Michael Saylor, co-founder of Strategy Inc. ), recently noted that the world is an extremely competitive place, and even those who are successful have to keep grinding to hold on to what they’ve achieved.
Be Wary of People Who Have Nothing to Lose, Warns Saylor
During an interview at the BTC Prague conference on June 17, Saylor said that being smart and simply doing what’s optimal is not enough. He added that the world is full of “hyper genius” people who have “nothing to lose” and “everything to gain.”
The Bitcoin bull argued that this cohort is prepared to put in extra effort and take bigger risks to be successful.
Saylor warned people who believe god made them smarter and that they therefore no longer need to work as hard.
“You have to work insanely hard to hold your position in a market of 8 billion that want what you have,” the Bitcoin bull said.
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The Crypto Billionaire
Saylor graduated from the prestigious Massachusetts Institute of Technology, completing dual degrees in aeronautical & astronautical engineering as well as science, technology and society.
Saylor went on to launch business analytics software firm MicroStrategy. He later steered its corporate coffers into Bitcoin, rebranding it as "Strategy."
As of this writing, Forbes estimates his net worth at $3.3 billion, mainly from his Bitcoin investments.
Saylor has often stressed the value of staying "focused" in life and not getting “distracted” by chasing a hundred different things
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