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Yesterday I received a reply back from @arcange after I congratulated him on reaching Whale status. His comment got me into thinking how could this become possible as I had never even contemplated becoming a Whale in the next 6 years.

### Think Bigger


The reason being it has taken just on 5 years minus 3 days to achieve just over 87K so another 460K in 6 years sounds ludicrous. This got me thinking of how on earth I could do this and there are a few limited possibilities besides the obvious and that is investing from outside. 

i am not one to predict and do targets especially on Hive as it doesn't rely on you, but those who support you along the way. You will often find some months better than others and nothing is set in stone so predicting growth is very difficult and virtually impossible. The attitude of any growth is good growth is the only one to have.

Outside factors influence your growth as the price of Hive climbing upwards normally means higher dollar values on your post rewards, but less Hive being earned. This is why the Bear market is so important as staying active only enhances your growth potential.

The obvious solution is to take advantage of the Bull market somehow and then buy back Hive at a lower price. This is the fast track to a higher Hive Power which will increase your overall growth far quicker than doing it organically like I have done for 5 years.

Price swings can be very lucrative and using the HBD as the stable this could actually work. We know for now we earn 20% APR on having HBD in savings which is very decent but that is only part of where my thought process has taken me.

Over the next 5 years there hopefully will be at least 2 ATH's for Hive or at least one we could bank on. Speed will be essential and being ready as the power down is not a friend in these circumstances. The number of Hive converted in to HBD and then waiting a period before the Hive drops is my only answer to speeding up the growth process.

Just think you have 100K HBD earning 20% APR and have to wait 6 months for the price to drop in order to swap back to Hive could easily boost growth beyond what was possible. We have to think differently outside the box is we are going to obtain these seemingly impossible targets.

We can all obtain growth and achieve our targets just by doing what we do daily, but the time frame is the unknown factor. The threat to growth with a higher Hive price and mass adoption with more users is only going to make these targets harder to achieve over time so our window of opportunity is always being eroded away.

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