Let's discuss goal setting for newbies on Steemit.
I'm on my 18th day using Steemit
so I'm still a newbie
but I've set a few goals
and I've reached a few goals
I have many more goals
Are you new to Steemit?
Have you set any goals?
You should.
Keep reading to find out:
Why you should set goals
A few good baby step goals for newbies
How to prove Steemit is 😎 Too Good To Be Ignored! 😎
Why you should try to catch the attention of newbie support groups
Getting started is nothing more than slinging mud on the wall and seeing what sticks
The importance of reaching 15 SteemPower
HINT: It turns you into He-Man...
How much SteemPower it takes to be able to give your 2 cents
Importance of upvoting and Voting Power
Why WizarDave plants flowers...
💡 The Importance of Goal Setting
2 or 3 decades ago, I discovered how important goal setting is.
I forget what book I first read about this study,
but I've since heard speakers like Zig Ziglar and Brian Tracy tell of a study done at Harvard.
2 things you might want to do to help make you successful.
Read books. Positive thinking, goal setting, time management, ...
Listen to motivational speakers like Zig and Brian.
There are plenty of YouTubes out there.
Steemit has a lot of good bloggers, vloggers and podcasters who will motivate you...
If you do that, you will learn Goal Setting is an important piece of your success puzzle.
Results of a study, in 1979 at Harvard, on students in the MBA program
They asked Have you set clear, written goals for your future and made plans to accomplish them?
3% had written goals
13% had goals but not written down
84% had set no goals
10 years later
The 13% were earning twice as much as the 84%
But here's an amazing discovery!!!
The 3% who had written their goals down were earning 10 times as much as the other 97%!
Yes, at this point your influence is very small compared to dolphins and whales,
but, it is still influence.
If enough minnows combine their influence, it can be a powerful force.
Use your influence wisely,
upvoting content you would like to see more of.
upvoting content that helped you in some way.
Example: If you are a gardener, seek out quality gardening posts to upvote.
That will give the poster more incentive to write more gardening posts...
It will show other gardeners that they should write more gardening posts
End result? You will have more quality gardening information to read....
Accumulating SteemPower helps get you noticed.
Right now my upvote isn't even worth a penny.
So, payouts don't noticeably increase when I upvote them.
That's why I set my next goal...
My 2 cents goal
My 2 cents
Since this is a worldwide network,
not everyone may understand this saying,
so let me explain.
According the The Free Dictionary
give (one's) two cents
To share one's opinion or point of view for whatever it may be worth, generally when it is unasked for.
So, my goal is to gain enough SteemPower to give someone 2 cents when I upvote them.
How much SteemPower does it take?
Using it, I discovered it takes 54 SteemPower to give your 2 cents.
There it is. That's my next SteemPower goal!
Speaking of Power, Let's discuss Voting Power
A common mistake of newbies like me is to relate the upvote to Facebook's Like button.
I upvoted posts and comments to let the author know I liked their work.
Next thing I knew, my voting power was down to about 20%.
So not only was my influence (SteemPower) low,
I made it even lower by letting my Voting Power drop so low...
I hate to think I wasted my votes
But, I guess, I really did...
My influence on some of these upvotes meant absolutely nothing.
For instance, upvoting a post older than 7 days does absolutely nothing!
They do not influence anyone into helping make Steemit better.
All they do is let the world know I was just another newbie who doesn't have this platform figured out...
Here's how upvoting influences your Voting Power
Every time you upvote, you lose 2% of your Voting Power.
Your Voting Power renews at a rate of 20% a day.
So you can vote about 10 times a day and maintain near 100% Voting Power.
So my new Upvoting Goal is...
1st, I have to get my Voting power back up to 100% or at least very close...
Then I will seek out 11 quality pieces of content a day
Yes 10 x 2% = 20%,
and that's how much it renews everyday
but you can sneak that 11th vote in and still maintain 100% Voting Power...
Abracadabra
Don't look so surprised 😲 that I know how to spell abracadabra
I am WizarDave after all... LOL
Byproducts of Setting Goals.
My #1 Steemit Goal: Produce quality content
I enjoy sharing information.
I'm not a know it all,
but I do have some common sense to share.
I'm not a comedian,
but I can make people smile sometimes.
I'm not a motivational speaker,
but I can encourage you to set goals and work toward your dreams...
I've been sharing information since about '95
when I discovered the Internet
and became a webmaster.
🌺 A WizarDave quote: 🌼
I do not plant flowers
to enjoy looking at their beauty
even though I do enjoy that very much!
I plant flowers
to enjoy watching you
enjoying looking at their beauty...
I enjoy that even more!!!
So what might be the byproduct of setting this goal?
It seems as I look around at successful people here on Steemit
There is a direct correlation to the # of followers and how nice their wallet looks.
1 byproduct of my above stated goal likely will be a nice looking wallet. (making a few bucks...)
This is a goal that will be reached if I am successful at my #1 goal...
Another byproduct is I will likely pick up a few followers along the way.
Hmm how to explain something???
My goal is not to have a huge bunch of followers.
That is not important to me at all.
That's not to say my followers aren't important to me. They are!
As time permits, I poke around their blog and comments to try to get to know them.
What's more important to me is
passing along good information
or making someone smile
or be encouraged.
So, I don't have a goal to reach x amount of followers.
I think that will just be a natural byproduct of reaching for my other goals...
Another very important byproduct of all of us setting and working toward our goals: