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Good morning guys, this is @bait002 the founder of the offline minnow school where minnows are mentored and groomed. Today I would like to throw some things out in the open. I am writing today from the feedback I got from my team @steemexchanger during our last meeting.
Over the last few months, I have been writing about encouraging people to volunteer and make themselves available helping others on steemit and with the steem ecosystem in general. The basis for this is the fact that there’s true definition of humanity and also you really don’t know who is watching. The last meeting we had was about us brainstorming on what else we can do for the community. We recently introduced an exchange site that has processed over 7000 transactions in less than 3 months. We are currently considering expanding our operational base and moving over to a new country and we are not disclosing where that would be yet. In addition we are also considering building something else for you all. We would be welcoming all sorts of ideas, so feel free to drop your suggestions in the comment box.
That is supposed to be my background on this post. And what I am trying to say is, you have to look for something you’re good at and make something happen for someone else because of that. The world is a little bit bearable today because some folks made some sacrifice. Maybe the sacrifice didn’t pay them at the exact speed or level they expected but the joy of a visionary is the fact that someone has a better life and that’s because of something they did.
I would like you to look around you and find someone that’s under your control, something you could do and that if you did that thing, life would be better for someone else; just do it. That’s what makes us better. There’re some of us who would never be a part of something no matter what, if some manner of rewards isn’t attached to it. We don’t get better that way. I tell you friend, we don’t get better that way.
The true beauty of our humanity is in unrewarded service. And no service pays better.
That’s the paradox of it, we do expecting to get nothing in return but in fact that pays the most. Make life better for someone. Not because you like them, but because you have to have a legacy. And legacy is the most important, this is because, the longevity of legacy surpasses our own duration on earth. The bottom line is this,
do something that you would be remembered for here and beyond.
Thank you very much for checking on my blog today. Remember to recommend what you expect steemexchanger to build next. PEACE!
I am @bait002 and I am a lover of steemit
For each, their own perception of beauty. How many thousands have starved, betrayed by those whom they helped? I help people because I want, but not because I feel like I'll get anything out of it.
I help others after I help myself, and I don't think that people who don't help others have any ugliness in them. It's just a personal preference beyond absolute aesthetic judgement. Everything that is ugly to some can be beautiful to others, and vice-versa.
I actually wrote a post about this the other day. I won't say it's the right way to live, but I at least like to do good things because I feel satisfied rather than doing them because of a sense of divine obligation.
You're right friend. It's really not a question of good or bad people, it's a function of how we've resolved in our hearts to make things better for others no matter what. Thanks for your words.
I agree with you a 100% if everybody just gave in a small way or did a small deed for another to make his or or life beter. The world would be a beter place for everybody. When you give without expecting something back your reward will be 10 times more in unexpected ways.
That's the point some of us don't get most times. We care so much about ourselves when in fact our actions contradicts our intentions because we fail to commit to those things that pay the most.
It would be great if you could bring SteemExchanger to the UK but I suspect our ever increasing rules and regulations here would make it very difficult.
We considered that already @pennsif and truly regulations would be a great barrier.
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We are ever ready sir, if you can assure us that it would be possible. Is there any possibility? We don't live there and that's another barrier.
Thanks @bait002 for doing @promo-steem and I hope you always do the promo-steem and we @steem-ambassador will see your other activities when doing #promo-steem.
Do you already know your work as a volunteer from @steem-ambassador
I'm expecting a forum where all ambassadors would meet, I think that's a good place to formally start.
I agree, Dylan @anarcotech and I will set this up in the next 2 weeks, once we complete London Crypto Currency Show.
I think also @futurethinker wants to set a prelim meetup with ambassadors this comming week.
That'd be nice. Yeah @futurethinker mentioned that, I am expecting the actual call.
@bait002 see the answer I gave to @starkerz below. Its related to your comment.
Regards, @gold84
Hi @starkerz ! @bait002 idea is very related to a post I directed to steem ambassadors
Steem Ambassadors - What Have you Been Doing the Past Week to Promote Steem and Add Value to the Blockchain? - What are your Plans for this Week?
