Topic: Start small and don't get tired of growing in the process. (Read 376 times)

I feel what you're saying because it can be very frustrating when you put so much efforts into what your doing and the end you don't have much to show for it. Life is not fair, some will work like an elephant and earn like an ant, while some will put a little effort and reap bountifully. However, in any situation that we find our selves, we don't have to give up, if things are not working as planned. It's to keep giving our best and to take advantage of opportunities that passes our way to get a better life.

A newbie in this forum will have to focus on learning about cryptocurrency and work on delivering quality posts, before thinking about merit and ranking up. Growing is a gradual process, although we can't all grow at the same pace, we just need to be strong, give our best and hope for the very best, which will surely come as we strife to get better.

The day you think that you've arrived is the day you start going down, so we should continue to try and improve on our achievements.

This is inspiring and it reminds me of something I heard recently. A businessman said, sometimes when you start a business you might not be generating profit but you've to be patient, keep advertising, keep reaching out to your target customers and keep growing the business. It might take some time but your resilience and hardwork will surely pay off.

Most of us are thrilled by what we hear from friends, families, colleagues etc. and when we eventually signed up on the forum, the enthusiasm, excitement, and urge to learn dies off after few months. Some people become complacent while others abandoned the forum. But if we can keep pushing, keep learning and improving ourselves, very soon we'll appreciate our time here.

Before they decide to invest, they should first learn what to do. Most people start because they are interested in stories from their friends who can make big profits. They don't study the investment but just join in.
Courage without studying the investment will not provide benefits because it can make them panic or worry.
That's why, if they want to profit from bitcoin, they have to learn how to become a bitcoin investor and how much money they can use.
Their mistake is not paying attention to the amount of money used to invest because investing in bitcoin can provide profits in a short time.
This is what makes many fail to realize that investing in bitcoin takes time and they have to be patient.

I agree with your statement above and in fact, there are many who try to use money from daily necessities to meet living expenses to trade with the hope of making a small profit. However, the reality said differently, because the market momentum was not good and the atmosphere was frenetic, he had hoped to make a profit of $10 but instead lost up to 20 dollars due to market correction pressure, which in the end he had to market and cut losses at an unwanted price due to the pressure of killing costs. The family must be held immediately because there are no other posts. This is the average reality in the field that occurs.

That's right, there are many knowbies who can't wait to immediately make money from this forum, they refuse to go through the process, they just want fast money like other senior members managed to get, but when their expectations don't really happen, they will leave this forum and bitcoin. , then return to their old activities, staying in this forum is not an easy thing because maybe you create this account but next week you will already make money, all members in this forum go through a process, they believe in the good results they will get if you continue to persist and make good posts on this forum.

For investment what it needs to start investment is courage, when you have the courage already to start up investment you will also take to an end because you will not allow what you started to go in vain, so what I want you to understand in any journey of investment is for you to have the mindset for investment, you can invest more in bitcoins and you can invest more and more when you have seen and know the kind of business you are into, investment is something of gradual process when you have tested something of such frame, so what you understand to investment is something should know that is all about investment.

It can be difficult to take some ideas and thoughts from one's head and put them into practice, especially when it comes to projects that have a lot of potential to improve one's life. Many people have admirable intentions that they would like to see through to completion; nevertheless, procrastination is a frequent hindrance that impedes the achievement of goals.The propensity to put off carrying out carefully thought out plans becomes a strong obstacle that obstructs the achievement of objectives and desires. It is essential to conquer this procrastination tendency if you want to open the door to success and turn positive thoughts into real accomplishments.

Your observation is accurate, although it usually applies more to those that participate in forums without the primary goal of learning something new or giving back. There may be an initial outward display of excitement, giving the idea that their involvement is driven by a sincere wish to expand the body of collective knowledge. But underneath this outward appearance, the truth frequently reveals itself as a more selfish goal.

There is a subgroup of individuals that exhibits a discernible decrease in their level of engagement and effort after they have fulfilled their immediate objectives. It would seem that their dedication is dependent on achieving particular results, and they might only recommit when given new chances, indicating a pattern of deliberate effort in line with their own objectives.

