Hahaha long time no post! I am here now. I am glad i am! Life's is not easy but we push it.
Can No + No + No eventually = one Yes?
The answer is; "Yes!"
This is not Mathematics; the answer is a big fat YES, to find out:
Keep on knocking!
And if your knuckles tire out and repent; pick a stone!
So i keep on knocking!
Hahaha, my days are tough. I do tire out, but when i stop knocking, it is because i chose to!
I looked for the key/hammer/screwdriver instead
Steemit....
I am still very much active on steemit, even when i am not posting. I manage to do curation and comments and ofcourse, i do the DMs, among other technical things etc; same as everyone does!
This is to say: Value can be created upon steemit.com, even when you are offline.
So no need to feel discourage when you look at the seeming magnitude of what others do. DO YOU!
No need for comparisons as there is no real measure of this value. No one does more than the other!
I do carry my steemit cards around...
Whether it accomplishes awareness to steemit or instant actual sign-ups, i give them out.
I did embassy today and even the ambassador heard of steemit. I doubt my interview went well! I was told not to proceed and safe money instead but i told them i would proceed.
This brought before a thirty minute interview!
I didn't want to bring steemit up but how do i avoid this, when i don't do 5 minutes of rest a day and steemit's involved.
This is my second embassy encounter, when i had ended up bringing steemit up. Now, the first embassy experience didn't work well because in reality, its hard to explain steemit in 3 minutes, without bitcoin entering the picture and even the world misunderstands bitcoin. What am i saying:
Its all good!
When i talk steemit, i am Doing Me:
Basically, i was deeply-rootedly surpassing google before i found steemit and the steem blockchain and this must go on!
So don't be discouraged or measure your efforts by what others do, for we have varying paths. This is general life talk!
Speaking of life: "there was life before steemit!"
The above is one essential tip i give people each time, when we are in the chats discussing steemit.
What was YOU, in the "life before steemit"?
You were a ton of things
So why come on steemit, lose a ton, to become only one or two things. Bring the YOU that existed before steemit upon steemit, then influence and inflict the steem blockchain with your own beauty etc
Why This Topic?
I didn't have plans of posting today but i did have several chats today. Basically, we all need fire fire fire. Several chats came in today, speaking of the need for inspiration. One steemian in particular needed help with inspiring 34 steemians in his small whatsapp community who are appearing to tire out.
Then, i thought of #untalented "Who You Are" as well and little did i know that more entries where coming in! It never really ended.
Looking at some of these new entries just a few hours ago, one thing was re-made obvious in your mind:
People had this "piece of them", that they still never got to shine through with, here on steemit, because many got on here; got overwhelmed by many things e.g the need to earn, blogging, even competition and they lost themselves.
For instance, look at this comment hours ago, from @taimoorahmad as he reminisces on his entry to #untalented "Who You Are":
Well literally thanks to you. Because of you I literally found my self as an artist.
Reminds me of when i started out with #steemgigs, to direct people back into the aspects of them that existed before steemit e.g visions, aspirations, dreams etc
See a comment made few hours ago by @drpuffnstuff:
Steemgigs was the first place on here that I felt at home
So yes; according to me, the solution to most challenges or ways to success, even here on steemit, may be in the first obvious simplest action!
e.g
The entire solution may be in the tiny word "sorry"; however, we skip "sorry"; go Mars; apprentice under a word-salad alien to return light years later, with word-salad, to hand it over to someone who already got tired of longing for a "sorry" and who has long forgiven you!
Using hammer to squash a bug
You want to stop aging? Did you ever even attempt the first obvious simplest solution or did you jump to the nth solution first;
"Look for a giant clock; halt the minute hand; stay the course and if you have held the minute-hand in place forever, you will have lived forever".
YOU WANT MILLIONS? Did you even dare to attempt going to the nearest bank manager, to sit him down and politely ask him to give millions?
You want to know what is in puppy's mind? Did you even attempt simply asking puppy, what's on its mind? Or was your first course of action "a 4 year course in dog mindology" (perhaps the nth solution)
Hahaha, if it is steemit success that you want; then, how about the first obvious simplest solution; "YOU!"
Steemit success has a whole lot to do with that "YOU", that has existed and existed, long before you found steemit.
Where is that person?
Let's simply find out!
Underneath this post, relate a summary of what you were doing, just before you found steemit; your aspirations, goals, wishes, dreams, likes, dislikes etc; and i will tell you how to bring that upon steemit, play it out before a community of reputable great minds and rehearse this awesomeness and beauty into fruition, using just your steemit post.
It is more fun, getting rewarded for what you already are!
e.g
If you are a passionate footballer and you are on a team; there is special hurt that you will feel, if you are always on the bench, even if your team pays you in millions.
Your body will itch you first, then will start to bite you as your bench-longevity becomes a thing.
Now, if you were paid "millions" for playing that ball, that you normally would love to foot (all day long) even for free; nothing like it!
Sarap
It all lies there! Let's go all the way back to that clip; a snapshot of your blockchain, just before you found the steem blockchain, then let's merge both blockchains and 'DO YOU' in more dimensional ways!
This is not Maths!
Your Boy Terry
My community effort is part of what i do as a steemit witness, thus, the use of the hashtag (witness category).
If you would want to vote for my witness, click here, then type in"steemgigs" in the first search box! You don't need voting power to vote for a witness!
OR
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Yo Terry! :) sup? glad to see another post from u when I got on steemit 2day. I really like the.. tired of knocking? well then, find a rock.. a hammer.. a screwdriver..' u mean to keep knocking using those, right? not to break down or dismantle the door..?? :P
hey terry.. what is word salad? and what the alien part?
before steemit I felt like just doing much of nothing with my life/time. like I was just waking up, checking my email, spending way to much time on facebook, sitting around, eating, and some other non productive or meaningless things.. oh, and working out, that was the one good one.
