Learning To Compete Financially In Unfriendly Terrains
In reference to this post. A lot of people tend to focus on the competition or the work they have to put in to accomplish the things they want, and on the surface, it just doesn't seem to be worth it.
Most of the work ethics cliches that we know seem too redundant, but no matter how technologically advanced we are, there's nothing that still beats putting extra skin into hustling, even if the energy around us isn't as high as the one we want to put.
Let's be realistic though, a lot of people will put in extra effort in whatever they have to do, but it might not realistically pay off.
Time Does Not Equal Effort
This is the mind always playing that "time/effort must equal rewards" card on us. When I started hustling on the internet, the whole process didn't seem to be worth it.
I had to learn how to write content for SEO purposes and how to meet requirements for Google ads on Blogspot. I created content that was stolen and never paid for, I had clients who wanted so much and we're unwilling to pay.
I had friends that we tried a lot of ventures that probably never worked. Sometimes time and effort don't factor when it comes to experiences garnered from the learning process.
When I was younger, you probably had to do a lot of things for free, because you could actually earn for them. You had to prove that you knew your onions because you could be considered to get into the mix.
I had friends that we hustled 24/7 There was no sleep time. We had day and evening jobs and night gigs that we needed to attend. I got my first writing gig on Facebook, in 2014, and this wasn't because I was good enough.
I had to establish a real-life relationship with my client. She had to know I could be someone she'd trust with her business. Establishing familiarity, giving potential clients the illusion of closeness, safety, and originality, creates the illusion of guarantee.
Although, I'm still in the game, hustling as I used to, the game is different now but my mentality of detail and work is probably my strongest suit.
Sometimes, people focus on numbers: the number of people they can pitch their ideas to, and the number of impressions they get, rather than establishing what matters.
life is a business transaction
meeting people, knowing them, understanding their needs, and knowing ways to become relevant to them is the best way to establish yourself as a valuable entity. This is how people generally grow.
In Relativity To Hive
For example, a lot of people make Hive about numbers, they forget to imprint themselves as a brand, a social animal with the ability to build intuitive interaction.
People focus on how far they want to go but not how well they want to go. Hive offers more than meets the eye, but it's only those who can tap into their social potential that can actually see the gold mine they're standing on.
This is not a post on how to use Hive, or the famous "how to do well" type of content. I believe there's never an established way to do that. I'm only trying to say developing ways to imprint oneself as a brand is an important attribute. A lot of people want to go far without establishing an ideology or an identity.
They just want to put half-baked efforts into everything they do and hope a miracle will happen for them.
People want to calculate distances, without knowing the impact of the grounds they have covered. When a person is not detailed in everything they do, they'll continue to repeat the same mundane process without achieving relative progress.
Some people feel that progress is about numbers, but this isn't true, progress is having the right impact that is relevant to our everyday struggle.
Competition: An Endless Rat Race
When people fail to learn, they'll continue to compete, while the ones who are actually developing will be the achievers in the game of competition.
Life's collectively tough, the people who you think are succeeding are actually playing a different game, one that you've failed to play, or deem too stressful to play.
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Thank you
One food for thought I will take home is time does not really equal to effort
From my point of view, it doesn't at all
Whoa! I thought as much, I have always perceived you're a professional writer cause the energy of your writing is different. You said it's not a post of how to grow or how to post but you already gave a key to unlock that. This Isn't a hype, see if there's any reason why I keep staying around your post, that's because I'm learning. You have shown me the true meaning of consistency and standard.
Regarding hustling, guess you nailed it with the last paragraph there. Yes, we need to be realistic too, but I will say it does pay off, but might take a bit long.
Hustle is sacrifice. Before I can admit you're hustling you might have been paying the sacrifice of focus, commitment and consistency. Just like what you shared you have written for people that take away your money but the experience you've gained have been working for you here on hive.
I wouldn't really say professional writer, I'd just say a hustler writer who just dabbled into all kinds of writing back in the day. I like to express my thoughts a lot and I try to imprint my little knowledge with the experiences I've garnered in life, it tends to come out a bit decent hahaha.
Hustle is sacrifice. I had to grow up to understand why my uncles were stingy. I just got to understand that sometimes, the sacrifices they make, they deem it too much to give others out of their sweat.
Hustle is sacrifice, sometimes beyond what we can reckon, the things we have to give off, the opportunity cost and so many other things.
