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Nice to see you and @birdeye21 made the top 3 leaderboard again this week!
Reminds me of a recent podcast I listened to that really resonated with me about why smart kids often struggle to find success later in life. Growing up in a small pond I was always the top student in every class, Valedictorian, perfect SATs etc and I tied success and my identity to “not trying”.
Once I left that pond and found a lot of people I thought were effortlessly much smarter than me, I think I really sort of gave up on my potential because I had learned to associate working hard with being a failure instead of embracing challenges like I should have.
When you struggle earlier in life you’ve given yourself permission to fail and can be better equipped mentally to work through challenges. I think I could have been a lot more successful in life if I had correctly identified hard work and failure as a virtue rather than immediately labeling myself as not being good enough.
I like more the new term: NLB
"Bitcoin's Never Look Back Price"
This post is completely deranged and you'll read it 5 years from now and cringe, but I get it.
When I was younger, there was this girl I was super into. She didn't feel the same way and saw me as a "friend". We hung out every day. I was so "nice" to her and eagerly listened to all her problems. Of course I got nothing in return. She probably saw right through me and enjoyed the attention. It was honestly the most miserable period of my life and it turned me into a twisted, jealous, bitter goblin for a couple of years railing against the universe for being so unjust. Actually, I recall making a post just like this on some forum somewhere too.
The funny thing is that I can now look back on all that and laugh. Literally. She was completely wrong for me by every metric. I have no idea why the fuck my hormones went wild with that one, but they did. I think I might actually have been insane? I don't know. For all I care, that version of me has ceased to exist and might as well be an angry little alien on a planet far far away.
I am laughing at this post like I laugh at the old me, but in a good way if you get what I mean. I think you're a smart dude with a lot to offer. You're also young and kind of retarded. That's OK, you'll grow out of it. Just don't yourself too seriously and make yourself miserable like I did. We're all fallible.
I'm currently reading this guy: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1421426978?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details
https://m.stacker.news/7629