Looking forward to your thoughts on it.
Regards, @gold84
great, we really need to have that meeting. The offline minnow school and the steemexchanger (my team) will be having a steem powered training to teach people in the rurals basic coding. Would like to discuss that with the rest of the ambassadors.
Amazing to hear what you are doing with minnow school. Steemexchanger seems like a great service when spreading the word of Steem to the public.
I have featured this post in my weekly Comment Challenge. I hope it will bring some interesting feedback and suggestions for you.
Thanks @danielsaori, it's good to have you feature this post. It's an great deal especially now that the team is considering a massive expansion beyond Nigeria.
My pleasure! I will happily follow this project to see how will it progress.
We'll be having an offline code camp courtesy of the steemexchanger crew and the offline minnow school to teach the rurals the basics of coding for free.
Sounds like a great plan.
Any specific language you will focus on?
HTML markdown language, CSS, and Java we feel it's important to start with the basics.
Sounds good to start with something which is linked to the web. Even doing the basics, being able to visually see the output is important and it makes it more real. HTML with javascript is perfect for that.
@bait002. I must commend you guys feo what you are doing @steemexchanger. About 2 weeks ago, I got a call from @steemexchanger just to welcome me officially and get my views about their service. I fell in love with @steemexchanger the more after that call.
I think you guys are really doing a geeat job in putting
It is good you have put up this post, I feel you need to work on your new sms notification setting. I set the price of sbd at 380 as lowest, but I've got more than 4 sms notification that sbd is less than 380 when the info on @steemexchanger website is different. Can you explain better please?
I suggest you create a ticket. Steemexchanger.ng takes feed from other websites to enhance user experience. For example, our price feed comes from bittrex and sometimes that is could mean a challenge when their service goes blank sometimes.
By creating a ticket, you mean sending message to customercare?
Yeah, writing the customer care.
I didn't know about steemexchanger until @danielsaori featured this post so i cannot talk about it. But it sounds like its been a blessing to steemians so kudos
That been said. I am a huge fan of "do it yourself" and i am quite good at figuring how stuff work. And in the small steemibadan group im part of ive been able to put a lot of people through some functionalities. Its not much but it helps them get bearing. I do not think we need a reason to be good to people here. It should be unconditional. Ive gained alot from steemit especially from the people ive met and they did so without reservations so i always try to help as best i can
Absolutely, helping others will always have a positive spillover effect on our lives want those who are to come.
I am so happy to see a fellow Nigerian making such a positive impact on a global community. I would like to follow in your footsteps. Already, i am working on a project with another great Steemian. We will soon roll out the service and see how it goes to benefit the community. True, we all have somthing to offer. It's all about looking inwards and striving to solve a basic human need. We desire a lot of change in how things are done. We can make the change and have a positive impact on others. Making sacrifices is a great mark of real inventors and entreprenuers.
Thanks so much @bait002 for the great work you did with steemexchanger. I still use it for exchanging steem. I hope you guys would improve the Steem purchase process when you are through with it so that it would be automated just like exchanging steem. I admire your great work and appreciate you as a source of inspiration. Thank you so much.
Thank you for your kind words @focusnow, we're working tirelessly on how to improve out service. From transactions time to support response time. In a few months all will be running around their best capacities. Also, expect more tools to come from us.
Nice my friend.
That is a beautiful quote you have there. ♥
The best legacy that I could think of immediately would be the Nobel Prize. It's been 122 years after the death of Alfred Nobel, but his legacy still remains strong until today. Mother Teresa was also leaving her legacy clear and strong.
Creating international legacy would be quite difficult for some people. However, I believe that simple legacy could be done by everyone. Imo, to create a legacy, we can do it in two ways, the long and short way.
The long way would be to build systems in place. E.g. for your offline school you must have been building systems such as curriculums and Standard Operation Procedures.
The short way could be as simple as Pay It Forward movement. When we receive something (such as knowledge) from A, we could just pass it to B. B then to C, and so on.
Congratulation in leaving your legacy. I believe that even though the exchange could serve more people, but you offline Steemit scholl would leave bigger impact in people's lifes.
