As a minnow, is it better to help around or concentrate on your own success?

I am a minnow and I would love to hear some answers from people that are longer on Steemit.

Let's be clear, my goal is to help real people and support them. But one question keeps running around my head for a while.

Should I concentrate on myself to be bigger as fast as possible or should I continue to support others? That means, giving away SBD/STEEM, don't care about curation rewards, giving my vote to curation trails,...