Great post and so many points for all of us to remember no matter how long we have been on Steemit.

While the several posts I have done have received only a few dollars I have reminded myself that this is a community building process and, unless you have arrived on Steemit with people that have followed you on other platforms, you will need to start from scratch building your network of "friends" who will eventually get to know your work and up vote it.
One thing that I think should be foremost in our thoughts is that, while it is human nature to be attracted to the rewards, Steemit is a "social" platform and that we should behave as is acceptable socially.