After Years Of Failure Steemit Allowed Me To Build Something Of My Own
Eating From The Work Of Your Hands
When I think about how I approach life, business, or creativity in general I have come to embrace the farmer's mentality. To be honest that approach really meshes with who I am at the core. The farmer's mentality is about putting in the work and having the patience to see your harvest through in spite of the risk that you may fail to eat from the work of your hands. It sounds easy on the surface but here's why this is a difficult mentality to have or develop.
Why the farmer's mentality is so hard to live by:
- So many things in life are out of your control
- It requires tons of diligence
- Your harvest (business, job, life, etc.) may bring negative returns
- You may not see results for a long time so patience is a must
This is what it will take in order to see any endeavor through. I think we can learn so much from Farmers in general. They take nothing or little of something and grow it into something bigger even in the face of uncertainty. But they push on anyway. I have felt the same exact way since being on Steemit and now I can say I have reaped a small portion of a bigger harvest to come. Things are just getting started and I know I will have to continue developing my skills and growing my gifts.
Nothing is impossible and this is what you need to know as you venture out to take on any new task. Whether it be creating content for Steemit/Dtube, starting a business, or becoming financially free, developing a farmer's mentality will teach you so much along the way. This is a journey of discovery, failure and growth. It is hard but pursuing your purpose is worth more than any amount of discomfort or failure. If you haven't seen the harvest come to past in whatever you are doing, I hope you will be patient and continue pushing forward in the face of uncertainty. Peace to all yall.
Are you scared of uncertainty?
How do you normally handle discomfort or failure?
Yes success is not that simple it takes day to day hard work, persevere effort, frustration, pain, hopelessness yet a fully deterministic approach, then only success knocks the door.
Thank you.
There's no overnight formula and it't the reality we face with whatever we are triyng to build.
i love your comment @crypto-wisdom. i really love it, nice one bro.
Thank you for creating this @humanearl!
This morning, I was contemplating writing about the value of patience and perseverance and how we must stay true and continue to take Right Action even when it seems like nothing changes, and nothing comes from our efforts. But in the end - I truly believe this - something will grow from our efforts. And no matter what, if we always do the right thing and cause no harm and uplift others as best we can? We will make the world a better place simply as a result of our having been here.
Steemit is definitely a unique opportunity. We have a small healing and prayer organization that has remained "small" for all its 16+ years, mostly because we have never had the means build a funding base. There have been many supporters, but sadly most have been fairweather friends, quick to get the benefits, but running away when their help could have made a difference. With Steemit, we now have a real chance to build the sort of funding base we need to reach a new level. And so your words that Steemit is allowing you to build something of your own seem especially timely today.
Bright Blessings!
Action is energy and it gets things moving. What yall are doing with that group is amazing. It's stories like that that inspire me. Don't worry about the quantity in this case. Quality and doing the right thing outweighs all of that.
As a gardener, I can totally relate to your post and I love the way you wove the very essence of being a farmer into life in general.
In my garden, I never know which seeds will produce or if they do, what the results will be as there are so many variables. Wind, rain, heat, cold all affect the outcome.
Some years the slugs eat all the goodies and I'm forced to replant. One needs to be persistent and ever vigilant in their efforts.
But at the end of the day, I have results with enough harvest to store nuts (squash, potatoes, carrots etc...) for the slow days ahead.
What a great analogy you put forth with the farmer's mentality.
And you have first hand experience of how that relates. And even when your harvest is good you have to plan and use what you have wisely since you don't know what comes next.
Thanks for sharing your experience. How long have you been gardening?
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My wish for you as you remain steadfast in your Farmer’s mindset.
May the sun shine down
on you as you tend your fields.
May a gentle rain fall,
nurturing your crops.
In stormy weather,
Draw comfort from the compassion of others.
After the storm,
may you be blessed with a rainbow,
a sign of hope and
of future abundant harvests.
Oh I love this @emergehealthier. This is life giving.
Wow. You mean you just recently touched your proceeds from steemit? If that's what you mean, then that is incredible and so impressive.
We all have different orientations about steemit earnings. While some see it as a platform for investment, some see it as an opportunity to live large. Obviously, you are one of those that see it as an investment - more like a seed that shouldn't be eaten, until it has produced lots of fruits. This is very impressive and a challenge to some of us.
Then I should say congratulations for finally enjoying the products of your hard work. I wish you greater victories and all round success in all your dealings.
Congrats...
Yea. I haven't powered down at all since I first invested but I am now starting to take some of the extra money that I've made from posts. I havent't done that since getting on Steemit over a year ago.
