Topic: [ANN][NOTE]DNotes - Celebrating DNotes 3rd Birthday - Forum Now Open - page 241. (Read 814542 times)

I really enjoy reading the personal anecdotes in this forum when they surface, and the lessons learned from said adventures. The great words spoken in Smokey's post are not just a mantra, but is a life philosophy that will change the lives of those who read it, and take it on board. You really need to have a passion for what you're doing, because if you don't, then I think any rational person would give up when it's hard. That is how Smokey, Dyna and DNotes (the person) ran businesses from mayo clinic.


The wording of Dyna's quote is rather elegant. My father used to say something similar to me growing up that I took on board - but think I misapplied for a wee while - "Successful people are good at doing what other people do not want to do". It's correct in the context that he meant it, but to a young ~12-14 year old boy, it doesn't make you any more enthusiastic about doing the dishes! That said, if you can not do the dishes right, how on earth are you going to run a fortune 500 company?


People seem to think there is some magical formula that exists to be successful, but I think it really just boils down to productivity; that you'll do a task to the best of your ability with the allotted time that you have. Successful people know that time is the most precious commodity; it is the one thing that you can not buy, and the one thing that you can not buy back! I think that is what my dad meant - that just going through the motions in life is the most disadvantageous thing that you can do. Doing something right the first time, means you don't have to do it again. Perhaps successful people put their heart and soul into every task, no matter how small it is, so that they can be the best that they can be. Less motivated people will do it wrong, and find excuses to rationalize failure.


I hear lots of people at various jobs say "I won't get the job because that persons dad is Chief Exec of Ministry of such n such" or in the gym I hear 'going through the motions' people say "I can't lose weight, or put on muscle, or build my arms, because of my genetics" without thinking that it isn't so much about the genetics, but about the effort; about doing the activity right. There exists, people that don't believe mainstream adoption of Digital Currency can be achieved because bankers, government, volatility...x,y,z. Are they just the people in the gym blaming their genetics, before they've even tried with the best strategy and concerted effort to do the activity right?

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Excellent post. We started with nothing but totally committed to change that so that we would have something, not just for oneself but for everyone else involved. It is not where we are at this point but where we are going from that matters. DNotes is trending to be a global force, not just for our current DNotes stakeholders but for many around the globe we can be a positive force. Together we can be the agent of change for a better world.  

     RJF: First off, very honored to have met you in person! It was also very nice to see Dyna and DNotes. Up until DNotes (the currency) was born, Dyna, DNotes (the person DNotes) and I worked side by side every day. I took that for granted. Now, I just talk to them on the phone daily. I am in Coldwater, MI at the farm, Dyna is in West Chicago, and DNotes (the person) is still in the great state of Indiana. So, it was kinda like a family reunion for us.

         "We are willing to do things others won't do, so that one day we can do things others can't do"
    
     The quote above is a thought that Dyna has pounded into my head since I have met him in the year 2000. Since we became joined at the hip in 2004 or so, that quote has been our "mantra", the very heart of the business(s). It is not unusual at all for us to work 100 hour weeks, sometimes for months on end. I was raised on a farm as a worker bee (I think Dad thought slavery still existed!). Dyna was doing adult's work at a very young age on the other side of the world from me. So, for us, work is just as normal as breathing itself. We also refuse to let any roadblocks keep us from our goal. In the five short years it took us to become one of the top dogs in the daylily world, we had lots of events that would have stopped most others from achieving the goal. We dealt with emergency heart surgery, deadly cancer, a failing economy, and several other significant events. Dyna was back at work two weeks after emergency heart surgery. I ran the Fireplace Company and the Daylily Farm from Mayo Clinic for a time. We let nothing stop us!

Smokeys Gardens/DNotes/My Personal Mantra:

         "We are willing to do things others won't do, so that one day we can do things others can't do"

Smokey
    

Sigh -- only a pinch of Bitcoin spare; but got a tiny packet of NOTE @ ~4000 -- seems like a bargain!

Mark (IndiaMikeZulu), Australia

no my cg miner had some kind of error said it missed 60 blocks and something else I have never seen also couldn't connect was the  last thing but I just shifted over to emc2 for now as dnotes pool is the only one I use ,always the largest and ive been there since day one , ;Dbut I do thank you for trying to contact him to resolve the issue 

Thanks kold678, seen this a few times, it was usually just the cron the updates the stats. I will send him an email though.

Good point, I tend to look at any price drop as a buy oppertunity... 

shoot strong buy in my opinion, i'm surprised i'm one of the few jumping in at this price.

Looks like DNotes Pool is having issues, I'm sure it will be fixed soon. There are many other pools that mine DNotes, no worries. Price will do what it does, no need to panic, it's all part of the up and downs of the infrastructure. I notified him through pool email but if anyone has a better conduit, might be faster.

Found nothing as well. BTW, REALLY like this:

"We are willing to do things others won't do, so that one day we can do things others can't do"

It's so easy for him to come up with these gems!

anyone see what is going on dnotes price plummeting and dnotes pool says no block found for 15 hrs so I post here as this will get faster attention thank you

My search yielded the same, I suppose it's another world first from DNotes.

Did some searching just now and was unable to find anything like that.

I think the content is of Dyna's elevator pitch is good, I agree with the tradeoff between knowledge of the industry, and succinct communication that provides sufficient interest to inquisitive future DNotes stakeholders.

Has anybody in this forum seen a Digital Currency Employee Benefits program online that pre-dates CRISP for Employee Benefits?