Now there is steemit! and no matter how long I spend on here, it's time well spent.. I am contributing.. doing something.. working towards a great goal.. helping. I write posts about my everyday stuff, but I now ask myself before I make a new post.. how can this help others in the steemit community, or, how can someone out there maybe search for this info and might find my steemit post, and maybe find steemit through that. so cool.
This is a very special comment. Twud hit my facebook wall. Don't mind all those scenarios i mentioned. i am just creating humor.
very cool @chinito
It's funny how the human brain works. Adhering to encouraging words from those who have seen struggle themselves and emerged stronger is worth everything, in my opinion. In my last post, I had merely given my person an ambiguous outline, and yet @surpassinggoogle had deep insights. It's a gift to be able to find and see the good in people, the extraordinary in the #untalented.
So here I am again, back for a word of encouragement and the drive to go a few extra miles, perhaps? Isn't that what humans thrive on? We're designed to thrive and bloom on external (as well as internal) appreciation, love and warmth.
I'll be doing my second post for the before and after Steemit later today. In response to this post:
I've been working since I was 16, for the cute little jellyballoon my mother is, and for my two younger sisters. For a series of reasons I couldn't go to one of my dream colleges even upon acceptance: Amherst, Sarah Lawrence, NYU - and decided to stay back here and contribute to the family instead. When I say my biggest goal in life is to keep the spark in the eyes of the ones I love shining, I do not take the responsibility lightly - I do not merely say it because it sounds nice to the ears, or that it makes me sound like a writer with an aim to eventually get quoted on this very idea - behind these words is almost 2 decades of disillusionment. I say it because I HAVE seen the spark fade in their eyes, and tears replace them, and that's as close to death, desolation and failure I've ever been in person. Maybe it's because my soul isn't just in my body. A little bit of my soul is in everyone I love (very few people) and I feel physical pain seeing them shed tears. My aspirations and goals have always revolved around this particular thought - what will make them happy? Help them get a good night's sleep?
So I started in overdrive - I gave up studying and empowered my mum to start a daycare, now she has a few little babies she loves to teach, bring up and care for. I empowered her to get training for the development of autistic children and now she's certified to educate them (that in no way means I'm taking any credit for her expertise and her enthusiasm to help children and contribute to their personal growth, merely that I tried what I could to make sure she went at it with full force). That's her dream right there.
I earned enough to be able to sustain my sisters' educations to take that off my parents (especially mum). You don't realize how parasitical stress is till it starts to drown under the waves of hope - and I only realized it when I saw my mum bloom and shine and turn into this happy, smiling lady for the first time in all my years - she would come and hold me and share all her fears and predicaments with me. In the quest of helping those I love, I not only fell in love with the people they were becoming, but the fact that I had gotten a very new best friend.
While I wouldn't trade that liberating experience for anything in the world, I silently (and sometimes otherwise) coped with my own anxiety - it sometimes got to me, and I sometimes resorted to self-doubt and self-deprecation. Just a few months before joining Steem, I faced unemployment and didn't know where the next paycheck was coming from, especially with my mum and her slightly hopeful eyes.
If you ever think you can take on the entire world with it's consuming storms and sometimes crushing realities without having your own personal let-out, your own personal productive addiction and means of coping, you'll soon find yourself tired, exhausted and wanting to give up.
There is someone I have recently started owing my happiness and peace of mind to. Someone who has stuck the difficult phase out and is ready for more to come without any selfish interests.
For me, it's that person who I have learned to enjoy Steemit with - my means of coping. It's been a month and it hasn't given a lot to my pocket, but it's given me more strength, more drive, a higher threshold, more hope. I've met people from all over the world and have fallen in love. They have inspired me, including yourself, Terry, and I have learned from them. Steemit has also given me the perfect outlet for me to use whenever I feel to it. I can write about anything, with autonomy and liberty, and it always helps me breathe better, but not just that. Steemit has helped me find my personal ways of growth, through some magical way of inspiring and encouraging. I was finally able to really start a novel (trying since the last many years) and posted the first part of the novel: Conundrum not too long ago, (do let me know what you guys think).
Steemit is more than therapeutic for me, it's more than chamomile tea or a have-it-all Nutella jar, it's more than comfort food or curling up in a corner in your blanket. Someday I might just find the right words and not draw comparisons to make you understand, but I'm still discovering what it is to me.
Hope to see you on the post where I describe all this in detail.
Super inspired, you've been through some tough situations as well and the way you handled them is awesome. A girl born in Pakistan is never expected to take responsibilities at an age as you did and I respect the way you're trying. Even the way you have been working here is commendable, @beingnaveed and I almost daily talk about your writing skills and dedication towards the steemit work.
Keep up the good work @aymen.mazhar, you're inspiring people like me!
Ohh well we all do it for love. And to love we all devote our efforts to, whatever may be required of each of us.
You and @beingnaveed yourselves are amazing and inspiring! And part of the rant I did above about steemit is thanks to you!! :D
Switie, what can i say. You spoke my mind and i spoke your mind. Stay awesome. The good times are here!
Amen to that Terry!
@surpassinggoogle, here's my entry for the second contest.
https://steemit.com/untalented/@aymen.mazhar/steem-marking-the-before-and-after-for-the-untalented-me-surpassinggoogle
God Lord Oh Mighty, I can not wait for the actual post !!! I am so tuned in.
Hi @surpassinggoogle, Congrats on writing your 3rd post of the week. You're coming back to your old routine. Good sign. Thumbs up! I'm also trying to write at least 3 posts in this week and finding it difficult but the good point is I resumed. Today, I will write my second post if everything goes as plan. So, wish me luck!
Regarding your post, you've rightly mentioned that life is not easy and we've to push it.
