When I started on Steemit a month ago, I had no idea what I was in store for.
I knew blockchain technology is going to be a huge wave and somehow needed to get in on it - and when I discovered Steemit, it seemed like a great opportunity to get my feet wet. I dove in, without expectations.
When payday came, I confess - it was awesome. I made more money through 3 weeks writing than I've ever made in the same amount of time in my entire life. That was awesome. But, as more & more time was invested into the platform, I realized something profound was happening...
I waschanging.
Not a superficial change. Something deep within myself was undergoing a transformation.
Steemit had managed to not only become the new focus of my addictive personality - it had hacked my brain. For the better.
While my first couple weeks on Steemit I was focused on the profit potential, a shift had occurred along the way. I wasn't the same person as when I started.
My perception of the world was different. My attitude was different. My thoughts & beliefs were different. And my actions were different.
I'd done lots of writing before on Facebook & blogs. But a couple weeks into my Steemit journey, a creative flow was unleashed unlike anything I've ever experienced.
The more I got rewarded, my subconscious began grasping a game-changing insight: the potential to create and share value here is a whole different ballgame. The further this realization sunk in, the more my commitment grew to being a person of value. AND the more I backed that commitment up with action - writing content to really make a difference for those reading it, in some way or another.
Of all the writing I'd done previously, most of it was self-centered - reflections upon what I thought was important, what I felt people should know. And there was never any significant incentive to extend myself to inquire what others really valued and provide them such. Sure the "thumbs up" were gratifying to the ego, but never provided any real quality feedback as to what extent I was impacting readers.
Steemit... A totally different monster...
At first, I was just testing out different kind of posts, not sure what would actually get rewarded. The more I posted, an effect of the system took hold and overrode all my confusion & self-doubts:
Steemit offered DIRECT measurable feedback on what I put out.
The reward figures became a way to understand what types of content others appreciated and valued. And seeing the differences between what various posts made setup up a feedback loop for my brain to easily grasp what was more/less valuable to the community - not in silly thumbs up or down, but in concrete numbers accurately representing others' interest, belief, faith, and appreciation to the degree they were willing to commit to compensating what I'd written.
As all this feedback penetrated my thick skull and shone light on what exactly the value was I had provided for others, something activated:
A sincere desire to generate more of what others expressed their appreciation for.
Yes, the money was cool. But what has been even cooler is making an impact upon readers.
And ya know how they say it takes 21 days to wire the brain into a new habit? I think that's legit. Because during the first 3 weeks continuously interacting with a system that's given such feedback, my entire relationships with social media, writing, sharing, money, and giving have significantly evolved. In alot of ways, I feel like I've undergone years of maturation - completely recontextualizing what it means to be a valuable member of society.
Sounds extreme? Perhaps. In actuality, the shifts have been subtle. Yet no less powerful.
Through The Valley Of Disillusionment, To Discovering The Formula For Success
I must confess that the first couple weeks before the shifts occured, I got discouraged seeing what seemed at the time like very inequal rewards. Short, poorly-written, boring introduceyourself posts getting 50x what my well-written interesting one did - pictures of tits getting hundreds - super short copy & pasted news stories getting thousands. None of this affirmed my confidence that rewards were distributed fairly here. And I was tempted to think that if some bimbo can flash her ass and earn 10x what I did for a elaborate, insightful post that took hours to compose - maybe this wasn't the place where my value would be recognized and rewarded.
Thankfully, I persisted through that discouragement. The more I experimented, I rechannelled that discouragement and committed to simply putting out the best writing could. And the more I put out, the more I was convinced that value is rewarded - and that I was capable of producing value in/for this community.
Given I did want to make a profit, I set the intention to implement everything I was learning along the way, upgrading my skill with every post. As I integrated the wisdom gained through both my failures and successes, I eventually realized that there were certain ingredients to a successful post - five to be exact - and could see what makes a story a winner or a flop.
The more I proved this success formula to myself - ensuring to maximize the 5 types of value invested in each story and experiencing rhe rewards feedback - the greater my courage grew to expand my comfort zones by posting stories expressing vulnerabilities and aspects of my experiences I'd previously withheld due to insecurity. And, voters responded positively.
