I agree with everything you wrote here. I was grown up in a family who tried to teach me that entrepreneurship is bad and evil. I stopped listening to my parents, society and anybody else and I have entrepreneurship much more exciting and rewarding. The same goes for Steemit, as a whale once said "Let the fudders fud, steemit is doing well, considering how young it is" :)
Oh yeah I agree, this is just the beginning and it's looking the best is yet to come :)
I think it's really brave that you stopped listening, it can't be easy at first, but with time it will probably show that you took the right path. It's the story of so many of us around the planet I guess.