Can No + No + No eventually = one Yes?
The answer is; "Yes!"
Very well said but most of the people don't understand this push thing. So, please allow me to unfold it to some extent. We, the humans are a mix of good and bad things/emotions/energies...whatever you name it, your call. What will be our next action is highly dependent on numerous factors. In simple words, we can say that this is a battle between our inner self and the outer world. Let's say, I want to write an article at Steemit and I'm continuously failing because of several factors like I want to take revenge from someone, toothache, self-criticism, perfectionism, noise of kids or a dog or may be that of a hen or cat, slow internet, the second and third task on the daily activity list and so on. Some of these factors are internal whereas the other ones are external factors. I personally believe, if your inner self is strong, you can beat the outer environment. But if there are storms inside you, even the serenest and calmest environment will be feeling like a very noisy place. So, when we start saying YES to the things that our outer environment says are not possible, we might fail initially. However, with continuous practice, I mean by saying YES to all the NOs several times, there will come a moment when your inner YES will mute the outer NOs. This is where you will beat all the distractions. This is where you get maximum focus and your life becomes smooth. I will take this writing example to the next level. You might have seen writers who come up with a lot of content on daily basis, do exercise, have wife and kids and business and all aspects of their lives seem at the right place. In our industry, we call these people successful because they have achieved a lifestyle and above all, they're happy with what they are doing.
So, what's the sum up of this discussion? Things look beautiful when they are in harmony or at their right places. Every human is a gem because s/he has got a gift of uniqueness that s/he has to discover and then use to solve the problems of the world. In my view, this is the purpose of life. Edison used this gift and gave back to humans. We have internet facility because someone used his unique gift from nature to give back to the humanity. We see countless things in the world that are gifts from people like us.
So, the biggest question is finding one's self/uniqueness/gift and then using it to give back the humanity. In my view, this is the way, how we bring revolution to the world. This is the theme or topic of Terry's today's post: The Human Behind The Steemian. Let's find that human and whatever we want from life, we'll get automatically.
Steem On!
I think the topic is still the same, "The Human Behind The Steemian".
You are alot of things and you know it. Even the resume on your profile is up there. I know some day down the road, i will be seeking you to ask questions
@ surpassinggoogle, It'd be pleasure to answer the questions that I know the answers for.
Ok this is so true
And really, i am sure seeing the number of post you curate per day, because there's a bot that tells me that and that's how i got to know you already posted...
Exactly what i was just telling @haryormidei today via whattsap chat, indeed we have different paths..
Woooooow, i am definitely quoting this in my next post..
Indeed, we all have a life before steemit, and steemit has offered us an avenue to combine that life with this new life in other to achieve even more than we can imagine... Theres nothijg like been original really.
Talking about untalented, I have a write up about it here that explains why even the untalented ones makes it and gets aired faster than the talented ones
BEFORE STEEMIT
I have been baking for over 6years now and i still do, the only thing i was doing before steemit that i am not doing anymore or rather consistently was running a facebook group of over 12thousand members... But then, i am just taking my time to study the SMTs and in the near future, i can build a community where even my user or audience can benefit from contributing....
Huge dreams bro. You could open a baking series lessons on steemit, if i should suggest.
The sky is your starting point.
Woow, never even thought of that...
Thanks so much for the eye opener, as soon as my followers reach a point, definitely, would kick-start that...
You are welcome bro. All the best.
You will move fast. You are on the track. Evidence is left bare here. I saw your shine with hours of cake on one of your post and smt; you are already peering there. You are on that track. Stay awesome
I can remember you saw it truly..
But i really need someone that can explain the SMTs so i can be familiar with it like Bread and Beans Lolsss....
It is technical stuff but i am sure over time it will get easy. The concept though involves being able to have a specialized currency that you can call yours to administer your own community, audience or interface. So basically, if you had a website outside steemit, you can serve your own audience and incentivize their interaction by involving your tokens. Ofcourse, you will create a value proposition to add value to your token. General concept
If i had time, i can turn you into a steemit celebrity, even using just your craft. There are many facets when it comes to ideas or visions. Ultimately though, the spanlessness etc of a vision, still very much is defined by the substance of the human behind the steemians and i tell you, too many people skip that part cos it is the hard route. It just like soul in music and someone with the best vocal but no soul. Different stories involved and different levels of impact and i am sure you know which of these two you relate to better. Soul it is
A close friend of mine who was looking at me so worriedly once asked, "how will you fund your nursing home with your pension?"
My answer "they will eat what I will eat!" Thinking of course, that by then I have already my own land, a house and a sustaining garden.
Perhaps Steemit will help me further in that goal in the future. But then, it is pushing me now to do things i have hoped to be doing years ago. It brought people that want the same thing as me, and with them it opened a door for me to be greater than I was.
Better days ahead Terry. And much more interesting. Can we handle it?
Sure thing. You will achieve all that soonest. Just keep those tokens.
How much tokens will i need u think??
I was a slave, used to work like an animal, 18 hours a day! Resigned from my jobs in January and April 2017 and started my own business that failed. Fortunately, I found Steemit while going through a blog, checked it and immediately signed up. My life before Steemit was aimless, I never knew what I wanted to do, infact my father didn't allow me to do what I wanted to do.
After I got my login details, I saw some posts in the trending sections that made a lot of bucks, I thought to write on same topics that can earn me a lot of money. Wrote two or three filthy posts but then I asked myself "WTF I am doing?" You don't like writing about BTC or health or crypto world, write what you like, write what you think and let the world know that you're special with no skills.
Thanks to someone inside me who gave me the idea of writing about ordinary people, started a series "Untold Stories of Unsuccessful Persons" and posted 19th episode of this series.
