The Weight of Leadership

Previously, the Brotherhood felt like a shared mission.

One where I was in the trenches with everyone else; one where I shared the same hardships as all of you did.

We won, we lost, we made friends, and we lost them.

All was shared within the ranks -- those that remained acted as a shared cushion for the depression that became us. When one fell, we all felt it.

I've created a unique sense of comradery in the Brotherhood, one that where if you ask any long standing member then they will tell you that they feel this way; joined at the hip.

This is why our tokens have stayed somewhat strong despite all odds.

From a mathematician's perspective BRO should be sitting at 1 hive or less, and LGN should barely exist -- yet here we have something more than just numbers; we have a project where I delve in the trenches with everyone else and muddle it out.

We have always been different to other tokens, I know because I built it this way. The people that have told others to sell out in the past forget one very real reason why we still exist.

Shared loyalty.

And that is so much more valuable than numbers on a screen.

Think of it like this -- you'll barely remember the financial win's you've made in the past but you'll always remember the shared laughter in the brotherhood and fighting with your friends to pay the last chips off the market.

This is why everyone in Crypto Twitter right now are telling everyone to "Believe in Something" -- you must have seen it out there.

But yet, we are so far ahead of that game because you have all held onto everything since you came here; some since day 1.

I've always felt like one of you guys.

But now it's different. Now I'm working towards something higher, more powerful. I build to a rhythm and speak with timing and precision.

I've moved to speaking less and moving in silence and executing to the rhythm. That in itself should tell you that I'm working to something higher.

But I do say I'm beginning to feel the burden of leadership now; I've switched from being a node in the brotherhood, one that reacts with everyone else, to the main node. The one that pulls the rest along with me.

One that everyone looks to, to take them on a journey. The one that everyone gets angry at when things go wrong; I've gone back to being the Face of the Brotherhood.

This is as exciting as it is scary.

As we head up to next week I fully realise that I'm beginning to become a pressurised capsule for hopes, dreams and fears.

I have began to worry not about how we're all going to manage like I used to, but I have fully realised this isn't about me anymore, it's about all of you.

Am I going to come through for every one of you sitting on my discord with your thoughts about where we're going next week.

If it were just me we would all laugh and point at how silly Raymondspeaks got it wrong again, and I'd take it on the chin and we'd move forward regardless.

I'm used to it, that stuff fazes me not.

But this time it's about you -- I lead, all of you follow. What will you get out of this is the most important thing I'm asking myself right now.

Not knowing is.. scary.

I have a vision and a dream I am working towards but I can't fully analyse it until we have launched and see the results.

I'm nervous, and excited, and hopeful.

Time will tell.

But one thing is for sure, that whatever happens we will all rise together.

Thank you, for sticking with me all these years, and believing in me, through loyalty and sacrifice.

Rest well this week.

You're going to need your energy.

Today I sacrifice my reactive leadership on the flame.