This is true, every accomplishment begins with the decision to strive, but some people do not realize that, and nothing good comes easily in this life. The success we see does not come all at once; it usually comes gradually, and if some people try their luck once and fail, they will give up. Nobody succeeds without failing; we occasionally fail to learn from our mistakes. One thing is certain: whatever a person sets his mind to do in this life, God will be by his side and assist you achieve that goal.
To be honest, this thread will be extremely useful for others, not just yourself, because it's excellent for us to support one another here, which will prevent any Newbies from giving up because one of our contributions may hold the key for them. We are all aware that difficulties will arise from time to time, but if we work hard and don't give up, things will eventually improve. We should continue practice and investing in our education because, as we already know, it doesn't mean that we've known everything; rather it signifies that we've chosen to see our success.

Passion is the reason why we bring out the best from what we do . When their is no passion and things are done in a particular way just to gain benefit of something as on proceedsvthere is this tiredness and inconsistency that will start manifesting , it is as if one is been forced. I think here in the forum it is only passion that can make one to enjoy the forum. 

When their is no passion it seems as if one is forced to make good contributions and if contributions should be made it won't be a quality one because their is no passion to give the best.

The majority of individuals are not committed, and some people are simply too lazy to take action. No matter how little work you put in at first, starting is the wisest course of action because laziness won't get you anywhere. To me, having ideas is merely a waste of time if they are not implemented.


This is true, many people had a lot of initial passion to learn, develop, and accomplish in the forum, but eventually, that enthusiasm just declines most likely because they've reached a point where they feel good about themselves or have attained a satisfying rank. I don't think the forum will live up to its expectations if every member has such a mindset. It will be difficult for new members to learn and develop here if higher rank members decide they have accomplished everything and cease being productive. As such, it is a terrible practise to encourage higher rank members to quit being productive after a certain amount of time.


You did a good job of reminding us all to keep pushing ourselves here. It can be challenging at times to keep the fire burning because we encounter challenging circumstances in life, which can make us feel depressed and negatively impact our actions. Nevertheless, we should make every effort to maintain the spirit here, and beginners should continue learning no matter how challenging or tedious it may get. Good things are ahead.

this is so true. We know that money is the ultimate thing that motivates one to seek out for knowledge or try out making any investment but if your mind is so focused on making the money than learning the basics that will guarantee your success in the field, you will face serious challenge in the long run. What I even think when it comes to teaching someone something new is that at the start of the journey, don't inform the person of the financial benefit involved as this might become a serious setback that might hinder the person from learning effectively as a beginner. There is this thing about money that ones it gets into your head, anything that doesn't directly translate into it becomes uninteresting and boring. I guess this is the reason why when someone starts chasing after merit, the quality in the kind of contribution they make starts dropping and they might even get tempted of making continuous threads just to fish after merit when in the right sense, they should be learning from other threads that will give them the right guidance in the forum.

Most people dream big- big in a way that they want to grow quickly as soon as possible. But what most have failed to realize that starting small but with a consistent pacing is the key to success in earning potentially huge profits.

It is not definitely wrong to dream big and have this mindset of earning huge amounts of money in the shortest possible time. But if you are skipping tons of fundamentals and basics by disregarding them completely, then these people can potentially experience a burn-out.

Invest on knowledge more than money. In this way, as you grow and learn from your mistakes, you are also investing on your experiences which has a direct impact on how a person can potentially earn more in the process

At the end of the day, invest more on knowledge, start small but with consistent pacing, and accept your failures are some of the keys to a successful investment as a whole.

The problem is many newbies who are joining the forum have intentions of earning and when they didn't get what they expected they are bored of this without even thinking that this is discussion forum where you can increase your knowledge with lot of resources available.They should keep the focus on enhancing their knowledge and then continuing to the forum in a healthy way but if they are not interested in that as you said open to leave anytime.But there are some members who are genuinely interested in learning about bitcoin and are passionate about it which automatically reflects in their post history after some time and this is how you grow on forum not solely with the intention of earning without having any knowledge.

Yes, it could be said like that. It's real and it's a tough challenge, sometimes we have lots of ideas and plans. But they fail because we're lazy or don't have 100% intention to start. In this investment activity, the intention to start is really needed and must be balanced with our own readiness, both mentally, knowledgeably, financially and also emotionally. Because investing in cryptocurrency is not something that does not contain risks. So, it really takes special intention to make it happen with thorough readiness.

Not only that, when we invest in crypto, whether Bitcoin or altcoins, there needs to be consistency and commitment from ourselves regarding how our investment will be. This requires several important things. Not only capital but also our will and consistency. It doesn't matter if the capital is small, but continue to be consistent at any given time to increase the amount of investment. And of course, we also ensure that the money used for investment is money that is actually prepared for investment, not anything else that is at risk of loss or cannot be withdrawn in the near future.

