I have a friend who was really at rock bottom in the beginning.

His parents sold vegetables at the market, and he dropped out of middle school to work, doing delivery jobs and working in electronics factories. The most expensive thing he owned was a second-hand Redmi phone.

The worst year for him was when he owed 20,000 yuan, and even his Alipay was frozen. He had to advance a month's rent to his landlord.

Every day was like this—sleeping in a shared rental next to a construction site, eating instant noodles mixed with spicy strips, and his phone signal would sometimes cut out.

But can you imagine?

This person managed to turn the last 8,000 yuan he had into a seven-figure sum through cryptocurrency. Now he drives a Tesla, lives in a high-rise, bought a new house for his parents, and even bought a plot of land for himself in Hainan.

Many people think he just got lucky, but the truth is, he did one thing right: he gave up the desire for quick riches and focused on steady earnings.

When he first entered the crypto world, he was chasing highs and selling low, changing coins five or six times a day, and losing half his money in a week.

Later he told me that what really turned his situation around were the three words he memorized: "sense of rhythm."

It wasn't about how skilled he was technically or how precise his market analysis was; it was about being able to hold himself back and not act impulsively.

At that time, he set three rules for himself:

First, only trade what you know, don’t randomly touch coins.

While others were trading MEME coins and new projects, he avoided them all. He only focused on BTC and ETH, and at most added SOL.

He said, "If you don’t even know who the project is, you’re just going in as fodder."

Second, before entering, check the trading volume.

He was the type who waited until the K-line, trading volume, and order book were aligned before he dared to act.

You might say he was slow, but slow people survive, while those who rush end up dead.

Third, only make two trades a day; if you lose, stop; if you win, withdraw.

Once he made 800 U.S. dollars, and when I told him to keep going, he replied with a phrase I still remember:

"Brother, we’re not here to gamble our lives; we’re here to make money."

Now his account has surpassed a million, but he still only makes one or two trades a day, doesn’t use high leverage, and doesn’t chase big trends.

Don’t think about getting rich overnight; first, practice your sense of rhythm and focus on surviving.

Making money in the crypto world is really not difficult; the hard part is controlling yourself.

Controlling the urge to add leverage, the urge to chase highs, the urge to get liquidated.

But if you can lock down your human nature like my friend did, you can make it out.