It ain't meant to be easy

[coin-investor]

If your first encounter with crypto was a scam altcoin, it doesn't mean you should wash your hand off of crypto. If you're still interested in it, learn from that bad situation and gain more experience from it.

If you previously made an investment in Bitcoin and you lost, it doesn't mean you should give up on Bitcoin; learn from it and re-evaluate your decision.

Even if you're good at analysis, there will be a point when you will face losses it depends on how much more you have to keep up, some will be frustrated and just give up, and some will take it slow but continue to move on, because of the very high volatility there is no such thing as a perfect investor, we all have our share of ups and downs its the achievement of others are what will aspire us to move on.
He learned our lessons from others who made it they are an example of keeping your focus on your goal.

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[savetheFORUM]

For the business aspect sometimes it can be very difficult to make a profits that will make you feel happy because not opening a business is the major things, we can have a good products but based on the environment the business is the products won't sell and again sometime life can be hard for just one particular reasons and these reason is very difficult to know maybe I will say that's how life was programmed to be, we can't define the real tomorrow but we can predict tomorrow that's why the tomorrow we predicted might end up turning negative to us just like the way we all predicts the price of a bitcoin.
The real things is business can't be successful all the times, in some environments things are getting hard and businesses aren't going well like before but that doesn't mean that the product is not a good one sometimes you can be selling a good product in your company but based on the locality the company is the situation of the country will manipulate the company and things will no longer goes well.

That's a good point, as they say, when you are not valued, it doesn't mean you are worthless but it means that the place where you are doesn't deserve you. Similarly, if you are running a business and you see that your business isn't actually going well when you know what you are doing is not a bad business in itself, in that situation, you need to understand that you will certainly need to change your location if you have confidence on the product you are selling.

Sometimes, maybe the product you are trying to sell is good but it isn't suitable for that specific location, you might want to try and add some more products after doing some research and observations of the location and the locals so that you can offer them what they actually look for.

[Iroh]

I keep seeing forum members make complaints about not getting merits and all. It will be very hypocritical of me to say we shouldn't care about merit and ranking up, but your desire to rank up should lead you in the right direction.
The goal is to learn and grow, then make meaningful contributions that can grow other forum members. It's not going to be easy, and it will take time, but it will be worth it in the end.

Yes, the goal should be to learn more and grow in knowledge so we could also impact meaningful contributions to both new and existing members. But we all have our individual goals and aspirations when registering on here and that’s why we see people on here more focused on the rank on their profiles than the knowledge we all stand to gain.
About members making complaints about not getting the merits they feel they deserve. Needless to say, some members are more eager about getting merits than they are about learning anything.
Admittedly, we all seek and desire to grow in our personal lives and elsewhere but growth requires time and lots of effort. Time and effort some

[slapper]

I keep seeing forum members make complaints about not getting merits and all. It will be very hypocritical of me to say we shouldn't care about merit and ranking up, but your desire to rank up should lead you in the right direction.
The goal is to learn and grow, then make meaningful contributions that can grow other forum members. It's not going to be easy, and it will take time, but it will be worth it in the end.

Yes, the goal should be to learn more and grow in knowledge so we could also impact meaningful contributions to both new and existing members. But we all have our individual goals and aspirations when registering on here and that’s why we see people on here more focused on the rank on their profiles than the knowledge we all stand to gain.
About members making complaints about not getting the merits they feel they deserve. Needless to say, some members are more eager about getting merits than they are about learning anything.
Admittedly, we all seek and desire to grow in our personal lives and elsewhere but growth requires time and lots of effort. Time and effort some

People whining about ranks and merits? Classic. Everyone desires the reward, but few are willing to put out the effort

It's vital to keep in mind that not everyone is cut out for it, even while I welcome your comment about growth and learning; and believe me, I know about growth, especially when it comes to the advent of bitcoin. Growth does take time and work, but some individuals just want it to be quick and simple. How shall I put it? That's just how the beast is. Maybe people should concentrate on something that actually matters rather than playing merit politics. like, say, adding something truly worthwhile to the forum?

