Mike's dream was to be a famous video-game blogger on Hive.
But after 3 months of posting, he'd only gotten 22 followers, and his posts weren't earning what he expected. And worse than that, other parts of his life were stressing him out too.
Mike felt like he just didn’t get Hive, or blogging, or --though he'd never admit this out loud-- life.
- Mike didn’t get business, branding, or content creation.
- Mike didn’t get relationships or intimacy.
- Mike didn’t get fitness, he didn’t get fame.
- Mike didn’t get why some girls ghosted him.
- Mike didn’t get why making money was so hard.
- Mike didn’t get time-management.
- Mike just didn’t ‘get’ life.
Frustrated, Mike went to his favorite cafe to vent about all this to his friend Alicia over an espresso.
"Alicia, I just want to grow... fast! Like, I wish there was some kind of miracle quick-grow I could sprinkle on my projects or something--"
Alicia held her palm up to shush him.
"Mike, listen. At 36, Cristiano Ronaldo still sees the benefit of a coach to continue playing world-class football. At 55, Barack Obama still needed mentors to be the President of the United States. And at 67, Oprah Winfrey still relies on Tony Robbins (and others) to stay one of the most respected people in the Entertainment industry."
"So?"
"So these great people all found mentors early, cherished them, and made sure to keep them around to this very day. What does that mean to you?"
"I don't know, that ‘teachers are good’?"
Alicia sighed in exasperation. "Yes, but it's more than that, Mike. Teachers are a blessing on the earth. They bring out the best in you. Literally. If you're not at your absolute best in any area, a coach or teacher can help with that. Ask a question, get an answer. Easy as pie. It beats spinning your wheels in failed experiments or hopeless Google searches, right?"
"Hmmm. Good point."
"Damn straight. Think about your favorite teachers in life, haven't they been a giant shortcut to success?"
Mike searched his memory. Whether it was his parents teaching him to read, or his friend teaching him gaming tips, Mike was forced to agree, teachers were hugely impactful in his growth. He left his meeting with Alicia with much food for thought, and the next day, he began searching for teachers.
Mike looked for a teacher everywhere, high and low.
Unable to find a truly great teacher in the city, he eventually started wandering the forest. Alicia had told him that no one looks for teachers in a dark, unknown forest, but Mike's gut told him to go anyway. Once there, he saw a tiny house hidden out of the way. He knocked on the door, then went inside and found nobody there. But on the dining-room table, Mike saw three smartphones.
Curious, he swiped the first one.
The screen lit up with a ‘motivational teacher'.(I bolded the whole thing but it was just missing an end quote) Could this be the answer he was looking for?
He pressed play but turned it off quickly when he realized this teacher was too soft. She was an ‘airy-fairy’ woo-woo spiritual-therapist type, and her advice mostly amounted to “be gentle, don’t worry, things take time, you’re perfect as you are.”
Mike thought “If everything was fine & on time, I wouldn’t be here! I clearly need to change something. Just tell me how! Ugh!”
Annoyed, Mike swiped the second phone’s lock screen.
It flared to life and a video from another teacher was playing, but Mike turned this one off too. Why? Because this teacher was too hard. He was a drill-sergeant-sounding guy, ranting and raving about “Hustling, grinding, and pushing through it to succeed!”
“Eww,” Mike thought, “I’m looking for answers, not a guy who sounds like my parents, telling me to just suck it up and work harder. Sheesh. Real helpful, dude.”
Finally, Mike came to the last phone.
He swiped and Hive opened up.
The screen glowed with a 3Speak video, and Mike didn’t turn it off because this teacher was juuuust right. He had fire and passion, but also radiated understanding and compassion. He was gentle in some videos, hardcore in others. He even swapped back and forth in a few. He seemed to understand life in general, but was also able to teach specific, personal situations too.
Mike smiled and scrolled through all the teacher's posts and articles. Mike felt like he could soak up this teacher's wisdom forever! Until suddenly…
He came across one that actually told him to ‘stop watching videos’ and ‘start applying them’ to his life, because tough love and practical wisdom are nothing without action.
Mike was impressed, and felt that this was the teacher who could help him grow in Hive, and life.
And who was this incredibly valuable, life-changing teacher?
It was me! J-Ryze!
(grin)
OK, so this story is obviously a fictional play on Goldilocks and The Three Bears, but the point still stands.
I love teaching and I won't sugar-coat it... I'm damn good at it.
Anyone who's read any of the articles in my back-catalog or at least the now iconic Hive-Guide I made in my first two weeks here can hopefully see that. Still, if you want to know more about my resume you can check out 'The J-Ryze Difference'.
Credentials aside, I'm writing this post as a special offer to Hivers.
What is this special offer?
Well...
You may or may not know that @cynshineonline and I run a private Facebook mastermind for rebel-preneurs. Inside, we teach people about the power of their beliefs, moods, and choices to positively impact their dreams. We teach them business growth, content creation, pitching, sales, marketing, PR, relationships, and more.
And we've had a few Hivers show interest in our exclusive group, but...