Life has a lot of challenges, and have allowed them to quite what they have started but if the person is a quiter just because of challenges then the person is not ready for success because if you watch the interviews conducted on prominent people in the world you will know that even when success is acquired their are challenges you encounter and will you say you want to quite no. So the best every individual can do is to put their heads together and keep striving until their goal is archived.

I noticed that even the high ranks hear stated from some were and it good to look up to them and ask questions of what is not understood all is a matter of time, and a lot are archiving their aim here and many more are still coming. And we do more than expected. And their are times things will not go your way that is life so if it is getting tougher change strategy and you will see a difference.

Those that planned to do things but ended up failing might be the cause of missing planning or something. There are also other people who do the same thing as Mr-A does and in the end they gain success from it.
One of the most things that makes people fail in their decisions is when they are so scared to try harder. If, for instance, a business man becomes so scared to push hard when his business is crashing, what will happen? The business will collapse, that's all.
There is a saying that I like most that quote "the rich always get richer, I don't really know who said it but I love that statement so well that I have to quote it here. You see, if the poor are scared to risk it, the rich are not scared to risk all their money to get more money, even when they have no guarantee of winning. But I can say that there are a lot of poor or average salary earners that can not risk half of their salaries to get more money just because they are so scared to risk the little money that they have, so anybody that fails causes it. It is nobody's fault.

The action is the main thing not just saying with your mouth, because a lot of people tend to always say without doing. Having knowledge in various aspect is good and a suitable knowledge should be put into good use and the fear of failure have killed a lot of dreams, it okay to be sacred but that fear should be a motivation for everyone to succeed. Like the popular saying what does not kill you makes you stronger. Negative thoughts has discouraged a lot of people, the thought have a way of creating bad energy and the end of the day the person will no longer be interested in their own dreams.

Starting forum a lot are discouraged and end up quitting, their more to enjoy despite the little challenges, but never give up keep moving until it gets better.

There are people who did actually started what they have planned but it ended in failure and that's why their advice to newbies here in the forum or higher rank is that even if you carefully planned it is there's always failure right in the corner and if you really want to do something you wanted to do for a long time is that you shouldn't be afraid of failure as it is also what helps us become a better version of ourselves and also willing to take the risk. If you talk about profit is there's always a "risk" involved.

Honestly, often the feeling of boredom from being active on the forum comes to my mind, maybe I get carried away by the atmosphere of my real life, but I remember again that this forum has changed my life 180 degrees for the better, why should I be bored, for those who starting to get bored in the forum and the quality of their posts is decreasing, then you must immediately become aware that consistency is an important thing in this forum, just look at how the legendary members are still enthusiastic about making posts in this forum, they must be used as an example to remain consistent in the forum.

Getting too comfortable is a very big hindrance to success. Most times, we look at how far we've come and that makes us get complacent with where we are, forgetting that this is not just where we wanted to be and we can get much better. This happens a lot in our careers or business. It's okay to be contended, but that doesn't stop you from being ambitious in any way.


If you're waiting to know everything before buying Bitcoin or before trading then you might have to wait forever because I don't think you can learn everything. Bitcoin is constantly a learning process because it's not a static technology. This also doesn't mean you should just start trading without prior knowledge of trading. Trading is a skill and before you can have a skill, you have to learn. Trading is practical so you have to put whatever you're learning into practice.

Many members are performing great, but after some time their activity decreases and the post quality also declines, but this can increase if the ideas on their minds are completed. Just like you said, many go after merit, many go after money, and few go after knowledge. I have seen many newbies here who have more knowledge than a legendary member and the opposite of it.

We should be more educated, and if we are not, we should get more knowledge from this forum because that's what it is for: getting merits and earning money are the things or achievements that we make while getting education.

If we don't have the knowledge, then we can't make any posts or contribute to the forum; therefore, all newbies need a brainwash that this forum is not an earning platform, even though we can earn money out of it; it's a discussion platform where we have to exchange information without using the AI tools.

