Happy Wednesday, Wise Owl Nation!

How are you holding up?

It's really hot here in Texas.

Check out these temperatures!

I took that screenshot this morning.

Anyway, despite the wild heat happening I am still working to improve my mind, body, and bank account.

Lately, I've been going out into the world more, meeting new people, and just being more social overall.

And people seem to embellish a LOT.

So I am turning this realization into my topic for this week!

Let's get into it.

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🦉Wise Owl Thought(s) of The Week: Assume People are Lying

Like I said above, I've been going out more recently and I have noticed that a lot of people tend to embellish when they talk about themselves. In the past, this wouldn't be something I would have paid attention to or noticed, but in the past month, it is something I have started to notice more and more.

It might be related to my attempts to play more live poker, where reading people in person is really important.

Regardless of why I am noticing these things, what matters is that by and large, people seem to care a lot more about what others think of them than they do about being honest or transparent.

This concept isn't just happening in the real world, it is rampant on social media. Yeah, I see like 98% of you nodding and saying things like "well duh!"

You're right, but let me make my point.

People don't like to share their pain, their imperfections, or their struggles.

Social media, and to a lesser extent the real world is almost always fake.

But from our own perspectives, we know our own issues.

I know how much I am struggling. I don't know how much anyone else is struggling. So if I don't keep that top of mind, I could very easily fall into a false narrative of "my life sucks and everyone else's life is so amazing."

I want to call this out as a reminder that this kind of deceit is incredibly common. Everyone is lying about who they are, how much they earn, how happy they feel, and especially how well things are going for them.

Stop comparing yourself to their fantasy.

Focus on what you can control.

Acquire knowledge and improve yourself.

And finally, if you can help it, be honest.

Honesty is far less exhausting.

Have a great week!

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Crypto Resources

The Bankless Podcast: This is a link to the bankless podcast on Spotify. Start from the very beginning and learn why I am so positive about the power of Crypto and Ethereum in particular. You can find the podcast easily on the internet, but I am linking to episode 1 on Spotify for your convenience.

Buy your first ETH or BTC:

• On Coinbase - this is the easiest starting place for the newest beginners
• On Gemini - Another great option founded by the Winklevoss brothers. They are based out of New York.
• On Kraken - Kraken has a bit of a harder user interface, but they already have ETH staking enabled with the push of a single button.

Earn interest on your crypto

• BlockFi - Currently, you can earn 4% interest on BTC, 5% interest on ETH, and a whopping 8.5% on stable coins like USDC. Use the referral code b09f24fd to support the newsletter. BlockFi is currently not accepting new customers from the USA for its Crypto Savings Account. Non-US customers are still welcome.

Other tools:

• Argent Wallet - This is the best mobile wallet for Ethereum, Defi, and all things on the Ethereum network, including staking. They even have plans to implement Layer 2 to remove network fees.
• Ethhub - this is a weekly newsletter that lists out all the interesting news, articles, and tweets that have happened in Crypto that week. It's free and awesome.
• Ethdashboard - A simple dashboard to look at various metrics in the ethereum space. I mainly use this as a quick tool to check ETH gas fees.
• Cointracker - this is one of the better tools for tracking all of your various crypto across all of the various wallets, exchanges, etc. You can also use them to do your crypto taxes each year.
• Metamask - this is a crypto wallet that you can access from your browser and allows you to easily interact with blockchain apps online.