Steemit is a platform about bringing value to the community. When many of us very first begin story posting we wonder why our posts are not doing so well.

This begins the period of initial reflection.

• What am I doing wrong?
• Why are others posts doing better than mine?
• How can I improve?

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Some don't try to improve and continue posting invaluable content.
Some try to emulate other posts.
Some give up.

Then there are those that begin to reflect on their inner self to empower them self to help improve their content.

• What skills would I like to develop for Steemit that also bring me personal satisfaction?
• How can I be a better Steemian — one that I would like to be a part of my tribe?
• How can I be a more positive influence on Steemit?
• What culture do I want to help create on Steemit?
• How can I make a difference on Steemit?
• How do I want to be remembered on Steemit?

Learning about oneself and improving on that self is a lifelong task. However, this platform makes it a daily part of our life if we allow it and I find that healthy.

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For me personally, I used this platform to blog about my struggles with alcoholism. This helped me achieve sobriety by receiving the support of many others. I continue to blog about sobriety to not only help myself but to help others who may be struggling with the same issue.

Through this blogging experience, I began to reflect what in life is truly important to me. I learned to develop a strong family, forming a closer bond with God, helping others, and owning the experience that was war are central to who I want to be.

By learning this about myself I want to bring value to the community by:

• Posting about my family and how we try to raise our children in a positive environment to help foster ideas for other parents or bring happiness to those who may not be at that stage in their life.
• Showing my vulnerabilities through the sobriety posts to show others we are human, have weaknesses, and can improve on those weaknesses.
• Showing love for others by helping where I can through service or promoting posts of Steemians who may need financial assistance.
• Sharing various experiences about war to reveal the human aspect, thus fostering thought in regard to the consequences of war.
  

For this post please share how Steemit improved your inner self and how that improvement helped you to bring value to the community. To qualify, write a STORY POST of at least 300 words, leave the link in the reply section, and upvote the post. The winner receives $20 SBD.

Because self-improvement is subjective, the winner will be chosen at random using http://www.randomresult.com. This allows for the ability to give a link and password for fellow Steemians to view the result and to ensure their name was included if they submitted an entry. The link and password will be included in the post declaring the winner on July 3rd.

Post Closes July 2nd at 2:50 pm CST

I look forward to reading your posts and it is my desire for these posts to provoke thought within the community in regard to self-improvement. Your post may be the very post to allow a fellow Steemian to analyze something within their self they may have never thought to analyze; resulting in an increase of their value to the Steemit Community.

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Sources:
1 Nevit Dilman CC BY-SA 3.0
2 Rasmus Olsen CC BY-SA 2.0, redesign by @lexikon082
3 Nevit Dilman CC BY-SA 3.0
4 Linkedin Slideshare

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If you enjoyed this post, please upvote and follow if you desire! I mostly story post about my sobriety, family, effects of war, and the crazier parts of my life. However, if it interests me I may just Steem about it! Steem on Steemians!

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