This is absolutely wonderful post @papa-pepper Thank you so much for posting it. Everything you mentioned in your 5 minute on how to succeed in Steemit are excellent tips. I just joined a week ago and I'm slowly gaining followers from making well thought out comments on people's posts.
The thing I learned about success here on Steemit from reading people's posts and commenting frequently is that you have to add value to everything you do either through curation, posting, or commenting. It might be slow at first but over time as long as you add value in some way or form eventually it will pay off tremendously.
Yes, ADD VALUE!
That is key! Great observation!