THIS right here is the correct attitude.
I'm using Steemit to basically earn money off of things I would have done anyway. If others go in with the same idea, then whether you make seventy cents or seventy dollars on your content is irrelevant: you would have written it for nothing somewhere else, so what have you lost sharing it here instead, and what do you have to gain? :)
Meanwhile, we gain your unique perspective while you garner the upvotes. It's a win/win situation. :)