The Harvest Is Plentiful
Promise....
....I'm not going completely biblical on this post ;)
But the verse holds a lot of truth right now for what I'm about to present in this post.
It comes from the Book of Matthew, chapter 9 verse 37.
"....The harvest truly is plenteous, but the labourers are few!"
Let's take that into the context of what we have building here on Hive. We have a wealth of opportunity. There is so much potential here. We're only a few years old as a chain. But it seems, the people willing to look past 'price' or any other excuse they can drum up...Are few.
I saw an exchange on Twitter today, and I don't wanna call anyone out by name because that's not my place or the point of this post.
But the general idea behind the complaint I saw against Hive was...
The whales never notice the small guys
The only way to get ahead here is to 'know the right people'
You had to get in super early to Steem to be able to win at this
And more reasons why....People can't succeed here.
I was disturbed by these excuses because, as I'm going to share now, they truly hold no weight here.
Excuse # 1 - The whales never notice the small guys
O.K., first up, the whales don't owe you a thing. If they got lucky to have all that Hive Power, or earned it from other endeavors, doesn't matter to you! It's their share and they can do with it as they please. But here's the funny thing about the whales on Hive...
When you put in value to this blockchain, they notice you!
That doesn't mean you get upvotes each time you press publish, but at the end of the day, you can guarantee that you'll get on someone's radar if you are creating value here!
Excuse # 2 - The only way to get ahead here is to 'know the right people'
Yup! And guess how you do this?
Show up, every day and create value!
One of the people defending Hive actually shared how they had gone to numerous Hive / Steem Fests. They'll met as many Hive community members offline as they could. And because of that...Seem to get support every now and again from the larger accounts.
And welcome to life 101! The best trained and smartest are not always the most rewarded in the real world, so why would that be different here? It does have a lot to do with who you know, so my advice would be....Get more people to know you on Hive :)
Easy fix!
Excuse # 3 - You had to get in super early to Steem to be able to win
Did some people benefit from being super early here? Sure they did, just like anyone that bought Bitcoin when it was 50 cents each.
Early adopters SHOULD be rewarded because they took some big risks. However the idea that you had to be here on day 1 to benefit from this blockchain is nonsense.
I was a nobody on 'Steem' when I joined in 2017. I didn't know a single person. But I showed up every day, I dollar cost averaged into my positions. And never really took a break, regardless of how the price of the token was on the markets. In fact, the ones that seem to be pulling ahead here now, as the ones that stuck with it when we were at 10 cents a token.
Not because they got in early....
But because they stuck the course!
So yeah, this sounds like I'm beating the same old drum....Maybe I am!
But I just can't help thinking....What would happen if we stopped looking at what's so wrong with Hive...And maybe how amazing the potential and opportunity is right here, right now!
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The potential and opportunities here on Hive are truly overflowing out of every nook and cranny. Astonishing abundance, but to avail ourselves of it we need to dive in and put ourselves out there, and keep doing so consistently.
Anyone can succeed here. The only thing necessary is to keep showing up to share the unique magic that everyone does indeed have. And that unique magic is very valuable, and will be rewarded and supported.
Great post brother! 🙏 💚 ⚡ 💥 🔥 👣
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Yeah for sure....The true magic is the stick-to-it-ness needed!
!CTP
Certainly! Indeed, without that all the abundance slips through our fingers.
There's a huge misconception with hive that your here to make money from your posting and content. Sure that would be great if it was true but there's nearly no ad revenue to support and build it up to hold value and be used for such a thing.
That being the case my rewards go to people that
I'm hoping we start adopting more methods for fee and ad generation that fuels the tokens value a bit. IMO far too many donation hand outs going on around here. Sure it's nice and great but you need to take care of your house first and build value before you start exiting sinks on all of these helpful projects.
I am still excited to see which front ends implement more of the Leo model for ad revenue. We need to get our butts in gear and get it on CTP Talk too!
!CTP
In a way you kind of do with your other front ends and being able to earn and use CTP as a payment form. That's light years ahead of many of these others so great job!
