GN Nostriches ✨🌙 "If you only do what you can do, you will never be more than who you are." -Master Shifu

Tonight we're watching the Learning To Drive movie. Ben Kingsley is such a good actor. 🧡👍 https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3062976/

Here’s the original YT video that’s introduced by @Matthew Kratter also at YouTube, as seen in my earlier post today:

Wow! This touched my heart. Thank goodness for people like this. Thank you for posting this @Matthew Kratter

#68 Of 365 Forward Steps Notes Wisdom On The Web Guy understands there’s never been a more critical need for all of us to hear and be healed by truth in a world that is tearing itself apart with anger, grief and violence. Some months back Guy decided to do something completely new to help spread the seeds of wisdom. He has been presenting two live classes each week online and he has been offering them for free. Each class includes a talk by Guy followed by a lively question and answer session with those who have joined the webinar. When you register you will get immediate access to Guy’s complete archive of all replays. If you can’t make it to any live class, you can simply watch the replay when you have time. Guy has decided to make these online classes permanent, just as they are and free to all. (Link is below) https://www.selfimprovementgift.com/forwardsteps/free-classes/ Life Power Tip Compete with yourself, rather than competing with other people. Comparing is a trap. It can so easily be used as an opportunity to beat yourself up because you are “not as good as” someone else. When you experience victories over yourself and your fears or your procrastination then you will feel much more energised to continue taking action on your goals. It will raise your self-esteem and therefore improve personal performance. Action Establish a consistent program to reduce your anxieties in life. Challenge Decide that your thoughts do not manage you, instead that you manage your thoughts. Quote Even though you may want to move forward in your life, you may have one foot on the brakes. In order to be free, we must learn how to let go. Release the hurt. Release the fear. Refuse to entertain your old pain. The energy it takes to hang onto the past is holding you back from a new life. What is it you would let go of today? -Mary Morrissey Clearing Clean the umbrella stand, if you have one. Or find a ‘like’ item to clean. Question Do you see the opportunities that are open to you, or are you focused on the closed doors? Affirmation I choose personal power. Uplifting Extra Sometimes an idea comes along that simply offers a fresh way of looking at things—not dramatic, not over-promised, just a different angle on how we move through life. The concept behind the Infinite Manifestation Code is one of those approaches. It puts forward the idea that we all have an internal “switch” of sorts, something that influences how open we are to opportunities and momentum. Many of us go through life without noticing whether that switch is working for us or against us and this method aims to help people understand and work with it more consciously. The approach is surprisingly grounded. Instead of forcing beliefs or repeating affirmations until we’re blue in the face, it uses a simple process rooted in quantum mechanics to help you step into that “infinite” realm where things tend to unfold with a lot less resistance. (Link is below)

Infinite Manifestation Code

Enjoy today’s video too! To see all Forward Steps Notes to date, just search my posts using "Of 365 Forward Steps Notes”. I had already sent these one a day for 12 months though to 9 May 2026. Then started anew on 10 May 2026.

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GN Nostriches ✨🌙 Fun fact about koalas: Koalas are one of the very few non-primate mammals to have individual, unique fingerprints. Under a microscope, their loops and whorls are almost identical to human fingerprints.

