Hi Family, i am back with feedback from the #untalented "Who You Are" contest.
Note that #untalented is a theme!
It simply removes all barriers to entry, allowing every human to shine.
Contests under the #untalented curriculum, will be open to everyone on steemit and in the real world.
Every participant will win something. No losers!
That being said, we will use this initiative to create newer forms of content here on steemit; reshaping the internet and the world as a whole with freshness, more human and more awesomeness!
The Chicken Bone Proper
I counted again and i have currently seen around 205 post entries to the #untalented "Who Am I" contest.
Alot learned has been learned
Overall, i have been pretty slow with regards to voting on entries. This is because i have a lot of posts to curate and its been hard to regenerate voting power, so i am having to vote on entries over time. I have currently voted on up to 150 entries.
However small the magnitude of the vote is; it is something, for receiving is an art!
All the entries have been resteemed on @steem-untalented. Incase, i have missed re-steeming yours, kindly submit the URL underneath this post.
Other intentions
(I will leave an empowering comment on every entry but the twist is: i will be doing the comments using full blown posts, so that everyone on steemit, can benefit.)
So just below, i will start my comment response to each entry! This post, is the first of the series and though i have read many of the entries, i won't be able to respond to so many, in this post.
This series will be a repository of awesomeness, legacies etc and when you/if you get to feel down about the awesomeness/existence of human or feel low in your steemit journey, you can always visit it and read it, for encouragement!
As you read my comment responses below however, please keep the following in mind:
- Humanity is the brother next to you.
- Even within the atomic-like elements of my tiny lines (words) are giantly beautiful intentions. So when i say the words "you are whale to me", it is because "whale or minnow", you matter just as much!
- I am not a writer. My response comments aren't fancy words. There are simply "Terry".
- Nations are just locations. We are the world!
- I am your fan!
- Let's surpass google together!
- You are bigger things to me than SBDs!
- Be ready with a plastic bottle labelled "tears of joy". For soon, we will cry these types of tears. When i eventually do, i will like to save them, for they would have been my first!
- I have done suffering like crazy but my entire-tired-being loves you still!
Here are the first set of entries, that i am responding to:
1. @sirpaul and this is his entry!
@sirpaul had dreams of becoming a pilot as a young kid but he also lives in a tough country, where they say "reality" is prominent and it is! But what is "reality"?
His original dreams started to adjust and change over time because "reality" was said to set in. Now he is older and married and pretty successful but his old dreams of becoming a pilot, lingers in his memory.
Here is my tiny gift to you; "no books involved", just Me to You:
@sirpaul; dreams can fade over time because "reality" took over but we can make "dreams equals reality" as well.
Now even more so, with the existence of blockchain and in this case steem & steemit, "dreams are starting to equals reality". That being said, even in a world of too many "NO(s)";
(No + No + No can start to equal a 'Yes', especially if you add a tiny variable into the equation called; "stubborness" (to lazy to quit).
On the other hand, sometimes our dreams aren't truly ours and they start to change into something else as we get to define and redefine ourselves over time. So, you may have wanted to be pilot all along but your true dream may have been "flying for real".
Now there is steemit (a hub with reputable great minds who "mine with their minds", in an incessant loop); so you can either revive old dreams or "redefine and define" yourself a bit more, by exploring new industries and creating new dreams and a good start, was your participation in this #untalented curriculum (Who Are You), to tap into something that may have been there.
Now you are married!
Though its not too late to dream again; you also have the option of making true & intense love for you family "a dream" and spark awesomeness in your kids, by becoming mirrors for them; spotting their gifts early and directing them early on a path where "dreams equals reality!"
Jehovah very much involved!
Here is my Advice for steemit success:
Based on your Who You Are entry, you are easy to connect with/to. So play out that aspect of you and let it shine!
Even dreams can be refined as the world is evolving. Yes, airplanes may no longer be in vogue in 2019; it may be teleportation or mind travel instead but if you are sticking to regular airplanes, you can still shine!
You can re-spark that interest here on steemit, even if for the fun of it and fill steemit, with content related to pilots or airplanes; sparking interest and leading that niche etc
Visit hastags (airplanes, pilots, pilot, aeronautics) on steemit and you will instantly see that you can lead the movement there!
Now that there is the steem blockchain, there are way more possibilities than there used to be, so feel free to play/flex your creative/innovative muscles; adding some steem technology into the field of aeronautics.
Yes, reality can very much start from fiction, so how about imaginary topics like:
- How To Save My Steemit Password, While Landing A Plane To Safety
- Steem & Aeronautics
- Tour the world, with only your steem dollars
OR look at what @schamangerbert does here:
- https://steemit.com/aviation/@schamangerbert/antonov-22-a-vilyuisk-pattern-flight-with-copilot-sunnylife-video-by-schamangerbert
Yes, you can always afford to be a bit twisty and stunty.
A bit of twisty, stunty, playful, technical, innovative, fun, inventive, untalented, weird etc applies in any populace because it simply makes you stand out!
