The Kale Letter
The Kale Letter
A man with giant coconuts.
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Hey!

Apologies for the metaphor, but I have no other way to describe this situation.

First, a quick story, so you can understand how I was raised.

(I promise it’s important)

The year is 2010.

I’m a sophomore in High School.

I’m the best player on the varsity basketball team.

However, there’s this certain guy, named Harrison Barnes, coming in to town.

He plays for the undefeated Ames Cyclones, and they are playing us, at home.

He’s the #1 recruit in the entire nation.

Roy Williams (North Carolina Coach) is literally in the stands at my highschool signing autographs…..

So, naturally, my dad gives me a pep talk before the game…

I reckon a normal father would have said something like…

“go play hard son! You can do this!”

Not my dad.

He asked me a simple question.

“Are you wearing compression shorts?”

(compression shorts are underwear for athletic activities haha)

I said… “yes of course why..”

He said…

“take them off. Let em hang out.”

"maybe when you hit a jumper in Harrison’s face, you will fall on the ground, and he can see your sack.”

I kid you not.

That is a direct quote.

Look, I apologize if that offends you, but too bad, it’s one of the fondest memories I have of my father.

He’s a badass what can I say.

So, what happened?

Well, the ball gets tipped, I catch it on the left wing, guarded by none other than, you guessed it, Harrison Barnes.

So I take a couple dribbles to the right, pull up, and shoot it right over him.

As I shoot I yell in his face, “THAT’S TWO.”

nothing but net.

Anyway, I scored like 20 points, and we got beat by 30.

Still one of my favorite games of all time.

If you don’t believe me, here’s the youtube highlights of the game. I’m the skinny kid with the hair like Justin Bieber.

So what does this have to do with anything?

Well first of all, this is just for free….

CONFIDENCE IS IMPORTANT.

HAVING SWAGGER IS IMPORTANT.

People FOLLOW people that have swagger.

Giant COMPANIES are built around leaders that lead with CONFIDENCE.

Even Elon Musk (super nerdy guy) has a certain SWAGGER to him.

So go get some swagger.

Go talk to someone with some swagger if you don’t have any.

Maybe they will bring you up to their level like my dad did with me.

Secondly, I have now found the man with the biggest brass balls I’ve ever seen in my life.

It’s kind of insane.

His name is Michael Saylor.

He’s the CEO of MicroStrategy.

You’re probably wondering, “what the hell is MicroStrategy?”

Honestly, I had no idea either, apparently it’s a billion dollar company traded on the stock exchange.

Now, why this man has the biggest balls on the planet?

Here’s where it started…

By Purchasing Even More Bitcoin, MicroStrategy Proves That Its Strategy Has  Been Well Thought Out | by Sylvain Saurel | In Bitcoin We Trust | Medium

Basically, long story short, Michel Saylor owns this company right?

The company had 400+ million in cash just SITTING THERE.

He realized it was literally melting away because the government was printing money like a crack addict who got just a LITTLE BIT TOO ADDICTED to crack…

So, he did his research…

What should he buy with 400+ million???

Honestly what would YOU buy?

Real Estate?

Stocks?

Bonds?

Gold?

Silver?

Other Companies?

Private Companies only a big dog like Saylor even has access to?

Other opportunities only billionaires get access to?

NOPE.

He just bought BITCOIN. A HELL OF A LOT OF IT TOO.

Even crazier than that.

He wasn’t like… maybe I’ll hedge my bets…

Get 10% gold, 10% real estate, 10% bitcoin…

NOPE.

100%. ALL IN. ALL BITCOIN.

NOT ONLY THAT.

People started asking him, do you PERSONALLY have any Bitcoin?

He was like, “Hold my beer”.

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Good heavens.

Did I mention this guy has steel coconuts?

Oh, it gets even crazier.

Since his company invested in Bitcoin, the bitcoin price has DOUBLED.

Yes, you read that right.

So now, he is sitting on over $1 BILLION worth of Bitcoin between his personal stores and his company.

He basically doubled his cash position in 3 months flat.

That’s pretty ridiculous.

So what is this big balled man to do?

Well, how about BUYING MORE BITCOIN….

I’m serious, you can’t make this stuff up.

He raised another $650 MILLION DOLLARS.

Guess where it’s all going??

Yep. Bitcoin.

Idk readers.

I love you guys to death.

But I just had to write this letter today with honesty and passion.

I personally believe there is not enough of this in the World today.

EXTREME CONVICTION.

People that are SO SURE of what they stand for and what they believe in, that they will just go for it, balls out, and never look back.

Excuse all the ball metaphors but you guys get what I’m saying right?

This world is full of uncertainty.

Full of people “hedging their bets”.

Full of people not wanting to take a stand.

In that world comes this dude Michael Saylor..

Who basically is saying, screw all that, this is what we are doing.

Whether you invest in Bitcoin, start a business, or honestly whatever you do…

I would just encourage you to say SCREW IT.

GO FOR IT.

Ignore what everyone else is saying.

And go ALL IN on what you believe is right.

That’s the best advice I can give, and I hope it resonates with a few of you.

If you enjoyed this please smash the like button, leave a comment, and share this with someone who would like it.

Love you guys.

Kale

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