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100 sats \ 1 reply \ @kepford 1 Apr \ on: I've got a family gathering coming up and need a plan of action. bitcoin
LOL. That's all. The title is wonderful. I remember being young and optimistic about other people's desire to learn from their younger and knowledgeable relative.
That said, try to be humble. Try to not come on to hard when they get stuff wrong. Ask questions and offer facts over opinions. But keep in mind most people don't just accept fact as fact. So be careful.
If the focus is on price I'd have them zoom out... my theme of the day. Look at the history and realize we could see massive pumps and dumps over the next few years. Are they ready for that? Are they ready to hold when they are underwater for 3-4 years? Do they have the deep knowledge that builds confidence to ignore short term purchasing power?
I've had VERY little luck getting people that I know that have bought bitcoin to actually do homework. I plant seeds and wait. Its up to them to do the proof of work. You can't do it for them. You can be a guide but my experience with people that are older than me (I'm not a young person) is that they have a hard time taking advice from someone younger than them. That's a flaw in them but it is a super common one. Don't take it personally. It doesn't mean they don't respect you. It means they have a bias towards age and familiarity.
My guess is that you are ready already. I think your main prep should be to pick your battles and be selective on what you tackle with them. Humans do not take well to being corrected or lectured so keep that in mind.
Clear, I don't expect them to do any self study about Bitcoin anyway, for it's way easier (and to many) far more interesting daydreaming about how rich one could be one day - which is OK, it simply shouldn't be all.
I think I'll indeed do best by "picking my battles" as you say, trying to find cracks and break those f*ckrs until I can reach their core and infest them with the Bitcoin Maxi Virus!
Until then, I better prepare for a shit-show.ðŸ¤
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