We also noticed that Hivers really don't like centralized social media.
(Understandably so, lol.) And even when they join the group they're not too active because they don't use Facebook often so they don't get as much value as others who are more active on there.
And we love to bring value, so...
We’re offering a Discord class specifically and exclusively to help Hivers.
We want to make every guest who joins extra successful. Which means, for guests to receive as much of our personal attention and care as possible, we'll only be accepting 5 people for this limited event.
During the class we'll be discussing:
- Growing Your Audience On Hive To Make More Impact
- Content Creation (How To Get More Upvotes, Attention, & Rewards)
- The RISC Process For Excellence (Research, Inspect, Steal, & Create)
- Persuasion 101 (Most Creators Neglect This And Pay Dearly)
- Plus, we encourage any questions on any topics you want.
If you’re eager to #RyzeUp towards your dreams, I'll happily help you with whatever specific issue you’d like to discuss. This will be a very interactive class.
All that said, this isn't for everyone.
Some people want to learn but aren't open to applying what they learn. And we’re focused on helping those who are ready to apply what’s being taught. Because of this, Cyn and I are hand-picking people who are more open and receptive to learning. (Maybe someone like you?)
If you’re curious what others have said about learning from me, you can check our (giant) testimonial page. I've helped change countless lives and helped so many people. And here’s a quick sample:
Sound good? Ready to sign-up?
This 2-hour class will be held on our private Discord server on September 1st, 2021 at 7pm EST, for $97 (USD or HBD). We accept Paypal or HBD Transfer. Once you’ve sent the funds, let us know. We’ll then confirm receipt and send you your personal discord invitation. Then all you have to do is join the voice channel ‘Ryzing Hivers’ when the event launches and we’re good to go!
If this sounds great and you'd like the sign-up link, please let Cyn or I know in the comments, or if you have any questions, we’re happy to answer them.
Love, Jay (& Cyn)
Anyway, I hope you enjoyed my adapted ‘goldilocks’ story and appreciate this offer. But either way, I'm grateful for you reading, commenting, sharing, and even skimming. I wish you huge joy and success in all you do.
P.S. If you want more of my free content instead, you may want to check out these posts:
Hello Ryze! This was a great read, I enjoyed the fun and entertaining lead-up story. :D GG, well played.
To be very honest, I would take this up in a heartbeat if I had the spare HBD or USD to throw at you.
Prior to seeing this post, I've been searching and scouring the web about Hive. I found your fun doodle post about hive and have been waiting to read it until I was done with what I have been working on.
I am currently in replay with a full API and also a Witness node. I am a stay-at-home Veteran, and have been looking for an engaging crypto community. I am a miner for a coin called Cortex. The developers are unfortunately not active and my GitHub issues have gone months without answer, leaving me at a loss to develop the idea I had on their blockchain.
Fast forward and I start getting into P2P Crypto games, cough Splinterlands. :D
Seeing how this whole Hive community worked, how it's integrated with rewards and social media truly inspired me. Splinterlands was also having issues, with too much US traffic going to the API's for requests.
I am excited to start this venture and hopefully, in the future, you will do something like this again. Maybe by that time I'll have curated/voted/delegated enough to get enough rewards built up to pay for your services. (That last bit sounds kinky) ;) hahah
Hello erialos ! Glad you enjoyed the read! :)
I'm touched and honored by your wonderful comment, and that you'd be interested in taking this up. If you want to get a taste of what the class would be like for free, here's a video of me teaching someone yesterday: See A Life Being Changed In This Practical LOA Demo
My doodle post has become something of a staple around here, so I imagine you'll find some value in it. :)
You being a sah-Veteran and involved with API and a Witness node is impressive, kudos! This is the first I've heard of Cortex, but I love learning about altcoins, so I'll check it out. "AI On The Blockchain" looks interesting, strange that the devs have gone dark for now, but good for you for exploring other options.
Many people have asked me to write a guide on Splinterlands, but my aesthetic sense won't let me get past the cluttered opening screen/page, lol, but I'm really glad so many people enjoy it. Aggroed and Matt have created something truly special, despite any issues.
This exclusive class is a small experiment, a one-off for now, but it'll mostly be up to @cynshineonline how many we end up doing. Warm, enthusiastic comments (with great gifs) like yours that indicate interest are pretty inspiring to make us hold another one though, so you have helped make future events more likely with this. I'm very grateful.
Someone with your attitude, approach, and experience is likely to build up quite a healthy amount of rewards I imagine, and if you'd like some tips on that I recommend my post: 5 Often Overlooked Details To Get More Votes And Follows, it may help.
Either way, thanks again for writing this, I appreciate you. Wishing you a great day!
(Also, a weird sync you mentioning 'kinky', lol, because we used to run a kink-friendly fashion line.) 🙏
Yay I'm so glad you found Jay's Hive guide! It's been so helpful to new people so they can navigate Hive a bit easier.
Thank you for your interest in our class! We will probably be offering the class again but we will see what happens in the future. We've had a lot of interest in it and people want to learn from Jay. Which of course makes me super happy because he can ryze anyone and anything. If you change your mind and want to join us here's the link to sign up. We appreciate you and that gif always makes me LOL!