Not only was I steadily growing my account size, I was opening up to explore and share new parts of myself - and inspiring others to do the same. It was a win-win all-around - and continued fueling an upward expansion. It wasn't just my own success I was creating - I was also contributing to the success of the community by passing on valuable lessons serving others to increase their success.
And somewhere along the way, I really got it:
The formula for success is serving others in their success.
I had known this intellectually before. But actually experiencing it through my growth process on Steemit took the lesson from an idea to part of who I am.
Powering Up...
I noticed another real big shift in the way my brain was working a few days ago, after reinvesting some Steem Dollars into Steem Power...
When I paid attention to how my voting power was increasing, something happened at a deep level that fundamentally altered my outlook on the nature of giving and community.
Though I'm not proud to admit it, I'd first only looked at Steem Power as a means of investment to benefit my own profitability. I didn't really care much about how much my votes were worth in rewards to others.
Yet, there was a turning point.
When I saw that my votes actually started having an impact on others' rewards balances, there was a sense of warm satisfaction at having contributed to the compensation for their creativity, insight, passion, and service to this community.
Suddenly, I wanted to give more.
Redefining Power...
I had brought some skepticism when I first got on Steemit. I'd been through various "online business opportunities" and the world of MLM before, where I'd encountered manipulative sales tactics - and hence, was doubtful of the legitimacy of this venture and pondered whether it was merely an evolutionary form of the classic Ponzi scheme. As such, when everybody was advising to "Power Up" and put funds in for the long term, my distrust clouded my perception - disabling me from understanding how it all really worked.
I grasped the concept that more Steem Power = more voting power. But at the time, I didn't get what "power" itself really meant. Perhaps that misunderstanding also came from preconceptions I had brought forward from previous experiences - and from cultural definitions of "power" as status and position within hierarchical establishments, where "power" has been well-known to be abused and misdirected for self-gain at the cost of others.
But... By getting my hands on some of this "Steem Power," my outlook began straightening out. And as I've reflected through writing this, I see that playing within this playground with this new, increasing "power" is helping to write a new definition of what "power" truly is:
The ability to beneficially impact others.
Of course, this is what the founders had in mind for this entire venture. And that's been part of the ideology/philosophy behind Steemit that sold me on it in the first place: the potential of this power-generating system to financially-empower individuals, both in their giving & receiving of value.
Yet, to actually have the hands-on experience exercising this power to gift others a monetary appreciation with a click of a button - seeing rewards going into their accounts, at no personal loss to my own account... It did something to me. It rewired my brain with a whole new understanding of the power of giving.
Reframing Abundance...
In honesty, I'm a bit ashamed to admit that despite years of talking about wealth as though I knew what I was talking about, I've lived most of my life with a scarcity mindset.
It's driven allmy choices, from what to choose on a restaurant menu, to wearing a pear of underwear as long as possible so as to save a few cents on the cost of putting them through laundry, to not getting out of the house to go experience life and hang out with friends because doing so requires an output of (scarce) money. And frankly, it's really sucked - creating a shitty experience of life, and throwing a real sourness into my relationships.
Yet, the past few weeks on Steemit, this fundamental outlook of "there's not enough money" has been slowly & surely changing - and surprisingly not even so much because of what's been flowing into my account as due to the experience of rewarding others through Powered-Upped votes.
As odd as it might sound, engaging in the Steemit system has been changing my brain's chemistry. Participating in an environment where the results of giving are immediately measurable and what goes into another person's pocket doesn't come directly out of yours - it's gotta be a sort of a mind-fuck, for someone who's only ever experienced an act of financial giving to decrease their own financial balance.
Frankly, I'm struggling for words to describe it - because it's not even something that can be described. It's something that needs to be experienced for oneself to truly get. But it's an experience that's really shaken up my preconceived notions about scarcity & abundance.
Granted, I haven't fully weeded out that old scarcity mindset yet. But, I have been noticing small - yet significant - differences in my attitude towards money...
