Another Late Night Blogging post in such a short time, ph1102? Really?? 😃 That happens when you take a break from HIVE (btw, it was like 3 days break, but for me, it's like 3 months 😃), your brain cells start to work faster... I suppose that's the effect of having more "thinking time"... Sometimes we are so deep into something that we don't think at all, but do things by routine, like robots... That happened a lot of times to me...
Back to the topic... This title was "stolen" from a very old viral post (probably over 15-20 years), where the guy posted his photo to the workout forum and asked people: "I'm 18, do I have potential?"... After that, the rest is history... As it was a bit weird and funny photo, people replied with a photoshopped version and it was hilarious... You can check out about the meme here...
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Our topic will be a bit more serious... To be honest, seeing that someone is wasting its potential bothered me from an early age... Because of that, I'm self-reflecting about it many times, especially when I catch myself doing something non-productive, or doing something that has no value for anyone... Also, I remember the moment when I finished secondary school and saw some of my friends NOT going to University, while they could as they had a lot of potential...
Something similar happened today while I was listening to my wife and son preparing the (music) program for playing at one place... One hotel was asking a piano and a violin musician to entertain their customers during dinner... So, they were practicing some easy notes which most people know about... As that was their FIRST time to perform in that specific place, they were contracted as "piano and violin", and not as X and Y (individuals/person)...
Can that be counted as "wasted potential"? It's not that easy to answer those questions as there are many aspects connected... On one side, both of them are highly talented and educated musicians, and probably "overqualified" for that job, as they can do MUCH more... On the other side, if the price is right, why not... Speaking of price, what I try to educate my son is to always give the best of himself in any job that he does... As for the next time, if they are good, people will not contract them as "piano and violin", but by NAMES, as "X and Y"... That confirms the quality, avoiding discussions of doing a job for a cheaper price as you are aware of what you are getting for the money, etc.
Now, let us come back to HIVE and implement these thoughts here...
I had an interesting eye-opening experience a few weeks ago when I was chatting in Discord with @incublus in one of the after-shows on #HHHLive... He said something that I knew before, but when it comes from the mouth of another person, it is a confirmation and it gives an additional weight... It was a comment about people not "actively participating" in the show... In my head, it converted into "people not taking the lead", which implies that not all people are leaders, or "action takers", but rather just observers and followers...
Now, the issue isn't that, as it would be crazy to try to change that as it is in our human nature to follow a king, a savior, a president, etc. The issue is that many people who are doing that are actually "hidden leaders/gems" that have the potential for much more! Seeing that hurts a lot, not just the person who does it, but also its' surrounding, as it could improve quality of life of a lot of people... It is easy to spot those people only by checking comments under valuable posts, which requires the reader to think and make an opinion... As we are doing those kinds of posts on the @liotes account where people answer a question in our Liotes Missions, you can spot certain comments being better than 90% of posts on HIVE!!! Sometimes, comments from people are much, much better than their own posts!
The incentive/reward...
That is probably one of the main reasons why this occurs... It is a blessing and a curse at the same time... Not just on HIVE, but IRL too... For example of those musicians, if they are paid badly, they will not give their best, especially if they know that additional effort won't be appreciated... The same on HIVE, if people are disappointed with their rewards on well-thought-out posts, they will stop doing them... What adds even more fuel to the fire is seeing some other, low-effort posts making more...
There is no easy solution to this problem as we are bombarded from all sides to BE THE FOLLOWERS, to NOT take the lead, which is absurd... People need more leaders, society needs more leaders, and decentralized social media needs even more... We have to show by example that we can have more than 1 leader, that we can have healthy discussions, and that we can "grow" future leaders... I would say that investing in 10 leaders is much more profitable than investing in 1000 followers!
It is hard to think about adding value to something when you don't have food on your table, and that's probably one of the main reasons why we fail so many times... It's much easier to be philanthropic if your stomach is full, isn't it?
Thank you for your time,
ph
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