"My aim here is to share my innovations with the world, enlighten the world on new things, share things I find interesting and what will continually keep a smile on people's face, and most especially to make new friends and also provide a helping hand."
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Hello Everyone, I hope your day is going well. The last time i wrote here, I shared My Content Creation Process and gave a few tips on how Newbies can get better at content creation. I was amazed at the lovely responses i got from that post, so I have decided to write again.
This time I'm going to focus on explaining an important concept about hive. I'd also focus on some of the questions and replies from my previous write up. I hope it offers some help and understanding too.
Before i begin, I'd like to appreciate the 
I think staying, succeeding and enjoying yourself on hive boils down to this concept am about to tell you. I actually got this idea when i was preparing to address some of my hive friends in a physical meet-up few months ago.
The concept involves asking yourself why exactly you are on hive and also why the next user is on hive.
Understanding this concept will help you know if you are growing or not.
Let me explain. Hive is decentralized, community-driven, censorship-resistant platform where you can own your content. It covers alot of social areas like vlogging, gaming, finance, sports, lifestyle, exchanges, media e.t.c. There are alot of decentralized applications built on the Blockchain. Thus, people are on hive for different reasons.
With this in mind you can relate to people better, and you can also give yourself a better approach.
Let's take myself for example.
Personally, Hive provides alot of opportunities for me. I am on hive to make money, learn from other people and make friends. With this in mind, I know what to focus on. There are alot of investors/accounts on hive who would never make a post. These accounts are solely focus on the business aspects of the Blockchain. They are here to support content creators and also to yield profits via curation.
Being honest to yourself helps you achieve your goals or success. If you're 100% in the system for the rewards, it is totally okay. What that means is that, you have to add a lot of value regularly to keep getting rewarded. For example, if you are a professional musician and you are on hive just for the rewards, All you have to do Is to keep giving quality and you just might get what you came for.
A better approach might be scaling your reasons being on hive in percentage. I'm here for 50% fun, 50% money. Something like that should work i guess.
Anyway, this way you can assess if you are doing it right.
I was recently ill and i wrote a post about it and I got alot of people wishing me well. That alone is success to me. I strive everyday to make friends as that is one way of achieving happiness. I feel fulfilled everytime i write and i get feedback. At that point the Payout doesn't really matter. I once ask myself to choose between a $500 single post Payout or 1000 comments on a post. Up until now, I don't know which would make me more happy. Believe you me, I still have a screenshot of a post i had 500+ comments.
These is an engagement post. However, because i love engaging, there is a certain joy that comes out from it. Imagining having a post Payout of $200 with zero comment. I wouldn't like it but that doesn't make it bad.
What's my point exactly? The concept is simple, know the reason why you are on the Blockchain and focus on it.
Know the next user too. A perfect example is 
Okay that would be all in that regards. I hope the concept is well understood. Know your reasons and work with it.
I always wonder about creating videos and just chatting about things. Sometimes, I think I will make venting videos. LOL> It would just be fun to get things off your chest without being too personal. I have been busy, so am trying to make sure I get back on more regularly. I also use inshot. I am still trying to figure out how to upload a video on 3speak to put on my post without having to post it to 3speak first. I just want the video in my post. LIttle things like that are things I struggle with, but don't really know where to ask, so then it just falls by the wayside.
As regards to this, There are alot of communities that supports that thoughts or passion of yours, all you have to do is find it. In this case, i can recommend The Rant,Complain And Talk community. In this community, you can talk about things that don't fit in anywhere else. Just like this community, there are alot that supports your passion,you just have to find it.
Concerning How to use 
Also, I have a trick i use, just write your post on the Peakd interface, don't publish it first. Just preview and see everything is okay.
Then you go to 3speak, upload your video. Then copy and paste your write up on peakd into the description area on 3speak.
You can insert your tags then push the publish button.
This way, your post will have both the video and the post at once on the Blockchain.
the most important thing is courage, sometimes many people are actually able to make something extraordinary but are ashamed to publish it
I think this is perfect, I believe this too. Everyone has alot to share, but they are ashamed. I believe no one should be. Believe in yourself and also believe in your content. Just like Eddiespino said, no one learnt on their first day!
I just hope what I've written down would help someone out there. It is my two cents on growing on hive. Yes, it's not the only approach, however, I think it is one that could help. Thanks for reading, see you next time.
I am 
I love to engage with others and i love communication.I believe life is all about staying happy and maintaining peace.
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