I always wished to draw and do some programming stuff but as I mentioned above, my father put some restrictions on things I loved, so thanks to Steemit, who gave me courage to start learning these skills at the age of 30. Just drew @exyle portrait on illustrator yesterday and it's just fine. Learning web development as well and will be a full stack Wordpress Developer after 4 months. I haven't killed my dreams yet.
Already wasted 18 years doing this, will never do that again to me for sure!
You have spoken awesomely and you already on the right track. Love your dad still, evolve still. You will shine henceforth. the 18 years wasn't very much waste
Thanks for reading it and providing an opportunity to let the world know about ourselves, world outside steemit is very busy.
Yes, I love him and will do till the last day of my life.
You have spoken awesomely and you already on the right track. Love your dad still, evolve still. You will shine henceforth. the 18 years wasn't very much waste
Good stuff, started reading and stumbled across my earlier comment about steemgigs, thanks for the shoutout. I really like the concept of connectivity steemgigs brings, on the internet and even in real life. My posts have been very random in subject matter for the reason you just described. I didn't want to get stuck on one or two things. I never had before, so I didn't want to start because it was the most profitable. It's harder to find the audience when your subject matter changes often, but I expect in the audience that's there is better! Anyway, keep up the good work. You are appreciated!
I am grateful. As for audience, there is a way to broaden the umbrella of the genre so that it cover everything. For instance #untalented started and it can easily form a branch under @steemgigs. It has really helped me. Before steemgigs, i was getting many ideas and losing them all.
Excellent questionnaire for users. Always like articles that carry useful information. Thank you.
This is 100percent true. This morning I have gotten calls from two groups. One from a group in my church and one from the some students at the University of benin to come and make presentations on Steemit. I've been working since 4am and although I'm on the internet Im not on the steem blockchain. Some times I feel like I'm not being wise with my time but from time to time I read posts like this that encourages me and some comments from people I have helped the past gives me the stenght to work.
I have also learned not to envy people with heavy payouts because they do work. Steemit is a lot of work and I have observed that you can't cheat the blockchain. If u put in the effort. The rewards find a way your coffers one way or the other.
Thank you for sharing this @surpassinggoogle
On point, what is rewarded on steemit is value. And content is only one of the ways and perhaps, one of the most public ways to add value. so looking at wallets or payout at posts is not necessary. Some of those posts payouts were even triggered from the background. There is a whole ton of factors but normally i discuss stuff like this only in chats cos i do care about brothers i bare info to, to know they can carry it, so i dont just talk. for posts, i keep the message in their with codes. Only some people decode it, just the perfect audience for that aspect of it. My posts have a ton of varying audience and each one will get only what's his. As minnow, i did most of my work in chats and hours of chats cos its brotherhood for me and i am real brother. That simple
10000 comments are for you every one here at steemit is praising your kindness your contest is getting higher and higher and just because of you our inner talent has been awoked !
Sir i was or i think still i am mr nobody and nobody is perfect so i am mr nobody haha
i didnt knew i could write these many long lines in english i am not good at english but still you motivated me without saying a word now thats uniqness of you that you can even change a person through your acts and kindness . i was everytime feeling ashamed of my badest english nor i have written a single paragraph on facebook and other platform like i have written here you are added in my friend list too you can even check hassan raja you will see i dont even give a fuck since i have joined steemit !
now i am really addicted to steemit even in my dreams i am working on steemit ( that looks funny but i swear i am serious on that ) because dreams are most of the things you do the whole day !
Dear @surpassinggoogle
Before coming to steemit I was trying hard to learn as much as possible about Cryptocurrencies
So I was day and nights watching crypto and learning about this great new game
But since discovering steemit.com I've been hook here
My goals were to organise myself And return to Romania by the end of this year to buy a house and start making a small solar panel farm
Something tiny really but good enough for a decent living of a small family 👪
Now that I have steemit and since I have already a place of mine to stay in London I will not go to Romania and instead I will invest some cash in steemit.com with my girlfriend @artaddict
We truly believe that by working hard on our posts and investing a bit of our cash we can in the future help Minnows as you are doing now
We are not interested in power downs as we want to keep growing our accounts
I have met great Steemians on Steemit.com but you are the greatest
Learning from you it's A blessing
Thank you very much for your help and support
You have a great mindset and inspiration. You are on the right track basically. Overtime, for you, i will say look at the steem blockchain side of things but i am sure you will see these things quick. Keep on. It is easier for girls too than boys in the real world as well, so she may shine faster here but its all good. One cause
Thank you very much for your help /support and encouragement
I am surely im the need to learn a few more things about steem blockchain but as you said in time I will learn more and I am sure I will get more chances and be more confident about steemit.com
I will be happy to see my girlfriend @artaddict make it on Steemit.com
I am very grateful for your help and support of her
Thanks to #Untalented Who am I contest she has now has About $60 on her article
We are as we said several times very glad to have meet you on Steemit.com
I will kindly make a post from time to time about your contests to bring more minnows to participate and to bring them to steemgigs on Discord
Much Love
Before Steemit, I was blogging. My blog title is Retired in Samar. Yeah, I am an American ex-patriot who got tired of the arrogant, me-me-me, work-to-live way of life that America has become. So we sold all our assets and moved to the Philippines, where I Blog and Vlog from the islands. Recently, we moved to Guam to set up camp so we could travel more, and where I was introduced to Steemit by a blog subscriber and now friend @DocCrypto. Since joining Steemit nearly 3 months ago, I have had a few achievements - and I'll continue reaching more more. Steemit has been rewarding and hopefully soon, more rewarding than Google (Adsense)... so I guess I will be surpassinggoogle too! Thanks for the opportunity to show up here!