[isaac_clarke22]

People whining about ranks and merits? Classic. Everyone desires the reward, but few are willing to put out the effort

It's vital to keep in mind that not everyone is cut out for it, even while I welcome your comment about growth and learning; and believe me, I know about growth, especially when it comes to the advent of bitcoin. Growth does take time and work, but some individuals just want it to be quick and simple. How shall I put it? That's just how the beast is. Maybe people should concentrate on something that actually matters rather than playing merit politics. like, say, adding something truly worthwhile to the forum?

Kinda gives me the 2018 vibes when merit system was implemented. There were tons of merit fishing users posting and almost recycling any sorts existing quality posts that were already recycled by others gazillion times.

Everyone would just do the laziest way just to benefit the crap out from it. I don't really mind if I get stuck bounded in this rank I already have. I just wanna hangout with other chill users in here. Sure I wear sigs to earn, but that's just the side icing of the cake.

[Mpamaegbu]

We all wish life was easier, but it's not so we've got to make do with what we have.

We've a local parlance for this where I come from. They say, "If it's easy, it becomes child's play." That captures the whole essence of man's continual struggle pursuing his goals and aspirations. For those who don't like taking a break to relax and chill, and then enjoy what they're labouring for, they find that break in death. It's a sad commentary but then that's the reality of life.

One reason why people miss direction in life is competition.

Actually, competition is good. That's what man lives for, whether we admit it or not. Remove competition in life, we won't have much to live for. What's not good is unnecessary competition. It's the same thing that happens with ambition. To be ambitious is okay, but to be vaulting ambitious is wrong.

[Gallar]

We all wish life was easier, but it's not so we've got to make do with what we have.

Yes I agree with your opinion. In this life we ​​must fight with all our might to be able to achieve the dreams we want. Because God has bestowed life, a healthy body, and an intelligent mind.
So we should be able to take advantage of the gifts that God has given us. The trick is to work hard, whether physically or mentally. Because ease doesn't just come, surely before it comes there will be obstacles that we must be ready to face gracefully and never give up. And this is true in every aspect of life that exists.

I keep seeing forum members make complaints about not getting merits and all. It will be very hypocritical of me to say we shouldn't care about merit and ranking up, but your desire to rank up should lead you in the right direction.

It cannot be denied, that for beginners in this forum, sometimes there are also those who complain about the difficulty of getting merits and to be honest, when I was a beginner, I used to have thoughts like that. So I can't blame beginners who have problems like that, because basically having thoughts like that (it's hard to get merit) is a stage for members in this forum to be able to develop even more. Because if in someone's mind, especially for novice members in this BTT forum, if they don't have thoughts like that, in my opinion people like that don't have the desire to be able to further develop and don't want to get a higher ranking.
But still, just complaining won't change anything. So in essence the difficulties and complaints that exist must be changed so that they become easier and the complaints disappear. Then how do you do it?, namely by learning more, increasing knowledge, and always learning from experience (especially in the field of crypto currency).

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In essence, I agree with all the advice you have given, if I conclude the advice you have given in a nutshell, never give up, learn from mistakes, enjoy all the process, and always be consistent with what is being done. And it's all aimed at all aspects of life, including the crypto world and the business world.

[Bebe22]

We all wish life was easier, but it's not so we've got to make do with what we have.

The degree you want, the career you want, and the business you dream to have won't come easy. I'm of the notion that life doesn't want you to succeed. If you run away from every obstacle then you will never achieve your goal.
If your first encounter with crypto was a scam altcoin, it doesn't mean you should wash your hand off of crypto. If you're still interested in it, learn from that bad situation and gain more experience from it.

If you previously made an investment in Bitcoin and you lost, it doesn't mean you should give up on Bitcoin; learn from it and re-evaluate your decision.

So don't think Bitcoin and Bitcointalk are any different from life.
You may look at a forum member with legendary rank and you want to achieve that, it's good that that motivates you, but you have to know that they didn't just achieve that overnight. They learned, grew, improved themselves, and improved others to get to that level.
Whatever you want, work hard and smart for it because it won't be handed to you on a platter.

Wow, this is some real encouragement, thanks man I really needed to hear words like these. Life gets real hard, and goals become too difficult to pursue, but we must continue to fight to the end. We sometimes, make up goals for the wrong purpose. Extrinsic purpose always makes one to fail and quit, but if you look for the real joy in whatever you're doing, you're definitely going to succeed. Always look for how to actually learn and help people....that's where true success comes from.

