How I Build Wealth While Everyone Else Panics
- Silivere Bakomeza
- 6 days ago
- 5 min read
Most people do not lose money because of the market.
They lose because they panic.
They sell low.
They stop buying.
They abandon the plan they never fully committed to in the first place.
And when the bull market finally returns, they are too bitter or too broke to take advantage of it.
I have seen it happen over and over again.
But that is not my approach.
This post is about what I do when everyone else is afraid, when the headlines scream, when the charts bleed red, when it feels like the world is ending.
This is my exact strategy for building wealth when everyone else is panicking.
And if you can internalize it, it will change everything.
The Problem: Fear Moves Faster Than Facts
Panic has a speed.
It hits your phone before it hits your brain.
You see the chart crash, and your fingers twitch.
You scroll through X.
You watch YouTube thumbnails screaming “market meltdown.”
You feel that old instinct to do something.
But here is the truth.
If you did not already have a strategy before the crash, whatever you do next is probably a mistake.
People do not panic because the market is crashing.
They panic because they never had a real plan for when it would.
My Strategy in One Line: Automate the Right Behavior
I invest 50 dollars a day into Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy) no matter what.
Rain or shine.
Bull or bear.
It does not matter.
That single decision made before the panic is the reason I can stay calm inside it.
📌 Read the full system here: My $50/day Strategy System for 20 Years
When the market drops five percent in a day, I do not wonder what to do.
I already did it at 7:30am on schedule without emotion.
That is what it means to build wealth with conviction.
Why Strategy
Strategy (MSTR) is the most leveraged bet on Bitcoin in the public market.
While others stack sats, I am stacking shares.
Same conviction, different vehicle, same end goal, long term asymmetric upside.
The reason it works is simple.
It is volatile enough to scare most people away but backed by a system strong enough to reward the ones who stay.
When it crashes, I am not guessing.
I am buying cheaper inventory for the next bull cycle.
What I Do Not Do When Everyone Panics
Let me be clear. Here is what I never do.
I do not sell because something dropped thirty percent
I do not rewatch crash videos for doom confirmation
I do not pause my daily investing plan to see what happens
I do not ask for permission from Reddit or group chats
That is not discipline. That is digital roulette.
And if your wealth is built on emotion, headlines, or crowd mood, you will lose it faster than you made it.
What I Do Instead
Here is what I actually do.
I Zoom Out Like It Is My Religion
You cannot build long term wealth with short term eyes.
When Bitcoin or Strategy dips hard, I pull up the five-year chart and breathe.
Then I zoom out to ten years.
Then I remind myself I am in this for twenty.
What happens this week does not matter unless I make it matter.
I Publish Even When It Hurts
I do not disappear when I am down.
Every Saturday, I post my Strategy weekly update win or lose.
Why?
Because that is the system.
And systems outlast emotions.
➡️ Read the latest weekly update: Week 26 of My $50/day Strategy Journey
I Stack Using One Simple Tool
Discipline is boring. That is the point.
All I use is Robinhood, the app that lets me automate my fifty-dollar daily buys into Strategy, hands free.
No distractions, no guessing, no switching platforms.
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When the market is red, I do not skip.
I double down.
How to Build Wealth When Fear Takes Over the Market
The truth is, fear never really disappears. It only changes shape.
You cannot time your way out of it. You can only out discipline it.
When fear takes over the market, most people trade their conviction for comfort.
They start checking prices more often, moving cash around, waiting it out.
But waiting is not a strategy.
Building wealth while fear rules the market means creating conditions where you cannot fail by emotion.
Automate your buys so hesitation is removed
Treat every dip as a discount, not a disaster
Publish or document your process because accountability compounds confidence
Anchor your plan in years, not weeks
If you can do that, you will start seeing fear as opportunity, not danger.
The Most Important Lesson from Every Bear Market
The winners are not the ones who buy the bottom.
They are the ones who never leave.
If you disappear every time the market dips, you will never be around when it rebounds.
And it always rebounds.
Bear markets are brutal teachers. But they also hand out unfair rewards to those who stay enrolled in the class.
Why My Strategy Works Even When It Feels Like It Does Not
Because it is not based on emotion, ego, or opinion.
It is built on automation, conviction, and long-term focus.
I am not trying to time the bounce.
I am trying to build an empire while everyone else is refreshing charts.
When that empire matures, it will not look like luck.
It will look like inevitability.
For the Builders: This Is Your Moment
If you are creating content,
If you are documenting your investing journey,
If you are building when nobody is clapping,
Do not stop here.
This quiet stretch is where legends are built.
What you are doing now is invisible compound interest.
You cannot see it yet, but future you will thank you for not quitting when it was silent.
Recap: My Panic Proof Wealth System
Automate fifty dollars per day into Strategy (MSTR) no matter the market
Publish every week, receipts over reactions
Use one tool that eliminates emotion
Zoom out, twenty years minimum
Stay in the market, no matter what
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The next panic is coming.
But this time, you will be ready.
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