Saturday 3am.
A simple understanding that will make your rich AF in 5 years OR ruin your life.
In 5 years you will have to deal with the results of your actions today.
The bad habits, failed commitments, lack of risks taken, hard choices not made and comfort zones you stay in to that seem small now will COMPOUND to DEFINE the life you have in 5 years.
It's the little things you do daily that take you backwards or KEEP you where you that seem harmless.
Oh I'll keep my drinking & smoking habits. BALANCE RIGHT?
Oh I'll take risks later in life. I HAVE TIME.
Oh I'll work on my health & appearance later. I'M YOUNG.
I'll keep my silly pointless habits like gaming, social media scrolling etc. THEY ARN'T THAT BAD BALANCE!!!
I'll keep focusing on 20 different things, stay unoptimized and half way serious about things. THINGS WILL WORK OUT.
I'll learn new things, put myself out there with women, master my trade, be in hyper focus mode LATER...STESS IS BAD, STOP BEATING MYSELF UP.
Next thing you know 5 years have past and you are RIGHT where you started.
Except : Instead of having things figured out and having excess time to enjoy the wealth and man you've evolved into...
You are just a MUCH older version of yourself who is now MUCH farther behind his peers with LESS time STILL trying to figure it out n make it to your potential.
You will wake up in a deeper pit built around your comfort that is HARDER to get out of then what you are in now. You will build MOMENTUM in the wrong direction.
Your situation will be infinitely harder to right and more dire than it is now.
This is 99% of peoples lives.
You will watch the measuring stick of life slowly start to get set in in stone. Choose not to sacrifice and you will slowly watch men you were once on level with leave you completely behind n hit the potentials you wanted for yourself.
The momentum of mediocracy most people build becomes so steep that they have no home of turning it around.
Most will have this realization as they hit and grow past 30. Most when they have this realize they are so far behind that their isn't even a reason to bother. They just accept a life of "what if" and regret.
All due to the little choices. The pointless bad habits we keep. The risks we avoid. The sacrifices and commitments we won't make.
No one looks back and wishes "I wish I gamed, drank, netflixed and coasted more".
No one looks back n thinks "I wish I had conserved my money and protected by ego more n avoid those risk".
It's always "Why did I waste so much time on such unimportant things. Why didn't I go harder n take bigger shots. I hate that I such lesser than the man I once wanted to be".
People end up looking back at 35, 40,45,50 realizing they sacrificed everything important to them in life for SMALL meaningless comforts. They failed to commit so they could keep things that are worthless to them in their life.
Comfort is a subtle killer of men. It will take from you everything without you even noticing. Our brain is not made to think long term. It's not worrying about you in 5 years. Only logical self aware you can do that.
Don't drink the poison. Don't let yourself live with blinders on.
Things absolutely will not work out.
Your potential will not be met. You will absolutely get older and have to pay the price for your lack of commitment later. Fail to commit and you will live a life of feeling stuck, out of time and locked into regret.
It will be SO much more painful that giving up those worthless things and taking the risk now.
Don't dilly daddle. There's a loaded gun full of pain, regret, embarrassment and suffering pointed at your head right now. It just goes off deceptively slow allowing you to forget its there.
But it's there and it will 100% kill your life's potential.
Live in fear of it.
I think this is something people just ignore when they hate on esports athletes. They are human and people assume that because its not a physical sport these players don't go through any side affects in competing for long and grueling tournaments. Mental health, IMO, is more important to deal with than physical health because it can leave a longer lasting damage especially to a young player like this. He is still developing how to deal with extreme pressure and probably hate and right now is probably the most critical time in his development to cope with that. Kudos for Heretics as an org to recognize this and put his mental health above all others. I remember Sentinels had similar situation with SICKcs and it gives me hope that there are orgs that really do care about their players.
As a parent watching these tournaments it takes toll on us too with all the anxiety and worry, so I can't imagine the effect on these players. I don't know what the solution is but tournament schedules really need to reformed.
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🚨 Attention Cardano holders! I need to set the record straight on something...
I recently came across a video clip on a big YouTube channel saying that DeFi on Cardano is "non-existent," and I can't hold back my thoughts on this one.
Not only is DeFi on Cardano here, but it's changing the definition of what DeFi should be.
Put aside the fact that Total Value Locked on Cardano recently surpassed half a billion dollars. But let's look at a specific example of the innovations taking place here.
AxoTrade just launched a trading protocol on Cardano and it's completely rewriting the DeFi narrative.
Here is why:
AxoTrade platform lets you take full control of your trading strategies via programmable swaps.
This means you can specify conditions, timings, and exactly how, when, and with whom you want to trade. All while being built on top of a secure Cardano infrastructure.
Beyond programmable swaps, AxoTrade offers tools from passive investment options like indexes to the complexities of synthetics and financial derivatives.
These are things previously reserved for the elite of traditional finance.
Market makers and hedge funds have had the edge with programmable trading strategies, but now, AxoTrade democratizes it, putting it in the hands of every investor.
Cardano DeFi "non-existent"?
$AXO trading volume hit $1M in the first 24 Hours!
We've just entered a new era for Cardano and it's so interesting to me to see how much time and effort critics put into undermining what is happening here.
It's also precisely what makes me so bullish on Cardano.
I just watched a YouTuber spend time saying pretty messed up things about me & my faith.
I was going to react to it, but then I remembered the fact that Jesus tells us to rejoice when this happens. He even said to "leap for joy!"
Therefore, I rejoice!
It's all good!