That's also why I tend to think of finance like a farmer. When it comes to investing I am very long term in that regard. I've had many people tell me to consider powering down some but I know my fruit is not ripe yet. It's way too early i think. I think we could see $100 steem price by the end of the year.
We should take life lessons from "ants" and just have a complete observation to their life style and their hard work in particular.
Even after being so tiny they put their highest possible effort and make it a continuous phenomena in their life.
Thank you @humanearl...steem on and stay blissful...
They can carry much more weight than their body weighs. This is incredible. That's alss a good example.
If you want to accomplish great things, you need to have a relatively high failure rate. Having about a 50% rate of failure is likely good. That means 50% of the things you try end up not being successful (and, with the glass-half-full lens on, you ARE successful at half of the things you try).
If you expect to fail regularly, it is much easier to deal with failure. If you rarely fail, you are certainly not going after big goals.
Even the most successful political leaders (like President Obama) fail to get more than 50% of the things they want accomplished. Most people might think President Obama has been very successful, but he has an extremely high rate of failure.
Good stuff here. I think failure is even harder to deal with now days because of all the convenience and ease of living. At least for some people. But I have learned to embrace failure because it gives me the opportunity to learn, experiment, and grow.
Obama is such a great example. He's a great role model as well.
Hi, @humanearl I came across your post after i was feeling down about a veganburger competition on steemit and they said they would upvote every entry and they just totally forgot about me even tho i commented several time. I always feel im failing even tho i try so hard, im 30 and jobless and penniless, i have a BA ppl say im very talented and clever but im always hitting brick walls. I noticed you spoke german. Im half austrian born there but raised in multi cultural london and have an open mind, im thankful to be raised there for that even tho the lifestyle is not great. i put all my savings into moving to spain because im plant based diet vegan, i cant eat the food in the uk, its poisoned to me! I'm here to testify that changing my diet has helped my mind body and soul. i was feeling very enthusiatic about steemit but then after this i just felt down again, like all my effort n instagram and utube just time wasted. it seems u can only pay to get noticed on these platforms. Im here for the long run, so any advice id appreciate and also if you checked out my recipe your motivation lifts me up, thank u for that
@celestialcow Hey and I'm glad you fund Steemit. I know it can be hard for people when they first get here. It's discouraging I know. What I would say though is to just be patient with it and give your best. Everyone had to start from some place.
Write about how you feel and be totally open about it. Other people can relate to that. Try to envision yourself succeeding and visualize where you want to be. Once you do that just follow that. But know it will take time and patience. But remember this too. Nothing is impossible.
Thanks @humanearl for the advice. It will be useful for a newbie like me.
Thanks @humanearl, your advice means a lot to me, especially last week was a bad week. I've learnd a lot on this platform, I decided to start using bots, i'm using bot tracker. Just curious did you have to d this when you were just starting out, or did you already have a following? or did you do it all from scratch no bots no followers just slowly building it up, how long did it take you. Thanks again for all ur encouragement! :)
I've been on Steemit for over a year now and just recently I have experimented with bots. Other than that I built following from scratch. But bots can be a good tool. If you feel it can help you get traction then why not. I'd say go for it and see how things go.
All individuals feels scared of uncertainty, and i feel that way too. I can handle myself to failure by keeping myself motivated and never be distracted to those people who persecute and judge me, for they can't help me of anything sometimes this attitude comes out because of envy, but i have to stay focus and and always bear in mind that this is my journey, my dream and no one can stop me. This expiriences keeps me strong,for every failure is not the end but a hope because it gives me courage to try again and in every success failure is a part of it.
You said it best. What I would say too is that failure is just delayed success. The key to reaching where you want to go is mainly remembering to not stop and give up. In the face of uncertainty we must have faith and go forward even when we can't see the outcome clearly.
Yes and that is very true, just have faith
The farmer's mentality is inspirationally motivating I must confess.
Patience is the key word. So inspiring Papa!
Keep climbing @humanearl.
At my ends here, it not being easy papa, dumped in muds a many time, but still struggling to get on.
And I must say this: I was touched by the video, seeing you live makes you real to me the more, strength filled it was! It feels good, yea, yea....
The point is this: We struggle out of the mud, get to the mountain base and keep climbing.
Thanks for your words. I'm glad you got something out of it.
Yeah!
Am always scared of uncertainties.
When the discomfort/failure sets in, what i do is try not to take it hard on myself, I try to accept it as a challenge and not condemn myself for failing so that i can face the society.
When it is too much on me, I pray and cry.
I get depressed for sometimes, then it's all gone
I can sometimes be hard on myself especially in the past. I have learned to trust God more and not worry about things as much. My biggest struggle can be worry and anxiety so I definitely understand you. We have to learn to trust more which helps us to know that at the end of the day God is orchestrating everything for our good.