The power of Not Giving Up!
There comes a time when life tests your will, and stacks all the chips against you. You can choose to give in to the pressure or decide to fight. The battle is ON!
"Success comes from a series of failures”
That phrase may sound like a cliche, but you can’t understand that as truth until you have lived it and experienced failure. The question is once you realized you’ve failed, how do you move forward? How do you find the strength to keep going? When is it time to move on and when is it time to keep on fighting?
If there is one thing more humbling than failing, it must be failing IN PUBLIC. This is what you face when you decide to build on #Web3. If you are afraid of failing in public, you should NOT build a startup, much less a crypto project.
You can read about my most recent failure in My Latest Proposal for Starter DAO. This is my most recent example of how I decided to keep the fire on a project that has sucked my focus, energy, and capital during the past two years. We can consider it 5 years if we include EOS Israel and my sticking together with the EOS Community until now. EOS has had a ton of hardships and failures itself, but thanks to people who are not willing to give up, the ecosystem remains strong and still presents an important player in the Layer1 Blockchain space.
Not giving up may mean a lot of things to different people. For some, this means just keeping their heads down and building although the economic conditions are tough and there is no money flowing into the business. For others, it may mean taking a full-time job to support their family until they can save a stack and try again. For others, it may mean literally staying alive, and not giving up ON LIFE!
I recently interviewed EllioTrades on my Podcast, and he got real with me and we discussed the true hardships of building on Web3. If you haven’t watched the episode, you can catch it here on Youtube, or if you prefer the Audio version on Apple or Spotify.
The most revealing part of the interview was getting a true insight into what goes on in the life of a Web3 Founder that is also a leading Crypto Youtuber. We tend to idealize the lives of influencers because social media is designed to show us the best moments of the people we follow, because people want to portray their best selves online, this is natural. But what we don’t see is the daily struggles that builders and founders go through.
Today, I find myself at a tough spot in my personal life, where I’m faced with the reality of being 43, married with 2 kids, but still having the ambitions, hopes, and dreams I had when I was 27. I want to keep on building my projects, but I also need to generate a steady income to support my family. So what should I do?
I ask myself this every day, and there is no simple solution, but the answer that keeps coming to my mind is “DON’T GIVE UP!”.
There is a lot of power in deciding not to give up, even if this means taking on consultant work, side jobs, or even full-time jobs while you reorganize and prepare for the next battle. The universe tends to reflect back to us what we radiate into it, and everything begins with your MINDSET.
I am writing this mainly to remind myself that this too shall pass and that greener pastures are waiting just on the other side of my conscious awareness, but my hopes are that this also brings value to your life, especially if you took the time to read this far.
If you are also going through a tough time, just know that you are NOT ALONE! Reach out to friends and family, and take comfort in the really important things in life. Are you healthy? Is your family together? Are you able to keep going and rebuild?
Great! now tell me again how terrible is that your crypto portfolio is down badly. Not that of a big deal in the grand scheme of things, right?
I am super passionate about building businesses and projects in Web3 because I believe this is how we redefine our collective future. If you want to join our community of builders I invite you to visit the Web3 Creator Dojo and sign up for the FREE TRAINING I’m putting together, or if you are ready to get started building, check out my Business Creator course, DM me and I’ll give you a discount :-)
See you soon Creators, and remember: NEVER GIVE UP!
Much Love, H3rnan