Just 3 weeks ago my Hive vote value was at 5.4 Hive and last week hit 5.51 and was wondering would it take 2 more weeks to achieve breaking the 5.6 Hive vote value. This was achieved last night after just 7 days and way ahead of what I presumed possible. I am not used to this as it has felt like this has take forever to get to this point. This is not something you can plan or target as it just happens when you are growing consistently.
Taskmaster4450 mentioned in a post that we should see our Hive accounts similar to that of a small/part time business and should treat it as such. This view point I have to agree with him whole heartedly on as any project you undertake like a business has to have time spent developing it's growth. Without time and dedication the business will fail to achieve the desired results and Hive is exactly the same.
The hardest part of any new project is always at the beginning because it takes more time and effort in order to become established. If you set aside 1 hour every day for starting a business the chances are things will be very slow and possibly will fail. One has to be realistic on the expectations versus the time spent because it makes such a big difference.
Consistency is the key because I have seen so many users come and go over the last 6 years who had the best intentions when starting out, but were unrealistic and never paced themselves burning themselves out. Don't place targets on yourself that you will never achieve and take it slowly because after all you are meant to enjoy this space and it should not be seen as work.
When I first started out I was aiming high and knew the time required was going to be the challenging part whilst working the day job. The 8 hours I sacrificed to Hive growth daily eventually became a way of life and yes the hours have been cut back since then, but the growth is now organically happening.
By o means am I saying you need to set aside 8 hours in order to grow, but time on the blockchain equals growth and nothing can short cut this part. Growing your support like a business growing their client base takes time and many years to achieve so slow and steady does win the race at some point.
The saying money makes money is the same for stake making more stake and the more you have the more you grow. There does come a time when you notice this more and more and possibly why I concentrate on the Hive vote value as a tool guide over the obvious like Hive Power growth. If you have 10K HP and now have 12K HP the growth is obvious, but when you have 100K and add another 2K it is still great, but less noticeable.
The use of blockchains is still in it's infancy and will become a major part of everyone's lives in the future. What you are building now is getting you ahead of those that will some day arrive and they will have to grow in a similar way that we all have unless they invest big money. Even then they still have to grow their following unless they are only earning via delegations and curation.