@liberviarum you're right, I hope to prioritize the offline minnow school. I'm glad to have you recommend that. Thanks.
Wow... Not many Nigerians think this way. I mean look. At @ejemai see what he started and see how far it has taken him. I got this link through @danielsaori. It's really beautiful what you're doing. I would be glad if you will check. my comment on his page. I would Love to write my comment here and there, but I don't want to be seen as spamming
So if you will permit me to post my comment here, for your perusal too, I will do. But am. Sure you'll see some value from it.
While I await your reply, I just want to say thank you for the awesome value you're creating.
@t-flames, it's okay if you wish to do so. And thanks for your kind words.
Thank you @bait002 for creating such feature, it will surely beneficial to every steemians in Nigeria. Your passion of helping others without expecting any return will be truly treasured as legacy in your community. Job well done @bait002.
thank you for the kind words friend!
@bait002 who do I have to blame for not being aware that you are associated with
https://steemexchanger.ng
@steemexchanger?
We've shared the same #STACH discord server and in the #minnow-school channel you've reviewed my posts and offered useful comments and recommendations on two occasions yet I never knew about your association with this exchange service.
Yes, I've previously heard of https://steemexchanger.ng but in this period of phishing links and sites I am always extra cautious of visiting external sites let alone transacting on such the platform. And I think most minnows have the same fear too. Financial transactions requires integrity and trust, backed by the reputation of the board or directors of such financial institution or organization.
My suggestion will then be that more publications and reviews need to be made about https://steemexchanger.ng and her key operators. With you reputation, I believe the steem exchanger site will gain massive trust and loyal patronage.
@bait002 I appreciate your advise on being useful, contributing our quarters in our different corners to make the world a better place. You're an inspiration to many.
hey Des! You shouldn't have any worries dealing on steemexchanger.ng, it's the fastest and safest so far.
First it's great to see that @danielsaori featured your post. He always manages to find some interesting people, and with this one he didn't disappoint.
For such a young man, you show an amazing amount of wisdom. I'm happy to see that you have learned some of the most important things in life.
This is so true. We are all on this planet for a relatively short period of time, so what you do with that time is what makes you who you are. Its not the money or fame that define who we were, its the people we help and the families we raised. I'm thrilled to see that you figured it out.
I am also impressed with what you have done with the exchange. I myself have been thinking of a way to make that process easier for me (and I'm in the US). So I commend you for being one of those few in life that are "do-ers" instead of just thinkers. Providing an exchange platform for others is a great service to the platform, especially to the people that can now use it to earn money!
Finally I would like to say that you are a natural leader. You should understand and appreciate that fact because it is a talent that many aren't blessed with. Keep encouraging people and volunteering to help others, it will take you far in life as you get older!
Great job and I'm very happy to see what you are doing here and I'm glad I got a chance to see such a terrific person as my teammate here! :)
@davemccoy, thanks for your words. It's an amazing world here on steemit and it's been an honour.
Hello @bait002 no doubt your words are very encouraging, but I would like to point out the following: I always try to help my family financially, because in my country we go through a terrible economic situation, my biggest reward is to see them well and calm, I always try to help my colleagues at work, sharing my knowledge with them, my greatest reward is to see them defend themselves in any situation, I always try to guide my son on the right path being more than a responsibility, a tranquility for me, since I will have the necessary tools to be a good man.
Perhaps many of us are looking for financial or tangible rewards, but always even if we don't see them, our good deeds are rewarded from heaven, making our hearts have much love to give to all those we help every day.
When we put heart into it, the rewards fall from the sky
Sorry for my mistakes, I don't speak English, I use a translator
You've said we'll friend, and you've got a good heard to have gone that far at home and at work. The greatest feeling comes from serving others.
when you die you do not take away the riches, you only take away the experiences lived, if you share what you have, your abundance will be doubled, thank you for your kind commentary
exactly friend and that's the true definition of success.
then we're on the right track! many greetings, I am at your service
I really like your post (partly because it's short and straight to the point).
