RE: Exaggerated Self Importance: STEEM Does NOT Need You!!!
So @taskmaster4450, why don't you tell me how you really feel? :)
Love it! We live in the land of entitlement where people continue to expect so much for putting in so little. Thank you for saying it like it should be said. My father was an old school farmer; this reminds me of what he would say! (That's a good thing by the way;)
I am a member of several groups who welcome, support and mentor new people here, namely @asapers and @newbieresteemday, and this is what I tell new people:
You must look outward, not inward, be selfless and giving; and to do that, you must focus on genuine commenting and in the process develop genuine relationships. Which all takes time. If you focus on you and your posts, you will remain alone.
Imagine moving to a new town where you don't know a soul. You're so excited to be there, so you decide to throw a party. You meticulously plan everything, you buy and prepare food and drinks for everyone, and you even decorate. It takes a lot of time and effort, but that's ok, because when the night of the party arrives, everything is perfect. Your house looks great, the food and drinks look awesome, and you even look like a million bucks. It's all ready. So you open your front door and you wait, and wait, and wait...
...and not a single soul shows up. Absolutely no one.
Like you said, no one owes "you" anything!!
And lastly
It took a lot of years to get over my exaggerated self importance...heck it is still a struggle at times.
What??? I find that difficult to believe ;)
Thanks again and sorry for the novel here haha Happy Sunday!
Novels are allowed...
Thank you for the time to write out such a thoughtful comment.
Be careful what you say haha
You are most welcome ;)
Yes because she leaves novels in the form of comments where ever she goes haha
hahaha you again ;)
This is a great comment, my Queen! Took me long enough before I realized that looked outward and stop being self fish and having the mentality that I want all the upvotes and attention to me.
Only when I celebrated the wins and projects of people and helped begin communities that things got better for me.
What we give must be freely given without the expectations that it is returned because by expecting you are not truly giving.
You are not owed by anyone.
You said it brother!! I figured it out after a few weeks; I kept writing blogs and then waiting for all the attention to come raining down on me haha Then one day it simply dawned on me, and I asked myself, "why on earth is anyone coming to you??" I knew I had to get out there. At least the queen was a quick learner ;)
Ahahha good for you! Took me a month before i stopped having a brainfart and knew the right mentality in Steemit.
Now I am almost at my 6 months in the platform and have reached out and touched so many lives and people that like my content. I wish it were whales but minnows and red fishes like me are also important!
Better late than never;) But yes, the true value is in our helping of others. And I think that if you can find a red fish who can also do a little dance, then in my books, that's more than enough haha