In the crypto-space there are those who actively position themselves to be "thought leaders". I want to make clear in this statement that I'm not one of those people competing for that position. I am not a thought leader. In fact, the only person I'm suited to lead at this time is myself and even that might not be working in my favor. Anyone who follows my very unwise and uninformed opinions is making a big mistake. Just as I do not give financial advice, I do not consider myself any sort of leader.
By becoming a leader it sets whoever is in that position up as being the potential single person of failure. If that person fails then just like with any kind of centralization the whole pyramid collapses. When I post blogs which contain my opinions I do not consider my opinions to be necessarily right. My opinions are merely a result of my current best interpretation and analysis of the information I have access to.
I may not have access to the high quality information from which to make decisions. I am subjected to disinformation, misinformation, and like anyone else I make mistakes. I have my own biases, and I'm as ignorant as anyone else. If I am being an analyst, attempting to analyze trends, ultimately I am doing what other people can do and many can do it better than I can.
The fact that I have survived and avoided big trouble for this long considering the circumstances is in itself miraculous. I attribute a lot of this to good luck, and not everyone will be as lucky when in similar circumstances. Depending on your perspective, a lot of that good luck might not appear as good luck in comparison to the much better luck others have had. The fact is that I understand due to the disadvantages of my own background and from life experiences that luck plays a much larger role in outcomes than people give credit. Where you are born, when you are born, the laws in the country and how they are enforced, the preset opinions of other people, all of this are aspects of life which people are born into and must navigate. If you even discovered cryptocurrency in time to make an account on Steemit and earn what many others doing 40 or 80 hours a week don't earn then you're lucky.
When I say it is a miracle I'm still here it is literal. Any mistake I make could be the final mistake. Any decision I make could be the last decision. I have enough uncertainty in life that I cannot really predict the results of my decisions. The fact that I survived so many bad decisions over such a long period of time can only be attributed to luck. Being aware of that, I am always trying to reduce the quantity of and severity of the bad decisions and focus a lot on improving my decision quality over time, as this luck can run out.
