Darren M Meade

Cryptocurrencies, such as Bitcoin, are not a long-term trend but a fraudulent fad. That’s how establishment business media pundits and high-profile banking officials relentlessly label them. They were wrong in 2017, and our 2018 "Cryptomania Cash-In" trend will prove them wrong again. The Trends Research Institute has consistently predicted substantial volatility across digital-currency markets, especially as governments worldwide scramble to impose regulations and controls over the trading of cryptos, new coins entering the market and initial coin offerings (ICOs).  However, the media and even cryptocurrency advocates are missing the perspective: As we have cryptocurrency’s growth will escalate as nations go cashless.  Paying by apps, cash is not part of the new world order of millennials and the generations to follow. And, to them, digital currencies are what gold once was for baby boomers: safe, comfortable and trusted.  They see cryptocurrency ...

The human brain isn’t designed to make us happy and fulfilled. It’s designed to make us survive. This two-million-year-old organ is always looking for what’s wrong, for whatever can hurt us, so that we can either fight it or take flight from it. If you and I leave this ancient survival software to run the show, what chance do we have of enjoying life? An undirected mind operates naturally in survival mode, constantly identifying and magnifying these potential threats to our well-being. The result: a life filled with stress and anxiety. Most people live this way since it’s the path of least resistance. They make unconscious decisions, based on habit and conditioning, and are at the mercy of their own minds. They assume that it’s just an inevitable part of life to get frustrated, stressed, sad, and angry—in other words, to live in a suffering state. But I’m happy to tell you there’s another path: one that involves directing your thoughts so that your mind does your bidding, ...