Motivational Mindset

About Motivational Mindset

Bringing you mindset fire from Rich Smothers a.k.a. Crypto Billy, founder of Billy Goat Tales . U.S. Army Veteran, 30+ year home builder, published author, YouTube host. Been in crypto since 2017 (daily active since 2020). Former mod on dozens of crypto channels. X Space host on @billygoattales for 2 years on Givers Gain mindset & our 10 Cornerstones: Community, Persistence, Fearless Action, Habits, Honor, Faith, True Wealth, Emotions, Rarity, Love. Short, no-BS episodes blending grit, giving, faith, and crypto principles. Season 4 launches January 1 – Short episodes 3x a week to own 2026.

Publisher

Rich Smothers

Category

business

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

8 Jan 2025

Latest episode

27 Jun 2026

Latest episodes

218 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   27 Jun 2026

   Bear Markets Build Millionaires: Start Stacking Today | Ep 68

   Good day, everyone! Welcome back to the Motivational Crypto Series on Billy Goat Tales. I'm Rich Smothers, known as CryptoBilly. Today I want to share something proven across market cycles: true crypto millionaires are made in the bear market—right now—when most people look the other way. Look back to 2018–2019 or 2022. Headlines screamed “crypto is dead.” Fear was thick. Social feeds went quiet. But quietly, a small group stacked quality projects at prices history later called absurdly cheap. They weren't loud. Their wealth built in silence. The bear isn't punishment—it's preparation. It's the forge where real wealth is shaped. Here's how the winners operate. 1. They buy when price is right, not when the crowd is euphoric. In bull runs, emotion bids assets beyond fundamentals. In bears, fear pushes quality down to levels where math favors you. Ask: If this project survives and delivers, is this price a gift? When yes, act consistently. 2. They use dollar-cost averaging as a weapon. Don't time the bottom. Commit to fixed amounts regularly, no matter how ugly the chart. Month after month, average cost drops while you accumulate more. When the cycle turns, you own far more at better prices than the waiter for “confirmation.” 3. They let Fear & Greed be a compass, not master. Extreme fear (deep red index) isn't time to hide—it's the loudest opportunity signal. Greed makes prices frothy; fear makes them honest. Move toward fear while others run. That edge, repeated over cycles, separates builders from spectators. The millionaire-maker moment is rarely green-candle euphoria. It's red-candle resolve. It's showing up when quitting is easier. It's building consistency when no one watches. It's acting with honor toward your future self. Right now, noise is low. Discounts are real. The window is open—but it won't stay forever. My challenge today: Decide your bear-market posture. Freeze and complain, or treat this as the rare gift it is? Pick one or two projects you believe in deeply. Set a weekly or monthly DCA plan you can stick to. Check Fear & Greed not to react, but to remind yourself when the crowd hands you advantage. Your future wealth isn't decided in the bull run. It's decided by what you do while others doubt. Thank you for being here. If this hits home, like, subscribe, and comment: What's one project you're quietly accumulating right now, and why do you believe in it long-term? I read every one. Your discipline today is already compounding tomorrow. Keep stacking. Keep believing. Keep going. CryptoBilly signing off from Billy Goat Tales. In this episode: 1. Bear markets as the true millionaire-maker season 2. Historical proof: 2018–2019 and 2022 stacking periods 3. Three core strategies: Buy when right, DCA relentlessly, use Fear & Greed as compass 4. Challenge: Set bear-market posture and consistent action now #MotivationalCrypto #BearMarket #CryptoMillionaires #DollarCostAveraging #Bitcoin #StackInSilence #GiversGain Follow us for more: X (Twitter): https://x.com/BillyGoatTales Discord: https://discord.gg/uXRTWPEfmP YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@BillyGoatTales Check out our kids' books on Amazon: Billy Goat Tales: The Bridge to Bitcoin: https://a.co/d/0iqCvHZR Billy Goat Tales: The Tricky Wolf and the Wise Boy: https://a.co/d/0i2TZvId Billy Goat Tales: Bits and Blox - A Blockchain Story: https://a.co/d/036cRw2Q Discover our other series: Motivational Crypto Podcast (full playlist on YouTube): https://www.youtube.com/@BillyGoatTales/playlists Simple Terms Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/@BillyGoatTales Toobit Affiliate (Trade Crypto): https://www.toobit.com/t/9uf5gC Credits: showrunner.xyz

2. 

