I see four distinct 'attitudes' in people when it comes to generating an income. First there are the 'employees'. This is most people. They depend on work 'providers' such as a companies or governments who offer jobs. By offering up their available time exclusively to one or more such work providers, employees are getting paid. Then there are the self-employed. These are the freelancers, shop owners and internet content creators. This is a fast-growing group who don't offer up their time exclusively, but rather generate income by selling goods or services which are attractive to buyers or consumers who don't want to put in the particular labour (time) or don't have a particular skillset. The third group are the entrepreneurs, who develop a system that generates income. Such a system could take the form of a company, a piece of software, a business concept, ... The entrepreneur's time goes almost exclusively to the creation, gradual improvement and marketing of his or her system. The last category are the 'capitalists'. They make their money work for them so that it generates extra money. These are the stock market traders, the venture capitalists, investors and / or speculators. The amount of capital you are able to Invest determines how much money and income you can generate.
The question is not to which category you belong, but rather how you can combine one or more of these 'attitudes' in such a way that you are able to generate an optimal income.
In my view, Steem and Steemit offers a system where you can combine 'self-employment' with 'capital'. Because you can start out with little time and investment, and grow intro the content creation and curation to grow your Steem, this platform seems appealing. You can be an entrepreneur when you also create systems (apps, tools, ...) to improve the Steemit community and/or Steem functionality.