Wow, big congratulations on meeting you two personal goals!! Earning 500 sp is not easy within 16 days!! And convincing friends to join is quite difficult too. People are still skeptical about the idea of Steemit, skeptical about how you actually got paid for writing high quality post and response to others!! Even though I show them my own account, i have only managed to convinced one or two friends to join only!! Can you share a little how you managed to convince your friend to join?? So we could together help grow the Steemit community!! Thank you and Steem On