It's interesting to see how far you've gone in building self confidence while chasing a goal. In whatever we do, there is always a enough room to try applying it to our daily lives. Many have learned in this forum that consistency helps maintain our stamina in chasing our dreams and goals in life. It never begins easily. Those that continue despite facing difficulty and failure, do this because of their determination to reach a greater height in life. Your last line, makes lots of meaningful contribution to this thread. We're meant to have a historical approach in every decision we make in life. In this forum, it's definitely a good move to watch the stories of others and how they got to a higher rank from a humble beginning. I do appreciate seeing members who has been here for more than 10 years and still active. That only teaches us the importance of patience and persistence while following a route in life. Regardless of the financial rewards, but the connections and networks we build here in the forum is worth being applauded. The knowledge passed by people from different walks of life is very crucial in advancing our personal life. And most especially the way we reason. These processes of growth needed in the forum, prepares us for a greater future. And the examples of established members in the forum is quite a crystal clear evidence.  So, if we think the future won't be favorable for our present efforts, looking back on the present results and achievements of those who did similar things in the past, we'd learn to always maintain self motivation. Because their present, which is the future they foresaw in the past, is the evidence of the quality contributions they made in the past. Hence to gain a reward in life we must belong somewhere and at same time make valuable contributions.

A few months ago, there was this kind of topic with the same idea, the same fact, but a different topic. I think the topic then was something like, "Don't ignore the days of little beginning." I might not get it accurate the way the OP titled it. This is just advice and an encouragement like you have said, but even before it, many people on the forum and out there are always being on their cool and learning from the experience they are facing and also from that of others, and they make things rightly to work out for them, while some people too, no matter how they try, become impatient and fall out of their strong will to archive what they wanted.

On the forum, there is a lot to learn about, and the truth is that some newbies will be patient to the end, while some of them too will not. That's the nature of humanity; everyone is never equal in strength, ability, knowledge, or other characteristics.

The perfect time will never come until you will Wait for your whole life but it does not come, the only way is to come take part, and make the moment perfect for yourself. People are always very short-sighted and getting bored fastly the thing that gives them fun will be changed into a boring tomorrow. Everyone goes on the same path some will go ahead and some will sit in their old position and the reason is the risk. People are afraid of failure and that is why they do not take any risks for the better men of their lives. You have to have some knowledge about the thing you are going to be involved let's take you as an example you came to the forum a few months ago and have some knowledge to gain you are very excited but soon you feel touring and that's because of waiting for the perfect time and afraid of failure. If you get rid of it you will discover more about the forum and you will be going forward.

You have mentioned a very valid point as we cannot enforce Bitcoin down the throat of people who has no interest into it because once Bitcoin becomes mainstream it will anyways find followers and adopters and as far as reason for people using this forum is concerned I would categorize them into three part.

1. Passionate about Bitcoin: People are really passionate about Bitcoin and wants to spread awareness and wants to implement it into real life peer to peer transactions and also use it a an investment medium.
2. Just for some extra bucks: This set of people don't give a damn to bitcoin or crypto all they need is to earn some quick money through signature, bounty campaigns and airdrops.
3. Hybrid (Both point 1 & 2): A hard mix of both the above-mentioned points as this category of people wants to use Bitcoin for transaction, invest into Bitcoin and also wants to make quick money.

Everyone starts a journey with a specific objective but how long he can sustain it is his main challenge. A lot of people have the talent that he can't bring out because he doesn't have the courage. If you start something with courage one day you will understand why the courage did not come earlier.  After you try again and again and fail, you can move forward with courage and hard work. The journey of life is a feeling right for everyone. You are on your way to success by helping and participating in active activities. There are countless examples of how effort and courage are linked to success. Each attempt can create new experiences and learnings, which can help make you stronger in the future.

Whosoever that choose to quit has plan to fail. quiting is not an option in the journey of life. I quit understand you emphasis clearly. Sometimes in life we plan to achieve our dreams but faill to achieve as a result of lack of endurance. Sometimes endurance and working in the right path is the key. We treated a topic in our local board about"danger of working hard in the wrong direction" sometimes we might be channelling our energy in a wrong direction not knowing that what you are doing is not worth spending time for. Sometimes you need to do research about what you want to endulge yourself in, if it worth time spending on. If yes den you. Apply your energy.

Talking about forum being applicable. Sometimes when people come to the forum they come with the mindset that here is a place to pluck money, maybe according to what there mentor or whosoever introduce them told them. When you have that mindset before coming here you will definitely fail because nothing good comes so easy. Reward is always associated with hard work, consistency and resilience. And morover your rank is determined by members who see the potential in you to merit you. Before they become higher ranked they went through hoddles before scaling through. So if someone comes and expect to just jump to your success it's a big fat lie. Rome was not built a day. So those set of people dey became tired and reduce there effort on the forum because people has seen there reason or porpose of coming. But I bet you if they change their attitude I think people would give them a listening ear.

