Most people are terrified of doing anything where there isn’t a guaranteed outcome. Eg. 9-5 job —> you get a fixed guaranteed salary at the end of the month. We can also make this analogy with taking risks in crypto.
The problem is that the most valuable things in life all have an element of uncertainty in them. You take calculated risks that minimize what you can lose but maximize what you can gain.
A scarcity mindset is a direct result of wanting to maintain your current position instead of growing what you have.
A relevant Degenspartan quote:
"Hey man, that's a lot of money, what happens if you are wrong and it goes down?
...I lose money?
Life is all risk and then you die.
Normies have this perverted deep sexual obsession to have no drawdowns EVER.
They will massively overpay to clip tail risk".
Even if you win by taking the safe route… are you really winning?
You just get the expected result of a relatively low upside.
You may lose less, but you often lose by default as a byproduct of never even giving yourself a chance to win the game.
Bet more. Take that risk. 6 more months. What do you really have to lose? Your old job will always be there for you if the worst would happen. But it won't. Dare to bet on yourself for once.