Chasing incentives alone? That's a trap most don't see coming.
Think about it—when you're obsessed with the number at the end, you miss everything that actually matters. The real move is flipping the script: find what genuinely excites you, then hunt for the incentives *within* that passion. Your energy stays high, your output stays authentic, and yeah, the money usually follows anyway.
Sure, if your only game is grinding for cash by any means necessary, fine. But that's exhausting and hollow. The people winning long-term? They're doing work they actually believe in while the reward systems align naturally. That's the difference between burning out and building something real.
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CryptoNomics
· 01-19 15:50
nah, this completely ignores the principal-agent problem tho. if incentives aren't properly aligned from day one, your "passion" thesis just becomes survivorship bias dressed up as philosophy. run the numbers.
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governance_lurker
· 01-17 17:05
Basically, those chasing hot trends to make quick money all have to kneel.
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OnChainDetective
· 01-17 16:57
Wait a minute... There's a problem with this logic. Incentive mechanisms are inherently designed to manipulate attention. You say "find your true passion"—but that passion might have already been predicted by backend data long ago. I've been monitoring the fund flows of whale wallets—those top players? They don't trust this system at all. They're just chasing incentives, but what they're after are institutional-level incentives that we can't see.
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CryptoPunster
· 01-17 16:46
Laughing and losing this one, then realizing the true meaning of life, right?
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BridgeTrustFund
· 01-17 16:36
You're right, focusing on numbers just for the sake of numbers is really exhausting.
Chasing incentives alone? That's a trap most don't see coming.
Think about it—when you're obsessed with the number at the end, you miss everything that actually matters. The real move is flipping the script: find what genuinely excites you, then hunt for the incentives *within* that passion. Your energy stays high, your output stays authentic, and yeah, the money usually follows anyway.
Sure, if your only game is grinding for cash by any means necessary, fine. But that's exhausting and hollow. The people winning long-term? They're doing work they actually believe in while the reward systems align naturally. That's the difference between burning out and building something real.