Technical analysis is not necessary for an investor and it only comes in handy for a trader but I guess here OP is talking about the investors so better concentrate on that part.

Investing on Bitcoin is enough so only coin is possible to achieve returns but having altcoins can increase the returns for short-term investors I will never recommend a beginner to focus on short-term investing which will make them to prey for FUDs and FOMOs, so they have a high chance to make wrong decision.

Sometimes, I sense a shift in my level of effort compared to when I first joined the forum. However, I've come to realize that continuous learning occurs subtly through active participation and reading various posts. The forum has been a rich source of knowledge, significantly expanding my understanding of Blockchain and Bitcoin. I am deeply grateful for the invaluable lessons it has provided.

On the journey to advancing ranks, many members grapple with doubts, feeling they may never reach their goals. Maintaining self-motivation is crucial, not just on the forum but in all aspects of life. It's essential to not solely focus on the challenges ahead, but also to reflect on the progress made and the dedication that brought us to where we are today.

Investing in a specific coin is not only enough it's ideal if you have only budget and where to invest sooner or later those knowledge will be not enough  to your journey in cryptocurrency, for me its good too if the newbies learn the basic understanding of trading support and resistance because even though its basic its really helpful to them to make an entry sooner or later they will not get more courage to learn more about the Technical analysis with indicators so it lessen the risk and higher the chance to get a good position and exit with a good profit. If you get for a long term holding i guess you dont need to worry too much with the market because your goal is to wait the another wave of ATH.

The word "start" is easy to say but difficult to carry out. For some people who are still unsure about their abilities or have limited knowledge in one field, it will be difficult to achieve success because they still have a fear of failure. In fact, every failure will shape your character to become better and try to learn from failure to achieve success. It is difficult to make what you want come true because of negative thoughts such as fear of failure or not being able to adapt to the surrounding environment, even though these are all just hallucinations that can weaken a person's character.

As experienced by newbies who join the forum, there are some of them who are able to adapt and succeed in achieving high rank. there are also those who stop after a while of starting because of the constant hallucinations in their minds which can weaken their initial intention to become established members in the forum. Every step taken requires a process, only people who are able to overcome all difficulties by adding insight will survive and be able to achieve success.

This whole thing reminds me of the time I started a new workout routine - I was super jazzed about it at first, going to the gym regularly and seeing some results.  But after a couple months, life just got busier and it was harder to keep up that initial excitement. 

I've found that setting small, manageable goals has really helped me stay consistent over time with things like fitness or being active on forums.  It's that whole idea of how small amounts of effort can really add up if you just stick with it regularly.  Like putting a little bit of money into investments here and there might not seem like much at first but it grows over time if you're consistent

anyway, thanks for sharing your experience!

This is why it's bad to make wrong decisions in your life that will instantly turn you into an adult who have no choice but to take responsibility,  at your youth age you need to erase the idea of running after money from your mind, focus on your goals, build something new and become someone very valuable, when the time is right money will come for you.

Do not get this confused, all good things come to those who wait doesn't mean you shouldn't try to do something, some people believe that not struggling can still set you free financially, it's a wrong mentality.

I understand crypto investment because I threw in all the time I have, I tried everything practically, because there was no one who's going to teach me, and that makes me a stronger investor and also I am able to know how to manage risks myself, you need to be a better person by yourself every day.

Before you start anything related to crypto and Bitcoin investment always do your own research, you will be able to have some knowledge and you will also be able to avoid some grave mistakes.

Before investing, its mandatory to have basic knowledge about bitcoin and I would never recommend anyone to invest even on bitcoin.

From another perspective waiting for the perfect moment to start investing will never arrive so just start as of now and make the most out of it. Try to make the investment as long term then only it is possible to get the real returns and short term investments always go on either ways.

I agree with you that starting is always the problem when it comes to making decisions especially in business or investment but relenting or giving up along the process depends on the result you're getting from whatever you are doing. It's normal to feel bored and discouraged when the effort is not yielding the desire result but that's not enough reason to feel discourage or give up. The problem here is the fear of failure. Perfectionism can cause people to put off taking action because they're afraid of making a mistake or not doing something perfectly. This fair of failure can also cause procrastination as people may be afraid of what others will think if they fail. We all need one form of motivation or the other to keep moving forward.

