"Try something new each day. After all, we're given life to find it out. It doesn't last forever."
- Ruth Gordon
To evolve and grow in life, you must try; if you try, you will most certainly experience failure. It is inevitable...
But, for how long will you keep on failing? No one can tell. Some get it right on the first try, and some unlucky fool might need to try at least 10 times before experiencing a sliver of success.
Yet, if you never try, then you'll never know...
We started the year 2023 with something different in mind. Something that does not go with our local market and its demands. Out of 100 people, 90 are interested because our products are shiny and unique, out of those 90, 70 of them want it, and out of 70, 40 to 50 of them may buy it, but from all of these people, only 8 to 10 might understand the effort and knowledge it takes to make such items.
3D-printed products are no joke, the possibilities are endless. Even this fast-paced world isn't too familiar with this craft, and in a third-world country like ours, with so many problems and readymade items and solutions all around, why should people care to educate themselves about things like 3D printing, AI, and even crypto?
We've got bigger problems to solve, like poverty and unemployment...
So, can you blame these people?
You can! Actually.
A good chunk of them at least..
ᴵᵐᵃᵍᵉˢ ᵃⁿᵈ ᵒᵛᵉʳᵃˡˡ ᶜᵒⁿᵗᵉⁿᵗ ᵃʳᵉ ᵐʸ ᵒʷⁿ ᵘⁿˡᵉˢˢ ᶦᵗ'ˢ ᵐᵉⁿᵗᶦᵒⁿᵉᵈ
Yes, there's poverty, unemployment, and a lack of opportunities, but in this current world of the internet, you can access anything and everything. Of course, not everyone is "privileged", yet many out there have the needed resources, but choose not to utilize them properly.
I myself am an example sometimes. Guilty as charged...
However, I am trying...
Am I perfect and always on point? No! Could I do better? For sure!
There's always room for improvement, always a newer opportunity waiting around the corner. I do try my best to stay up-to-date. In my free time, I read books to learn from other people's experiences, I'm always on the lookout for opportunities in my circle, and day by day I'm learning more about the WEB3 realm and crypto.
I use most of my free time to get ahead, to learn about the present, future, and past; while getting to know about the people around me, and their thoughts and ethos to life.
But these days it seems that people are becoming way too lazy, as they want it all served on a silver platter, while someone else hand feeds them every little dish.
We'd rather waste all our free time outside, hanging out by a newly paved road or highway; if you know, then you know...
We'd rather waste an extra lump sum of money on frivolous items than invest it. And we are better off staying away from gaining an extra bit of knowledge; not educating ourselves on the latest and greatest opportunities that the world has to offer. We've become too ignorant, while our theatrical performances of acting like a know-it-all, have increased.
The internet and its short-form content are to blame I'd say. You watch a single short video about something and suddenly you start feeling as if you're on top of the world.
Now, these know-it-alls are popping up now and then, and are trying to teach us about our own craft lol.
Short-form content and unknown shortcuts can be dangerous, the same goes for the cock-sure, "always correct" mindset...
"The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt." - Bertrand Russel
For now, we do have the product, but it seems that proper education about the 3D Printing realm needs to be promoted as well. Then there's the issue of relocation, we'll be moving back to London with our main operations again, and that's another hurdle in the way.
Yet, I bet we'll think of something lucrative and efficient as we make some more progress.