How to Escape the Herd
380: Stay Ahead While Everyone Else Gets Left Behind
Good morning.
Since the middle of the Biden Administration, or perhaps since the heights of Covid, more and more people seem to be becoming a bit wiser to the ways of the world.
There’s been countless examples in which people have been given the opportunity to see the world for what it really is if they choose to.
The pandemic, Federal Reserve policy and it’s imperfections, an insane almost god like bull market (and recent pullbacks), corruption in the Federal government, media lies, violent demonstrations, wars breaking out, Epstein client list games, UFO scares over New Jersey, new transparency brought to how Western governments operate — if you’re actually paying attention, you’re learning that the narrative or story fed to the masses is generally never the truth. Almost without exception these days.
The majority of people listen to mainstream narratives and become consumed by them, they partake in mainstream habits and behavior, they make decisions based on short term emotions, and they fail to take into account the bigger picture of the world around them.
And as a result?
They’re poorer.
They’re dumber.
They’re uninformed.
They’re miserable.
They never get the chance to get off the hamster wheel and see meaningful improvement in their lives either because they remain consumed by noise or fail to confront uncomfortable albeit necessary realities.
We’re going to touch on quite a bit today — each section will cover common misconceptions, the lay of the land, what the masses get wrong every day, and why having a realistic understanding of each of these will benefit you at the end of the day — financially, socially, personally, and mentally.
Crypto & Risk On Assets
The Corporate World & Wage Slaving
Ukraine Russia Debate
Mainstream Media & Narratives
Normies & NPC behavior
Delusion and loss of humanity
Today’s post is an informal follow up to many of our top posts of all time (listed below) the only difference is it is tailored to 2025 and the phenomena and specific events impacting everyone this year. While there is an immense amount of value in the posts below — I would recommend reading through today’s first before going back to reference these, as many of the concepts already covered will be flushed out today with a more recent angle.
The Simple Blueprint to Getting Rich
10 Ways to Improve Your Life Overnight
How to Become Sovereign & Ungovernable
Crypto & Risk On Assets
Around 3pm ET on Sunday crypto decided it had enough of it’s recent dip and bounced aggressively. Donald Trump announced the addition of XRP, ADA, and SOL to a National Strategic Bitcoin Reserve, later making sure to mention Bitcoin and Ethereum as well. Cardano linked meme coins like SNEK and HOSKY fucking mooned as BTC and ETH surged again as well.
This pump came after days of relentless selling in which many on X and other platforms claimed the “bull run” was over. Sentiment turned into desperation and depression and many likely panic sold their bags at a loss. The pump has since reversed entirely given new tariff announcements from Trump.
You have a couple camps of people in crypto right now in my opinion — you have the true believers who have conviction and hold long term. You have the tourists, or the short term schizos who gamble and lose all their money on memes and shitcoins or overtrading. Then you have the small camp of doubters and naysayers (how you could still be in this camp is beyond me at this point) — they have missed out on $100,000 BTC and countless other pumps.
I’ve covered it before — unless you are a top 1% earner, like a superstar PM at a hedge fund, or a partner at Private Equity firm, or a Doctor, or a top lawyer, the only real way you’re going to generate wealth is by owning risk on assets OR owning/selling a business. That’s it. Read it again lol. It’s pretty cut and dry. The goal, as I have covered many many times before is to acquire assets and produce more cash as time goes on to fuel the buying of more assets, which in turn make you more money. This isn’t rocket science.
By NOT having a long term view and trying to get cute or always time risk asset markets you are essentially cutting our your knees from underneath. You lose your long term plays that can help you outperform your peers AND ascend into a different social class. Time in the market is very often more important than timing it. This recent complete reversal of crypto markets is an excellent example of this.
This doesn’t mean don’t take profits — but in the particular case of crypto, I liken it to many of the astronomical tech runs that have taken place over the last 25 years. NVDA, AMZN, META, etc. You are still early to this adoption of new technology.
Stop trying to get cute and just acquire over time for the long haul. If you want to play with a smaller percentage of holdings go for it — but don’t rob yourself of the long term play here, it will separate the haves from the have nots in due time. This is of high importance given the slump we entered last night — the rough seas will pass in due time. You need to zoom out and look at this (and equity markets) from a 50,000 foot view. There are countless political games being plated, shake outs being employed, and spouts of volatility that are designed to transfer assets from weak hands to strong hands.
Just like markets punish short-term thinking, so does the corporate world. Let’s talk about wage slaving and the illusion of job security.
The Corporate World & Wage Slaving
Ah yes — the wonderful world of Zoom Meetings, idiotic middle managers, and mandatory happy hour events with your colleagues. I am fortunate enough to have escaped the corporate world (for now) but I really don’t see how I could return. Don’t get me totally wrong — the corporate world can be an excellent wealth generator, security blanket, and starting point — but for those of us who want to gain real freedom, it's a temporary pit stop.
Again — with few exceptions (you know who you are) corporate is a dream crusher, a place where you’re paid JUST enough to have to stay and JUST enough to avoid taking a leap that could change your life. The golden handcuffs are real. Layoffs will happen. Your company is not your family. Even senior employees can be cut without notice after sacrificing countless years and missing key life events in the name of the company.
Since work from home has trailed off — many people realizing they aren’t happy in their current jobs or paths. “There has to be more to life than this” they say as they wake up Monday morning to get back on the hamster wheel.