I believe I was doing many things terribly wrong. I'll explain later on why. For now, let me just tell you, I'm 100% confident I need a different approach.

Story No. 1

A few months ago a group of foreign business people was looking to rent an apartment, and they were interested in a suite I was taking care of. It was a luxury apartment in the very core center of the city. Although the building is old, it's well preserved, and the suite is newly renovated.

But, there was still a catch 22 or 24. Whatever! The catch was the elevator. To be precise, moody elevator. It was an old elevator somewhat adapted for more modern times. It has two kinds of doors. I would call them "still doors" (the ones on every floor) and "moving door" (inside-door that would ride along with the elevator).

I waited for the group (they were all men, except the lady from the agency) at the entrance lobby of the building. We couldn't all get in the elevator at once as it was too small. Therefore, they split into two groups. Three of them would go with me in the elevator so that I may show them the trick with it, and the other two would go with the lady from the agency by stairs. (The apartment was on a second floor, so it wasn't a big deal.)

When I entered the elevator with those three guys that were following me, I told them it's very important for them (if they decide to take the suite) how to handle with the elevator. As first, inner doors should be firmly closed otherwise the elevator wouldn't start. I showed them how to do it and pressed the button, so we have begun moving up.

Second, an even more important thing is not trying, in any case, to open the inner doors before the elevator fully stops and arrives on the floor, as they may get stuck for several hours until people from service wouldn't come to release them.

I didn't finish that sentence and the guy who was standing next to me, although I was somewhat blocking the door by standing in front of it, managed to stretch out his arm behind my back and pull the inner door. The elevator stopped immediately, and of course, we got stuck in there.

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Story No. 2

As everyone else here on Steemit, I'm also wishing for the votes and hoping to receive them as much as possible as they would raise my reputation and bring me more STEEM, and we all know STEEM is money.

I'm not saying that I don't like comments. Of course, I do. They are another kind of proof that someone truly reads our content, and as well they are most valuable feedback. But, comments by itself wouldn't raise us on the 'ladder' we are trying to climb.

In other words, with every post, I was mainly hunting votes.
Until yesterday!

Yesterday I had an entirely different goal, and I couldn't care less about votes. I even didn't need lots of comments. I needed lots of questions. Questions that could be placed in a single comment and that would trigger and inspire me to answer them and make a lot of comments/replies.
(If you want to know why, please take a look at my yesterday's post.)

And, what happens?

Since I published my yesterday's post asking for comments with questions, people start voting on my posts like crazy. And not only on my yesterday's post but even more on those from previous days.

I told myself: "Ana-Maria you are doing something deadly wrong!"
And then it hit me! I had completely wrong approach!

Next time when I would want someone to go right,

I would say: "Take a LEFT turn, please!"

Bingo!
I finally got it!

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Photos: Pixabay

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Posted on Tuesday, July 18, 2017