For example, in Bali, there's a lot of places that charge for parking, many of which didn't used to a few years ago. A lot of the time, I've had resistance coming up to paying - just the same old rigidity around spending any money. Pretty friggin' silly, really as the cost is usually either $0.10 or $0.20. Bank-breaking, yes, I know. Though lately, my resistance has been disappearing. As I've gotten used to enjoying giving people a few cents with a vote on Steemit, so I've also kinda been learning to like giving the parking guys a few cents - looking it as a way to express gratitude for the island and put money back into Bali's economy, at the smallest scale.
Or coming camping today, we had a couple guys drive us 1km down to the site and help carry our stuff - for which they quoted us a price of $1 each. Usually, I'd prefer not to part ways with any money at all - yet when it came time to pay, I felt bad at the thought of giving them so little and gave them $5 instead. Small stuff, yes. But, experiencing a new sense of freedom around money in these smallest of life's daily encounters goes a long way in the bigger picture towards sustainable peace of mind & happiness.
And all because of Powering Up.
That might seem like a plug or hype to some. But nonetheless, this is part of the impact Steemit has had on me.
So how has Steemit rewired my brain to become a better person?
Basically, it's served as a training system.
It allows for the delivery of excellent feedback that has massively accelerated my self-awareness of what is and isn't valuable to others. And with the incentivization in place, such feedback quickly fuels an adjustment of behavior conducive to becoming an increasingly valuable member of the community.
It provides a means of developing a deeper understanding of value through a straightforward, hands-on interface through which different forms of value can be (nearly) instantaneously created & exchanged - serving to integrate powerful insight into the nature of contribution & collaboration into one's perceptual frameworks and habits of action.
I know that sounds rather technical & overanalytical. (My mind is quite mechanical at times, very detail-oriented). But there's no need to go to far into it. Simply, it's just easier to JUST DO IT and experience for oneself what can't be put into words.
Life is always rewiring our brains. For many people who repeat the same patterns day-to-day and go about the same old routines, not much is rewired - just well-run neuropathways reinforced.
Yet, when we break out of habitual ruts to engage in fresh experiences, new neural networks are formed - new connections made - new vision opening up - new creative potentials blooming.
There has never been a blockchain-based, cryptocurrency-incentivized social media platform like Steemit before. It's a whole new environment. It breaks us out of the mental ruts we've been stuck in after years on Facebook.
Inevitably, exploration in such an innovative space is bound to shake up, expand, shatter, challenge, and upgrade our mental constructs of the world. Taking the time to adapt to such a leading-edge socio-economic-collaborative system is pretty much guaranteed to stretch one's neurosphere.
For some people, Steemit might just be a new space to keep up their old trolling habits or bitch & complain about how unfair it is that the whales are an "elite" with all the voting power. So be it. For me, engaging my talents & passion to make the most of this opportunity and create value for others has been a transformational process. Truthfully, it has made me a better person.
So make what you will of it. Though if your mind & heart are open, this is quite the space to play around in and rewire your brain to continuously become a better, upgraded version of yourself through producing outstanding value for others and the community.
Now get to it... ;-)
I just gave you $55. You deserve it. Welome to adulthood 3.0.
I always saw Steem Power in the context of adding wealth to others. From Day 1. That is why I wanted it so bad. Money, well, I have not been motivated to make money. I have a bad relationship with it, because I always attached the worst kind of greed monsters to the idea of money. I bought the definition of wealth that our society has created: vapid, soulless people who would run slave factories, raping the earth for profits. Now, with Steemit, I realize that wealth can coexist with deep philosophical value systems. We are finally free to realize that nature and money are both freely flowing and abundant. Scarcity has been designed to keep the masses enslaved, while the slave owners, the most psychotic individuals reap the rewards. This is a backwards system, divorced from natural laws. We have been living in a system that is designed poorly. Steem is designed with the best, nicest, most valued people being rewarded. Even if you decry the whole "the tits win the awards" thing, men, have themselves to blame. Without men voting for these tit posts, they would go nowhere. How many whales are women? I bet there are either 1 or zero. This is the true imbalance of the tit reward system. It will even out, maybe.......
