Hi @simplymike
Good morning and thank you for having this kind of contest, I can relate to your post about beginners. When I started I feel like blinded because there are lots of things to learn and I don't know where should I start and what would be the next step as beginner. Here are the things that I learn or that I should have to continue my steemit journey
1 Coaches - all successful people has a coach, so I learn to look for coaches who will guide me what to do. Thank God I found some coaches.
2 Community - after having a coaches, I learn to connect to lots of community that could support me and teach me aside from my mentor.
3 Contest - most of us if not all of us are good in blogging but for me I know I need to learn a lot in blogging but for me to gain momentum I started joining contest, through contest I could see more people that could help me.
4 Commitment for Improvement - No one could stop me in doing steemit except to myself. When I started learning, I 100% commit myself in steemit because myself is my only enemy or ally for improvement.
That are the 4C's I learn that I must have. Btw, I also learn about the Steemit Badges. When I saw it it makes me excited because I thought in steemit there is no goals, what will be will be principles but when I saw comment of @steemitboard in one of my post that I completed some task I feel promoted that time so I try to search more about badges. I created a post about it and share it to other people especially to those who are new in steemit. Here is the link -> https://steemit.com/untalented/@joeysison/what-is-steemit-badge-and-what-level-are-you-now
Thank you @simplymike for this chance.
You sound like you're very committed. It's important to get as many connections as you can get in the community, so I think you're on the right track!
It's nice to see that you're sharing what you've learned by creating a post about it. Passing on the knowledge, that's what it's all about :0)
Keep on Steeming, my friend