[Sebas.tian]

I agree with you OP, that anything you want to do in life work hard to do it well because there is a reward in everything we are doing which you can start receiving your own reward in your business, in your crypto investment, in your career and Bitcointalk forum. I know many bitcoiners that acquired potential knowledge from Bitcointalk some years ago, but today they are among the wealthy people in my environment because they took their precious time to do everything possible within their power to obey the rules and regulations of Bitcointalk in the forum that enable them to achieve their goal easily. I'm not worry about my position in the Bitcointalk forum, because I know once it is time for me to reach legendary, it will definitely happen because am working hard towards it.

[dothebeats]

We all wish life was easier, but it's not so we've got to make do with what we have.

The degree you want, the career you want, and the business you dream to have won't come easy. I'm of the notion that life doesn't want you to succeed. If you run away from every obstacle then you will never achieve your goal.
If your first encounter with crypto was a scam altcoin, it doesn't mean you should wash your hand off of crypto. If you're still interested in it, learn from that bad situation and gain more experience from it.

If you previously made an investment in Bitcoin and you lost, it doesn't mean you should give up on Bitcoin; learn from it and re-evaluate your decision.

So don't think Bitcoin and Bitcointalk are any different from life.
You may look at a forum member with legendary rank and you want to achieve that, it's good that that motivates you, but you have to know that they didn't just achieve that overnight. They learned, grew, improved themselves, and improved others to get to that level.
Whatever you want, work hard and smart for it because it won't be handed to you on a platter.

Wow, this is some real encouragement, thanks man I really needed to hear words like these. Life gets real hard, and goals become too difficult to pursue, but we must continue to fight to the end. We sometimes, make up goals for the wrong purpose. Extrinsic purpose always makes one to fail and quit, but if you look for the real joy in whatever you're doing, you're definitely going to succeed. Always look for how to actually learn and help people....that's where true success comes from.

Sometimes it is the journey and not the goal. Most often than not, we find more value in what we learn from the journey of reaching the goal compared to the outcome it leads us to. The lessons we learn, the struggles, and the people we meet that is basically connection, allows us to grow and be smarter for our future self and the paths we are soon to take.

[eightdots]

We are often faced with unforeseen challenges and situations, and how we respond to them can determine our success or failure.

I agree with your opinion that how we respond to a problem will determine our failure or success. Everyone has different conditions and everyone experiences different trials, problems and obstacles too.
But in essence, all of them have the same way even though everyone's conditions are different and the problems they face are also different, namely by not giving up easily to face the problems that are coming to us.
Most people will feel that they give up easily if they fail to overcome or go through the problems they face because they do not want to evaluate themselves or evaluate the failure factors they experience.
Even though we as humans are endowed with brains for us to think and to overcome various problems in this life, most of us tend to be lazy to think and to develop ourselves and then just give up.

You made a good point. When we encounter difficulties, we must look for ways to overcome them. We must not give up. Because giving up is one of the easiest choices. Others have gone through the difficult paths we went through. If we can't find a way out, we should look at what people in the same situation are doing to get out of it.

Success comes when we dedicate ourselves to something. The important thing is to strive for knowledge and not to give up in every difficulty.

[martinex]

If your first encounter with crypto was a scam altcoin, it doesn't mean you should wash your hand off of crypto. If you're still interested in it, learn from that bad situation and gain more experience from it.

If you previously made an investment in Bitcoin and you lost, it doesn't mean you should give up on Bitcoin; learn from it and re-evaluate your decision.

Even if you're good at analysis, there will be a point when you will face losses it depends on how much more you have to keep up, some will be frustrated and just give up, and some will take it slow but continue to move on, because of the very high volatility there is no such thing as a perfect investor, we all have our share of ups and downs its the achievement of others are what will aspire us to move on.
He learned our lessons from others who made it they are an example of keeping your focus on your goal.

In this case you are right, there are no traders who, if they enter the market, traders will always get full profits. Yes. as you said there are always ups and downs too and according to the saying why they can and are able to get some profits in trading, it's because they are used to it and understand how the market works.

[Dickiy]

If your first encounter with crypto was a scam altcoin, it doesn't mean you should wash your hand off of crypto. If you're still interested in it, learn from that bad situation and gain more experience from it.

