Every Penny Counts

What's the value of a few cents where I live? This is likely the conclusion a number of people draw up over time when they decide to exit the chain after not meeting their reward expectations. This is especially true when you factor in Cost of creation such as money, time and effort.

Nevertheless, there are a ton of people who put in similar effort on other platforms for nothing but the promise of something big. Someone that makes YouTube videos for instance continues to create content without necessarily knowing how it will be received. Perhaps because there is a definite timeframe for rewards in our case, the numbers may not add up for the average creator.

Yet for those who have the patience and fortitude to keep the consistency, there is the sudden realization that the value does sum up to something at the end of the day. The power of compounding is a beautiful one, and we can clearly see that with Hive. People have gone from minnows to Orcas on this platform with nothing but share consistency and effort, day in and day out.

Those who have managed this feat have done so by adhering to one simply rule, and that is to take nothing for granted. It is easy to be consistent for instance when the rewards are high, but how about when they suddenly fall way below expectations? That mindset of something still better than nothing needs to come into play and take center stage. The cents inevitably become more when you pile enough of them.

More so, there is also an unspoken law of attraction with being consistent. Compounding the pennies eventually opens several other doors to expand our financial horizons. For instance, I have benefitted greatly from increased earnings on both Hive, HBD and second layer tokens over the last year or so. Sometimes I attribute it to luck, but a desire to take action is what has placed me in that position now.

This philosophy can also be effectively applied in our traditional financial management strategies. This is not just from an earning perspective but also when it comes to managing leakages. The things we spend on that are unnecessary and low cost, but are consistent in our spending tend to be amongst our biggest leakages when considered over a period of time.

In conclusion we have an opportunity here that isn't necessarily available in many spaces, let us not take it for granted. There are also many lessons that being on Hive will teach us as we progress, and is left for us to consider and apply as appropriate

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