Wow, what a great read! I loved how much this whole piece really spoke to me. It's something that I, too, have come to notice about life. Those who really succeed are the ones who were willing to go where no one else had gone before, do the things that no one else was willing to do. The people who have the "try it anyway" mindset instead of the "I'm scared to fail so I won't bother trying" mindset that is so prevalent in today's society.
I particularly loved this one:
In most societies, those that try and fail are often shunned for the failure, not celebrated for the attempt.
That's the reason why so many people are afraid to take those chances and take that leap of faith that is necessary to see a project through to the end. We have become conditioned to fear the possibility of failure so much because we are afraid of what others will say about said failures, that we don't even bother trying in the first place.
This part also really struck a chord with me:
The problem often is though that to delve in deep means to take the feet off the solid ground of where the majority stand. It means to accept the consequences of facing uncertainty.
I've recently decided to take my feet off solid ground myself and truly invest into Steemit/Steem. I did so by throwing down $100 into Steem Power the other day. I plan on investing more and more periodically because that's how much I believe in this platform and how much I just know that it's really going to explode someday. I was so certain that bitcoin would explode, back in 2011 when I first discovered it. I was right about that, and I know I'll be proved right about Steemit, too.
I'm doing this because I've been working hard at bringing my creative friends from Facebook over into Steemit, and I want them all to see how much I truly believe in this platform, to the point that I am diving in deep and investing my fiat currencies from my labor at my day job, and turning it into Steem Power so that my curation will actually be worth something/mean something to the people whose content I upvote.
I've lost my train of thought now, sorry for leaving such a hefty comment on your post (^_^;)> I definitely enjoyed reading it, though, and if this is the kind of stuff you write all the time, consider me your newest follower!
Bro i dont mean to butt in but i couldnt help myself to say how right you are when you mentioned about how people are so conscious of what other people might say if they fail at something. That fear of being judged and failing cripples many a man. That is such a wrong mindset to have. Id rather fail in a lot of things than to not do anything for fear of being judged. I mean who are they to judge us right? And who says failing is bad? Failing comes with it the lessons and experiences you get that they can never teach us in school. Hell, even the school system itself has already conditioned us to avoid failing and convince our minds that failing is a bad thing.
Thank you for replying to my comment @andywong31! No need to feel like you're butting in, haha, any and all engagement with my comments is not only welcome, but truly appreciated! Thank you for considering my comment worthy of a response, it really means a lot to me! It's true, failure has such a negative stigma in today's society, and people often feel like they will be looked down on if they fail at something that they do/try to do. But nothing in life ever comes without risk, and truly, the best things in life are worth taking that leap of faith!
The most successful businessmen and women are the ones who have failed and failed and failed and kept on going and kept on trying until they found something that stuck. It truly takes that kind of winning mindset to advance and progress in life, and we as a society need to shift away from stigmatizing failure and making people feel inadequate for their failed projects. We need to instead be congratulating the efforts they make and reassuring them that they just need to keep on trying and keep on learning from their failures until they finally accumulate the knowledge and experience they need to really get one of their projects to take off. Failure is a beautiful thing because it can become a catalyst for real success.
Its my pleasure bro! For me, success is the culmination of all the failures a person had gone thru in his endeavor. Rarely can you hear a story of successful people without them experiencing failure at one point or another. Thank you for taking the time to reply on my comment too bro. Appreciate it!
Amen to that! That's why failures should be looked at not as a stopping point, but as a learning point. The key to succeeding is never losing sight of the end goal despite all the failures you might come across on your way to get there :)
Hefty comments are most welcome even though I don't always have the time to answer all with such weight, they are read and appreciated.
I believe that there is a great deal of potential here also and even though I was not part of the original Bitcoin movement, this latest shift with blockchain tech I plan on being a part of. A big part of all of our chances of realising large gains is that the majority look at the volatility and choose not to enter, rather than explore, learn and invest a little bit. I had a lot of fear and the hurdles seemed to large before, now I am a part of it. and looking to keep it driving onward.
Welcome back any time :)
I couldn't agree with you more! My account had been approved for probably a month or more and I never actually made any posts or participated in the community much at first because it all seemed so daunting and I didn't really understand too much about it at first. Then one day I just sat myself down and said, I've been shown this opportunity, I owe it to myself to really explore it and see where it takes me!
So I went and started reading articles and watching YouTube videos on Steemit to really try to learn it all. Then I came on here and finally made my #introduceyourself post and started getting involved in the communities, and WOW this place is amazing!
Thank you so much for taking the time out of your day to respond to my comment! I really do appreciate the engagement, and I look forward to reading more of your posts in the future!
The best way to learn is to throw yourself into the mix and interact I think. It can be scary though at first as I think the hard part is to find decent people to interact with. There are many out there though. :)
Yes, I agree! It wasn't until I finally got over my initial hesitation to dive into the whole thing, that I finally started to really learn and find cool people to interact with. The folks over at Minnow Support Project have helped me so much :)