Your words made their way to my heart, as I was learning a few other skills, and in the previous week I started to learn a new skill, and each of those skills was looking good, but I lost interest, and with time my energy reduced as I did not get the desired results, so I gave up and moved onto the next skill, which is completely different. It's not that I am being too impatient here, actually, the interest of a person in anything, whether it's a skill or a product, revolves around the interest due to which you have started to like that skill or thing.

That interest could be due to progress, money, productivity, career, etc. Once you achieve the interest you were looking for, your energy and hormones will boost, and your outcome will automatically increase. Talking about this forum and the post quality of those whose energy slows down and post quality as well, that's because of their interest. If they take an interest in knowledge, then their energy will never decrease because they can get that desired outcome from the very start, but if they are after money, then their energy will decrease because money can only be made when you are selected in a company, like when you become a full member or maybe in some company that allows members to join like you are joining one now.

So, once you start making money, your energy and happiness will boost, and your outcomes will also.

The important point here is why people come to the forum. Is their interest in Bitcoin real, or are they hoping to make money here? How can you get bored with something that interests you? In any activity, what we like always remains at the top of our preferences. Why persuade someone to endure, and force them to follow a path that may not be theirs? Bitcoin doesn't need people to be forced to learn it. Everything must happen sincerely.
But if we talk about the fact that someone is afraid to start something new, then it is always better to do and regret than not to do and regret. Always remember people who have achieved something in one direction or another. Can we say about them that they forced themselves to do this without real interest?

Most people have lots of ideas and they are very good, especially if they can be realized. But the problem is most people end up with a lot of ideas without realizing them. They don't want to take even one step to try. And that makes the ideas they have just ideas.

They must be able and willing to try to move on. They have a desire to change their situation for the better but they don't want to try. That's what makes the difference. Other people who may not have good ideas are willing to try all the ideas that come to mind. They don't know which ideas can bring success in the future. They just know that they have to try to move on.

We have to learn from babies. He learned to roll over just to get up. He learned to crawl and even stand. He also failed in many attempts simply because his idea of being able to wake up was not successful in one attempt. But the baby didn't stop trying until he finally succeeded. That's what we have to learn from it. Everything has a process. We have to go through the process so we can achieve what we want. Failure is something we will definitely experience but that doesn't stop us from trying. Sooner or later, we will definitely be able to achieve the targets we want.

There is sense in this thread, sometimes in life we need encouragement from people around us because most times we run into conclusion without taking time to check the content of things we are doing, are they really worth our time? Like what efforts are we making in other to make our environment conducive for everyone of us, at this very period of our lives we need one another to come together and reason on things that can proffer a stable solution to the world rather than get involved in things that will disintegrate or divide us.

Being on this forum for a while now have thought me to know that we are in a global village where the opinion of everyone across the world needs to be respected and appreciated and it can only be achieved through forums of this nature where individuals come together to discuss about things that will elevate us to the next level of our lives.

I have learnt alot in this bitcointalk since I joined my reasoning ability has increased and I don't reason same way as people who ain't in this forum reason as almost everything I've learnt so far are all gearing towards how the world can come together and take decisions that will impact positively in the life of every individual.

Actually, what you have to do if you have entered this forum is relax and focus, there are lots of opportunities to earn money here, both in knowledge and some passive income, you just need to read the moment.

Indeed, it cannot be denied that there are times when bored ducks are born, there will definitely be times when we are not mod. However, we can use it to refresh and do other activities.

The important thing is to be disciplined in time management.

Starting from small as a newbies can lead you to a greater high in the community,  because every successful users you see in this forum started from somewhere before they became who they are today in the community that is making some newbies feel like they want to become like them in the future. As a newbies, you have a long way to go which I will not lie to you , but if you can work hard to learn from those that read many books that related to cryptocurrency, watch many videos that related to cryptocurrency, research many things that related to cryptocurrency, I believe you will improve in different areas of your journey in the community. I know you will come across so many challenges in your journey to greatness but do everything possible within your capacity not to give up than to be more active in this forum because is a place where newbies be impacted with some new skills that will make their journey smooth till the end.

Starting something new is the hardest moment. I know there are feelings that are uncomfortable and make you a little lazy, tired, or complaining. Something contradictory and difficult sometimes makes you feel difficult. Yes I am like that too, everyone experiences that. But it all depends on the ability to adapt. Many people start from force. Then people can adjust to the circumstances. After that we will get used to it and assume it is easy. It's not just in the forums, but in our lives. We have done that and only we can determine ultimately to stay in adversity and succeed or come out and not feel the process and not know what is going to happen.

