There are people who have no mostly known failure and others who mostly know success, for the former they're very confident and trust in their abilities and this continues to give them this emotional edge to tackle problems that comes to them.
There are people on the other hand who knows only failure: the system, their lives, their struggles, their environment and the people around them.
It's crazy, they put in work, they hustle, they're not lazy but then it just doesn't work for them. The system didn't see how hard they tried, it only sees the failures they have had and this is sad.
Failure is real and the fear is even realer. Most times people count their failures and it stops them from even going harder on other possible opportunities.
The fear is like a cage, you live in that illusion for a while, and you just kill your prospective realities because we fear that whatever realities we go into will eventually end up in failure.
People underestimate fear.
.....It accumulates when you've got painful, sad, gory and repetitive experiences. You go through continuous torture, and the even if you hit remission, you're still scared of hitting that downward spiral because you've been there.
You want to pause, watch the sun, breathe, take a break and just stay in a place.
For example a lot of us have failed with crypto, simply because we've not gotten the gains we should have have. We've constantly chased it for 9 years, and still haven't hit it, and this last cycle took the sting away from many people.
Some of us just wants to leave the scene and try something else because no one knows if waiting for a few years will be worth it. I mean you begin to ask "what if I waste my time, what if I fail again.... What if"
A lot of us have failed repeatedly and one of the side effect we actually don't see properly is the fear of trying again.
Don't get me wrong. Trying again is good, but how about the motivation or strength that should drive that intent?
People think that standing up after each failures is easy, it's easy for one, two or three...... But it becomes harder to continue to going because you're not even sure anymore, you lose strength every time you try and the lack of confidence that comes with the failure that failures kills a little bit of drive or the hunger to continue going.
I compare the process to aging.
People who retire early in life do not even need to stay sharp forever, the fact that they were sharp and productive when they needed to be means that they wouldn't need to stay in the game.
They succeeded when they needed to do, and then they left the game and retired. Our most productive days are filled with courage, hunger and passion, and when we cannot leverage this enough, then we're left to continue struggling, pushing the regrets and staying through the pain of being considered a serial failure.
Life depends on us succeeding, being successful also means we get to take care of our lives, but the consequences of actually failing is why we continue to remain in the game even though we've emotionally clocked out.
I know narratives or hustles that I've emotionally clocked out from, but just holding on.
I wasn't as hungry and passionate as I was, but I'm definitely still saying in to continue the fight. One of the best things in life is for people who experienced trauma through pain and to find peace, but this is rarely the case in life.
Failure is real, there is no doubt about it... I failed so many times in my life that I can't count them... 😃 Also, I have a father who is so negative that he would rub my nose every day about those failures, and trying to kill all future attempts with the statement... "It will fail..."
IMO, I would say that failure is a state of mind... Am I a failure because I didn't collect 1M USD from crypto? Maybe I am in the eyes of people whose goal is to be rich... Did I have a nice streak with crypto in some moments? Yes, I did, and I enjoyed those moments... Even if the story would end up on that, I have tried... Much better than doing nothing...
You can't fail if you don't even try... So, the "safest" thing is to do nothing... For me, that's not worth living... I don't want to have a life of 99%...
Those who DARE fail... Yes, you can finish on your knees, but is that so bad? It's always a learning curve and step forward, as hard as it looks and feels...
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Thank you so much Phil
Yes, the only way to actually escape failure is to do nothing, I even if you do not do anything then how are you going to truly experience things like investing, the joy of participating in crypto, or even doing some of the financially experiential things of life?
I have also had people call me failures in the past, why is hurt, it is also been a big driving factor. We will always get people criticize us for failing and I think the biggest aspect of this of this is failing to win big with crypto in the past 10 years.
You are right when you say it is a learning curve, this is how we gain experience no matter how sad it is acquired, there is nothing we can do rather than to use it as a driving factor.
Most times failure hurts, especially the cause of the insults and discrimination that comes with it.
I think people are mostly scared with the discrimination and the regrets that comes with it.
My son got 18 two years ago... He is "trying" to act as an adult, and he is going through the perfect phase of the "learning curve"... 😃 Getting hit by "real life", trying to live by his own, paying his speeding and parking tickets, etc. So many "failures", but I can't see a better way to learn and to become a better human than that journey... There are no words I can say to him to make a bigger impact on him as a person than life experiences from tough times in life... A blessing and a curse...
I know you are going through some hard times at the moment, but you will get through as you have a good attitude, even when it hurts a lot...
All the best, my friend! 🍻
Staying sharp is always smart, even as you retire! Failure is part of life, you can't always win, as much as we want to. Crypto is down but not for the count, so I'm hoping we bounce back sooner than later!
Exactly, I think we will bounce back later, looking forward to 2028 when it's expected to actually happen. I'm using this post to reflect on all the opportunities I've lost in this space and how it has come at a very sad loss.
I hear you there, we've both had way too much loss the last few years...
saludos @josediccus que excelente y honesta pieza de motivacion compartes hoy al reconocer que a veces seguimos en la pelea por necesidad mas que por la pasion que teniamos al principio
greetings @josediccus what an excellent and honest piece of motivation you share today by recognizing that sometimes we stay in the fight out of necessity more than the passion we had at the beginning
Yeah, sometimes fighting to become successful at something may not stem from strangth or passion, sometimes we just continuously need to stay in the game to get a chance to actually win.
Exactamente. La constancia es lo que realmente nos da la oportunidad. Gracias por ser tan honesto, Jose. ¡Seguimos en la lucha!
I "Exactly. Consistency is what actually gives us the chance. Thanks for being so honest, Jose. We keep pushing forward!"
The thing is, success fuels your confidence and promotes further success, it's a positive circle... Failure makes you lose faith on yourself and your capacities, so you have less confidence, fear the possibility of your own mistakes and prompt more failures
Yeah, success creates a positive loop around the successful person's life. Everything feels so good. This is where successful people derives their confidence from.
I have failed in so many aspects of my life, and sometimes the fear of this failure was/is the reason why I am hesitant to try other things
It sucks to fail, and when it continues multiple times, it gets rough. I do think that people will succeed in the end, though. It's tough though, but I think life is a struggle. Sure you can retire early if you do well, but with the prices changing so fast, that money might not last.
Yes, I think a lot of people will not mind failing once twice or thrice, it is not the same for someone who has failed all their life. The feeling of pain that comes with being a serial failure it's not something that anyone can overcome so quick
Even though we regret the chance we didn’t take during the fight, which made us lose woefully but hope keeps us going, that feeling that there is one percent chance the tide can change into our favour