We do not sell any DNotes. I purchased every single DNotes I own through the different exchanges where DNotes are listed. This includes well over 2 million DNotes I purchased and given away. DNotes is the decentralized currency without the central authority or control of any entity or group of individuals. It is owned, at will, by all of its stakeholders. Being at will ownership means shakeholders of DNotes can change their DNotes ownership in whole or in parts without notice. The same rules apply to the community. The community can be abandoned without notice. This new ownership concept has its strengths and weaknesses. DNotes team has developed multi-layer strategies to  compensate for the weaknesses while exploiting its strengths. DNotes team believes that one of Bitcoin's biggest challenges is because of the lack of an individual or a group of individuals who collectively have sufficient self interest to protect and promote Bitcoin, and stand by it.

We are in totally support of the decentralized philosophy of the currency. What we believe to be of paramount importance is a group of individuals, with sufficient self interest, and or an entity along side of the currency with great leadership and commitment to protect and promote the best interest of the currency on behalf of all of DNotes stakeholders. Up to this point, that support group of individuals are the DNotes team along with its community and collectively they clearly have to the self interest to protect, promote and stand by DNotes the currency. We just disclosed a large part of our trade secret. However, making it happen is a totally different issue. I will let others comment on it.

We will be adding an additional layer of support in the coming months. One or more companies will be incorporated to be the owners of our ecosystem, namely DNotesVault and CryptoMoms, and DNotes exchange and other properties in the future. This will be a for profit company or group of companies. DNotes the currency will own as much as 25% of this company. (The ownership structure of this company has not being finalized) By extension ownership, any stakeholder of DNotes will also owns a part of "The Company". This company will be used as the vehicle to raise working capital for our anticipated rapid expansion starting next year. One of our winning strategies is that "we are willing to do things others won't do, so that one day we can do things others can't do".

So... just making sure I understand this correctly... the way to be a part of ALL of it is to buy some DNotes. I mean, DNotes *are* the shares, right?

Would the convinced investors then be led to buy their DNotes on an exchange (first having to buy Bitcoin), or do some of them buy directly from you?

I'll be giving this more thought over the weekend...

This is extremely challenging. I have personally reviewed hundreds of business plans but never came across any business that has the potential of such massive size and scope It is also multi-dimensional involving many segments that can be a massive business by itself. Take for example, the proposed DNotes regulated global exchange. For better clarity use Coinbase as an example. Coinbase is two year old Bitcoin exclusive exchange. Based on the last investment of $75 million for 10% of the company, it is valued at $750 million today. I do not believe that the shareholders want to sell Coinbase even if there is an offer of $1 billion or more. DNotes exchange will be designed to trade DNotes as well as Bitcoin, perhaps a couple other digital currency as well. It will also be linked to many other financial services with the backing of DNotesVault. This is just one business unit and there are many more, too early and speculative to discuss at this stage. DNotes is a long term momentum play. Once it gathered the momentum it is well positioned to take off rapidly and dominate.

The target audience are investors who have a fair knowledge of Bitcoin but have been somewhat hesitant in betting large investment on Bitcoin because of its track record. So their mentality could ..... "So what is so different about DNotes compared to Bitcoin? Why should I consider DNotes seriously?   You got 30 seconds. Go ahead and convince me" I was just given that challenge just two days ago.

Good luck.

That is a good question. I'm sure Dyna can elaborate a bit more, but here are my opinions. It will likely be targeting people with a general knowledge of bitcoin. However, having multiple elevator pitches depending on the audience would be a good thing. The goal of an elevator pitch would be to get them interested to find out more. TeeGee has pointed it out before, but what really makes DNotes different? Winning Strategies, Trust, Experience, Professionalism, Tenacity... Can we do that in a short paragraph? Here is a single sentence I have been working on: "Positioned for mass adoption and massive growth through the use of highly scalable platforms such as the DNotesVault and integrated CRISP (CryptoCurrency Investment Savings Plans), as well as CryptoMoms. "

Wow, that's pretty packed! How much prior knowledge of cryptocurrencies are we assuming on the part of the *other* people in the proverbial elevator?

Edit: I guess what I'm really asking is how are we going to anchor this by connecting it with what the recipient already knows? It doesn't have to be Bitcoin either. But whatever it is that the recipient knows that we're building on, then we have to connect DNotes to it in a way that makes sense--in 30 seconds

Here is a good project for our community. Below is my rough draft of a 30 Second Elevator Pitch becoming a more common request as we engage more and more busy investors. Try and improve what I got started or come up with your own version. Please note that "online global market places" are future projects.

30 Second Elevator Pitch

DNotes is the most stable digital currency with reliable long term appreciation and a consistent trend line of establishing higher highs and higher lows since first traded in March 2014; from 200 satoshi to 4500 satoshi. DNotes = Trust. That is our brand. It has created a new culture of mutual cooperation, mass inclusion of everyone irrespective of financial standing, race or gender. It created and funded CryptoMoms to bridge the gender gap while making it a currency neutral site to engage industry peers’ participation. It created DNotesVault to provide a free secure cold storage for all DNotes stakeholders with easy of use and peace of mind, with 100% verifiable deposit guarantee. It created a family of cryptocurrency investment savings plans (CRISP) to promote and encourage early saving habits and long term investment. There is a plan for everyone; from the unborn to the most senior; from the poor to the super rich. It is positioned to provide viable solutions in cooperation with international charity organizations to help solve global problems. CRISP for Retirement targets small business owners while CRISP For Employees Incentive Benefits targets their employees. With multiple online global market places DNotes stakeholders and other merchants gain the maximum benefits of the low cost transaction using DNotes as a medium of exchange. That is our pathway to mass consumer and mass merchant adoption. Opps, I just used up my 30 seconds.