I had a great weekend! Started off Friday evening with some pickleball and the group picture above was taken after the session was over. Then I go to watch the All star match at the Panas Cup. I had a VVIP seating thanks to a friend who sponsored the tournament; I was able to watch for free! I got to see Quang Duong play live and it was an interesting experience. I was able to see the gap between where I am now with one of the best out there. His technique and footwork was so clean and that's probably where I need to work on to step up my game. My friend and I left a bit early though and then I ended up having the urge to play. I somehow ended up playing 6 hours of pickleball that day after watching the all star match. I ended Sunday resting and chilling so I had a pretty good weekend I think. Anyways today, I want to give my opinion on greed and selfishness.
I think greed and selfishness is part of life. People may see this more related to physical things but I feel it's more of a mental thing where in some cases it can be good and in some cases it can be bad. I feel it's more mental because it's more dependent on how a person is thinking which causes what we see as greed or selfishness. By all means, greed and selfishness can be good in situations like thirst for more knowledge or focusing on self improvement. I don't think it's a bad thing if someone is being greedy to want to keep on learning and improving themself. Another example can be cases where someone doesn't want to go out and hang out with their friends because they want to just relax and stay at home. Some people may see this as being selfish but others may not because people need their "me" time.
With a good side, there's always a bad side (in most cases). Greed and selfishness can also end up being bad. Some people get too greedy and misuse their power. They can also lose their ability to think clearly especially when gambling. Some people will be greedy to win the jackpot and keep playing until they lose all their money and end up on the streets etc. I've also experienced this in crypto when I was first starting out.
In the early days of the web3 gaming boom, I had $10k USD worth of airdrop handed to me and it was a lot of money. If I had the knowledge I had now, I would've sold back then but back then I was greedy and wanted the value to increase even more. Little did I know how fast the market would crash and I ended up cashing it out for around 2-3k I don't remember. It's significantly less than what I could've cashed out and it was because I was greedy. Even in the past, I was a bit selfish when I was growing up. I always had to share with my brother but I didn't like it when I was a kid. For example, I ended up playing more playtime on the laptop than he did and this is just one case of many. Looking back now, it was silly and I'm way past that. I feel that I've become more selfless than selfish as I grew up. As for the greed though, it's something that I still feel in me and it's always a mental fight. Whether it be for the good or bad cases, it's something that I hope to have better control over as I age.
