#213 Of 365 Forward Steps Notes Wisdom On The Web Really get a sense of where you are spending your hours and where you could pay more attention. I cannot strongly enough, emphasize the value of clarity of vision. Our goals need to be sourced in a larger vision of what we want our life to be about. This provides much needed leverage. (Link is below)

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Where Are You Spending Your Hours?

Really get a sense of where you are spending your hours @forwardsteps https://www.forwardstepsblog.com/spending-your-hours/

Life Power Tip You will likely have heard the story of the baby elephant being tied up a certain distance from a stake in the ground, and in adulthood it still lives with the belief that, that’s as far as it can go. Alternatively, the circus fleas kept in a lidded container and who jump no higher, even after the lid is removed, because they are so used to hitting their heads on the container lid! Lastly, the frog put into cool water that is gradually heated to boiling. The frog, not noticing the gradual temperature change, stays to be cooked. Are you living parts of your life, similar to any of those examples? Action Sit under a large, leafy tree and daydream. Challenge Notice your posture at varying intervals during the day, and improve it consciously. Quote The better organized you are in the simple things, the more spontaneous and free you can be in the more important things. -Brian Tracy Clearing Know your highest priorities, so you are not dragged by others’ agendas. Question What do you need to ‘know’ next? Affirmation I choose to feel that I am special. Uplifting Extra Here's a wonderful and free quiz and video workshop where you can play with your guardian angels. The quiz reveals who your guarding angels are. Then, on the results page, you can choose a time and day that works (one is starting shortly) to receive powerful Angel Transformation in the popular workshop. In that workshop, you will experience a genuine healing and receive an important message from your helpers. (Link is below)

QUIZ: Who Is Your Guardian Angle?

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This Hacker Nightlight Looks Harmless But Records Every Device on Your Wi-Fi, plus so much more…

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Thanks @walker & @Jeff Booth CHAPTERS: 00:00 – Intro 03:15 – Chaos & Sentiment 04:33 – Liquidity Crunch 07:03 – Bitcoin Fundamentals 08:50 – Cash App & MOE 11:23 – Geopolitics & Bitcoin Rails 18:41 – Free-Market Opportunity 21:36 – Exiting Fiat 25:03 – SAT IRR & Value 27:17 – Boat Story 29:34 – Leaving Canada 33:21 – El Salvador Insight 48:56 – AI, Education & Capacity 51:18 – Global Bitcoin Leadership 52:59 – US Policy & Open Source 56:00 – Privacy, Tools & Resistance 01:11:39 – Fedi Privacy & Messaging 01:14:08 – AI Risks & Sovereignty 01:17:42 – Repetition & Understanding 01:24:26 – Zero-Sum to Infinite Game 01:24:53 – Closing Reflections

Thank you @Paula & @Jeff Booth Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 01:28 Free Market Is Deflation 03:32 Bitcoin is Repricing Everything 13:42 What if Bitcoin Fails? 18:56 Measuring Bitcoin in USD 22:30 Ignoring FUD 25:26 Bukele is Making a Difference 31:50Time & Energy in BTC 35:27 The Free Market 38:06 Bitcoin Fixes This 41:30 We All Win 44:05 Self Custody and 45% IRR 46:52 Does Elon Musk Understand Bitcoin? 49:17 Find Jeff

Video description: In this episode, the Bitcoin Beach Team sits down with @Jeff Booth Jeff Booth inside the National Palace El Salvador to dig into a question a lot of people are asking in private. Is El Salvador still Bitcoin country, or did Bukele get captured by the IMF. Jeff shares how he ended up invited by the President, why he first thought he was being used as a marketing prop, and what actually happened during a long conversation on Bitcoin, freedom money, and what it means for a small country trying to escape a global control system. We walk through the IMF and El Salvador story from Jeff’s perspective. He explains why a former failed state turned to Bitcoin to escape fiat money and its hidden taxes, yet still decided to take an IMF loan. Jeff shares Bukele’s “rat and cheese” analogy, and why the real goal is Salvadorans holding their own keys, running nodes, and building a circular economy in Bitcoin instead of staying stuck in the old system. He also talks about what he saw on the ground, from gang crackdowns and falling crime, to how the historic center now feels safer and more vibrant, and what that means for tourism in El Salvador. From there, we zoom out into the deeper human side. Jeff explains how understanding Bitcoin forces an existential crisis, especially for wealthy people and NGOs who thought they were helping, while actually reinforcing a broken fiat money system. We get into game theory, why most people will cheat if they think they will not get caught, and why the principled minority who run nodes and hold their own keys matter so much. Jeff lays out a simple way to think about moving your time into the Bitcoin economy, starting with a small percentage, then growing it until your life reflects an honest market instead of a control system built on inflation and debt. We close with why Jeff walked away from a huge Twitter audience to spend his time on Nostr, how he thinks about living in alignment in public, and what he is building with Ego Death Capital. He shares how they use Bitcoin as the hurdle rate, why he believes Bitcoin native startups will massively outperform as the old world gets repriced, and how founders in places like El Salvador can collect more Bitcoin by creating real value for real people. -Bitcoin Beach Team Browse through this quick guide to learn more about the episode: 00:00 - Why does Jeff Booth say Bukele understands the global Bitcoin game and the IMF “rat and cheese” trap? 01:52 - What first brought Jeff Booth to El Salvador and why were Bitcoiners questioning if it is still Bitcoin country? 02:55 - How did the invitation from Bukele’s office change Jeff’s thinking about El Salvador’s Bitcoin strategy? 04:02 - Why did Jeff want to look Bukele in the eye before trusting the El Salvador Bitcoin experiment? 10:08 - Does Bukele feel the Bitcoin experiment is working and how does he balance IMF money with a Bitcoin vision? 13:57 - How different does San Salvador feel today compared to the gang violence years before Bitcoin and Bukele’s crackdown? 18:42 - Why does understanding Bitcoin create an existential crisis for wealthy people, NGOs, and the old system? 24:36 - Why will El Salvador’s Bitcoin experiment fail if it does not move toward a smaller government and real free markets? 28:58 - How does Jeff Booth think about the timeline for Bitcoin adoption and what it means to “already live in that future”? 32:18 - Why did Jeff leave Twitter for Nostr and how does that choice connect to his values around Bitcoin and decentralization? 34:47 - How does Ego Death Capital invest in Bitcoin native companies using Bitcoin as the hurdle rate for returns?

