In 2012 I asked the smartest kid in high school what to invest in. He told me about this thing called “bitcoin”.

I remember it like yesterday. I had money even as a freshman in high school from royalties for a film I worked on.

I wasn’t sure what to invest in. I literallly went to the guy who I knew was brilliant. Real sharp guy. He said, and I swear to god, “buy bitcoin”.

Like it was the most obvious thing. As if I was an idiot for NOT doing it.

I looked at him like he was an idiot.

Why would I buy bitcoin! It was a few cents, now it was almost $19. I knew I had “missed the boat” and this guy was a dumb ass.

Damn. If I haven’t eaten my hat.

I think about this often.

I only today calculated. I bought Disney stock and… Dogecoin instead.

My dogecoin profit multiplier was absurd, but nowhere near the 83.2 million I’d have made in Bitcoin.

But let’s be real. I’d have sold at $89. Not $100K…

Just a lesson for me. You trust your gut when it’s about trusting the people you choose to seek advice from. Not always just from yourself.