So I moved back to my rural hometown after long years of building a career in the capital city, met up some friends I haven't seen for ages. Hanged out, got to my story and their first question was where did I buy my house. I told them I didn't, I'm in a rental property like I've always been. It was strange at first but then I realized I was their idol, the "rich guy who made it". Then got on to other topics. "So what car do you have?" I told em, I dont have a car. "Fuck it bro, at least did you travel the world?" - Not yet. With 3 questions and 3 answers, I made their whole world view collapse. "Are you even wealthy bro?" Yessiriam. I consider myself wealthy. What makes a man wealthy? Having options. If I'd like, I could buy the house, buy the car or travel the world. I didn't because it's not financially the right decision, at least it wasn't at that moment.

There was a question a few days ago here, someone coined what could be the biggest problem with economies. This is one of them, for sure. People can't differentiate assets and liabilities. They think they own the house, they claim they own the car, and in the meantime they're in utter debt. People strive to take on liabilities instead of building wealth which consists of assets (favorably hard or income-generating assets). They discount their time, become corporate slaves just to keep up with the illusion of their lifestyles they ought to show to the outside world.

And I see this everywhere. The four of us in the room all came from the same school. Same age. Same opportunities. Three wheeling in heavy debt, trynna keep it up with side hustles. One with a positive balance who never needs to be a corporate slave again.

Developing countries escaping poverty is not unheard of and in fact a lot of the strongest economies now are ones that used to struggle before. China used to be called the sleeping giant because it was believed to be of potential. And that was right. But the question is why is it that those countries got out of poverty while some did not?

Well the answers have a lot of factors involved. Each country should have their own strengths that they could exploit. Some countries made use of their resources to make products that they could offer to the rest of the world. They depended a lot on exporting goods to other countries inviting money into theirs. Some countries focused on education making their young generations literate and skilled workers boosting their economy productivity. Most of all, these are all possible because of the low level of corruption. I did not say totally free because that seems to be a myth lol.

So what do you think is your country missing to get out of being a third world country stage?

Many people are very good in discouraging others from pursuing their dreams, and  that is very bad, never you look back in your investment journey, don't be discourage by the present dip, always look beyond today and see the great potential of Bitcoin ahead .
Many will feel its taking  too long, many will feel is too expensive to buy, but regardless of all this  challenges keep pushing, don't relent, one day does trying to pull you out of track, those laughing at you will join and celebrate you.

In today's economy, if you want to get richer which one would you want more? Money to kickstart your idea or career... or just creativity and resourcefulness? With social media being more important in the economy and creation of jobs, anything is honestly possible now.

Yes, there are still things you will need that require money but it is not much money compared to before. So many jobs are created from the internet. So many people can reach out to you and help you if they take interest in what you do. So, for me even though money will make things easier... resourcefulness can really help you be richer. Will you agree?

I will tell you for free that every altcoins is design in one way or the other to sort for funds from the public. This is the mechanism put in place to make you believe it will yield positive result at the end.

My observation
The owners of altcoins have one thing in mind , to catch out from your invested money on there coins and start up a new business or to support their existing business or to invest the money on bitcoins itself. So it easier for them to pull out the money from the exchanges forcing the price to hit zero.

If they have good mind , they can pump in money later when they have made profit from the business. If the business collapse or target not met, the coins automatically die.

No matter how promising an altcoins can be , bear in mind that the owners has his own reason for creating them which might not be made known on the white paper.  If it is not bitcoins , stay away from shit coins with hundreds of empty promises.

I saw that post on my Facebook feed and thought about it. It's true.
If we're still working in our current job, we're still luckier than those out there who are still struggling to find a job.

Don't waste it by thinking short-term about leaving your job before you can find a replacement. There will come a time when we can find something better than this.

So, hang on a little longer and enjoy what we have and be grateful for it.

note: I use grammarly to make it readable.

We have seen how and where the governments are heading with how they are treating cryptocurrency exchanges. If this industry could make a living for the youths and our leaders a clamping down on it for whatever reasons they may have and we can see that it where technology is heading, what do you think will become of it in the future, won't they ban it totally? And people who are moderators and crypto ambassadors, tech guys developers, how will they survive, can people coming behind still make crypto a career.

It’s easy to think getting rich comes down to luck, connections, or simply working harder. But the real game-changer lies in your mindset. Without understanding how investments work, you’re likely to lose money in the market. Jumping into a business without knowing the risks and challenges often leads to failure. Your ability to spot opportunities and sidestep traps is directly tied to how much you know. The more you grow your understanding, the more you unlock the potential for wealth.

However,let’s be honest: We’re all operating within a system designed to push us toward spending and debt. Capitalism thrives on consumption, with everything — from ads to social media to the way jobs are structured — nudging us to chase the next shiny thing.his fuels dissatisfaction and endless comparison, making it harder to stay focused on what truly matters.

>> so many people prefer investing in shitcoins just because it offers higher growth potential than Bitcoin.
What they fail to understand is that , investing in altcoins carries a lot of risk and you need thorough research before making investments decisions, if you've taken the decision to invest in Altcoins then get ready for potential looses.   I'll also advice you never use your all to invest!

Bitcoins advantages makes it a reliable store of value and medium of exchange.
The price of Bitcoin has really swept people off their feet, I mean imagine if maybe ten years ago you had a good amount of Bitcoin and you decide to hodl .
Imagine how you'd be now!
So the best thing is to use the DCA investment strategy in Bitcoin rather than investing in all these shitcoins.

Only a fool takes a loan and pays it back, the point is when borrowing, especially for large loans, go bankrupt, get the money out somehow, use a good accountant and don't pay anything back. if you take a loan in order to pay it back, you are a loser because the interest is your work and the effort you give away. besides, banks print money out of thin air, so this money is free for everyone.
Money makes money so with this money you can set up the real honest business or to set up next business on other person name keep money flowing then build some credit history and take new loan.
That's the smart way and your time efforts getting paid and you make at least something out of it.

Sometimes the news of bitcoin maybe contradictory and when hoping on positive news of bitcoin you maybe backslide, because many people have thought that the price of bitcoin is now getting upright but it shock some people who hoped-for speculation of Bitcoin and believe that as people speculate on price of bitcoin that the price will be going up all through this year, whereas the price of bitcoin is depreciating in the market almost every day, so I don't know why bitcoin can not be depending on.

I decided to bring this information to our notice here because of a particular event that happened today that I was opportuned to witness. I understand that we all that have been around the forum where discussions and informations about Bitcoin and other cryptocurrency are made have taken the opportunity to invest and some of us if not all have benefited from our investments and it has positively affected our thinking because we now see the investment as something we can not do without. Even as we encourage some of our brethren to invest, we shouldn't made it mandatory as if they will have no other opportunities in life to become rich if they do not invest in cryptocurrency. Back to what I witnessed today which led to this information, a guy was busy blasting his friend in public for not investing in Bitcoin when the price was below 40k on hearing them from afar, I came closer to really understand why he was so angry with his friend I overheard him saying that he can no longer be taking care of him because he refused to invest when he asked him to. There are some people who may never be interested in investing in Bitcoin even when they see the need to invest I think the best thing is to ignore them instead of putting so much pressure on them for them to invest. It is not every one that understands the meaning of investing for the future I think anyone who's interested in Bitcoin investments won't waste time to invest regardless of the current economic situation.