100% - I was almost going to just write that. Briefest comment ever. I like to approach Hive as a blogging platform first and foremost. Preparing interesting content for various communities or just my core blog, slowly but surely and publishing when ready. I’m also spending a lot more time exploring posts like this one and feeding back.
All of the above = Value
You provide value and gain rewards for it. It’s a circular economy in a sense.
For sure, and people notice it. It may not be right away, but the community is always watching!
!CTP
I think the best thing any writer or creator can do on his journey online is not expect anything from whales, continue to provide value, build on connections, change with the platform rules and the trends outside. Sometimes just doing our part is more than enough to move ahead in life.
It's all a bonus. If you do it with the expectation of rewards, your journey here will suck lol
!CTP
Anyone can succeed and it depends on your own efforts. Of course, it might rely on some luck but if you keep going at it, I think anyone can succeed. Every little bit adds up and it took a while for me to come to terms with it in the start as well.
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Once you get it though, oh man, you become addicted to it lol
!CTP
The opportunities on Hive are amazing and you can have so much fun too!
They keep getting better and better each day too!
!CTP
Show up and be rewarded!!It just works.
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Also I am building up my CTP right now. Looking forward to the projects you have coming out. I need to go look at that roadmap post you put out a bit ago.
We're on track with all that we wanted to release...Just a bit delayed lol
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In HIVE as in life, excuses are useless. We all have to find our own way with our abilities.
Preach!!
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If only people realise the other perspective...grabbing the money making mentality that everyone has on this...
Starting now actually it's probably much better than a few years ago, because if they do it right, they will get eyes from the today's whales and they will probably get much more rewarded now than from just a few whales existed in the past!
Yup, imagine if the put in the constant effort over time....Huge potential!
!CTP
An army of bots would like things to be different... 😅 Registered 100 accounts, posted 1 photo from each account and withdrew $100 a day. I wonder why that doesn't work here? 🤣 It works everywhere else. The price of the tokens really rolls into the asphalt, and then the screaming and crying that it's a scam. God, we've all been scammed... I'm going to tell you how I was cheated, and I knew and said so... While I was registering my 1,000th bot...
Sound familiar? I see it all the time. No amount of tokenomics is going to pull millions of bots. Decentralization becomes bot centralization. But it's hard to think about and engage in creation. As long as the cow gives milk, you don't even have to feed her. And then we just let it go for meat... 😅💪 !LOLZ
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Very good point. And then people scream victim when they get taken by a blockchain scam...Madness lol
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People need to replace their lottery ticket mentality for long term business building and or long term investment portfolio building
Amen to that, couldn't said it any better!
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Dude it's really the secret sauce in this stuff...And it starts to snow ball, more buying, more creating....Eye balls notice!
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Some people respond to life by default excuse-making. Spend a couple of years, yes, I said years... creating valuable content, and we can talk again. some people cannot be stopped, while others can't even get started...
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Or even the 500 comment challenge that Taskmaster talks about...Crazy how much value that adds!
!CTP
And not to get religious on you... lol
Amen brother 🙏
I try to keep it off my main blog lol
But this just fit.
!CTP
Absolutely my friend 😀
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Having the opportunity to build, create and invest freely is rewarding enough. All that other shit is gravy. 🙏🏼😎
Truly is...I remember when I first got here, one of the guys I really paid attention to used to say....Even if I get 1 cent, it's a million times more than I'd get on Facebook!
!CTP
Spot on and this is how things work. Show up and provide the effort required and at some point you will be noticed. It took me 6 months before I finally started to see the benefits and it is truly amazing once it happens.
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Yup! And even now for me, 5 years almost, I'm still not happy with how my brand is looked on here, I always want to improve!
!CTP
Couldn't agree more with each and every rebuttal to the most common excuses that you provided, brother. 💯 Also, loved the Biblical reference! 👍
Agree that the people who were here first are the beneficiaries of time, persistence, risk and figuring out how to network. They have undeniable bonds to each other or dislike, due to shared experiences. If your new you primary objective should be to bring value and rework.
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