Hello Steemians... I was going through some blogs today when I discovered something that rekindled my hope yet again. And I felt I should share it with us, because it is motivating; it's inspiring. It makes one to continue to struggle for a breakthrough with deep faith that though there is night today, tomorrow cometh the day! So what's this thing that I am claiming to possess hope rekindling ability?

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Well, here lies the masterpiece...

@abit Did The Trailer For The Movie "The Steemit Community"! We Carry On In A Fun Contest Called: "unMEAN sTWEETs"

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I stumbled on the above titled post by @surpassinggoogle this morning. What striked me most about this post to the extent of deciding to share it here with us, is its staggering statistics in relation to its poor payout. You know sometimes when one takes a look at some of these veteran Steemians, it is as if their today is always like this, forgetting that they must have toiled day and night to get to the level they are today. New members who just came onboard some few weeks ago would make a post and spend the rest of the day, staring at computer screen to see when their posts hit $20, $50 or even $100+. And if this doesn't happen in a few weeks, they would just give up hope and quit. Well who cares... Who the hell cares whether you stay or leaves?

Altered photo screenshot of @surpassinggoogle post stats

The impressive stats of the post: a wake up call to those who are in a hungry to hit big

Analysis of the article in question gives the following:

• It is made up of a total of 2192 original words, according to word count application.

• It has a total view stats of 115; this is the same thing as impression.

• 16 total comments.

• An unbelievable 176 votes.

• A misery $2.95 in payout!

• Some recognizable steemit stars that curated it include @papa-pepper, @kevinwong, @infovore, @shaka, @lukestokes, @timcliff, etc

To be honest with us; I really couldn't believe that this happened just 11 months ago! That someone could sit down and stressed himself to churn out first class original content, containing as much as 2192 words, only to get $2.95 in payout! This is unbelievable! However, I found it very motivating; it represents more than a thousand reasons to continue to harken unto faith.

Yours truly of @euronation addressing the audience at the just concluded @stach's program in Uyo

Terrible blogging conditions in the past...

This is a clear evidence of the terrible conditions under which these veterans blogged in the past! When there was nothing like bots rendering upvote services, no trails — every single post has to be manually curated, no sister social sites like steemit.chat, discord and the rest of them. It is more of who you see on your feed! When there is no @curie, @utopian-io. nor @sndbox, neither was there SP delegation services. When there was nothing like subcommunities. When price of steem and SBD are less than 20 cents. To earn a dollar, you have to roll up sleeves and work for it! These men still kept hoping, kept writing, kept trying to succeed in the face of thousands of reasons to give up!

New generation Steemians not doing enough to succeed...

Today, we have tens of supporting schemes to ease these hitherto difficulties, yet people still abandon their accounts for lack of no appreciable earnings. And it's not as if they are really working to earn anything. The other day, I was hanging out in one of the communities when I received a private message. The person was actually seeking my counsel on the way forwards. I asked him when he joined the program and he said six months ago. I visited to his blog and found that in the last six months, he was still having less than 700 total posts (i.e. blog post + comments). Apparently, this Steemian joined at the same time as myself, yet despite me not being active for the first two months after I signed up, I had made well over 3000 total posts today, yet this unserious blogger is still at less than 700 but he has the audacity to complain! And that's the problem!

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Work to get the upvotes, forget the payout for now!

On several occasions, I had had to tell people why it is important to concentrate more on getting the upvotes than the payout. Look, it doesn't matter what you earn now. Attract the upvotes first, your rewards will definitely come in the future!. Those who are voting you now and it looks as if their votes are negligible, will still grow. Look at the stats of @surpassinggoogle's post given above; 176 votes containing votes from such notable Steemians as @papa-pepper, @shaka, @lukestokes and the rest, yet the post yielded only $2.95. Now, if @surpassinggoogle is to write another post today and have these guys upvote him, what do you then think will become of that post in terms of earnings? I believe such a post won't earn less than $200 today.

And that's the real eye opener. I hope you have been able to learn something today. Thank you.

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Newbie's Corner

Don't give up. Success is within reach only if you persevere

Starting out in any endeavor in life is always not easy. And so expecting otherwise is therefore an indirect expression of unreadiness in pursuit of any worthwhile goals. This has been the core definition of my person. So in any endeavor I find myself, I usually stayed back even when everyone has left to see if there would ever be a chance for success. Only when all indicators turn red that I would throw in the towel. I am grateful to God that I didn't give up in the face of initial challenges.

Goodluck to you.

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