i& #39;ve had MANY opportunities to become a [multi] millionaire in my life. I wasted all of them.

I decided to tell about 3 of them here in this thread:
1. @NUBANK

In 2015 I was contacted by this new fintech startup. I went through all their hiring process, interviews, tests, etc, and passed.

BUT

I was still at college, only 6mo left to graduate.

They asked: Do you wanna start working now or wait 6mo to get a bigger salary?
(I was almost finishing my 4-year course, and I& #39;d get a better compensation if I had the degree, so...)

I said: let& #39;s wait the 6mo then.

After 6mo, I contacted them. They weren& #39;t interested anymore. They stopped hiring devs with my stack. My opportunity window had closed.
Today, this company is valued at US$25 billion.

Now imagine if I had a super tiny 0,1% stock as an early employee.

That would be worth US$25 million today.

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2. BITCOIN

I opened my @coinbase account in October 2014.
Bitcoin price was around $300.

I wanted to buy, but I was poor back then, and Coinbase& #39;s buy feature wasn& #39;t available in my country. So I didn& #39;t.

But ok, no problem. I did buy in 2017. Many bitcoins.
I was working remotely for the USA, and my salary was arriving in bitcoin. Every month.

I& #39;ve always believed in the technology. Still do.
But the price is volatile as fuck, so I thought:

Instead of only holding it, I& #39;ll do swing trading. And I did make money doing it. Stonks!
The problem is that I got addicted to trading. I was starring at the chart 24/7. I would wake up at night, check the charts, do some trades.

It started to *really* affect my life negatively. It was making me very anxious. I couldn& #39;t concentrate on my job or on anything actually.
So I tried to just hold the coins instead of trading (good call!).

But I failed to do so.

My brain knew I had the coins, so I kept looking at charts all day, even though I was trying hard not to trade.

And it& #39;s really hard to see the price falling and do nothing about it.
So I made a decision: Sell all the coins.
And I did it. Sold them all.

And I felt really free because of it. I almost didn& #39;t think about it anymore... for 3 years.

Because 2020 happened.
You know... the price started to skyrocket.
Do I start trading again?! Do I buy&hold?!

But it& #39;s so much more expensive now... what do I do?!?!

Damn, it& #39;s getting close to the 2017 ath...

Damn, it& #39;s double the 2017 ath.

Damn, it& #39;s already 20x the price of when I sold it.

200x the price of when I first saw it.

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I& #39;m laughing while I write this tweet https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😄" title="LĂ€chelndes Gesicht mit geöffnetem Mund und lĂ€chelnden Augen" aria-label="Emoji: LĂ€chelndes Gesicht mit geöffnetem Mund und lĂ€chelnden Augen">

but this has really hit me and affected my mental health. cried for many nights. might still cry some more in the future haha

it was a once in a lifetime life-changing missed opportunity.
This isn& #39;t like most people: "If only I knew about bitcoin" or "If only I had bought bitcoin".

I DID know.
I DID believe in it.
I DID buy.
I had it in my hands.

All I needed to do was hold.
And I failed to that.
I wasn& #39;t mentally strong enough to do so.
3. TESLA

In 2019, I wanted to start buying normal stocks. Not any stock, I wanted $TSLA. Price was ~$50.

But I& #39;m from Brazil and it& #39;s listed on NASDAQ. I didn& #39;t know how to do it.

So I watched some youtube videos, researched about taxes and even took an investment course.
On Jan 3rd, 2020, I finally opened a broker account specifically to buy $TSLA and nothing else.

My $100k savings was ready to be sent to this specific thing! All I had to do was click the button.

But... I never did it.
Price was around $88, already way higher than before.

If you look at the chart, $TSLA it was having a pump in the past weeks.

I wanted to buy, but it felt risky. I waited for a dip or something like that, but it never did.

So I gave up, felt like I missed the boat already.
when the dip came, it wasn& #39;t a simple dip. It was the fucking huge pandemic -60% dip. The world was upside down, everything was uncertain. I didn& #39;t feel comfortable buying it, unfortunately
Long story short, $TSLA went up 20x from 2019, 10x in 2020 alone (high: $900).

If I had made the $100k wire transfer on jan 3rd 2020 (like it was the plan!), it would have become $1mi.
the $TSLA story doesn& #39;t affect me as much as bitcoin& #39;s, because even though I was literally one click away from buying it, I never did.

but the bitcoin story... ah, that one hurts deep.
I let it slip from my hands.

--
well, that& #39;s it!
Try not to miss big opportunities, people
(not only financial)

If you believe in something, invest long term

Timing is fucking important but don& #39;t wait for the perfect moment

Take risks

Expose yourself to exponential gains

Have sense of urgency

Think long term but act today
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