You are awesome. Yes together we will surpass google. I think your mindset is just perfect. i am thinking we will turn this into a full blown #untalented contest, so be ready to write again soonest
Hi @surpassinggoogle wow indeed another great post on let's merge the snapshot of your blockchain as it was before Steemit and merge it with Steem blockchain Join in,perhaps i do agree with you that there was life even before Steemit and the need to merge that with Steemit its a good idea since it will help a steemian like me to bring all that was evolving in his or her life before Steemit into this blockchain and portray it out inorder for this other steemians to see and feel about it as well,lastly this is a reflection advice to ponder about more so here on Steem blockchain since everybody has something to offer here on this Steem blockchain since it comprise of reputable minds that mine with their minds to produce content that will transpire this blockchain and bring impartation to the rest of the Steemians at large,also we can do alot in this Steem blockchain in a dimensional way since this is not maths anyway just like you said @surpassinggoogle stay safe blessings and much love from @davidkaruah.
Stay awesome. You have special gifts. This will be all the more evident soon
Indeed i do believe that i do have special gifts,perhaps thank you for that confirmation my brother let me hope it will be evident sooner as you said,lastly i wish you all the best here on steemit blockchain network with lots of love,Stay awesome as well my friend.
Thank you very much
Welcome @surpassinggoogle
@surpassinggoogle
This is such a smooth jump into getting to know everybody, getting to know the stories of Steemians before they were Steemians. I look forward to reading about some of the journeys that people have been through and how it landed them at @Steemit . Also what is driving you to keep coming back to Steemit. ??
So, it started in 1988, i am 29, the youngest of 4 siblings. Was not too smart through out school years. Down quite some years i graduated with a Master's Degree in Marketing in 2012. Right after that I ventured into a clothing business that took off really well and met its down fall 3 months after break even. Learned a lot, it was a loss monetary and emotional, when you spend days and nights with the labour force helping them because in your mind you might just speed up the process towards completion and actually doing business.
I am an artist with OCD at heart. Music is a very important part of my life, exploring music, diagnosing music even making music. I admire all arts.
When I am in the process of music creation, it has to be driven, it has to be fumed. I do not make music every day. Its a way of letting go, expression for me so it has to occur naturally.
A huge dog fan, I am the guy whose friends can not just walk in, they have to call me confirm where my dogs are, if they are loose or in their kennel because one of them is a Rottweiler and the other is a Pitbull. :) Love your dogs, they are not to be made money off. If you are someone whose a 'dog owner' just for the sake of making money in shows or breeding. You are not a dog lover. ''Stay the f**k outta my face '' .
I am usually a humble guy and carry a calm vibe about myself. I have recently found someone special who introduced me to @Steemit, (thank you).
Stay tuned for #myjourneytoSteemit
Awesome. You got in the groove already. Don't forget the play with a meme creation too
Thanks :D
Thats another great thought you have there @surpassinggoogle, I suddenly remember what was i doing or where do I alot my time more before steemit. To be honest I do alot of gaming and nothing to do much aside from work before steemit, steemit is the one that got me back to arts again. So I think in a positive way steemit gives me another reason to share my talents and thoughts, to be able to express what I think of this or that thing. Reading this post of yours wants me to stay on steemit and continue to interact with the friends I made here. God bless Terry
Exactly. See what @chinito said up in the thread
Jehovah bless us all in Jesus' name amen
Ive read it and its really an eye opener, to create my own post in my own way and create a post that will be helpful to others and will use by others as reference. Thats really great :) I hope I can create something like that but to do that I need to work on it. thanks Terry
wanna say thank you soo much for your support and encourage us to contenue and to do so @surpassinggoogle
You are welcome
Everything said it all. I'm a facebook users and I spend a lot of time browsing and having chichat with friends, ulpoading photos and videos. Then I became a fan of instagram since then I started exploring the social media other than facebook. It took time to post beautiful photos in instagram to gain a lot of followers. But when I met the steemit it change my perception towards to different social media. Now, I completely happy being part of this community with surround by supportive and friendly people around the globe that brought me a lot of positive vibes, perceptions towards life and learnings. And I don't mind whenever I spend my whole time by scrolling, reading, commenting and upvoting posts here. Because in every thing I did here is worth my time. I don't expect that much knowing that time has flows. I thankfully for this great post of you @surpassinggoogle always the best. Keep it up!
Then you are awesome
Inspiration😊
Hello @surpassinggoogle
So true. Sometimes when I am not online, I spent time talking to friends about Steemit. Have actually registered more than 7 persons since I started this early last 2 weeks.
I have tried to rush things regarding this before but ended up looking stupid. My audience actually hissed.
LOL @surpassinggoogle you cracked me up here. What I was doing. Well, what I do now has no correlation with Steemit; launderer. Now can thus be relevant here? Hell no. However, I was carrying out searches on suitable crypto to invest in when I found Steemit. Read the faq and love it. That's history now.
Such an engaging post. Keep sharing.
@eurogee
Lol. You tell how it could be of help here on steemit. Wait till Terry comes.
He has the answer to your doubts.
Hahaha, i tell you, you can bring the laundry here. Papa-pepper did this. But ofcourse, you can do other things too.
People have created an entire venture where "they got paid for doing nothing".
Someone made millions simply having regular soaps made in the shape of toys, so kids will love to bath.
Even laundry can be made magic.
But your path is great and the health one too. Your case, isn't very hard overall. You are doing well pace-wise. I try to teach these things. We'll play a bit under the #untalented curriculum, let's see beauty unfold. I will try put up a second contest soon
Really, this is unbelievable; the fact that I can bring laundry. Man, you're faith is so deep, and that's what is needed for success in life. One's ability to create something out of nothing. Learning a lot from you and other great Steemians. Thanks
@eurogee
You are welcome
Looking forward to that, the last one was deep and touched people deep down,not just me.
Till today i dont take a seconds break to click on post with tag untalented
Cant wait to see what the next contest would be like.