   25 Jun 2026

   Wealth & Humility: Stay Grounded as You Grow | Ep. 67

   Good day, everyone! Welcome back to the Motivational Crypto Series on Billy Goat Tales. I'm Rich Smothers, known as CryptoBilly. Today we're talking about something rarely discussed in the glow of green candles: the direct relationship between growing wealth and growing humility. If you're on the path to becoming a millionaire in crypto—or if you already are—the real test isn't hitting the number. It's what happens to your character after the number hits.I've seen the pattern repeat across cycles. Someone starts small, studies hard, stays consistent through storms. The market turns, their portfolio multiplies. Suddenly the world responds differently—notifications flood in, doors open. A quiet fork appears: one path leads to pride that hardens the heart; the other to humility that keeps the soul soft and influence pure.The first path is easy. Wealth can whisper you're smarter than everyone, that wins were all genius, none luck or grace. It can make you forget the doubts, the believers, the grinders still in the trenches. Pride builds walls. It turns gratitude into entitlement. Success feels like superiority instead of stewardship.The second path—harder, rarer—is humility. The truth: the more wealth you obtain, the more humility you must cultivate. Not because it's polite. Because it's necessary for lasting success.Humility keeps you teachable. You listen, learn, admit when wrong. That openness lets you adapt and compound knowledge as powerfully as capital. The arrogant stop studying once the portfolio looks good. The humble never stop.Humility keeps you connected. Wealth can isolate. People treat you differently. But the humble remember where they came from. They stay with newcomers, doubters, early grinders. They share without superiority. They celebrate others' wins. That builds trust that endures every season.Humility grounds you in true wealth. A big portfolio is a tool, not the goal. The goal is freedom, love, generosity, legacy. When humility leads, wealth serves. You use it to lift others, fund ideas, create stability. That's when wealth becomes legacy, not just a number.I've seen bright people lose more than money when pride took the wheel. I've seen quiet, steady ones reach seven or eight figures and become more approachable, generous, anchored. Their example is louder than any PNL.Decide now that your character will grow faster than your net worth. Practice gratitude daily. Stay open to correction. Give credit. Reach back to pull others forward. Measure success by how softly you carry it.The market can make you rich. Only humility can make you wealthy in ways time and loss can't touch.Thank you for being here. If this stirred something, like, subscribe, and comment: What's one way you're choosing humility right now, no matter your portfolio size? I read every one. Your heart today shapes tomorrow's legacy.Keep growing. Keep giving. Keep going. CryptoBilly signing off from Billy Goat Tales.In this episode:1. Wealth growth requires matching humility2. Dangers of pride: entitlement, isolation, loss of learning3. Benefits of humility: teachability, connection, true purpose4. Challenge: Choose humility daily, grow character faster than net worth#MotivationalCrypto #CryptoHumility #WealthMindset #CharacterGrowth #Bitcoin #GiversGainFollow us for more:X (Twitter): https://x.com/BillyGoatTalesDiscord: https://discord.gg/uXRTWPEfmPYouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@BillyGoatTalesCheck out our kids' books on Amazon:Billy Goat Tales: The Bridge to Bitcoin: https://a.co/d/0iqCvHZRBilly Goat Tales: The Tricky Wolf and the Wise Boy: https://a.co/d/0i2TZvIdBilly Goat Tales: Bits and Blox - A Blockchain Story: https://a.co/d/036cRw2QDiscover our other series:Motivational Crypto Podcast (full playlist on YouTube): https://www.youtube.com/@BillyGoatTales/playlistsSimple Terms Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/@BillyGoatTalesCredits: showrunner.xyz

3. 