Saving this video here for me to watch tomorrow. Getting a bit late to watch tonight. Wanted to share it now though. It's important! 🧡 Thank you @The Bitcoin Way and @Tony | thebitcoinway.com ⚡️ YouTube video description: Bitcoin BIP-110 has triggered a major debate among Bitcoiners, pitting Bitcoin Core against Bitcoin Knots and raising critical questions about network security, node sovereignty, and blockchain data limits. In this episode of The Bitcoin Way podcast, Kyle and Bert break down the technical implications of BIP-110 and analyze why this consensus change is so controversial. From the history of OP_RETURN limits to the potential risks of a chain split, this deep dive provides the clarity you need to navigate the current Bitcoin node landscape. If you are struggling to decide which node implementation is right for you, or if you simply want to understand the consensus rules governing Bitcoin nodes today, this conversation is essential listening. Running a Bitcoin node is the ultimate act of sovereignty, but it requires understanding the rules you are enforcing. We explore the seven consensus restrictions proposed in BIP-110, the risks of single-maintainer governance, and why individual node operators remain the final line of defense against network changes. Verify, don't trust. Timestamps 0:00 Introduction: Bitcoin's biggest battle 2:17 The history of OP_RETURN and data storage 6:10 Consensus vs mempool policy explained 12:40 Core v30 and the removal of limits 17:46 The rise of Knots and grassroots node running 23:01 What is BIP 110? 29:37 Chain split scenarios and risks 36:54 The neutral approach: What should you run? 44:02 The seven consensus rules of BIP 110 58:11 Governance concerns and single-maintainer risks 1:06:03 Why running a node matters 1:06:36 Final thoughts: Verify, don't trust

Watching a good old fashioned murder movie 🎥 tonight https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0364045/ Angelina Jolie, Kiefer Sutherland and Ethan Hawke. Good line up. 👍

Listening to @Simon Dixon YouTube video description: Do you actually own your Bitcoin, or does someone else? Simon Dixon joins Michaël van de Poppe with a warning about Bitcoin custody. The institutions that spent a decade dismissing Bitcoin now control its short term price, and they have a plan for the coins you are holding. They don't want you to self custody your Bitcoin. They want you to lend it, borrow against it, and leave it sitting with a custodian. "The short term price of Bitcoin is now controlled by Wall Street. And they want your Bitcoin." Simon lays out the framework behind it: sovereign versus subordinate. Sovereign means you hold Bitcoin you can access without permission from a bank, a broker, or a custodian. Subordinate means you are in debt to the financial system for everything you own. He explains how Bitcoin gets captured through custodians, ETFs and lending products, why self custody is the one thing they cannot touch, and why he believes you cannot vote your way out of this. His answer is simple and uncomfortable: you boycott the Federal Reserve by owning Bitcoin, and you boycott the banks by holding it in self custody rather than leaving it with someone else. This episode was recorded on June 24th, 2026. TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Intro 02:33 Michael Saylor and the Financial Industrial Complex 05:23 How Wall Street Took Control of Bitcoin 11:14 Tokenization and Control in the Financial System 16:58 Unrealized Gains Tax and Asset Stripping 36:50 Boycotting the FIC and Building Sovereignty 49:44 Bitcoin: Centralization vs Decentralization 57:46 The Path to Sovereignty

#67 Of 365 Forward Steps Notes Wisdom On The Web Did you know that there are very specific parts of your brain responsible for creating wealth? Also, that these parts must be activated, in order for you to manifest financial success? It’s true. It’s why success and wealth seems to come so easily to some people, yet is such a struggle for others. (Link is below)

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Parts Of Your Brain Responsible For Creating Wealth

There are very specific parts of your brain responsible for creating wealth https://www.forwardstepsblog.com/parts-of-your-brain/

Life Power Tip Commit to one new habit. Decide on a new habit and commit to it, rain, hail or shine. Train your mind that your word is law. Whenever you break a promise to yourself, you weaken trust in yourself. You teach yourself that whenever you resolve to do something, it never happens. Over time, you quit creating new goals and promises. Resignation sets in. Therefore, with small, daily habits begin training your mind that what you say, goes! Action Enjoy yourself today because today is not coming back. Challenge Decide during the week exactly what it is you are aiming to do this weekend. Quote Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or your self-confidence. -Robert Frost Clearing Clean out the trunk of your car. Question Do you relate to your children as the young people that they are? Affirmation I choose to feel more and more receptive. Uplifting Extra Avoid the common pitfalls almost everyone encounters when going after a life they would love to live. Pitfalls are normal. It doesn’t mean that your dream isn’t the right dream, or that you’re not ambitious or persistent enough. When you know how to apply the universal laws that determine success, you will be able to build your dream. Not just one time, not just sometimes. EVERY time! (Link is below) https://www.selfimprovementgift.com/forwardsteps/dream-build-replay/ Enjoy today’s video too! To see all Forward Steps Notes to date, just search my posts using "Of 365 Forward Steps Notes”. I had already sent these one a day for 12 months though to 9 May 2026. Then started anew on 10 May 2026.

