotiable decision to become who I was born to be.
I wish I could tell you that this journey is easy and that you will get there overnight. However, in a world that celebrates us for doing we are often criticized for being. As a result, I wasted a lot of time trying to be who other people wanted me to be instead of being who I was born to be.
There is no greatness without becoming and there is no becoming with authenticity. It is through our bravery to be vulnerable that we ultimately manifest our greatness. We do not bless the world by being a duplicate. We bless the world when we honor our difference. When you honor your difference you honor your potential.
Ultimately, your difference is how you manifest your greatness.
When you present anything but your authentic self to the world, you are playing small and you are robbing the world of your significance. Manifesting your greatness requires you to master your gifts.
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