Perseverance and diligency are among the basic things to become successful or achieved our goal, sometimes the passion dies or fall but we still have to continue because of perseverance and in the long run we later enjoy by God's grace. People always forget that there is beauty in the struggle and ugliness in Success, something I learned from J cole (love yourz)

Passion is probably the key. Sometimes we're only pushing forward for the wrong reasons. Progress can't be sustained that way. What you do eventually turns into drudgery. You'd grow uninterested and tired. You'd be lackadaisical and produce inferior ideas and contributions, and you'd probably quit in the end. This is true both inside and outside this forum. Here, one can't be motivated solely by signature campaigns. In real life, one can't just be motivated by money alone.

Satoshi Nakamoto and Hal Finney are very first people who did something to create Bitcoin we have today. If you have time and want to learn, want to be inspired by their stories, read theirs.
Satoshi's lesson
Bitcoin and me (Hal Finney)

If they have only thought about it but not done anything even it is very challenging at start, we would have not had Bitcoin blockchain to use.

It's been a while since I've seen quality threads like this. At every point in one's career pursuit, there shouldn't be any point of not being productive because it will limit how fast you would have grown and excelled in that career path.

The starting point always seems difficult, like you cannot make it or grow. There is always a time when you feel like you're stuck and could not continue, but patience and consistency are just what a person needs. If I could remember how I started my web development skill, all the lines of code seemed like counting sands, but with time I became more acquainted with it.

The truth is the more passionate you are about something, the more you will grow and get better at it.

Like the saying says "a journey of a thousand miles start with just a step" that step has been the night mare of many people as they think what will befall them if they adjust from their comfort zone while facing the reality of life. Many have been afraid as a result of their predicament and the challenges they have been through. Some are just bothered  of the uncertainties of life while some are just too naive to take a step forward. Some to are just waiting to see who could push them forward as a means of aspiration or support to getting there in life. All still points down to the growing process in life which one must be able to encounter and overcome so as to stand firm and standout amongst the masses. At this point, what most people need is good cheers and encouragement to standout. So if you are in the position to do that better still help because people are really putting efforts to take that step  but what is holding them back is what they can not comprehend.

It's possible for every human to experience this part of your writing. Diminishing return occurs in every aspect of life. And one catalyst to it is slow results. Most people who lose their momentum in the forum had lesser results, for reasons best known to them, especially members seeking to rank easily. When the ranking don't  quickly show up they'll definitely stop posting since it seems like their efforts are not being rewarded. It's similar to building a site and having no traffic to attend to, the webmaster won't stick around any longer. Most people here got to the point they're today; in rank. Because, the quality posts they made got merited by other members. It pushes them further to do better and present more quality contents. It's normal to have such a reaction as humans. Staying in a system for a long time can be tiring, that's why people move on to find other things doing. Paving way for new bloods or talents to replace them in providing quality. The journey is never easy. Newbies shouldn't stop showing up on daily basis. The more they're seen the better their visibility. Thereby, creating a rapport amongst other members who wouldn't hesitate to reward their consistent effort in making the forum a clean place. And helping in providing quality, over making spam responses and threads. Every thing requires time and the better we acknowledge this, the more we'll gain knowledge and dig further to find the interesting parts or aspect of the work we've found ourselves into. For instance, reading about bitcoin opens our mind to the greater possibilities behind bitcoin. And presents to us more ideas of what we can do with bitcoin to generate income. Other than that, we can also generate enough connections through the bitcoin community at large. I must commend the OP for crafting out this interesting thread. Keep it up!

Anyone in crypto knows that this is not limited to only having crypto and then start growing gradually with  for others that are limited by power, this just resemble how life is for some people. You will see that some have all the money they need to get started about life, some of them half little and some have nothing at all but for those that have nothing and later have something in the future all plan along despite not having all, crypto is the same about that too.

Some people want to have bitcoin like some of this influencers when they are showing off, I'm not even motivated about them. My own is to have the amount I can afford and if time permit, I can buy more as it goes up and may not but the main thing is you should be able to buy something when you have nothing, even for those who don't understand crypto, they need to start from somewhere and with time, things will improve.

I like newbies thinking the same as your perception on the forum, knowledge first before thinking about profit thinking about how to rank up fast seems like merit hunting forcibly.  Encouragement like this is very important to them because when you have that knowledge or you'll become knowledgeable, merit isn't that hard for you to obtain.