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GN Nostriches ✨🌙 "I guess I was wrong when I said I never promised anyone. I promised me." -Kermit

Watching Truth & Treason movie 🎥 tonight. These kinds of films are hard to watch with all that's going on these days and when I remember the stories my own parents told me, over the years in my youth, about their living through WWII in Holland while in their mid to late teens. At one time my father hid on a farm with a friend and watched German soldiers shoot the farmer's sons. My father and friend were not given up. That's just one of several I remember. My father didn't relay the worst of his experiences, taking many of his stories to his grave, and he very much hoped that we never had to live through times like that. I don't think I could be as brave as many people were during such horrific years. 🧡 https://www.imdb.com/title/tt21825416/

Listening to this regarding how banks in Australia handle Bitcoin and crypto transactions. Video description & time stamps copied directly from YouTube: Australian banks are blocking transfers, capping deposits, and shutting down businesses without notice, without explanation, and without any law that requires them to do it. Will recently received a letter from ANZ closing one of his business accounts. The reason given: the nature of the account is outside ANZ's risk appetite. No investigation. No prior warning. No process to appeal. He's not alone. Commonwealth Bank caps transfers to crypto at $10,000 per month with no exemption process. NAB declines transactions to exchanges it considers high risk without publishing the list. Macquarie blocked a transfer to another bank simply because that bank hosts crypto exchange accounts. And CommSec placed a sell-only restriction on regulated, ASX-listed Bitcoin ETFs. This video is the full investigation. Will traces the documented history of debanking in Australia from 2017 to today, covers the single event in May 2023 that locked a million Australians out of crypto overnight, and lays out four documented reasons the banks are doing this — none of which require a conspiracy, and all of which are worse than one. Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Will’s ANZ Debanking Story: The Letter That Started This Investigation 00:02:09 - What Everyday Aussie Investors Are Actually Experiencing (CBA, ANZ, NAB, Macquarie) 00:03:21 - Will’s Personal Macquarie & Goldfields Bank Story 00:04:00 - The Psychological Impact on First-Time Bitcoin Investors 00:05:37 - CommSec’s Sell-Only Restriction on Regulated Bitcoin ETFs 00:06:37 - The Debanking Timeline: 2017–2021 Quiet Phase 00:07:00 - The Alan Flynn Case: ANZ Settles at Tribunal for Unlawful Discrimination 00:08:00 - 18 May 2023: The Cuscal-Binance Cutoff (One Million Aussies Locked Out Overnight) 00:09:09 - Coinbase’s 2024 Formal Submission to the Federal Parliament Economics Committee 00:10:30 - Reason 1: The Banks Are Terrified of AUSTRAC ($700M & $1.3B Penalties) 00:11:43 - Reason 2: Scam Politics & Why the Restrictions Tightened As Scam Losses Fell 00:12:38 - Reason 3: Anti-Competition (The Banks Are Blocking Your Crypto While Building Their Own) 00:13:48 - Reason 4: Structural Concentration & the Payment Rail Choke Points 00:14:13 - Is the Government Actually Behind This? The Senate Inquiry & Four Years of Inaction 00:15:34 - Who Pulled the Trigger & Who Loaded the Incentives 00:16:07 - International Comparison: EU, Canada & the US White House Executive Order 00:16:43 - The RBA’s Digital Money Trials & What the Establishment Position Actually Is

#66 Of 365 Forward Steps Notes Wisdom On The Web As long as you are in the flow, meaning you trust the process, you don’t need to know the details. The details will become obvious at the right time and the right place. The Trust Factor free ebook download from Dr. Robert Anthony holds an absolute secret for you, to creating the life you have always dreamed about. (Link is below)