If you previously made an investment in Bitcoin and you lost, it doesn't mean you should give up on Bitcoin; learn from it and re-evaluate your decision.

Even if you're good at analysis, there will be a point when you will face losses it depends on how much more you have to keep up, some will be frustrated and just give up, and some will take it slow but continue to move on, because of the very high volatility there is no such thing as a perfect investor, we all have our share of ups and downs its the achievement of others are what will aspire us to move on.
He learned our lessons from others who made it they are an example of keeping your focus on your goal.

In this case you are right, there are no traders who, if they enter the market, traders will always get full profits. Yes. as you said there are always ups and downs too and according to the saying why they can and are able to get some profits in trading, it's because they are used to it and understand how the market works.

Of course, and we as traders are required to always be able to minimize various possibilities that can make us lose, such as complying with some of the rules that we have previously made. We can definitely get the profit and also besides that the losses will always follow us. We have to understand that trading always involves us mentally and psychologically, and if we get caught up in emotions once then everything will fall apart, the various self-controls that we have prepared will be useless, there is no budget limit that we use and maybe something like we will forget about stop loss and take profit because emotions have taken over. So in trading, in my opinion, what is more difficult is making peace with yourself, there is no strategy that has 100% accuracy in it, and all we can do is balance it with some self-control so that our trading goes according to plan. Profits and losses are a natural result as a trader, but there are also some of them, especially beginners, who are then consumed by their own emotions and that causes them to experience MC. Mental, psychological and calm are the main points that we must have in the process of analyzing the market because that will lead us to the right decision every time we want to open an open position.

[tygeade]

Even if you're good at analysis, there will be a point when you will face losses it depends on how much more you have to keep up, some will be frustrated and just give up, and some will take it slow but continue to move on, because of the very high volatility there is no such thing as a perfect investor, we all have our share of ups and downs its the achievement of others are what will aspire us to move on.
He learned our lessons from others who made it they are an example of keeping your focus on your goal.

In this case you are right, there are no traders who, if they enter the market, traders will always get full profits. Yes. as you said there are always ups and downs too and according to the saying why they can and are able to get some profits in trading, it's because they are used to it and understand how the market works.

That is the natural part of the crypto trading world, nobody could make profit constantly and that's fine, there is nothing wrong with that. I get that people want to make as much profit as they possibly could but that doesn't mean that they will, some people will and some people will not.

You should be trying to make it work as much as possible without trying to have any wrong results on the long run. I get that it will not be simple but you should be considering it as something on the back of your mind. Just make as much profit as possible and learn from your losses and mistakes, that way you will make less mistakes because you will be unlikely the repeat same mistakes again and again, it will be very helpful.

[Obari]

Great thread I must commend but I think you're illustration   were way to out of the box for scenarios you were trying to present. I will say. There are people who make it really easy and you finding it difficult  to grow in same pace with your mates shoukd be a reason for you to work really harder to archive more results and I must also say that human desires never ends and it is also the human desire that has given more room to wanting to achieve more results and explore more things, so I think being comfortable  in one's comfort zone is absolutely  different  from being contented and it is supposed  to be human for people to want to acquire higher  things and the forum rank and merits isn't exempted in his as we have seen were reputation and number of merits have been given special privileges and that alone is enough reason why we must take our growth personal and that also helps with the forum growth and activities else here wouldn't be really interesting as it is now  😊

[Bushdark]

Sometimes it is the journey and not the goal. Most often than not, we find more value in what we learn from the journey of reaching the goal compared to the outcome it leads us to. The lessons we learn, the struggles, and the people we meet that is basically connection, allows us to grow and be smarter for our future self and the paths we are soon to take.

It is true that often on a journey to success, of course, we have to go through a long process, but it is not certain that we will get success, of course we can take experience and lessons from this process so that we can improve if we have not achieved success.

The journey to success is not as smooth like the journey to achieve a mere thing. Success often need hard work and consistency for us to cahice our aims and if we don't try our best to get to where we intend to get to, then we might be doing ourselves harm that will affect our goal and pause our success journey. Discipline is one important thing we need to put in action to get to where we want to be or else we might keep getting it all wrong and not getting closer to where we want to be at all means.