@stellabelle spoken like a whale ;)
Agreed this simple post encompasses everything that steemit should be. Please post this from your account @stellabelle so others can see that while money is great and needed for sustaining life in our modern world, there are many more valuable things to pursue after. I happily vote for people that show they are selfless and use their profits here to make a literal difference. A child contributing a few pennies out of their small piggy bank to a charity is more valuable to me than a millionaire writing a check that is a drop in the bucket for him or her. The selfless act shows that you are willing to have less and give more. I really enjoy helping people realize what their value is and what they can contribute. Not everyone is a great writer, but everyone has a passion or story that sharing might make someone else's day or turn someone on to something new.
OMG, Leah. Please copy & paste this comment of yours and build upon it to become a story/article of its own.
YES. Yes. yes. So masterfully, wonderfully, wisely stated.
you've stood out as one of THE best writers on this platform since I first got into it, and this perspectively completely sums up the attitude/outlook/perspective/philosophy that has inspired many of us who've invested so much of heart & soul into this.
PLEASE expand upon this and publish so it gets trending and more people will read. the more people that really get this, as you've well-expressed it here, the better for the whole community...
(and your votes are worth $55 now?? you have indeed joined the ranks of the whales. :-) )
im a fatty dolphin still. Soon to be an Orca though
I would rather call you a shark,not a dolphin :)
Dolphin are peaceful,and sharks love profit :)
if you think @stellabelle is a shark, clearly you don't know her very well at all.
and don't fool yourself into thinking sharks don't also appear in the form of prancing around trying to knock other people down while concealing their intentions behind smiley faces...
Im glad you are generous to other people,it will make them happy for sure.
As you can see rok-sivante is ill and he really needs that.He will surely be excited about it :)
you mean like, "Biggie Smalls is the illest," ill...?
lol :-)
though to be serious for a moment - as it obvious based on all three of your comments on your thread what definition of "ill" you've intended...
be careful of what projections you make here. reflections may be provided that show you aspects of yourself you've wished not to see... as much as you may have been able to hide them from yourself, sometimes the writing is clear on the wall for others who can see through the words you put forward masked in smiles...
Hey dude! I enjoyed your post and Upvoted it!
I've only been here a little over a week and I've found some amazing stories and information from people in so many different backgrounds - I really enjoy my time here!!! Also, I think that learning about other peoples experiences is what helps me grow as a person so thanks for being here!!
The more I see the Steem power and SBD rewards come from my posts, the more I want to read other peoples content and reply to it. (I'm used to replying to comments on my YouTube channel because I love interacting with fans).
I consider myself a pretty positive person already, but learning about everyone else's journey and experiences is just making me feel even more positive about life (Even without the rewards)!!
I look forward to seeing more posts and I hope you have a great day!!
YEAH BUDDAYYY!!
-bigedude
I love your enthusiasm! :-)
First of all I am thankful to @eSteemapp because they have added an awesome feature to showcase the top posts on the upperside of everbody's profile, that's how I found your amazingly well written blog
I am reading it and I can totally relate myself with few of the lines. Yes, It has become an addiction and I am learning a lot from the platform. I was never a social guy and I had never participated in the communities. The last 1.5-2 months have been amazing for me. Steemit is one of the reason I could get back to the track called life. I was unnhappy about my portfolio.
I am pretty sure that I am on the right track. Yes, the platform has rewired my brain to the some extent. I have started to involve in the communities. I am trying to add values wherever I can and the most important I am loving whatever I am doing.
I truly appreciate your act of giving money to the people who appreciate it with love. It is kinda unconditional because you don't expect anything from 'em. This experience is itself a reward and money is nothing in front of this overwhelming feeling.
It was a wonderful experience to know your perspective because these kind of articles are gems for the new users . Resteeming...I would love to read more from your side.
Lots of love
hash-tag
Whoa. How interesting - always a trip seeing comments come in on posts two years old. A rather cool eSteem feature indeed. :-)
Well. I would say your way of writing is incredible. I am eager to read and learn more from your side. You always talk about adding value and that inspires me for sure.
🙏
Curious as what others that eSteem feature might bring up - there’s some gems buried in there from the last couple years for sure...