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The Trust Factor Free eBook Download

The absolute secret to creating the life you have always dreamed about https://www.forwardstepsblog.com/the-trust-factor-free-ebook/

Life Power Tip Collect new evidence about yourself. You likely have lots of evidence for what you believe you can and cannot do, or accomplish. This establishes certain beliefs that you have about yourself. Consider trying a few new things, outside of your comfort zone and collecting some fresh evidence about your capabilities? Action Be more sure that all your conversations are two-way conversations. Challenge Deal only with the ‘what happened?’ or the ‘what is happening?’, rather than your opinion of it. Quote Each person’s only hope for improving their lot rests on them recognizing the true nature of their basic personality, surrendering to it, and becoming who they are. -Sheldon Kopp Clearing Clean out the cutlery drawer. Question Do you really know how close you are to producing your desired results? Affirmation I choose to have the gifts of an inspired life. Uplifting Extra The flapping of a single butterfly’s wing produces a tiny change in the state of the atmosphere. What the atmosphere actually does diverges from what it would have done. So, in time, a tornado that would have devastated the coast doesn’t happen. Or maybe one that wasn’t going to happen, does. Go here to read more and read it a few times over, and really “get it”. It is then easy to see how our most teensy action, or inaction, can take our life off on a tangent. (Link is below)

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The Flapping Of A Single Butterfly's Wing

A small change now can drastically change your long-term trajectory https://www.forwardstepsblog.com/the-flapping-of-a-single-butterflys-wing/

Enjoy today’s video too! To see all Forward Steps Notes to date, just search my posts using "Of 365 Forward Steps Notes”. I had already sent these one a day for 12 months though to 9 May 2026. Then started anew on 10 May 2026.

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GN Nostriches “Isn't it funny how day by day nothing changes, but when you look back, everything is different.” -C. S. Lewis Lewis captures the quiet magic of time and how transformation hides within routine.

Good movie tonight. 🧡 The Hummingbird Project https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6866224/ Last night watched a really great second movie also, titled Flash of Genius https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1054588/

#65 Of 365 Forward Steps Notes Wisdom On The Web This might sound controversial to some people, however positive thinking is not enough to bring you wealth. No matter what other self-help experts out there tell you, it is not enough. Positive thinking by itself, equals future disappointment. Here’s how to become a complete and total magnet for money. If you want to become wealthy then you need to learn how to reprogram your mind to think like a financially wealthy person. (Link is below)

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46 Quotes From Power Of Concentration (video, ebook & text)

Download your free ebook copy of The Power Of Concentration https://www.forwardstepsblog.com/power-of-concentration/

Life Power Tip Collect insights about why you do everything that you do. If you have no clear description for why you are doing something, perhaps it is not something you ought to be doing. Whatever you do may be heading you in a direction that is being determined by another’s agenda and not your own. Check in with yourself regularly and confirm that you are going where you say that you want to be going and producing the results that you say you want to be producing. Action Enjoy an extra few minutes in the sunshine, and enjoy the feeling. Challenge Dare to stop doing the things you really do not want to do. Quote For as long as there’s anyone to ask “Why?” the answer will always be, “Why not?” -Vera Nazarian Clearing Clean out and organize the contents of your wallet. Question Do you practise tuning in to your instincts and hunches? Affirmation I choose to receive. Uplifting Extra Enjoy the short video with 18 inspiring quotations to get you thinking today, and a collection of images for you to share. The text list with each of the 18 quotes that are shown in the video, in case you missed any while viewing. You can also view and download each of these images. (Link is below)

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18 Inspiring Quotations To Get You Thinking

Enjoy the short video with 18 inspiring quotations to get you thinking today https://www.forwardstepsblog.com/18-inspiring-quotations/

Enjoy today’s video too! To see all Forward Steps Notes to date, just search my posts using "Of 365 Forward Steps Notes”. I had already sent these one a day for 12 months though to 9 May 2026. Then started anew on 10 May 2026.