When I look at my Hive account going by current Trajectory and prices, it'll take my quite a number of years to get to, say, 50,000HP. Yet I see some really huge accounts that started from ground zero and I ask myself:

• How did they get this big?
• Is it still possible to grow like this?

Luckily a few people have detailed their pathway to growth on this page, and openly talk about it. The major takeaways are consistency, delayed gratification, taking advantage of opportunities presented and immersing oneself within the community.

Having been fairly consistent since May last year, I can attest to what consistency and delayed gratification does for growth. Having grown by about 3000HP since May (with the potential for more if I wanted), this is definitely a tested and trusted path to growth on and beyond Hive.

However, I'll say the biggest bet for rapid growth lies beyond consistency, rather it is the taking advantage of the opportunities presented to us in the course of building. They are not always present, and don't come very often, but these opportunities present a chance to grow beyond belief and completely transform one's status.

For Hive, I'll say the two biggest opportunities have been the LEO token hitting $1, as well as the Hive Airdrop proceeding the fork off steem. The latter particularly helped accounts grow, as the initial value of Hive meant they got even more by selling their steem tokens and buying Hive. Accounts were able to amass a great deal of tokens this way, positioning them for prime harvest in the future.

Not everyone partook of this opportunity though, and as a matter of fact many missed it. Some (like me), missed it because we were not consistent on the platform enough to know what was happening at the time. Others missed it by selling their steem and converting to fiat instead of buying a lot of cheap Hive. It is one thing for an opportunity to arise, but completely different to properly identify it when it comes.

A lesson here is that consistency and opportunities are not mutually exclusive. Consistency primes us for when possible opportunities arise, and better helps us to understand them in order to take full advantage. No wonder then that most people will rather harp on consistency, rather than talk about the need to go big
on opportunities.

Conclusion

Growth is hard, let no one deceive you. As with Hive, as with life. There are no shortcuts (unless you are filthy rich or have substantial capital). What is certain is that growth is certain with effort, and consistent effort can create the right opportunities for exponential growth that has previously not been witnessed.