Switie, i am just pacing it but i will have energy to bring it up soon. Today or tomorrow
@surpassinggoogle, always a source of inspiration
Thanks for refueling my train tank
Riding farther
You have a train; awww. Stay awesome
Yes,,,, steemit train,riding to the top
And faster you failed to mention.
Oh, that "Yes means yes" and "No means no", Matthew chapter 5.
I am happy here on Steemit. In fact, I left some website because of the potential here. Though I have ups and downs here (mostly downs, lol!), I keep on writing not just because of the earnings, but the fun it gives, and the encouragement I receive from people like you.
The truth is, it is just the budding period. You will get more joy in time soon. All the best.
I think so. I am having fun, what more in the future? Thanks for the response sir.
Haha!
You just said my mind.
Since i stepped into steemit, my facebook, whatsapp and other social handles has not been getting my attention.
I cant imagine a day without reading and commenting on steemit.
I am still on Facebook to promote my blogs. However, I have more time on Steemit. ☺
Yah, its certainly the best strategy.
You remix. Simply consider you audience type on facebook etc, then write posts that they can relate with and share. Nothing like bring your own community on steemit, and taking your own steem to the moon. What's yours is yours.
You 'have said it all Sir, thanks.
For some steemians when they do not find the right steps in steemit, they slowly disappear and die in steemit. many of my friends resigned because they did not get the most out of it, somehow even the local language curator did not reward them. I learned a lot from you Terry, hope this information can help me and my steemian friends in my community. Thank you friend
Yes share with your resigned friends. They will simply need to explore more use of a steemit post, so that the whole process also is fun
I love sharing with all my friends in steemit, especially when they get the results from the mentors I give them. By the way you like music buddy?
Yes i do but lately, my life has been so tough for me and not much time. Yes share on facebook, steemit posts in line with the topics that interest them
thank you all your advice i will do. I understand with your busy life. It is okay tery . I have made a new post. music I hope you like
You are absolutely right, you need to devote more to the study of topics that are worth giving messages and constantly esperimentirovat. One day the truth will come and we will succeed. Thank you @surpassinggoogle
Great post my friend, i really like those words so deep,
in my opinion every passing day of our life is a sort of story, if we recall our memories there are so much things present in our past that we still have to share with this world, if i go back and dig my memories so i found so much to post e.g my first day at school there is a great story behind it, how i lost my school bag by playing game at games shop there is another great message hidden behind it and it should be another great post, how i get back to my house when i lost the path and crying and walking on an unknown path and there are so much more written on my life blockchain, that i can share with my fellow steemians.
Thanks @surpassinggoogle for telling us a right path to work in steemit and your every post is a sort of great inspiration for me and it gives us new vision to work on steemit, keep up your good work my friend and have a very happy and cheerful weekend ahead, thanks for sharing.
Dent it all on the blockchain and create awesomeness. Creating legacies is one use of steem. I built something solely on that. Generations will read it
Yes, thanks for your active support to the community and for the curations. :)
Before I learn about Steemit, I work online on various sites. Nothing really exciting on a daily basis. Now being a Steemian, my time was spent more on being creative and felt the challenge of what to write. Steemit also gave me the opportunity to virtually meet people who shared same interests. Also gave me the feeling of belonging into a group which is a good feeling. :)
Beautiful. I do see you on the right track in your mindset
Thanks. :)
After reading your thoughts Sir Terry, it reminds me of my four-day off. I am currenly working in Dubai Airport with 4 days duty and 4 days off. Still remember the time when I am not yet part of Steemit community, I was alone, bored and felt like I am doing nothing. And it makes me feel crazy of thinking on what to do. Because that four-day off is really a long rest and it sometimes decide me to go out which I spend alot of money since its so expensive in Dubai.
But, I am so grateful that when the time I knew about Steemit, it kept me busy, forget about four-day off, spent most of my time from interacting and creating even simple blogs. I am very happy that I met a new family, new friends, and companions. Steemit is a big help for me, not because I earned dollars from sharing my thoughts and daily-happenings, but it helps me to enjoy writing and meeting new families. Thanks Terry for this post. ☺️
Hahaha so awesome. And you know what, we will eventually turn this into a full blown #untalented contest later today. Stay awesome
Well, I am on the go with every contest you will initiate. I am very excited to participate and win. Hahahaha.. Thanks, Terry! Best Regards :)
Hahaha everybody wins. At least a vote, a wholesome overall expereience and a great response comment. I think i will put another one up soon. For now, its all serious topics but when those are over with, it will be all fun stuff. the first who you are one had like close to 300 entries and more. i thought it ended but it doesnt want to end. i have been trying to wait. i have that dubai picture too. the fallen angel one, i cant find it. My response to your entry will be out soon
Thanks @surpassinggoogle
This is so encouraging
This is one of the reasons i look out for your post
There is a @samiwhyte blockchain before steemit.com
I have been a motivational speaker, a forex enthusiast, investment/business analyst; one who everyone wanna confirm from before making that investment. A community man who everyone flocks around.
I've not totally left myself because my regular life help me promote steemit but I have ignore myself; ignore in the sense that I've not been paying attention to the me before steemit, i have moved my focus to steemit alone...
I am going back to all I was before steemit, bringing all into steemit and getting the best from steemit while retaining the me before steemit....
@samiwhyte
We will go write back. Contest up soon
Wow
Cant wait
@surpassinggoogle contest, everyone is a winner
i dont think you are not active lol as i can see you commenting on people and reblog their post as i can understand that you are replying each person and its really take too much time as you received number of comments but i am waiting for you post always because when i read your post get to know something and which make me more strong on steemit as blogger. i started to make blog just after seeing your blog and trying my best, you are always inspiring people and helping them so i am the one who inspired by you lot. before steemit i was alone and not get any good site like this and i was looking for perfect platform and steemit is that one..