   23 Jun 2026

   Persistence Through Market Cycles – The True Path to Lasting Wealth | Ep. 66

   Good day, everyone! Welcome back to the Motivational Crypto Series on Billy Goat Tales. I'm Rich Smothers, known as CryptoBilly. Today we're talking about the one quality that separates those who build real, enduring wealth in crypto from those who come and go with the headlines: persistence.Markets don't move in straight lines. They test you. In long sideways action or sharp drawdowns—like the one we're navigating in March 2026—the difference isn't intelligence or timing. It's who keeps showing up.I've lived through enough cycles to tell you: every major fortune in this space was forged in persistence, not euphoria. Bull runs hand out gains to almost anyone. The real builders—those whose wealth survives corrections, regulations, and doubt—are the ones who treat every season the same. They keep learning, researching, stacking when it's boring, when the crowd is quiet, when notifications stop.Persistence isn't flashy. It's the daily habit of reviewing your thesis, adjusting when facts change but not abandoning principle, holding through volatility because you understood the why before you entered. It refuses to let temporary discomfort rewrite long-term conviction.Persistence delivers three key things.1. It turns average entries into extraordinary outcomes. You don't need the perfect bottom or top. Stay in the game long enough for compounding. A consistent buyer through cycles ends up with far more upside than the jumper-in-and-outer.2. It builds unbreakable emotional resilience. The market shakes you—red screens for months, whispers that it's over. Persistence trains you to see those as noise. You detach outcome from effort, measure progress by process. That strength protects your portfolio and your peace.3. It creates a legacy of influence. When you persist visibly—sharing honestly, without hype, without disappearing—you become a beacon. Newcomers see proof consistency wins. Communities form around reliability. Your example multiplies: one life inspiring dozens to persist.Right now, with fear lingering and many stepping back, the opportunity for persistence is at its peak. The ones who keep building habits, honoring commitments, acting with integrity even unseen—they're positioning for the next chapter.My challenge today: Commit to one persistent act this week your future self will thank you for. Stick to DCA when the chart looks ugly. Dive deeper into fundamentals instead of quick wins. Encourage one person feeling the weight.Persistence isn't never feeling doubt. It's never letting doubt stop you.The market rewards the persistent—not always quickly, but always eventually. Stay in. Stay steady. Stay true.Thank you for being here. If this lands, like, subscribe, and comment: What's one way you're choosing persistence right now, in this season? I read every one. Your steady steps today carve tomorrow's breakthroughs.Keep persisting. Keep growing. Keep going. CryptoBilly signing off from Billy Goat Tales.In this episode:1. Persistence as the true separator in crypto wealth2. Why it matters: Cycles test, persistence endures3. Three outcomes: Compounding gains, emotional resilience, legacy influence4. Challenge: One persistent act this week#MotivationalCrypto #CryptoPersistence #MarketCycles #Bitcoin #Discipline #LongTermWealth #GiversGainFollow us for more:X (Twitter): https://x.com/BillyGoatTalesDiscord: https://discord.gg/uXRTWPEfmPYouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@BillyGoatTalesCheck out our kids' books on Amazon:Billy Goat Tales: The Bridge to Bitcoin: https://a.co/d/0iqCvHZRBilly Goat Tales: The Tricky Wolf and the Wise Boy: https://a.co/d/0i2TZvIdBilly Goat Tales: Bits and Blox - A Blockchain Story: https://a.co/d/036cRw2QDiscover our other series:Motivational Crypto Podcast (full playlist on YouTube): https://www.youtube.com/@BillyGoatTales/playlistsSimple Terms Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/@BillyGoatTalesCredits: showrunner.xyz

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

254,302

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

1 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 63 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

89

Social presence

0

YouTube

93

Engagement

0

Contact Motivational Mindset

Guest appearances

Books guests

Based on episode analysis; this does not confirm that the show is currently accepting guests.