We all want it fast, and only a few care about the long game.
Everyone can say they want the biggest share of the pie, but the only practical way to get it is to be among the biggest pie holders who are ready to play the long game.**
To be honest, I've not been one to take the long-term route or take a peek at the long view. I think I wasn't built that way but then I also think I'm at that point for a rebuild, so goodbye shortie
How much Hive power do you think exists today?
I don't know, but let's draw a rough sketch and assume we have just 100M hp on the Hive blockchain. With that coupled with the 10-13 percentage returns in curation rewards, you get roughly 10M hp allocated according to how much skin each pie($HIVE) holder has in the game.
Buying around 1% of the total pie can be impossible unless you're as rich as Bill Gates or Blocktrades. But then that doesn't mean we can’t or shouldn't strive to grow our pie share.
This is what many 1%ers of the world's wealthiest men do understand, and it's what many of us today—the short-term fused generations, don't quite grasp.
And to be honest, the pie concept isn't taught to anyone, but doesn't mean we can't figure it out. And just as the saying goes - when the student is ready, the teacher will appear.
Are you ready?
I've not been one to set financial goals before, but seeing how the world we live in today is becoming increasingly informationally polarized to the extreme and more and more people, especially young adults, are being fed lies about finance, I think striving to own more share of the pie and growing the pie at the same time is far beneficial than trying to cut down on your pie consumption.
If we all take a moment to ask ourselves, cutting down on expenses isn't the best and most effective way to own a large share of the pie, but only a way to keep the masses at bay and feed them less than enough to sustain them until the next day.
Although it's a reasonable idea to cut down on your pie intake. However, it's more effective if we strive to grow our pie stakes in the long run.
Getting back to the hp (pie) drill.
I'm not going to focus too much on my pie intake.
Although that's a good point to consider, it's one I will have to disagree with, if the (1%ers) ever had only this mentality, then, there wouldn't be any (1%ers), billionaires or elites today. Everyone would only strive to make enough and quit when they have enough to uphold themselves.
Good times create weak men
In reality, this is how many people, especially the public thinks, and that has made the world wealth gap to be on the extreme side of the spectrum.
To top it all, instead of thinking about not earning enough or making enough to sustain, thereby prompting one to cut down on necessary investments or expenses, it's always best to strive to increase our share of the world's wealth which tbh, is in abundance—you just have to go get it and keep increasing it until you are one of the 1%ers or somewhere near.
For this reason, I'm making it a duty to start setting financial goals and I'm only making this post as a remembrance to myself and how I'll have to not only be motivated to grow my pie to 1k(hp) before the year ends but also, to stay committed to showing up and earning more hp even if I might not need it today.
And there's a chance some see their HP as one to carry on to the next-gen, which is a great strategy, but easier said than done which is why it's done by only a few. But I'm okay to walk the path less taken*
And a wise man once said—It’s not how much money you make, but how much money you keep, how hard it works for you, and how many generations you keep it for.
ROBERT T. KIYOSAKI
And again, if not now? Then when?
While my short-term goal is 1k hp, my long-term goal is 5k hp before the end of 2024, and the long-term plan is no doubt 100K, which is going to take forever or might even be seen as impossible but then, it's always best to have a clear path and a vivid picture of where you're sailing to than letting the wave move you around.
Are you sailing the waters or moving with the wave?
Until next time