When people talk about financial freedom, they often focus on investing, saving, or building wealth. But sometimes, the most valuable skills or habits are the ones that aren’t talked about enough. Maybe it’s discipline, emotional resilience, or even something unexpected like negotiation or patience.
What do you think is the most underrated skill or habit for achieving real financial independence?
For me, the most underrated skill is delayed gratification. It’s not just about resisting the urge to spend money now, it’s about thinking long-term in everything you do. When I first started learning about Bitcoin and freedom, I realized that the biggest hurdle wasn’t just making money, but knowing when to hold off on spending it for the right opportunities.
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131 sats \ 1 reply \ @plebpoet 2h
delayed gratification = denying yourself. If accepting delayed gratification, adopting long term thinking, is denying yourself, then the path to freedom is being faithful.
So faith would be the positive motivation, believing that your steadiness today builds a better tomorrow. Same thing, but denying yourself is the negative motivation, or the key difference between stating the same idea twice is belief.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @nym OP 2h
Yes. We are presented with thousands of choices a day, and every action we take that isn't a "sin" is an act of faith.
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324 sats \ 1 reply \ @Bell_curve 18h
you have to take some calculated risks to grow your portfolio exponentially
sometimes I get too conservative with my investments when I have 'too much' money
to recap: don't lose your nerve (i.e. don't get scared, don't lose your balls)
Think long term when computing risk
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21 sats \ 0 replies \ @nym OP 18h
Great advice.
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41 sats \ 0 replies \ @Golu 13h
You've to be at your best. No underrated skills.
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Balancing optimism and skepticism, you need to call bullshit on just about everything, but be optimistic enough to act on asymmetry.
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That's interesting that you think of delayed gratification as a skill. I think of it more as being linked to a character trait (low time preference).
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3 sats \ 0 replies \ @flat24 12h
I totally agree with you that the most difficult thing is time preference and it is very difficult to look at the long term. IMO patience and discipline are the most fundamental aspects
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Being strong-minded or strong-willed...
So many on this earth believe life is or should be easy... when the truth is there is nothing easy about living life when you are thinking long-term. So many around us are trying to coerce you into buying their "whatever" and promising it will make you "whatever" and it is all just sales...and its all because our base layer protocol we developed our systems on was corrupted...
We have to be strong of mind and will to reach out of the cesspool we have built to date and know that we can and will do better on our new base protocol...
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Patience. Cummulative interest pays off.
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Not pissing away your money on stupid shit