I'm sure that many of us are here on Steemit with the single purpose of making money. While that's expected of something that operates in this way, we shouldn't optimize our posts for money, as that's a dead end.
As Dollar Vigilante tells us in this post post, just attempting to do something with the sole purpose of getting you money and fame leads nowhere. What matters is that you follow your dreams, to the best of your ability, never giving up and giving it your all, even when the conditions are dire.
You should never believe that your dreams are bound by money, because when you do, you start following tips such as the ones from this post here by kdugar. While these tips have good intentions behind them and they will indeed improve the quality of your posts, if everyone optimizes for money, Steemit will break.
How ridiculous is the tip that suggests posting between 22:00 and 23:00 GMT? If everyone here did that, can you imagine the waterfall of posts between those times and the void in the rest of the hours? I'm sure the writer didn't want to break his own platform (as he also said correlation does not imply causation!), but this is mathematically rigorous: if everyone followed those tips to the letter, this website would end.
All in all, don't focus too much on the money making side and figure out what you want from life. Then acquire it, using money as a means and not as an end. Unless your dream is to pilot commercial jets on your own, alone. In that case, I'm sorry captain, but I must suggest applying to a airline company and having someone by your side!
