Missed Opportunities...
Hi steemians,
It happens to all of us, and it sure has happened to me. At some point in time life shows us a great opportunity for growth and we dismiss it due to fears. Its normal I guess, but what’s important is that we learn to recognize when we are not in control of our emotions, so that it doesn’t happen too often.
I’m sure others can relate to the feeling and fall back into unproductive thinking: “If only I had done….. “ - as they say hindsight is always 20/20 but no one ever fixed anything with hindsight thinking. So what’s the lesson we are failing to learn here?
To me it boils down to this: Take a chance, give yourself the opportunity to try something new.
If you’ve done your research, if you are confident in your investments, and it doesn’t matter what type we are talking about here; traditional, emotional or cryptocurrencies like is the case with STEEM, give yourself the opportunity to see it through.
I could not begin to tell you how many times when I was younger I missed opportunities, and how many times I regretted those decisions. It’s not an exaggeration that we regret more what we don’t do, over what we actually did.
To me cryptocurrencies today are at a peak point of opportunity. We are so early in the game, and there is no denying this at all. How many more years until we go mainstream? I don’t know, but I do know that I will be grateful to have endured the difficult times, and so will those who stuck around.
Until next time
Many times it has happened to me that I regret not having taken advantage of the opportunities presented to me, it is very difficult to get rid of this retrospective vision, but I only remember what you say in this post that this thought does not solve anything, and at the beginning it is difficult to stop thinking in that, but then what I remember makes me react and I try to see what I can do productive today in the present.
So here's a story about regret. I am a singer by trade and in my younger days I was given word of a new talent show that was about to start its first season. Not many people knew about it and I had the chance to have quick access because of the people I knew. At the time i thought, "I'm too good for this." So I didn't audition. It turned out to be the top talent show for years. That was American Idol and the first person who won, Kelly Clarkson, was from the next town over from where I grew up. Pride kept me from seeing what was in front of me and it just goes to show that we never know what is going to happen and we should take every opportunity.
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Talk about missed opportunities! Years ago, around 2010 or so, I created a maybe not-so-great game, but nonetheless, I found a sponsor. He offered me to pick a reward, either $50 USD or 200 Bitcoins. I chose the $50 USD...
Yup, hindsight is 20/20
Great post. Your posts are always encouraging. They motivate me for sure. Fear is a deadly powerful thing.
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Ahhh regret of missing opportunities.... Cant beat that
Dear @chbartist sir!
Losing the opportunity is not enough to pay as much as the time spent wasted after it.Losing opportunities will not end the opportunity.Opportunities in life are sure to meet again, but on the occasion our future depends, such opportunities are rarely available.Take away your fears, concentrate on your goal, control the inclinations of the mind and the inferiority of the mind, wake up the self-confidence, then with firm determination move your goal towards it. Believe it will be successful in availing opportunities. Regards
I agree with you. After we lose the opportunity, we can further waste time regretting the missed opportunity. SMH. Life is seasonal and cyclical. Like you said, when new opportunities do come around we need to be prepared to move forward. Thank you for your insight on this.
Agree!
Hi @chbartist
Today i wrote a post that it is a same thinking with yours and i agree with your opinion that is a opportunity for us.
My post below;
https://steemit.com/steemit/@cryptoewp/why-is-steem-important-for-us
@chbartist
The use of opportunities is an attitude, everyone is presented to us, you condition your mental scheme to start any new initiatives towards a better future, sowing barriers between whether or not to do so depends on you, not on anyone else, control of You must assume your life, and always maintained that what is harmful in our life is to stop doing what at a time in your life you consider good for you, then comes the regret because I did not do it "nothing will serve you such a regret", we have all been past that a moment of our lives have lost excellent opportunities both personal development and economic well-being, for the simple fact of not overcoming the fear of entering new fields, this we have to associate with our culture, unfortunately, a culture of limitations, of short futuristic vision, but just as I tell you, it is never too late when you are determined to change your attitude and thus to face new challenges for your conquest of new opportunities. dades
Correct. We have to get past our fears and develop a new mindset / attitude towards our vision and our future. You are right about it never being too late.
Greetings friend, thank you for your comment, I express to you that the decision to achieve is exclusively personal, the fear of the challenge is the most toxic barrier to discover your potential, the human talent is natural, it is in us to expose it to light and discard the darkness, and become a reflection of hope and therefore stimulators of success.
Agree! Success Friend!
I didn't buy any Bitcoin when it was under $1K and I have regretted it soooo much :(