#212 Of 365 Forward Steps Notes Wisdom On The Web Everybody’s Free to Wear Sunscreen By Mary Schmich – Wear Sunscreen or the Sunscreen Speech are the common names of an essay actually called Advice, like youth, probably just wasted on the young written by Mary Schmich and published in the Chicago Tribune as a column in 1997. (Link is below)

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Advice, like youth, is probably just wasted on the young :) @forwardsteps https://www.forwardstepsblog.com/everybodys-free/

Life Power Tip Life is not a practice game. When will you live your life, the one you choose for yourself? If you are waiting for something, what are you waiting for? What if “that thing” you are waiting for never happens? Action Sit quietly with your own thoughts for 30 minutes. Challenge Notice when you react and notice when you respond. Feel the difference. Quote Each forward step enhances the value of your first! -Thea Westra Clearing Know your financial situation and do a budget. Question What do you need to give to yourself so that you can give more to others? Affirmation I choose to live a unique life of my own. Uplifting Extra Even small, incremental forward steps will contribute immensely to the whole journey toward a desired end result. Forward Steps is all about providing you with small snippets that act as a catalyst for your next idea or action. Watch this video and read the short story then instantly put aside any procrastination and excuses for doing nothing at all, simply because you think your actions might only be a tiny drop in your bucket. (Link is below)

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Incremental Forward Steps For Big Results

Incremental forward steps will contribute immensely to the whole journey https://www.forwardstepsblog.com/incremental-forward-steps-for-big-results/

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Self Improvement Advent Calendar 2024 - Day 4. This video & free download, is a great way to countdown the days until the holiday festivities

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Self Improvement Advent Calendar - Day 4

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Watching https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9110902/ Good movie.

Video description: Communications Minister Anika Wells has addressed questions over revelations she charged taxpayers almost $100,000 for a three-day summit in New York. “That trip was undertaken as the Minister for Communications, and I think ... would agree with me that it was incredibly important,” she said at the National Press Club on Wednesday. “That event fuelled a global momentum.” She's had some makeovers recently too, wardrobe, hair, etc.

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Timestamps : 00:00 – Settling in 02:08 – On X, text vs video, how people communicate 06:45 – Collective consciousness 09:54 – Meaning of life, Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy 14:16 – Individuals vs collectives 17:35 – What makes a company worth investing in 20:00 – Work Elon is most excited about across Tesla, SpaceX and xAI 23:35 – Starlink explained simply 29:45 – UHI, and “Working will be optional”: what that means 34:35 – Marshmallow test & delayed gratification 36:13 – The letter X 42:15 – Money, energy and the far future 46:13 – AI, US debt & what productivity unlocks 51:07 – Matrix, Simulation theory & probabilities 56:30 – Morality, religion & GTA 1:01:25 – Elon’s version of the simulation 1:03:17 – Elon’s Kids, Family structure & Nature vs. Nurture 1:12:33 – Should kids still go to college? 1:14:52 – How to regulate AI 1:20:08 – Language, history, and what remains timeless 1:23:22 — Movies vs podcasts 1:24:33 — Can AI understand human nuance? 1:26:01 — Where would Elon invest? 1:27:52 —David vs Goliath 1:30:03 — Humour, Friendship & Politics 1:37:00 — Politics, influence, and business 1:38:53 — Global trade, tariffs, Free markets 1:41:11 — The relationship between business and government 1:43:21 — DOGE 1:46:47 — Philanthropy 1:47:39 — H1B & Immigration Laws 1:51:17 — Advice for people building 1:52:00 — Value creation and hard work 1:53:26 — Closing thoughts & gratitude

Great snippets of info. Timestamps 00:00 Bitcoin's Quick Retrace and Market Insights 02:02 Understanding the November Shakeout 02:16 Vanguard and Bank of America's Bitcoin Pivot 04:34 Strategic Moves and Institutional Adoption 05:48 Elon Musk and Jensen Wang on Energy and Bitcoin 11:37 The Energy Backbone of Bitcoin 13:38 Conclusion and Future Outlook

Crazy, crazy, crazy! 🤪 Australia really has a huge problem. Plus, look at the clown we pay for with our taxes who they've positioned to stand behind the e-commissar as she makes her pronouncements. Coming soon to a country near you! 🫣😂😱🧡✨