You can’t force anyone to change their mind. They are either open to learning and changing or they are not. Remember how most of us take 2-3 touch points over years to really dive into the rabbit hole. 

 I've often questioned whether I wasn't gifted the gift of persuasion... But ultimately my words fell on deaf ears... Everyone gets bitcoin at the the price they deserve 

 I do have the gift of persuasion and I still don’t have an effect on close friends and family 

 Everyone gets bitcoin at the price they deserve 

 You can lead a horse to water but you can’t make them drink… 🤷 

 I held bitcoin through the blocksize wars and forks, through the 2019 drawdown, through the Covid lows, the China mining ban, the 2021-22 shitcoin exchange fiascos, and countless nation state attacks along the way. I hold enough that it’s the difference between being a lifelong wage slave if it failed and being able to do literally anything I want and make an impact on the world if it succeed. 

It’s been the largest bet of my life and has taken a massive amount of conviction. I’ve had countless sleepless nights and doubted myself many times. All of this to say: if it were easy everyone would have done it. I stopped being an evangelist in 2021 after I realized the skills I needed to hold for so long cannot be imparted to others. I still have people who approach me and I’m happy to discuss, but I mostly talk about those long dark nights laying awake wondering if I’d fucked my life by not selling the last top. 

 Beautiful share. Thank you. And spot on IMO 🎯 

 Everyone escapes fiat at its own time 

 It’s a hard one - the love I have for my family still wants me to try, in the hope they avoid the hardship you can see in their future. 

 I carried it for far too long myself. You’re not alone. We tried. But ultimately… https://image.nostr.build/8453300d2da999304da5f94773d5c02f3d4e24e7c6676e6bb3634088e23cd302.gif  

 you can always support bitcoin newbies in our initiatives, while we offer goods and services in exchange for sats. 🫶🏼 #value4value 

please keep an eye out for #thatbitcoinprojectinBahía as i stumble through it all-- it's a LOT to learn, and even more to UNLEARN but i'm lucky to live in the #bitcoinjungle where i'm surrounded by the best neighbors and mentors. when the student is ready, she finds herself SURROUNDED by teachers.

every single sat is meaningful down here at the bottom of the circular economy. i'll happily help you appease that guilt. 🧡 

 https://youtu.be/adoXQbpC6Fo 

 Actively trying to Orange Pill people is like pushing on a rope.  All my friends know I like the corn.  Over time, some ask about it and we talk.  It’s the only thing I’ve seen work.  (And gave them all the Bitcoin Standard for Christmas one year.) 

 I will tell my story one day. 

 Which pod? 🙏🏼 

 https://primal.net/e/note16q5w74uncnr2nr94f5q8w6qhtwml29zldt8rgc048ptkj2ruvn6qvfk93e 

 feel the same. 

 Real, grateful for the ones I did manage to get in, but there's so so many who never got it

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 Glad you are beginning to let it go. 
You have helped me level up my thinking so much, perhaps you are framing "should have done more" a bit strangely? 
You are the Based Senior college thesis advisor minting future examples to the world not a 101 survey taught to a stadium of freshman. And we stood on your shoulders. 
cheers and be mighty 

 Absolutely. Erik has been more valuable in the wider world than he knows, but no man is a prophet in his own land sadly.