There are many awesome features I would say.I like all of 'em
That's how great steemit is and how HUGE the potential of this platform is. I don't have much power (I'm in the lower part of the powerlist of the website) but I tried to help a guy who's looking for help in this post. Unfortunately, it didn't go well... I hope people like you and @brunopro and others like-minded get to be top of the whale-list and can help less lucky people. Steemit can do it. Let's make of Steemit something even better than what it already is, I believe it can happen :)
Upvoted and following you, hope I'll see you around soon.
sharingtheworld
thank you for recommending @brunopro. this article of his is an EXCELLENT one.
Brilliant post. I love how Steemit encourages good behaviour. As the code gets refined over time, there will be no point gaming the system and the only answer will be to just get involved, be nice, and have fun.
YES.
upvoted for appreciation of your attitude. :-)
Oh thanks so much rok. Very much appreciated. Looking forward to more of your posts.
I since I know the world of the bitcoin, the ethereum and steemit, I realize that people here see more than other people. I.e., that obviously an of our goals is the of winning money. Whoever says that he is not lying. But we also have a desire to share our success, our deeds, our anxieties and failures. Gradually we will know each other, share some love with some, others will like us the way to captivate us with their stories or travel, but if there is something that unites us all is steemit. All have Steemit in common, and it is something extraordinary.
Really interesting to read.
I think it's a rare quality to be able to be this astutely introspective and highly articulate at the same time.
Steemit is the perfect platform to be rewarded for such abilities and you seem to have it nailed, sir.
Keep up the good work, and have an up vote from me!
Very good article, and very well writen. You got my upvote and respect Sir ;)
if you want a quick read: Steemit Community Challenge - "How can you change someones life for better when they are in need!"
thanks mate.
yea, I stumbled upon that post of yours commented yesterday. GOLD.
please keep up the good work with that attitude of creating value for the community. you will go far, exert some amazing positive influence, and make real magic happen. ;-)
Value is key, but the real value is not in the posts.
It's in the relations created out of posting and being part of network. Follow each other. Motivate each other. Be a better commenter and give constuctive feedback to improve one another's articles and writing.
post quite good, but not for everyone.
Agreed
You've got a very powerful and underated message here. Upvoted for sure. It struck me when you said "I persisted through that discouragement". I know what that is like.
Very insightful article. I got to admit, I had came to this site with the same mentality. More importantly though, I had always love writing and the act of expression but have repressed it for more "stable" career paths, and a really small (or rather consciously small) part of me wanted to go back and explore what I love.
After my first post (disclaimer: right now also my only), I felt my content isn't quite reaching out to people. And I thought that I should scour the posts on how to "game the system", so to speak.
I am glad that I stumbled into your article. It sort of reinforce into me that I have ideas that I want to materialise, I have stories I want to write. If I focus on just the rewards, I'm going to burn out on this site fast. Worse, I may conclude that writing is not for me.
Writing elsewhere, my hope of being rewarded ain't great either, but it is quite surprising how the small potential for great rewards can sway me into focusing on the wrong stuff.
Kudos mate.
A champion attitude... 😎🏆
I've had a similar experience with crypto since i've studied it over the years. It is very community orientated with very fast feedback loops for learning. If you read the steemit whitepaper, you quickly realize it is gold. They have been through a lot themselves getting this amazing platform operational and have made a lot of discoveries along the way. Recently, I've realized also that humans really don't know what we are. Are we a "language" or a syntax in the universe that is capable of seeing only certain language or syntax layers. An important point that I've discovered in the last year is the fact that we need to keep processing information through our own sphere to keep our minds growing and producing value for the whole network that we are a part of. You can start to see that Steemit has helped this learning as well.