[dothebeats]

Even if you're good at analysis, there will be a point when you will face losses it depends on how much more you have to keep up, some will be frustrated and just give up, and some will take it slow but continue to move on, because of the very high volatility there is no such thing as a perfect investor, we all have our share of ups and downs its the achievement of others are what will aspire us to move on.
He learned our lessons from others who made it they are an example of keeping your focus on your goal.

In this case you are right, there are no traders who, if they enter the market, traders will always get full profits. Yes. as you said there are always ups and downs too and according to the saying why they can and are able to get some profits in trading, it's because they are used to it and understand how the market works.

That is the natural part of the crypto trading world, nobody could make profit constantly and that's fine, there is nothing wrong with that. I get that people want to make as much profit as they possibly could but that doesn't mean that they will, some people will and some people will not.

You should be trying to make it work as much as possible without trying to have any wrong results on the long run. I get that it will not be simple but you should be considering it as something on the back of your mind. Just make as much profit as possible and learn from your losses and mistakes, that way you will make less mistakes because you will be unlikely the repeat same mistakes again and again, it will be very helpful.

This is true. Sometimes you make great profits, sometimes little to none at all. However, being able to still hold on to the goal of making as much profit as you can is vital, as it will indefinitely lead you to success. In times wherein you feel like you are going nowhere, having such a mindset to continue pursuing what you have set as a goal and learning from your mistake allows you to grow and reach the goal.

[justdimin]

I now always envy those who are always contented with what they have or what they have accomplished, I was like this years back until something changed within me, I feel like I am not trying enough and the result is not getting satisfied no matter what I do.

This is why I believe that nothing comes for free in this world we are living in, there is always something to pay for when you engage in everything, the more we seek the more we will remain unsatisfied.

Now I can't even go back to the way I used to be, my happiness was unlimited, and I hardly had a frown face, always happy, but as I grew up into a man I went cold, now that I have something going on in my life I don't want to stop and it's scary whenever I think about it.

You can always change the perspective anytime you want. I have changed it to duration and not the end result. If you keep thinking about life like path you need to take and when you reach your goal that's the end destination where you need to arrive, then there will be more and more paths to come in the future and you will never be happy with reaching your goal.

However, if you change your perspective to enjoy the ride, then you will realize that you will not end up being upset when the goal is there, you will be happy that another ride will come along. I work hard that's true, but I also enjoy working hard, it is not the results and the profits of working hard "eventually" gives you, it's the hardwork itself that should be joyful.

[CarnagexD]

If your first encounter with crypto was a scam altcoin, it doesn't mean you should wash your hand off of crypto. If you're still interested in it, learn from that bad situation and gain more experience from it.

If you previously made an investment in Bitcoin and you lost, it doesn't mean you should give up on Bitcoin; learn from it and re-evaluate your decision.

Even if you're good at analysis, there will be a point when you will face losses it depends on how much more you have to keep up, some will be frustrated and just give up, and some will take it slow but continue to move on, because of the very high volatility there is no such thing as a perfect investor, we all have our share of ups and downs its the achievement of others are what will aspire us to move on.
He learned our lessons from others who made it they are an example of keeping your focus on your goal.

Because sometime, even you have the best analysis, indicator, or signal, you still onna be wrong. That is a normal part of the game. It doesn't mean you are going to fail, nor if you are going to lose all yur investment. It just mean you lose. Because the market is very unpredictable. The outcome is uncertain so you have to bet and decide which side of the market are you in and when will you participate as much as timing is one of the important factor.

It very helpful to have a ournal in your trading or investn=ment because we have to evaluate our financial decisions. So that with thorough reflections, the istakes we made in the past can be corrected in the future.

[Alpha Marine]

We've a local parlance for this where I come from. They say, "If it's easy, it becomes child's play." That captures the whole essence of man's continual struggle pursuing his goals and aspirations.

Exactly!
It won't be called "work" if it was easy. It's called work because it can be tasking at times or all the time.
Most people believe some folks have it easier, as much as that can be true, it doesn't mean we should give up because others have it easier.
To you, that person's situation might be easier but you do not know what he must have gone through to get to where he is, or what he's going through at that level he is.
We have to be ready to put in the work. There's no other way, no shortcuts.