Isn't important for me IMO to become better, joining in a healthy discussion and share ideas is an ideal and a good start here in the forum.
Forget greediness because that will put us down.

Not only Bitcoin part of what you should learn is securing your environment while online, you can't apply everything you know bout Bitcoin without first taking a lesson about security, I have seen people good at investing in Bitcoin only to lose everything because of their poor knowledge of security.
Remember we are our own bank, if traditional banks employ security personnel to secure their facility, then it's much more important for us to secure our environment when we are interacting online.
Knowledge of Bitcoin is attached to knowledge of security, you cannot have Bitcoin without knowing how to secure it, how to secure yourself, and how to secure your machine.

I liked thread so much that I had to merit it. I relate 100% to majority of the content in the OP — I'm pursuing a new career path and most times it feels as though I'm not doing enough but I wake up with a note to myself that showing up every day is onntop of my priority list.

If I'm happy, I do the work.
If I'm sad or demotivated, I still do the work.

Another worthy point to note is that consistent practice is paramount in any learning journey — if you just learn and never put it into practice, you easily lose all knowledge gains.

I never let anything get me worried, I just do what I love to do and I don't think about it anymore. Here in this forum and life in general I know there is no time but everything has time. If anyone is not getting any of the rewards mention by OP at this time should not worry about it. In a personal level I just read alot and contribute where I know I'm making sense. I don't strive for merit or to rank up I just focused on knowledge, I read people like JJG's thread and many others who are impactful and shape myself to impact on people not just being a regular person here.
I believe making impact is the real success if you do something very well and your known for it the journey here in this forum won't stress you. Do something different and focus on knowing more that you speak, i also discovered that most of us new here try to teach when we should learn and that is where we face challenges. You may be making merit and ranking up but at the same time you may not be making any sense.
Infact just do what you know how to do best. If I keep writing I might end up writing more than a thousand words because I have more to say but let's cut the grab. Be a positive vibe

~MAKEIMPACT~

At this point of transgression and taking your mind away from what will actually be more beneficiary for you makes your journey more harder than you might think. Focusing on the aim is the best, when you do that and contribute back to the forum, your rise in the forum will become more imminent because you’ll be appreciated with words of encouragement and merits. If you get both, you’re super good and if you get any one of the two, you should continue to strive for more and become a better version of yourself in the forum.


Practice makes perfect, let the learning continues.

Many dreams that have stayed unactualized is not that the people were afraid to start they were afraid of failure. The phobia to fail in the in the midst of concomitant thoughts ringing in the head that you can't do it, you may not succeed, those voices are there to make us believe we are less of what we are.

And this is not just about the forum but life in general there are achievements we dare to achieve but we somehow grow a low self-esteem feeling making us look unworthy of that which we strive to achieve. Moreso, a lot of us are afraid of challenges forgetting that they are there to make us stronger and better in each we conquer along the way. And time is of the essence, whatever you fail to do today you may never have the chance to do it maybe after learning how it could have created a positive impact for you life.

 

One of the most difficult parts of any journey in life is the ability to decide to "start" doing something. So many people have great ideas and plans but they never execute a bit of them because it all ends just in the mind but they cannot bring it out to becoming a reality. If you're able to overcome this stage, you then realize you wasted a lot of time waiting for the perfect time to start and that it isn't all that difficult after all. The next huddle is now on how to continue doing what is expected of you for a long time. You might get bored along the way, results might not be coming In as planned and you might start losing interest in what you so longed for. sometimes you might feel that you overhyped the stuff (just know that familiarity is what is speaking in your mind).
For some, because you've been in the system for a long time, you might be tempted to feel too comfortable and the initial energy you had put into your work at the onset will gradually die off and you might not see any reason why you should develop yourself to becoming better.

If you read through this, you might find this applicable to our journey in the forum. Some of us begged our friend to introduce us to the forum and when we came in, at the onset, our energy was high and we actively participated in the activities in the forum and made sure we followed the rules in the forum and ensured that we are practicing all the guide we receive from the forum But after some time, the energy dies down and the quality of our threads and replies starts dropping. It becomes very boring reading for the sake of knowledge and for some that have discovered the importance of merits, they might just go after merits rather than the knowledge that initially brought them to the forum.

I created this just to encourage myself and as many as will find this useful, to keep following the right part, keep learning, practice the little you've learned, and don't wait until you know everything about Bitcoin before you start applying the knowledge you've received. The process might get boring especially when you aren't getting the needed result but just keep trying and moving forward taking a step at a time.