It moves me each time I see someone come to this platform to make money (I think as we all did expecting just social media that could pay us) and come to the fact that changing your view from trying to hoard night paying posts and being jealous of others making more, to realizing this platform can can change more than your bank account. I rarely see anybody bragging about the success they have had. Like the white paper says, it has the opposite effect of the crab in the bucket theory. At first I was jealous of the makeup blog and then I thought why? Because someone else is successful is actually beneficial to everyone in the long term. And helping many new users establish themselves and not put on a facade and be real with each other we can make significant changes together. I enjoy helping new people by giving them a few tips and ideas so they can be successful early on and prevent great new posters from getting discouraged. In the short run it won't make any difference in my rewards, but people remember those who help and friendships and collaboration can be done. There is plenty of money to be made by everyone and generous people like to share (can't think of a rude or snobby whale or dolphin that people dislike). In all honesty I would ccontinue to use steemit if rewards were lowered or removed. I don't think that would happen, but I learn something new here each day or am touched by a great story. I still can't believe steemit only just got out of beta. And with developers that actually listen to users comments and suggestions (unlike some ceo's ahem Zuckerberg) and not by the companies decisions solely to increase their bottom line. I don't need a poll to tell me who has a better reputation between @ned and @dan vs. Zuckerberg. Wish you more successful Mr @rok-sivante 😀
Spoken like a true servant. 😊🙏
I have a question for you maybe you can help me with/proof if you get a moment. I think it's the kind of thing you might be good at or know someone who has the capability to do it. [email protected] is my email if you aren't too busy and have some time. It will take a little longer than a response post to lay it out.
Nice post Bro! Yes there is definitely power In giving. Steem Power just reinforces that giving on a monetary level. That's one way that one can receive real value, Is to give real value! Steem power has changed the way I look at post from now on. I have read some pretty amazing stories on this site. I hope that this community continues to grow and to give valuable substance to the rest of the world:) Thanks again-
Great post as usual sir :) I guess the post explains why the content always seems so curated.
I wrote a brief blog about this very concept a couple weeks ago :)
I am glad to see my theory get immediate confirmation:
https://steemit.com/revolution/@chris-bates/steemit-blogging-rewards-done-right
Chris
Great post
Well hello.
I’m Elvis Hicks, a semi-autonomous reincarnation of Elvis Presley and Bill Hicks. I have a burger in one hand and a cigarette in the other.
My checks tell me this post is probably genuine, original content.
GOOD JOB! Uh Huhh!
Thank you. Thank you very much.
(Elvis has left the building)
lol. I'm not sure whether this is a bot post or not.
either way. it definitely made me laugh and smile. :-)
ok. totally a bot. but funny nonetheless.
Original content really pays
Nice post. What are some suggestions you have for improving this community?
commitment to continuously increasing standards of quality content created.
hold accountable to becoming a student of value and maximizing the value of every investment of time & energy into the platform.
it comes down to individuals stepping up and forcing themselves to grow, continually producing better & better quality content - continually learning, growing, upgrading, giving, refining.
that's the biggest opportunity I see right now - everybody stepping up their game and contributing in the ways they're best individually suited for...
I totally agree, I havent felt part of something in sometime. I have always stayed from the group mentality but here I feel like im welcome. !
tldr?
The only thing worth giving is being of service to others and helping them grow/succeed. Paradoxically, this creates the most value for yourself as well.
thanks highly appreciate this abstract since I currently writing a tldr bot and wanted to cross check automation vs human summarizing .
btw this is how the automated abstract currently look like:
Abstract:
While my first couple weeks on Steemit I was focused on the profit potential, a shift had occurred along the way.But a couple weeks into my Steemit journey, a creative flow was unleashed unlike anything I've ever experienced.The more I got rewarded, my subconscious began grasping a game-changing insight: the potential to create and share value here is a whole different ballgame.Because during the first 3 weeks continuously interacting with a system that's given such feedback, my entire relationships with social media, writing, sharing, money, and giving have significantly evolved.The more I proved this success formula to myself - ensuring to maximize the 5 types of value invested in each story and experiencing rhe rewards feedback - the greater my courage grew to expand my comfort zones by posting stories expressing vulnerabilities and aspects of my experiences I'd previously withheld due to insecurity.It wasn't just my own success I was creating - I was also contributing to the success of the community by passing on valuable lessons serving others to increase their success.I noticed another real big shift in the way my brain was working a few days ago, after reinvesting some Steem Dollars into Steem Power...When I paid attention to how my voting power was increasing, something happened at a deep level that fundamentally altered my outlook on the nature of giving and community.It provides a means of developing a deeper understanding of value through a straightforward, hands-on interface through which different forms of value can be (nearly) instantaneously created & exchanged - serving to integrate powerful insight into the nature of contribution & collaboration into one's perceptual frameworks and habits of action.
