One of the best written and most grounded lists with reasons I have come across about this platform so far!

So many people start out here with the wrong reason just to make some quick money and expecting instant succes. The ones who would actually have a blog regardless monetary rewards and really enjoy it all which makes them willing to be patient and put a lot of time and effort into are the rare exceptions. These are the ones who will have a very high chance to make Steemit into an extra bit of income without making a monetary inestment.

A mindset that really helps when starting out, is to think in relative earnings instead of absolute (very few people do this). The growth percentage in relation to the steem power you own. Smaller accounts are able to easily crush all the big whales when looking at earnings this way.