Hive Goals: A Much Different Approach

over 2 years ago

This is the time of year when people set goals for the upcoming 12 months. For many, this is a way to help them to remain focused on the tasks ahead. However, there is another set where this is nothing more than a New Year's Resolution, one that will be broken by the end of January.

Personally, I am not one to set goals, especially on Hive. Rather, I am aware of what I am to do each day. The idea of just putting my head down and going for it is more my modus operandi.

Nevertheless, many feel it is helpful and I am always glad when people reach milestones.

That said, maybe we want to take a different slant on things.

Hive Goals

What are the typical goals we see set down?

From what I can surmise they look something like this:

2,500 HP
10,000 LEO
1,000,000 SPORTS
5,000 STEM

People are intent on putting out numbers they want to achieve. While this is admirable, is it missing the point.

These are results. In other words, this is a destination people arrive at. However, we never see people post working goals on Hive. How come we do not set down something along these lines?

The reality is we have no control over whether our account with have 10,000 LEO by the end of the year unless we go out and buy it. Rewards are the result of other people, something we have no control over. Certainly, we can enhance our total through curation, something we have control, yet that will most likely not get us to our destination.

Therefore, can we set something more tangible that can help us along?

Working Goals

Why not set goals that focus upon activity? This is something we can break down into easily managed pieces.

Here is a sample:

365 blog posts
3,650 comments
3 videos posted per week

Notice how this focuses upon activity, something we are fully in control of. There are no parameters outside ourselves in achieving these ends.

Obviously, these is broken down into easily managed (and monitored) chunks. When we look at the first one, 365 blog posts breaks down to 1 per day. Did you do the blog post today? It is a very simple process.

With commenting, the 3,650 equates to 10 per day. Did you achieve that?

Notice how this focuses upon the activity one is taking. Here we can easily see if we are on pace to attain our goals. Also, these targets concentrate on consistency, something that is required for long-term success on Hive. Too many one to take the approach of doing things once in a while.

Since consistency is so important, we can break our yearly goals into weekly or daily segments, providing us with the information we require.

Let The Chips Fall Where They May

Take the action and everything else works itself out.

A baseball player who is at the plate knows this. There is a saying: you cannot control the ball once it leaves the bat. The player knows his job is to put a good swing on the pitch. Once the ball is struck, it is out of his control. Sometimes the ball is ripped for a hit; other times it is a hard out.

This analogy applies to what we do on Hive. We cannot control the upvotes we receive, or do not receive. What is within our power is what we post and how frequently. If we set out to do a quality blog post each day, that is something we can attain. It might get a lot of votes, or none.

The point is to set out a roadmap that we can fulfill. We often speak of out comments are a great way to enhance your following on Hive. Yet, I have yet to see someone who posted their commenting goal along with the progress being made. By the same token, I never saw with it posts or videos.

Why not?

I believe we have a situation where people are focused upon the outcome and not the action. For many, this might not be a problem because they have an action plan they follow each day. Personally, I do not have to write out what I am going to do daily or weekly. By this time, it is ingrained in me simply to take the action required.

Nevertheless, for those who are just starting out, take ownership of what you can control. The action you are willing to put forth is going to have a direct result on your outcome. Concentrating efforts there is the way to more success.

You want massive success on Hive? Set down the goal to do 5,000 comments next year. Bear in mind, these are applicable comments, not 5,000 of the "nice post" bullshit so many want to put up. That is going to get you nowhere in my experience.

When I was in the sales game, the top performers never set sales goals. They knew the sales were a result of the action taken. Instead, they set performance metrics based upon number of calls made and presentations done. They knew that if enough calls were made, it would lead to a certain amount of presentations, converting sales.

The results spoke for themselves. However, they focused upon the work to get there, not the outcomes.

I would suggest people take this approach with Hive. Change what you are focusing upon and, over time, I can guarantee you will see your results on Hive change.

Now is the time to set some bold goals.

Anyone up for 730 blog posts in 2022? 500 videos? 7,000 comments?

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