Part one: OBSESSION IS A PREREQUISITE FOR SUCCESS
Has steemit become my second job?
Since I've started blogging on steemit I haven't had much time for anything else. I wake up 90 minutes earlier each day just to respond to and leave some comments of my own. I go to work having had started work already on steemit. Thanks to @hopehuggs I wake up every morning with a decisive plan of action.
As I am writing this blog it is 5:45 am. I have to go get ready for work in 15 minutes. I've been up since 5 am today just to get online and get some work done on steemit.
So to answer the above question, yes; steemit has become my second job.
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I spend hours on end on it every day posting, upvoting, commenting, giving tips I've learnt so far, learning more about steemit and everything it involves. Someone could look at me or read this post and conclude that I am obsessed… Of course I'm obsessed. Obsession is a prerequisite for success
Obsession a prerequisite for success
Every invention that exists today took years and relentless pursuit to bring it into formation. People who have been instrumental in changing the world have been fighting, scratching and biting for years in relentless pursuit of their goals.
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Software and internet billionaires slaved for months on ends, even years in front of their computers working towards that breakthrough. Relentless pursuit of their goals…They were all obsessed because they understood what was at stake; they knew very well that if they had taken their foot even slightly off the accelerator they were going to fail.
OBSESSION IS A PREREQUISITE FOR SUCCESS.
Facing reality
Don't get me wrong. I know I'm no Bill Gates. I'm no Mark Zuckerbeg, no Mark Cuban, no Steve Jobs, and no Elon Musk. No none of those people. But that doesn't mean I can't have their work ethic, their drive, their determination, their attitudes and their passion for their work!
I might not have their intelligence but I can develop their work ethic. Hard work beats talent when talent doesn’t work hard. I work really hard and I can destroy anything that stands in my way.
I might not become a millionaire on steemit but the habits I'm forming on this platform, the lessons I'm learning, the skills I'm developing, the friendships I am making, the attitudes I am absorbing, the relentlessness I am mastering; these are the traits that will lead me to my millions.
To read part two of this blog, please click here
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Steemit review: A newbie perspective
Why do I follow Christ and believe in God
Saturday Morning with the Mrs: A conversation between spouses
Seeking Solace in Thee
The day after the anger
Diary of a Young Frustrated Man
Poem for my wife
Maybe steemit is a second job or one
Whatever it is I enjoy it.
AMEN! That is nothing but the truth.
Good going @solomonsel. Just keep hashing away at it! Your drive and determitation will be an eye opener for many :)
Thank you. I've come this far; no point in stopping now. I really do hope they follow suit so that we can make this community grow.
It was obsession that built The Papillon Foundation my friend, but Obsession has a cousin by the name of Passion! They are both related to Determination and Persistence! A recipe for success in anything that we do! Blessings and Upvoted!
AMEN! Thank you father. I actually wrote about obsession and passion in the second part of this post. These are the fundamentals I am learning on this platform and I am grateful for it.
I love this line: Hard work beats talent when talent doesn’t work hard.
Yes, obsession and passion can be crucial to one's success.
And I wouldn't fret too much over any preceived notions of intelligence. While intelligence in the logical sense is important, there are other forms of intelligence that determine one's success, and many high-IQ people flounder in other areas of life because they don't, or cant, apply their IQ in those areas.
That line has so much truth to it. I've seen many talented people go nowhere in life because they took everything lightly. They've wasted so much time; time that could have been invested in perfecting their craft and putting themselves on the map.
Intelligence without vision is blindness. I've seen and read about many successful people who struggled with school their whole lives. Most of them dropped out because they couldn't cope; they were told school isn't for them; for them to go and do manual labour as that is all they can do with their limited intelligence. Yes they were not book smart but they didn't need to be. They were a lot smarter in different spheres of life and they made sure they killed it. Now they are thriving and hiring book smart people to help them build their empires.
I don't know where I was going with this. I lost my train of thought :p :joy:
Enjoying what you do drives you further, learning all the time @solomonsel