As my twenties slowly but surely wind down, I have only started learning the value of patience. Sure I always knew this on the surface, but deep down I wanted transformations to happen a lot sooner than later, putting in a lot of initial energy and giving up when things appeared too slow.

When I joined Hive a few years ago, I had already come across a few accounts that had 'cashed out' from the space. Even when I started viewing the space differently, it still wasn't enough to sustain the patience and consistency required to really grow the account to the point where I would have liked, something I very much regret now.

I understand that am not alone in demanding immediate results, especially when certain results are not guaranteed. Many young people are eager to find their footing and place in the World too, and finances can be a major obstacle/motivation depending on what angle we perceive.

Crypto Focus

Few things have presented an opportunity for individuals to dramatically change their financial fortunes over a short period of time legitimately like crypto. Over the last couple of years, there have been quite a number of millionaires and a few billionaires powered by the blockchain. Many young people have been beneficiaries too, and the media seems to always focus on the really major beneficiaries who made quite dramatic fortune transformations.

Yet a close look at a few of the young crypto millionaires show that they were patient enough to watch their investments grow over time, and had faith in what it was going to become. From the Etheruem Co-founder, to the guy who became a BTC millionaire at just 18, these lads recognized certain things just don't happen overnight.

The way I see it, for a change in fortune to either take a huge amount of risk or build over time and have the patience to watch that product grow. Many of us either don't have the resources or risk appetite to properly optimize the first option, so we'd simply settle for the latter.

There's no sugarcoating it though, building is hard work and can be draining. It isn't easy to stick with something that appears to be stagnant, or marginal in terms of gains. Yet there is no investment in the right direction that is really stagnant, and it compounds over time to produce Something big.

Hive Ladder

Hive has so many options to simply build on these days that it seems almost surreal. Splinterlands, Hive itself, SEED, Leofinance with all its options, and now NFTs that have found their way to the chain. One or more of these options can offer massive gains.

However, in spite of the variety, there would need to either be big risks or lots of consistency and patience to successfully grow these options for lucrative returns

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