My Bitcoin story is pure luck.
Let’s start from the top.
I was lucky enough to grow up with no financial safety net, no family blueprint for investing, and no exposure to traditional wealth-building strategies.
I was lucky enough to start cutting hair in high school just to make money. While other kids were focused on distractions, I was offering haircuts after class so I could buy basic things — and eventually buy Bitcoin.
I was lucky enough to hate being average. That pushed me to spend my free time diving into topics that had nothing to do with what school taught me. I found myself obsessing over the history of money, how central banks work, how fiat currency loses value, and what alternatives existed.
And that’s when I found Bitcoin.
Not because someone told me. Not because of a podcast. Just pure curiosity and luck.
Bitcoin made more sense than anything I’d ever read. It was transparent. It was decentralized. It was immune to inflation. And it required no permission to use. I didn’t need a degree to understand the idea of fixed supply and open source.
So, of course, I got lucky.
I started buying around $8,000 CAD. I didn’t have a strategy — just conviction. I exchanged every extra dollar I had for something I believed would outlast the system itself.
It was lucky that I didn’t have much money to lose. Because that meant I was willing to risk what little I had to chase what could be life-changing upside.
I got lucky that I didn’t care about buying new things. I didn’t care about being flashy. I cared about stacking more Bitcoin.
I got lucky that I endured multiple 80 percent drawdowns without folding. I watched my net worth drop over and over — and somehow stayed focused.
I got lucky that every time Bitcoin crashed, I didn’t listen to the noise. I studied, I waited, and I bought more.
I got lucky that I kept working through it all. Designing. Building brands. Creating systems. Serving clients. Running my agency. Every paycheck became a chance to accumulate more exposure to what I believed in.
I got lucky that over the last 10 years, I kept the same conviction while everyone else flipped narratives. One year Bitcoin’s a scam. The next it’s the future. The next it’s dead. The next it’s the most powerful asset in the world.
I never changed my mind.
Conviction Over Convenience
Bitcoin wasn’t always fun. It wasn’t always exciting. Most of the time it was boring. Lonely. Slow. But I knew the value was in the time horizon — not the day-to-day price action.
Everyone wants to be rich. No one wants to be early and misunderstood.
Bitcoin isn’t a get-rich-quick scheme. It’s a get-wealthy-slowly-and-painfully process. It tests your patience. It humbles you. It makes you question yourself. And then, if you stay consistent, it rewards you for your discipline.
Discipline Looks Like Sacrifice
I’ve made good money. I’ve had profitable years. But even then, I lived modestly. Why? Because I saw the opportunity cost of spending on things that didn’t increase in value.
While others upgraded their lifestyle, I upgraded my conviction.
Bitcoin taught me that short-term comfort often comes at the cost of long-term growth.
Bitcoin Isn’t Just an Asset
It’s a mindset. A framework for understanding value, time, and risk.
It changed how I view money. How I view opportunity. How I approach business. It taught me that volatility is noise, but scarcity is signal.
It taught me that the biggest rewards go to those who can delay gratification longer than the masses.
This Was All Luck
Because if I wasn’t lucky enough to learn these things early —
If I wasn’t lucky enough to stay the course when it was hard —
If I wasn’t lucky enough to keep learning while others quit —
I’d be totally screwed.
Bitcoin gave me a head start. Not because of timing. But because of the mindset it forced me to build.
And that’s the real value. Not just the price. Not just the number go up. But the discipline, the consistency, and the certainty it required to hold the line.
Luck = Preparation + Conviction + Time
If you want luck like this, it’s simple.
Work your ass off.
Study the game.
Risk intelligently.
Delay gratification.
Hold the line.
Bitcoin rewards the ones who survive.
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