Agreed. Stay awesome
Steemit was a beckon of Hope for me. Before I found steemit my life was basically a disaster and I was desperate. Nobody knew because I'm not one to wear my problems on my face. But my business was failing and I had lost a huge amount of money to unfavorable natural conditions (I will write about this later) and some ponzi scheme. I quite my job to join a mlm which turned out to be a scam and up till now I'm still paying some people back their money because I like my integrity. I was in debt and the only money I was using to gamble in poloniex and bittrex for some trading profit was what I borrowed from my former boss. Using borrowed money to trade was a terrible idea but what choice did I have. Like I said. I was desperate.
The first time I made $2 in Steemit I cried. I wrote about it three weeks ago here
Right now things are looking up for me. My heart is brimming with love and my head is brimming with ideas. With Steemit can make some money by making other people happy and creating value and I have been able to lift up other people too . This is priceless to me. Steemit is solace to me, a beacon of hope; an oasis in a desert.
This is my before/after summary.
We will talk about this. Finally i will need to adjust the topic for my next contest. In a few hours! Soon, you will need to write untalentedly again. Stay awesome
I am earning a little but regularly, in my other blog site, and that made me sad every time I only get .01$ or less than a dollar in my post here on steemit.
Maybe I still need to study and learn about a lot of things here and maybe it really needs more time.
Yes it does. A little history. Interaction too. See nation as location and deal and interact with the human. Expand that horizon
What did I do before steemit, actually I tried to live life in the best way we could do. Take care for others, have a smile on our face, work, sports and make friends. Here on steem those "things"from life could be shared as wel and that brings fun for all of us.
About the knocking; I see it not as positive, for evrything what you want, there must be energy putted in. And if you like what you do; it is actualy not enerfgy putting in; but I become energy from doing.
I also think it is the same for you; I know how hard things could be; but again and again you like to be here on steem and bring us all together. See continue knocking (read building) this great platform.
Awesomeness. i think you already have just the perfect mindset for steemit
This is encouraging, thanks :)
Yes i do compare sometimes and get worried but yeah no need
Yes no need
Yes...ama keep posting posting posting till i make the good cash...till my voice is heard...tnx a lot for this inspiring post @surpassinggoogle
You are welcome. Improving in your substance is essential too
Ok i will...i love posting what comes to my mind tho...am not that professional
You can take me, but you cannot take my bunghole.... For I have no bunghole....
How does that relate to anything here
Have you seen my Bunghole? My people; we are without Bungholes...
That's an interactive comedy bot
Lol...ok
Thank you my Surpassing friend for reminding us who we are,
is the us that we should/can/would/love to/need to/dream to show on steemit
Easy as 1,2,3
You make it easy with your easy-going ways but I think the responses to your Untalented prove that though it may be easy to be true it somehow is not what people do.
We take the nth option, not the first and easiest!
Bless you Surpassing friend ;p
Yes, i do it too. The other route is hard as well or mayb we tend to think it is and never attempt it at all. Sometimes, the first simple solution looks dump but that is where the substance and self belief of the human comes in. Real life experience.. someone had no dime but he wanted a nice car, so he walked into a car shop and was asking the price of a fancy car, even without a dime. Another man walked in and this person wanted a car for his wife and coincidentally, it was the same car that this other man was asking price about. thinking that this man was about to buy that car. he went to plead, saying he wanted that exact car for his wife and told him: pick any other car and i will pay for it. just leave this one for me today. The other man went home with a car. Bottomline, he tried the basic easy even illogical thing bt it also had a lot to do with his self confidence, mentality and how he sees himself.
Sometimes too we over think things because it normal based on our experience. Even Jehovah God, it is not like he doesn't know our needs but HE still wants us to ask.
That is a beautiful story, thank you for sharing with us!
This is an interesting point - we must ask, even God cannot help if we do not ask - we must ACTIVATE the powers of the universe by desiring and acting in accordance to the TRUTH.
You are beautiful my Surpassing friend!
Sweet
Its glad to have you back boss......
Well like you said before i knew about steemit i was into earning bitcoins from different faucets like moonbitcoin,bitsler and freebitco.in but after alot of trials i didnt even get just a dollar but then @ambmicheal introduced me to steemit and boom my first week i got paid anf since then ive been inviting family and friends to join steemit and non of them has ever complained about it .....well today marks my 31st day on steemit and i got paid at least twice .......steemit is awesome because of people like you @surpassinggoogle
#respect
Your case is easy. You will move pretty fast.
Thanks for your kind words and for believing in me
It's interesting how you talk about Steem wherever you are. I guess you might be appointed as a "Steem Evangelist" ;)
Not exactly. I am doing the things, i have done all along but now all the more so with steemit
Me before steemit:
Basically the same, except now I have steemit where I can publish my thoughts. Steemit also became my number 1 source of information about almost everything. That alone is a huge reward.
Really great already
I mentioned Steemit on my blog more and more often.
I wrote a [post](https://steemit.com/steemit/@catwomanteresa/welcome-newbies-share-your-life-and-earn-money} to introduce Steemit for my reader recently.
I think it's a good idea to bring Steemit cards like you do.
Thanks for your inspiration.
Awesomeness
You know Terry, before now nobody used to read my poems or my articles, in fact i wrote nearly hundres and even nobody wants to publish them. But today i earn reasonably for them steemit has shown me value for my work, and to you Terry im indebted, steemit is value, steemit is gold
No doubt
Hi Terry
I have made a nice post about steemgigs I am trying to make more users join I hope is OK
https://steemit.com/untalented/@greatvideos/dear-minnow-steemians-come-join-steemgigs-community-on-discord-you-will-find-friends-and-help-from-the-very-best-on-steemit-com-20171014t12189282z
Best Regards Andrei
I like your simple and inspiring approach to things.
