Leading thought: Limiting beliefs can stifle progress.
As we navigate the landscape of life, there are times when we encounter challenges. Some challenges are physical, requiring intestinal fortitude. Other challenges are emotional, requiring a show of poise. However, there are challenges that are mental; and there lies the problem for many human beings traversing this mortal plane, or even the Cryptoverse.
Though I wish my introduction to Bitcoin and cryptocurrency had been sooner, I was fortunate enough to find my way just over five years ago. I withstood the tests and trials of fear, uncertainty and doubt (FUD), fear of missing out (FOMO) as well as greed. Along the way, I endured some knicks and scars; but for the most part, I have thus far emerged victoriously.
Anytime I achieve success in any endeavor, I reach out to family and friends to offer my insights and assist them joining me in the winner’s circle by helping them attain a level of prosperity. When I reach out, its usually not months, but years after I have a bona fide system where I can measure and illustrate the proof of my results. Even with this, I still encounter loved ones who turn me away.
Why, because their worldview is immersed in FUD. They live, eat and breath it. The irony is they hope for miracles, blessings and good luck to answer the callings of their lack; but then question the package those blessings, miracles and good luck arrive in.
My case and point. I was having a phone conversation with a relative some time ago. I mentioned in passing about my success with Bitcoin and cryptocurrency, then I emphasized that it was time for a family vacation in Saint Lucia or maybe Turks and Caicos. His response to that idea was, “I’d really like to, but I don’t have or make a lot of money".
I was a bit shocked to say the least. This particular relative and I are 10 months apart in age, with me being the elder between us. Through his statement, I came to realize that even though we both graduated from college and grad school, and on to our separate professions for the past 25 years; we made distinctly different choices in how we lived our lives and planned our financial futures. In that moment, I reemphasized to him that I had great fortune investing in cryptocurrency, and I’d like to help him get indoctrinated into the crypto space in order to start seeing financial gains that could supplement and improve his lifestyle. Somehow, we hit a patchy spot where we could barely hear one another, but he heard me enough to want to know more. So as best as we could hear one another, we agreed to converse more on the subject later that day.
Later that day came. I was at home, had my notes and stats; and was ready to introduce him to the fabulous world of cryptocurrency. When I called, his mom (also my aunt) answered the phone. She said she had me on speaker phone so all in the house could hear. Having offered my relative the intro to crypto based on our conversation, I found what was happening peculiar; but it was family, so I just went with it.
Where things became bizarre is my aunt was asking all of the questions. I’m not talking a forty-something year old aunt; I’m talking a seventy-something out-of-touch with current technology aunt. And she proceeded to question me as if I were a used car salesman at a lemon lot. I was gracious and addressed all of her questions. Her next statement is what floored me. She said, “this sounds too good to be true, and ‘I’ don’t like it”. She then told me she had a call on the other line and hung up.
I was flabbergasted! First off, the call was between me and my relative, not with his mom and the rest of their family. Second, why in the world would he step in the shadows of a phone call that presented an opportunity to make his life just a bit better. And third, after they have seen how well me and my family are living, why in the world would she say what I have is “too good to be true…and she doesn’t like it”. Are you kidding me?
It then occurred to me that I was dealing with family members who were normal on the outside but lived with an impoverished mindset. Yes, they believe in miracles, blessings and good luck, which is just another way to define a favorable occurrence in one’s life that is “too good to be true”. The thing is their limiting beliefs caused them to reject the package that miracle, blessing and good luck came in; because it was in the form of something that was too hard for them to understand.
That situation occurred several months ago, and my relative has since been avoiding me as if I were a panhandler on the corner looking for a handout. Seriously, he is avoiding me as if I want something from him; and all I attempted to do was lend him a helping hand. The moral of the story for me is, you can’t help everyone, even family. They are either not mentally willing or able to change, adapt or accept the way their grand opportunity is standing at the door to enter their lives for the better.
So, my fellow human beings, my parting words to you are this: understand that miracles, blessings and good luck do indeed define occurrences that are too good to be true. However, these fortunes will not happen if we decide that the package that it is dressed in is unbefitting according to our worldview. When we limit our thinking, we also limit our lives and our lifestyle; thereby stifling our progress toward achieving and delivering greatness in this wonderful world. Enjoy all that life has to offer. Understand that welcoming change as well as blessings, miracles and good luck will enable us to embrace life-enhancing opportunities regardless of the package they come wrapped in.
