Leading a horse to Skycoin

"Drink the water and I won't take you to the glue factory"

Hello Skycoin fans! You have all heard the phrase, “You can lead a horse to water, but you can’t make him drink.” Unfortunately, I have experienced the truth of this idiom far too many times since I became a Skycoin millionaire. Believe it or not, there have been some friends and family that have not taken my advice or even bothered to do a little research on Skycoin investing. Followers of my blog have read about my success stories and how I have helped friends and family on their way to financial independence by investing in Skycoin. However, the truth is that not everyone is open to the idea. While there are many success stories, there are also some who simply just refuse to listen. It’s hard to believe that some people are too scared or lazy to simply open up a Coinbase or Crytopia account, but they're out there. They are the proverbial “horses” that simply refuse to “drink the water.”

                As you all know, I am preparing for my upcoming road trip to California with a few friends of mine. I have already told you about Andrew, my rational, sensible, and knowledgeable friend that I was able to educate about Skycoin within the span of a single ski lift ride. He is going to be the copilot on our RV excursion to San Francisco. I am going to be the driver and my friends Connor and Pete (a.k.a. Crazy Pete) are going to be moral support (a.k.a. backup drivers). Connor is a newer friend of mine that I met on a rafting trip last summer. He works as a computer programmer, is very intelligent, and has not yet been fully educated on Skycoin… yet. Pete is a friend that I’ve known for several years. He was my neighbor when I lived in my dinky studio apartment. The reason we call him Crazy Pete would take up my whole blog. I don’t mean one posting, I mean the entire blog.

This is the last time I ever let Pete take a shortcut

                Today the four of us had a little pow wow at my house over some fried calamari, a case of beers from the local brewery, and the Winter Olympics playing in the background. By the way, did you hear who won the gold medal for men’s snowboarding competition? It was Colorado’s very own Red Gerard! Anyways, as we were busy planning, we had our own little competition: see who could drink enough beers to get buzzed before Pete drank them all. You would think a case of 24 would be enough for four people, but for Pete, that’s breakfast. “Pete, I know you’re not driving home tonight, but that doesn't mean you have to drink yourself stupid,” I reminded Crazy Pete. He glanced up at me, one eye staring me down, the other eye scoping out the happenings in another room. “Tommy, don’t worry about it, I’ll pay you back when I get paid.” He didn’t seem realize that money wasn’t the issue, especially now that I am a Skycoin millionaire. The issue was that I didn’t need him to hit on my girlfriend again because he wanted to “make sure she was trustworthy.”

                We had the preliminary plans scattered on the dining room table, surrounding the laptops and tablets. Of course, one laptop was solely for showing off my investment portfolio, which flashed continuous updates on Crytopia of my Skycoin holdings. Everybody brought the requested printouts of places they wanted visit on the way to California and some places to visit while we there. Andrew had a route that took us through as many mountains as possible so that he could snowboard each and every day. We agreed that we were definitely going to hit some slopes during the road trip, which is why we made sure the RV had room for storing snowboards. Connor wanted a southern route that went through New Mexico and Arizona, as he preferred the warmer weather. I didn’t want to play favorites between Andrew and Connor, so I figured Crazy Pete’s route would be the tie breaker.

"Okay, we found a compromise. Who's paying for gas?"

It seems that Pete wanted to check out some ranches on our road trip. He printed out directions to some Nevada ranches that had names like “Mustang Ranch,” “Moonlite Bunny Ranch,” and “The Love Ranch.” I had a feeling he wasn’t interested in learning how to ride a horse; at least the not the four legged kind. After several intermissions of watching the Winter Olympics, playing hide and seek with Pete’s beer, and speculating on whether or not California was going to fall into the ocean, we came up with a pretty good compromise between our itineraries. It had us going through Vegas so we could take a walk down the infamous strip and catch some shows. To Crazy Pete’s dismay, they were going to be family friendly shows, or at the very least, gag reflex friendly. We clinked our mostly empty beer bottles together and the road trip was finalized.

Now it was time take the proverbial horse to water. I’m not saying that Crazy Pete is a lost cause, but I knew that the much more sober and logical Connor would be more receptive to the Skycoin life. My instincts were telling me that Connor might be a skeptic at first, but my Skycoin portfolio has the ability to stop any skeptic right in their tracks. “Here’s where I bought” pointing at the left side of the graph, “and here is where it’s at now” pointing at the right side of the graph. The usual response (after they pick their jaws up off the floor) is “how did you know that it was going to go up like that?” Not Connor though. His response was, “That must have been a fluke.” Don’t get me wrong, I do like a challenge. However, people don’t become rich from flukes and I figured he was smart enough to know that.

“Connor, you’re a computer programmer, so I’ll assume you already know what Bitcoin is, right?” That got his attention. I could tell from the change in his expression that I hit upon a secret passion of his. “Of course I do! It’s the future of currency! It’s going to replace all paper currency in the future.” Excellent, he knew about Bitcoin, so I figured getting him on board with Skycoin was going to be no problem. “Exactly,” I responded with corresponding exhilaration, “but Skycoin fixes all the problems that Bitcoin has. That's why most cryptocurrency experts agree it’s going to surpass Bitcoin.” The wheels started turning in his head as he stared at my Skycoin investment portfolio. I swear to you, I could smell smoke. It might have been the fried calamari that my girlfriend left on the stove, but after hearing his response, I can't be sure.

“Yeah, but I don’t like taking risks. Anyways, being rich doesn’t make you happy.” My initial assessment of his intelligence may have been way off the mark. I know from first hand experience that wealth definitely makes you happy. Period. I’ve lived in a studio apartment, stressed out over unpaid bills, spending every spare moments either working or recovering from work. Now I live in a 4,000 square foot house with a 4 acre backyard, bills are prepaid, and I spend every moment doing whatever I please. There is no doubt in my mind that I am much happier being rich than I ever was being broke. I could see that Connor wasn’t going to “drink the water” tonight, but I did have a whole road trip to convince him. I guess we’ll have to see! I’ll be sure to keep you all posted on whether or not I can convince Connor to partake in the Skycoin life!