Since you wrote this in your article
"YOU WANT MILLIONS? Did you even dare to attempt going to the nearest bank manager, to sit him down and politely ask him to give millions?"
I would like to politely ask you to follow me and vote on my posts. Since here in this case you're like the banker, I'm taking your advice. thank you :-)
I tried
thanks man! You motivated me to keep going and writing more content. I see that this place is not like I've experienced before and people that have been around for awhile really help out the new ones. :-)
Yep
I tried
e fit sound funny. But na big word you drop.
Some people won go heaven, but dem no won die.
Just like lion wey dem keep for zoo and lion wey dey jungle.
The one wey dey Jungle get level pass the one wey person dey feed
Really hefty comment
Well i have never sat down to reason weather a no no no can become a yes. But in life sometimes we need to be reminded of what we are capable of doing.
Terry you are doing well buddy. Maybe a YES is possible afterall.
I came to steemit thinking some things cant be real but buddy with steemit, every thing is possible.
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥💝💝💝💝💝👍👍👍💪💪💪💓💓💓
The land of opportunities it is. No regrets being a member. Steem on.
Excellent article and a very good question from you. In fact, before joining Steemit , I was an ordinary guy with usual habits and interests, but once on the Internet I saw site Steemit and caught fire participating in our ecosystem. Why, ask you and I will answer, because in the first I like to communicate with people and secondly here I can discuss the topic of Crypto and STEEM separately, which I like very much! Here's a story, thanks @surpassinggoogle
Awesome
Before steemit, I was a a preacher and still am...I am also an advocate of positive thinking, faith and investing.
There are ways to continue that all in large measure even on steemit. I speak so so so much of the bible in my posts but you may not know, because it is not very frontal. but when you guide people into the best versions of themselves, it brings them closer to morals even divinity. Ways to learn about Jehovah God is true his world but also by looking intently at his creation. Too, truly understanding the bible and love which is at the core of true Christianity takes depth and that is the reality, so i teach these thing, so i think in that aspect, we are on the same route but slightly different approach. I also also advocate positive thinking and faith but to tackle these in a community with different beliefs etc, there is an approach, to be more effective. I think you will grasp what i am saying. This is my special advice. You can definitely bring these same things that you were and shine with it here on steemit
Thank you so much sir Terry for such wonderful pieces of advice and encouragement. I think I may copy a bit of your styles in sharing God's principles here in Steemit...God bless you more sir!
We are on the same wavelength you and I, Do You, that is exactly right, there is nothing that reaches, touches, and inspires people more than being one hundred percent ourselves, whatever that might mean. Authenticity is the secret to greatness, which you already know Terry :)
What a cool thing for @sunnylife to do!
Authenticity is the secret to greatness. Quote of the week.
Keep steeming.
Thank you friend! Going on a year in this extraordinary place and I'm still in love, so as long as it's here I will be too!
Yes but how much substance is that "authentic" is secret to greatnessest
Hahaha, i tried to comment to your other comment but it kept failing. However, what i tried to say there is: "i love you too and "news soon!"
Yes, she did one with potatoes and so many potatoes and she did that in UK. Then different on seas in spain
Aww, blowing kisses across the sea!
Kisses arrived and received
Yes but how much substance is in that "authentic" is secret to greatnessest
Hmm. I guess you have something to tell here. I am coming to discord.
I want to learn.
If I think about me before steemit then I was just using Facebook and Instagram and doing Time pass but thanks my friend who told me about it and lots of force bring me here and it's good for me that because I got rewards for same things but what good thing is people are here is awesome.i am still new in this kind of site but will try to improve.
Really awesome testimony
Im a mother before steemit and now im steeming with my Tia. Lol.. All iz well! 😁Power hugggg! Xxx..
Hug received. Keep that up. That's why you enjoy it regardless.
Yes my dear. Thank you ❤
About the value,its so true. And yeah steemit is much more than the earning
Today i was gifted my nickname on seashore
I have steemit friends on whatsapp i communicate with frequently, it seems like steemit is everywhere
Kudos for your work at your end
Okay pretty. What's your nickname? "Switie!"
Jeaniepearl
Blushing
The post is on my blog
i don't think only i got inspired only but many more people everyone who read it once will get inspired for sure really a masterpiece
Of course we all know that.
I'll love to see it turn to "Your MAN terry"
Awesome @surpassinggoogle.
Lol. Your man Terry. I think the boy sounds awesome when pronounced.
She likes me behind the scenes; on the scenes, she beefs me
Lol! I can't beef my beloved Terry.
You the fishes rejoice
Lol. Very funny. @ogowinner why nah?
Plus, obi is still a boy till date
Your head dey there.
Obi is a boy. Remember Obi?
Still a boy, after many years :)
Lol! Obi no dey ever grow old o!
I'm also shocked. Hehehe. The boy refused to grow.
You see!
Boy sounds cute.
Lol! boy gat to grow to be a man. Been a while sis, I'll Pm you on whatsapp.
Ahahaha cool..whatsapp!!
Hahaha obi is still a boy
I agree 💯😀
Atta-boy lolsss
It sounds good to say, "I am your boy" don't you agree? <3
Definitely! Saying "am ur man" is for exclusives!
I think you have a point here. It definitely does have an exclusive ring to it!
Obi is still a boy till date
He is in a time freeze, he's bound to be perpetually a boy, like we see of vampires in movies where they never age :D
Hahaha, i am so so so man. But my boy is good enough. Stay awesome
you have been an inspiration to others and i believe you will be rewarded by God,i know it is not easy on here spending much time to post and getting little money,but patience is the key no one started big they all started from the scratch,i am also a new bie but i believe with time and hardwork things will work out well
Thanks for the advice.
Really simple. Don't jump queues. Stay awesome