Wishing you much success in all you do.
Much love,
Cyn ❤️
Even a president needs someone to look up too sometimes!
The strongest ones also need a helping hand on a rainy day.
Although pretty secure, and arrogant on the topic of my writing skills, and skills in general, your above averagely entertaining and a tad clever presentation have coused my interest.
If my situation allows for it i will be applying for this, however general broke-ness and my expensive drug consumption seem to disqualify me from partaking in this endeavour at the present time.
However, i have followed your account as i would love to, in the future, to extend my writing from general shitposting about my violent approach to dcity politics.
You sir are a good writer, and working with you and or following your writing and give my measly upvote and try and shjow my appreciation for the advice i soak up for free ;)
Well at least i can offer you a fresh slice of !PIZZA
Yours truly
Mr.Photo
Yes, I've many people I look up to and learn from, and I hope others do as well. :)
I'm glad you're secure/'arrogant' on your writing skills, etc., I love people who are confident in their abilities!
You're clearly of good taste, as indicated by you finding my content above-average in presentation and entertainment, I certainly aimed for as much. Hehe, I'm grateful. :)
@cynshineonline and I would be honored to have you with us at our class, and I always trust that connections and timing will work out for the best, whether sooner or later. Drug consumption can be accommodated, I'm sure. :)
You're so kind to follow, and comment with such positive sentiments, and I appreciate both deeply.
I imagine dcity politics could be made quite an intriguing read if an author was so inclined, and going off of what I've read in your comment alone, it wouldn't surprise me if you did the topic justice. :)
Your comment (and upvote, and Pizza) brightened up my day noticeably, thanks again.
Yours truly,
-J 🙏
@ryzeonline! I sent you a slice of $PIZZA on behalf of @eythorphoto.
Did you know you can earn $PIZZA through Hive-Engine Diesel Pools? (1/20)
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This is true. This is why Jay can help anyone. Even people who are arrogant about their skills 😉🤣
I appreciate the follow and the reblog, so thank you so much.
ah, I do know about expensive drug consumption or I did years ago lol. But as long as you're doing what feels best for you...we have no judgments here.
We love helping everyone. And if you change your mind or find that you are able to manifest the money...we'd love to have you. Here's the link to sign up if you do wish to partake in the delicious drug that is J-Ryze hehe or you can send me HBD here too if you prefer.
If not, it's all good. I'm happy that there's interest in people learning from Jay.
Thanks again for the great comment.
Much love,
Cyn
I bet you both are incredible teachers!
Your posts are amazing! Success on this project and keep rocking! 🤟🏼
I'm getting better and @ryzeonline is the greatest teacher I've ever known. I used to teach years ago and he puts even the best teachers I knew to shame.
Thank you so much for your kind words. Wishing you much success in all you do.
Much love
Cyn
I like to think we are, does that count, lol?
Thanks so much, a lot of love goes into each post, you keep rockin' as well! 🙏
great idea! Wish you success with this project :)
Thanks so much, I always appreciate your kind, supportive comments! You rock! 🙏
Nice one boss, I really love the analogy you used...would love to be a part of this
Wonderful @eil7304 , so glad you loved the analogy, and we'd love to have you ryzing up with us! @cynshineonline will contact you for the next steps, it's gonna be fun and jam-packed with value! 🙏
I replied to him already. I'm super psyched for this. It's always fun when You're around though ❤️❤️❤️
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@eil7304 thank you! I love that you see @ryzeonline's value and want to be a part of our class. Please send me your email address (or here's mine if you prefer to keep yours private: [email protected]) and I will send you the signup info, and the link to our private Discord server.
I'm so glad that you want to learn from Jay. He's helped me change my life. We believe in you and can't wait for the class! #TogetherWeRyze
Much love,
Cyn
I would recommend folks take you up on this offer. You guys have been a big help to me getting through some of the physical and mental health challenges from my stroke and provided some wonderful hand-ups business wise for my new endeavors as I continue to heal. Thanks.
Ayyy, thanks for putting in a good word to encourage others @joerhino , people can #ryze fast and far with a helping hand, whether in healing, biz, or anything else. We had one signup already and it's only the first day! Much love bro! 🙏
Thanks for the kind words, Joe! We've enjoyed helping you and seeing the changes you've made since we first met. You're doing amazing things and we know you will #KeepRyzing Whooooo!
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You need to stake more BEER (24 staked BEER allows you to call BEER one time per day)
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Much appreciated! 🙏
Whooo! I look forward to helping people Ryze up with You! #TogetherWeRyze 🙏❤️
Me too! We'll see who takes up the offer, similar to my Headline Clinic offer previously. :)
Well if they want to keep playing small then they'll ignore it. if they want to be better, make money, get attention, and learn from the best teacher...then they'll join. Either way, I'm happy to help. And I wish them all success in all they do ❤️
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Thank you for sharing..this is actually helpful
Thank you! Glad you found it helpful! 🙏
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