When I was younger I would let people's opinions of my ideas influence me whether or not I should pursue them.  In the 90s I had a small business with a friend building customercustom computers for customers.  I had a falling out with my business partner because I wanted to invest our profits in Apple computers in an effort to grow into something more real and he wanted to spend our profits on things like clothes.  We drifted our separate ways and that eventually destroyed our business.  Later I wanted to invest in an idea bringing goods from distributors that sold their goods by mailing product lists to people, to the internet.  I was told it was a dumb idea and I listened.  A few years later, Amazon.com became a thing...  When I discovered Bitcoin, I instantly emailed everyone I knew about it and asked if anyone wanted to get involved in it with me.  They all told me it was a waste of time, a scam, and they were too busy to get involved with such things.  Luckily, I wasn't going to let people talk me out of this one.  I pursued it and it changed my life.

So my advice to young people is to chase your dreams.  Support your ideas and don't let anyone talk you out of building meaningful things or making good investments.  Fail or succeed on your own ideas.  Otherwise, you will have regrets.  I should have bought Apple shares at $4 and I should have created an Amazon clone before Amazon existed.  I do not regret getting involved with Bitcoin.

The same exact friend who split up our business because he didn't want to invest in Apple at $4, told me selling goods online would never catch on, and that Bitcoin was a scam, recently bought the Bitcoin top then sold at $78K and told me how dumb Bitcoin was.  All he owns now is XRP and some memecoins.  We're going higher...

When I was younger I would let people's opinions of my ideas influence me whether or not I should pursue them.  In the 90s I had a small business with a friend building customer computers for customers.  I had a falling out with my business partner because I wanted to invest our profits in Apple computers in an effort to grow into something more real and he wanted to spend our profits on things like clothes.  We drifted our separate ways and that eventually destroyed our business.  Later I wanted to invest in an idea bringing goods from distributors that sold their goods by mailing product lists to people, to the internet.  I was told it was a dumb idea and I listened.  A few years later, Amazon.com became a thing...  When I discovered Bitcoin, I instantly emailed everyone I knew about it and asked if anyone wanted to get involved in it with me.  They all told me it was a waste of time, a scam, and they were too busy to get involved with such things.  Luckily, I wasn't going to let people talk me out of this one.  I pursued it and it changed my life.

So my advice to young people is to chase your dreams.  Support your ideas and don't let anyone talk you out of building meaningful things or making good investments.  Fail or succeed on your own ideas.  Otherwise, you will have regrets.  I should have bought Apple shares at $4 and I should have created an Amazon clone before Amazon existed.  I do not regret getting involved with Bitcoin.

The same exact friend who split up our business because he didn't want to invest in Apple at $4, told me selling goods online would never catch on, and that Bitcoin was a scam, recently bought the Bitcoin top then sold at $78K and told me how dumb Bitcoin was.  All he owns now is XRP and some memecoins.  We're going higher...