Never in my career have I seen such a profound disconnect between reality and opinion with the cryptocurrency influencer and media perception of Cardano versus its actual fundamentals.
We are on the verge of the most significant hard fork in the history of the project, tons of community DApps are growing rapidly, we are leading the industry in scaling R&D, rare evo is going to be a huge event, the Foundation summit huge, we'll be at Token 2049, technologies like Hydra are maturing, we have partnerchains, midnight, prism, tons of community events, catalyst, and then the constitutional convention in Argentina.
It's becoming impossible to keep up with, and it has much good news coming in just the next six months. Then I look at the cryptomedia, and the headlines are "Will Cardano die?"
It's beyond pathetic and just reflects on the low quality and low effort they put into our ecosystem. Cardano is here to stay, and it's a juggernaut that will drag this industry kicking and screaming if it has to towards solving the real-world economic, political, and social issues we all face.
This is the scariest chart I've ever seen, and it isn't #Bitcoin related.
In 2015, I convened at a summit where a leading climate scientist gave us a download. He said the models pointed to 10yrs to turn this around or it could runaway on us.
This data suggests runaway might be starting.
Anxiety: you know what you want, but you don’t know how to get there
Anger: you don’t know what you want, you choose to blame others instead of taking responsibility for your life
Peace of mind: you know what you want, you know how to get there, you are getting closer every day
The Biggest Flexes on the Planet
· A fit body
· Clear pee
· A house full of love
· An empty calendar
· Not trading time for money
· Living near the mountains, forest or water
· Your children wanting to hang with you when they're 25+ years old
What else would you add?
This 4 minute lower back drill will change your life.
It's estimated that 80% of people in the western world will experience back problems.
The causes of low back pain can be multifactorial but a good number of them are due to having a weak core and a weak set of glutes.
Let's fix that.
This 4 minute drill was designed to strengthen the core and glutes in a safe way.
It involves the McGill Big 3 and the body weight hip thrust.
If you suffer from low back pain do these on a daily basis. You might change your life as a result.
A cheat code I wish I knew at 18...
The 4 Types of Luck:
In 1978, a neurologist named Dr. James Austin published a book entitled Chase, Chance, & Creativity: The Lucky Art of Novelty.
In it, he proposed that there are 4 types of luck:
(1) Blind Luck
(2) Luck from Motion
(3) Luck from Awareness
(4) Luck from Uniqueness
Here's what they are:
Type 1: Blind Luck
Completely out of your control:
• Where you are born
• Who you are born to
• Base circumstances of your life
• "Acts of God"
These are the truly random occurrences of the universe.
Type 2: Luck from Motion
You’re creating motion and collisions through hustle and energy that you are inserting into an ecosystem.
You increase your luck surface area through simple movement.
The increase in collisions opens you up to more lucky events.
Type 3: Luck from Awareness
Depth of understanding within a given arena allows you to become very good at positioning yourself for lucky breaks.
Naval says: "You become very good at spotting luck."
You can “spot luck” from a mile away because of your knowledge and experience.
Type 4: Luck from Uniqueness
Your unique set of attributes attracts specific luck to you.
“[This type] favors those with distinctive, if not eccentric hobbies, personal lifestyles, and motor behaviors.” - Dr. James Austin
Type 4 Luck actually seeks you out.
The Stages of Luck
I personally think of Types 1-3 as coming in stages as you grow up:
• Type 1 dictates your early years
• Type 2 as you hustle in your 20
• Type 3 as you gain experience in your 30s+
Type 4 is unique—it’s dislocated from age.
Always remember the Luck Razor:
When choosing between two paths, choose the path that has a larger LUCK SURFACE AREA.
Your actions put you in a position where luck is more likely to strike.
It’s hard to get lucky watching TV at home—it’s easy to get lucky when you’re engaging and learning.
There are lots of simple ways to increase your luck surface area:
• Talk to more new people
• Send more cold emails
• Write/share in public
• Participate in digital communities
• Spend time in rooms where you feel like the dumb one
To recap the 4 types of luck:
• Type 1: Blind Luck
• Type 2: Luck from Motion
• Type 3: Luck from Awareness
• Type 4: Luck from Uniqueness
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