Great talk, Glen!
I've been away for a while now, partly to the fact that I've lost the sight of my WHY and mainly focused on the WHAT. I can see from my blog that it started with the deployment of Steemhunt. On top of that, I was somewhat busy throughout the summer with family vacations, camps etc.
I can't help but notice the overall theme of your talk - WHY, HOW, WHAT. It just so happens that I'm in the process of reading: Start with WHY by Simon Sinek. I'm about halfway through the book now. You are talking exactly about what's in the book. Maybe because you read it, too?
In any case, there are examples of several successful companies such as Apple, Southwest Airlines, Continental Airlines and even the Wright brothers. All of these knew their WHY and were focused on that more than on anything else.
I can see that there is a strong core in this community that has their WHY perfectly figured out. If we couple this with the network effect, which has proved to be very impactful (Facebook, Instagram, YouTube...), I think we are very much at the beginning. Still the early adopters.
Hey, @tim3w4rp!
Good to see you around.
Simon Sinek does play prominently here. I haven't read his book, but I've watched a Ted talk and other interview he's done and I'd say he's on track with what he says. One of these days I'll pick up the book to get it more ingrained.
What I don't talk about here is the fact I may have well lost my why, too. It seems to happen in my case most when I start having success one month and then it's like I'm starting all over again the next month. Sometimes it's happened faster than that, within a week or aday. I want to build on the success and not constantly start over.
Which means I'm focusing in on the how and what much more than the why.
Maybe that will be another post down the road.
Are you back to make another go, then? Or, just getting a look at the landscape? It's probably quieter now than it was when you last were regularly here, wouldn't you say? And those of us who are here are even newer than we were three months ago, I imagine. I know the engagement league has changed a ton.
I never really left. I've been reading some posts here and there, checking some Technical Analysis and stuff like that.
I'd definitely say it's a lot quieter. No vote wars anymore, people are generally more down to earth. And that's a good thing.
I'm not sure if I'll go back to writing. The payouts were very thin for a lot of work. I may look into some development in the near future, though. I am still figuring that out. I had a voting bot in mind (a good one), but I never got to actually start - I guess it wasn't that important to me.
With the current price of STEEM, I am looking forward to buy more. I've been delaying it as much as I could only to miss the 0,6x prices. I do not think that there will be a lower low though, so I might just go for it. I am not sure what will I do with it, though.
There's a definite time investment versus return ratio that needs to be watched. I've decided that for the most part, I need to stick to two hour or less posts. If I can't crank them out in that amount of time, they're probably not going to be worth it. That said, I ended up writing three or so that took much longer than two hours—eight or more in two cases. One received a curie upvote, so I'm feeling a little better there. :)
I wish I knew what it was going to do. We were over a $1 recently before it plunged to those lower lows of $0.60-ish, so who knows?
You're right. I know how much time I've spent writing and polishing some of my articles only to get a measly 0,15 up-vote.
Most of the people I've been talking to for the past 10 months have forgotten about the all time highs and are only focused on what the price is right now. THE BUBBLE HAS POPPED, they say.
I, on the other hand, don't really care that the prices are low.
I know your situation might be different, but hey, there is a light at the end of the tunnel.
Oh, I don't know how different my situation is. The lower prices have actually helped lower my overall average cost as I bought more, so that looks a lot better than it did. And with less people participating, while I still feel like i'm not making as much as I did before, I've made more than I would have had I also quit or if all the people were still around with the lower prices.
My own financial situation is good enough to keep going. At some point, though, it would be good to see better returns. Makes convincing the wife easier.