Confessing My Steemy New Affair
I'm often asked about investments and what I would recommend for people looking to make a good return, especially now, in regards to cryptocurrencies. I've always given the same advice, which is that you should start a business that truly inspires you and then throw all of your weight into that. Even though I believe that gold and silver will be rising in value, I don't personally buy them. Even though I believe that Bitcoin will be rising in value, I don't personally buy it. Even though I can list off a handful of companies that I believe are destined for growth in the near future, I don't buy their stock. I don't buy commodities or speculative investments of any kind because I'm focused on my own business and I feel that any dollar spent on other people's companies is a dollar withheld from my own. Every second I spend on another venture is a second I'm neglecting the one to which I'm devoted... but having said that, I have to confess that I've recently found myself in just such an affair.
I came to terms with it a few days ago when I first sat down and seriously decided on how I'm going to allocate my steem payout on July 4th. When I first joined the platform, I had in mind that I would just cash-out and put 100% of the money towards my business, Fort Galt. Since then though, I've been lured into caring for this platform and its long-term wellbeing. I see and appreciate its potential and want to be a part of its growth. Because of this, my undivided commitment would appear to have been fractured. I've decided to divide my windfall in half, withdrawing some to put towards my business and powering up with the rest. I take my commitments seriously but on the other hand, there's a much bigger picture to consider here and it's my opinion that supporting Steemit is worth cheating on Fort Galt... so there you have it, everyone. I broke my rule for you. Don't let me down.
Loved reading this. Respect the analysis. I think Fort Galt and Steemit are a match made in heaven. FYI to other commenters and steemit users. I'm also annotating posts using genius.it. I freaking love it. I understand that it is extremely important that it not be used to replace comments, however, it does provide me with the ability to highlight and comment directly on specific text within the post which I think adds significant value to the creator of the post and other readers of the post. I cannot do what I did in my genius comments in these comments. Until steemit implements its own solution, I think it's a great tool. If you install their chrome plugin it will light up any time you are on a page with genius comments. It also enables you to annotate any text you highlight with your cursor.
Excellent post, and very good point about investing in your own business. My businesses revolve around social networks so being here fits right in, for me. I'll be powering up at least half of any Steem I get next week. It's good for each of us to give some thought to what we do with any payout and I'm glad to read of your thought process.
I must admit that I do not know about Fort Galt, even though I have seen it referenced a few times here. So now I am off to search and educate myself!
dont worry piedpiper...many of us are equally interested in powering up and sharing that wealth with new users :)
Btw, you seriously should consider joining beyond bitcoin hangouts sometime :)
sure, that sounds fun :)
Fort Galt <3
Sidenote: props on the title and image you clever clickbaiting little ho ;)
haha thanks :)