As always, a consistent writing style that will be a hit @rok-sivante
My response...
it is very nice, that man with brain is a part of steemit community!
Constructive blogs and post qin the race in this community
Interesting stuff. As a reader instead of a blogger, I find it important that the blogs I read are honest and not naive. As you stated above, some boring "introduceyourself" posts will get more votes initially and this will be very discouraging in the beginning. However, I think that if you continu to make fair posts like this, the market will eliminate those "spammy / trickposts" and focus on the bloggers that actually bring valuable information to the community. Keep it up!
I'm happy for you man! you find just what you need to , and your articles are very popular with everyone! continue in the same spirit . I'm sorry for my english , @rok-sivante
Great post! This might be one of the most encouraging pieces I've seen on Steemit so far. You're taking "relationships is the currency of steemit" to a whole new level and I love it.
YES.
Power:
Double yes.
So much good stuff here. It's going to be an amazing ride to see how this fundamentally changes humanity for the better.
This post is great! I feel like Steemit had the same effect on me, and I love it.
Interesting post. Maybe it's just confirmation bias at work, but what you describe seems remarkably consistent with my first (and only) steemit post, although I was looking at it as an outsider.
"Does facebook’s economic structure promote incivility?"
https://steemit.com/blog/@remlaps/does-facebook-s-economic-structure-promote-incivility
You sound like a fan of neuroplasticity. Great post - thank you
Thank you for continuing to shine the light on VALUE and GIVING. So much more pleasant than reading about what people are willing to do to themselves to make some steem.
cheers to your success
You inspire me to brush up on my writing skills, lots of Respect man!
Thanks rok
All full steam ahead
For my reality I feel like Steemit came along when I finally started to invest money and really save money for once in my life. And this is like the reward -- I'm finally getting free money. The reward system of this universe is not faulty, it just works the opposite way that media and schooling program us to think.
Great post. I'm new here just now and have lots to offer in this vein. Need a few mentors to see my way around. Please suggest.
You feel Steem power! In your heart! =)
I never believed the movies where the characters did a 360 in days.
But I suppose it really does happen. It needs some magic to make it happen. That's what Steemit has done for you.
Wonderful post. :)
Unputdownable !
Nice post, it seems Steemit could be a new type of NLP...
Great post - I too have only been on steemit. for a week and have found some great post and some not...yours was on the good list so i upvoted you ...Learning from others life experience is rewarding in so many ways. Thankyou
your welcome. now go pay it forward... ;-)
Very interesting to read.
You are being addicted to Power, like the politicians. Your vote has the power to make others happy or unhappy. I don't see this as the best thing ever.
that's a theory. not a truth.
You've inspired me to join thanks @rok-sivante! look forward to seeing more of your posts
awesome. with a name like "Mr. Prolific," I'm looking forward to reading what you'll be writing... :-)
This article just taught me one very important thing about steemit.
Thanks to this system,we can make money-but what is most important,we can help sicks people,that really need financial help!
I would even say that steemit may turn out to be some kind of charity-we give ill people money,just with upvote,isnt it great?
If you support charity-you need to have money to do it.
IF you support ill people on steemit- you can just upvote,it costs you nothing,and gives help to others!
Steemit,thanks a lot!
@rok-sivante rok you're the man I always enjoy your posts
thanks mate. I appreciate the feedback - such is great inspiration to keep pumping out more.
cheers :-)
Nice, excellent. and you will it all work? XD :D
I love the elaborate :) I do agree creating value is the key. Your description of 21 brain revering process for success is so spot on :)
Waiting for more from you :) Thank you so much @rok-sivante :)
I had a similar revelation about this site even before I joined - I realized that this place had the potential to give valuable (key word) feedback, which totally changed my inner writing life and what motivated my writing. Feedback that's valuable not necessarily monetarily, but beyond that to subjective value. Gives a person a completely different incentive.
awesome. :-)
Your post inspired one of my own - I mentioned you and linked your article. Thanks for the inspiration. :)
https://steemit.com/steemit/@daoine-sidhe/why-steemit-produces-more-value-and-less-attitude-than-facebook