When I look around, I realise that everyone receives a reward for the good done by people and also pay a toll for the evil done.
I mean, look around, the world is better in some respect because someone somewhere did something. And here you are, doing your stuff too.
I still have great faith in humanity and also in steemit too. But it's people who do the real work, people like you that keeps folks like me going.
Good work there. And about @steemexchanger, it's a good initiative. I'll check it out.
At the end, the only things that matter are the memories we leave behind. Houses, cars, Steempower, etc, all of these will be valued based on the memories we've created
Blessings
yeah bro, that's the only thing that would matter. the greatest did today, is that which moulds our memories the positive way.
Wow, am really motivated with this.. @bait002 at your feet I learn.
I have learnt to help those I can and make the world a better place with the little way I can, that's why I deemed it fit to start up a program termed @backtoschool which has been approved recently on steemit, our sole aim is to return young minds #backtoschool by paying their school fess and bringing them to the steem blockchain, we will also guide and teach them how to engage well in this community so the can earn rewards and be financially free. We are planning to make it big starting from Africa then to the world, it not gonna be easy of course but That's our little way of touching life's, like you said
thanks very much for sharing.... I want to also commend you and your team for a job well done. Steemexchanger.ng is dope, and I hope to see you guys create space for buying data subscriptions with sbd/steem. Hood job guys👍
Thanks Sam, it's been an honor. Hope to see you at the code camp.
If you love what you do, you don't expect something in return. I guess that's the whole point. I like how you pointed that out on your post. The legacy, I like that word, something you will leave that money can't give you.
This acronym is for you:
L -eaving
E -veryone a
G -reat
A -chievement that
C -omes from
Y -ou
Thanks for sharing brother!
thanks for the acronym friend, will feature that on a future post. And I hope you don't mind?
Sure no problem, even though I don't know you personally, your post reflects your soul. You are an inspiration my friend. Keep the legacy, I hope you will inspire and encourage more people
thank you for the kind words.
"Being of Service" is perhaps one of the best legacies we can leave, specially with the understanding that "of service" sometimes stands apart from anyone else's ability to reciprocate. We do things simply because they represent "right action" in a situation.
Perhaps what we can aspire to is somehow leaving the world a better place as a result of our having been here. The reward isn't always direct; it comes simply from our own inner knowing that what we did made a difference; maybe it's simply that we see kids at the local village school having new notebooks and pens because of some action we took to help raise donations. When you are of service, there tend to be few "parades."
What you are doing in Nigeria to make a difference in people's lives is a legacy, already. People's lives are better, because of things like Minnow School and SteemExchanger. So thumbs up!
=^..^=
thank you and the entire team behind the success of our projects appreciates it and are encouraged.
First of all, I think just being a good encourager/supporter should be enough to help the cause. Actually mentoring someone would mean that the mentor has enough confidence/experience to share wisdom.
If I've only been on the platform for a month, I'm not even considered a minnow yet. Hell, I'm an amoeba or plankton. Just leaving positive comments on topics that resonate you should be enough to get the ball rolling, in my opinion.
I am glad there are steemians like you that are creating vehicles that cause real change and help rookies grow. It definitely beats all of the scammers that steal the steem rewards and never give back.
Thank you for providing nutritional value to this platform. Definitely beats the pistachio fluff from the crypto-nati.
That's great friend coming from you. You do have to worry, all you need is commitment to your blog and never relent. There's enough room for us all at the top.
Most times, I wonder how our great fore father's survived without all these gadgets, development and technology?. I know they had a swell time anyways cause natural environment is the best.
Most of the discoveries and inventions were suffered for before they came into existence. Neon bulb was made more than a thousand times before he got it right. Those guys sacrificed for all of us. Making a sacrifice for a cause that might not pay back is somehow difficult, but humanity finds a way of paying back the good deeds we do.
I like what you're doing with steemexchanger, but I'll definitely check it out to learn more.
Laying a legacy requires a lot of sacrifice, I'll implore to "never back down". Remain blessed and steem on!
thanks friend, indeed the past generations had to do it the hard way, but life is a lot easier today as a result of sacrifices some folks made.