Why Being Normal Is The Riskiest Thing You Can Do

About this episode

In this episode, Fin Creighton interviews Michael O'Keefe about the risks of normalcy and the importance of independent thinking.

In this episode, I sit down with Michael O'Keefe, a Kiwi gold miner, Bitcoin stacker, content creator, and soon-to-be homeschooling father. We talk about buying Bitcoin near the top, learning through pain, questioning your beliefs, homeschooling, world-schooling, raising independent thinkers, and why many of the ideas we've accepted as normal deserve to be challenged. Need help doing self-custody properly and securely https://bitcoinsuccessschool.com Get 5% off your Start9 (Bitcoin Node): Use code 'BSS' at check out - https://store.start9.com/ Get 5% off your MicroSeed (Seed Phrase Backup): https://microseed.io/?ref=fin Get your My Bitcoin Will: https://mybitcoinwill.com/?ref=BSS Follow Michael on IG: https://www.instagram.com/michael_0keefe/ Follow me on X (Twitter): https://x.com/FinCreighton Follow me on Instagram: https://instagram.com/fincreighton Subscribe for new episodes: https://youtube.com/@FinCreighton

People in this episode

Host: Fin Creighton

Guest: Michael O'Keefe

Topics covered

• Bitcoin
• homeschooling
• independent thinking
• world-schooling
• risk management
• challenging norms

Keywords

• Bitcoin
• homeschooling
• gold mining
• independent thinkers
• world-schooling
• self-custody
• risk

Sponsors

Start9, MicroSeed, My Bitcoin Will

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