These are the people who understand the true far-reaching implications and meaning of Steemit, have a vision for what we're really doing here, and are moving and shaking and innovating and creating. These are the people who inspire me to do my work empowering the collective Steemit Field and every individual on it.
@taskmaster4450
Theirs are the posts I link to most in my own posts and that I share far and wide on the other (lesser 😉) social media sites to show what we're doing here, how awesome it is, and how important it is. This person is a visionary. @Taskmaster4450 understands what's happening with the advancement of human consciousness and how that's showing up in the blockchain which will bring about what they call The Age of Abundance.
Some of their great work:
STEEM Is the New Form of "Work"
Steemians Are on the Cutting Edge of Humanity
Their work is an inspiration to me and a reminder that what we're all doing here is so big. It reminds me of the importance of what I'm doing here to uplift this space and all the people in it.
Today I learned that he "adopts" Steemians who he helps grow and develop. That's what I want to do soon.
@kennyskitchen
Speaking of The Age of Abundance. 
@whatamidoing
He created the Be Awesome Discord Group and has created a really strong community of people who support each other and have become friends. He's been a touchstone to me personally from the beginning. He has a strong disdain for power and leadership and works diligently to bring power to all the people in a community. He's dead against the use of bid bots, corrupt use of power, and money in the hands of the few, and he works diligently against them. His newest project is the #nobidbot tag. By all logic, he should be a big whale by now, but he's all about the little people so he has a billion tiny organic upvotes.
His other projects include The Deadpost Initiative to breathe life back into expired underappreciated posts, andSteemit Zombies.
P.S. Don't ever talk to him about his personal brand. You might lose a leg.
@josephsavage
This project is a really huge deal for people in poor countries to whom a guaranteed .02 on every post is a decent amount of money.
In my opinion, these are the cream of the crop of the Steemians. I'm so excited to learn about more. Will you share in the comments the names of the Steemit visionaries and innovators you know?
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