It's BALLSY title, I know. When I tell stories about my life and decisions I've made, some of them shock people. I don't think I'm the craziest person in the world, but still. I think these decisions and actions have an epic impact on my life. Not only that, but if most outcomes of these actions are positive, they'll have a snowball effect. I don't want to brag, but I need to provide some examples, and then I'll explain. - Learned programming instead of school subjects (could play way less games and learn even more or do something else, but still) - Dropped out of university - just started working instead; - Moved to another city with VERY limited budget and grew from there My mom supported me and I'm forever thankful for that, and I had a backup plan, but still! My young mind had no way back, this was it. All or nothing. I've lived in a 6 people dorm room in a hostel for a month and my budget was very strict. But it was totally worth it. - During pandemic started investing and trading, used to trade $TSLA for $1000 and $AMZN for $3800 (I was lucky to have 20% yearly profit, ~$2000) - Grew big enough balls to apply for work in Russian bigtech (failed twice, and then succeed) - In 2022 left to live in another country with 1 backpack - Grew even bigger balls to talk with Spotify recruiter (the interview didn't lead to anything, but still!) - Grew balls to become a team lead So, enough bragging. What I wanted to say is - I (and maybe you too) should do more ballsy stuff more often. To some people this list will seem silly - but that's the point. Do things that other seem impossible or crazy.