Thanks for always dropping by.
Yeah, that's Right 💯. Guess it also helps to understand the reality of life.
Always a pleasure sticking around to learn. 🙇♀️🙇♀️.
How have you been doing here so far?
It has really been tough, posting with no vote, struggling to have 1 cent. Balancing my presence here and my work has been so hard.
Agree with every word, in my short experience on Hive I went through a few stages, euphoria for this new awesome platform, went all in spending too much time in it trying to understand and grow my account, eventually exhausted, so I took a step back to plan things out, I already knew will take effort that at first doesnt look worth it as you mention but I have seen others people stats that have 3 years or more, I also have to understand my schedule and how to fit all this work I'm going to put on my Hive account, its not easy but most things that are worth doing are not easy
There are situations where building in general might not be worth it. For hive it doesn't always feel like it's worth it in the beginning, especially if a person feels they're putting in too much time. But everything is all about having the right approach and also choosing to stick with it. Choosing to enjoy the process as well is important. Thanks for the comment
yes "enjoy" , thats something that also make me take a different approach, putting so much time into Hive at some point made me felt I didnt enjoy it anymore, engaging might not be the hard part but keep generating content is
creating content is tough. Sometimes you need some luck and some other times, you just need to dig in deep to create, it's never easy.
I actually got into uni very late that's like plus or minus 7years later, while most of my mate were already in service, but what kept me firm was...exact same quote you made
Especially here on hive I will tell anyone for free get your eyes off the numbers, it's a distraction, recall my earlier days I have literally stayed all night making research about a post made it, but didn't get up to $1 upvote.
Until we get to know that numbers are just indicators and not a prove of activity we will keep laying off consistency in whatever we re doing, like on hive once you see that your works are not getting attention the person is demotivated, and will probably lost interest in the system.....
It's never a pleasant burden to bear, especially when you think you don't have the time anymore or that your time is far spent and there's nothing you can do anymore.
Numbers on hive are a whole new level of enigma. One thing I say always is that,that time that it seems like it's not worth it is when it actually is. Sometimes being busy in real life takes away the consistency we need to put in and sometimes, life happens. Prioritizing adequate time and developing a strategy is one way to go.
Surely, appreciate you man
It reminds me of my journey when I first started Hive. I thought that I would easily earn Hive but it didn't end up that way. I struggled a lot and I thought about quitting Hive at some point. In the end, I saw a post by taskmaster4450 and started engaging. It has helped me a lot and I am enjoying my time on Hive after that.
You've been an ardent user of Hive and I remember those days when you use to top the engagement league haha. Yeah at one point in time, hive gets challenging, but it gets better. Building takes its toll and sometimes it feels like nothing is working. You've come very far, it's been an amazing journey for you.
Hustling on the internet can be discouraging when we invest time and effort and don't immediately see the rewards. I have experienced this countless times and I know how it feels.
There were moments I felt like giving up in some of my endeavors, I just remembered that success often takes time to materialize. But with patience, staying committed and consistent, always open to learning, and ready to adapt do lead to significant rewards over time. All these efforts put together would one day pay off. Thanks so much for sharing this quality content.
There's no easy money. The fact that it screams "online" doesn't make it easy either. Back in the day, people earned peanuts for doing strenuous jobs online, and the ones that continued for over a decade now are the ones that actually have it easy nowadays. One cannot take away that impact of time.
Very true! Many who achieved success online or offline did so through years of hard work. Time can indeed have a significant impact on one's journey towards success.
Wow, you've even been a writer for almost a decade now, I can see why you are so good at it, your consistency has brought you this far and you have created a brand for yourself, talking about your style of writing and original content and even your use of owned pictures these are beautiful efforts.
I am learning and hope to be like you someday. Haha
Another thing is building interaction, Hive is not a place to write and dump and come back another day to write again.
Building brands includes building trust and before one can build trust, one must build friendship. Thank you for sharing.
Well, I'm still learning, the learning process continues, but I'd like to think that yes, I've been writing for a while now and it's been good thus far. Thank you.
As for hive, well, I think people can even explore possibilities that are hidden, build closer relationships with others, even establish relationships that extends to real life and all that. There are so many things to learn here that can even help one establish social familiarity, crypto and so many other things.
You are right about this, learning never stops and there's a whole lot to learn on Hive.