Many of us were lured in by the scarcity mindset that we want to earn. How do we earn it by chasing after upvotes, asking for follow for follow, votebegging to dolphins and whales.
I have seen these with a lot of newcomers and some people who have been in the platform earlier than me. They try to hoard the attention and votes of whales, they get jealous if the whale removes their support to them and supports new ones so they go and find a new whale to kiss ass to and sing eternal praise as long as they receive upvotes.
I was an angry little man at the start because I felt it unfair that I was not receiving big votes. Angry and selfish.
My paradigm shift happened on my 2nd month as I realized that Steem is a gifteconomy and having a scarcity mindset was setting myself for failure here.
So I focused more on others as I commented more on outside posts other than my own. Helped start communities, became better in engagement. This shift from scarcity to an abundance mindset of giving more to others rather than keeping it all to me paved the way for me to gain more followers, gain more engagers who liked what I wrote.
Even netted me a couple of delegations.
So what am I doing in Steem?
- I build communities with @steemitfamilyph and @promo-mentors
- I build charities with @giftinkindph
- I encourage engagement in my account.