Read this post to have a fuller grasp of what i mean:
- https://steemit.com/steemit/@surpassinggoogle/12-evidence-proving-that-ned-ceo-of-steemit-never-plays-chess
2. @phait and his entry
@phait has love for skyscrapers, is a giant himself but has had mountains of odds before him. He strives still!
Here is my tiny gift to you; "no books involved", just Me to You:
No beefs: but give me Mark Zurkerberg's grey shirt, Bill Gates eye glasses and one fluffy mattress and i may create "Macro-hard". Give them my shoes and they may not come up with "Facebooklet". No beefs!
The above is potentially true!
@phait; "i feel you!"
I know the location where you are at/in and when i say "mountains of odds"; no joke involved!
These odds can tame/pummel/deaden/crush even the greatest of men, even physically! These odds can reduce life span.
It is obvious that you have fought hard. You have kept your mindset big; stayed a giant and have sought to erupt and erect skyscrapers by climbing the ladders of Civil Engineering. You have a Master's degree in this field and have kept going and there are still odds.
In some nations, odds just never leave! Improvisation works but "too much improvisation" and the original skyscraper dream, starts to fade and becomes underachieved dream; then "underachieved" becomes normal and celebrated, which isn't a bad thing but it wasn't the original!
But there is an approach when it comes to odds and reality, which i tried to apply growing up and i didn't read this in any book and it is; applying our gift of "choice" and perhaps QUITting! Hahaha.
You have "no choice", so settle for less.
Oh, we can't do that forever! At some point, we can chose to QUIT survival; QUIT improvisation and adopt this instead:
I CAN'T SEE YOU
If we can't see these odds, then they don't exist! Then i take the HIGH ROAD.
Naija is a different ball game, when it comes to odds. You will need really stubborn (too-lazy-to-quit) genes but sometimes, i stop feeding on consolation and i QUIT.
"Survival is not life and it is tiring", so many times, i have chosen to apply my freedom of choice and stopped "surviving"; walked away from it and onto the harder route, to see what people on the high-road do and i tell you, "they don't have two heads".
I am sure you and many others reading will grasp. Just read between my lines!
e.g if i didn't have data and dime to get on steemit and each time and each day (forever), i am having to hang out on the streets with the boys, struggling to hustle money for data; i can decide one day (abruptly), to walk away from that; walk into a store with my entire 5K savings; pick up one good Gucci shirt; go into an enclosement; shed valuable tears; then come out with a beautiful/weighty/powerful/heartfelt/moving/ proposal; walk into an MTN office; ask to see the CEO; speak with conviction on why a one-year-free-or-discounted-data subscription will help me/society/world/MTN; then wait for answers.
Now, assuming the security guards at MTN, tell me to scram off; i walk peacefully away (I CAN'T SEE ODDS) and go back home, look for @prettycynthia (whether she has a bf or not) for instance; give her whatever savings i have left; tell her to go get Versace; hold her hand and tell her; "Let's surpass Google"; then have her go back to MTN as my clone and talk the CEO over.
The guards won't stop her! We will get data, real connection and even friendship. And the next cocktail MTN party; we will be there, with a bunch of other CEOs, have 50/50 conversations and not a soul, will see us as paupers.
Oh, we never were paupers all along. We were just in un-enabling locations.
Advice for steemit success: Based on your "Who Are You Contest Entry"; your case is easy!
Make steemit an outlet. You have great mind; express it!
I see you have great mentality too, so "be whale" from day one, for "you are whale to me".
Tie in the "steem blockchain" into your field of study, even within your mind's eye and play them out, even within steemit posts. This will easily create a fresh field of study all together and will infuse newness into the internet and perhaps the world as a whole. Plus, you will lead! You will take charge.
Keep your un-achieved dreams alive, even in dream-bits encoded into your steemit posts.
You can also hone your expertise and practice inventions, using your steemit posts. This will always stand out!
Hahaha, I have always wondered how, skyscrapers are erected. There are many skycrapers where i live and i watch them start but i never get to understand how they get up there etc, so feed us with some freshness.
Overall, it is not all about content-creation on steemit. There is also the steem blockchain upon which much beauty lies! So, see how you can tie steem into your vision, whichever vision you end up choosing.
Don't be too lost in the blogging and perhaps, the SBDs, for there is the bigger picture! Look at steem integration into your existing vision and Smart Media Tokens which will start next year.
@steemgigs happened to direct steemians, into their innovation/vision/dream aspect early, so start early, for some are bloggers and some are not! There are ton of aspects to steem besides the blogging!
3. @fitzgibbon and his/her entry.
Here is my tiny gift to you @fitzgibbon; "no books involved", just Me to You:
When it comes to steemit, you are on the right track!
You are starting to spot, full use for steemit, also as a means for discovering and developing yourself. Keep on exploring; tap into this beautiful aspects of you, then influence steem with your beauty.
Too, there different levels of depth and depth could very much give you substance, even greatness. All the way down though, maintain "human" and goodness.
You are in play zone. I see you enjoying yourself already, so go for it! You will shine.
Figure out though, if you were made for very, very deep things cos very, very deep can hurt
On steemit, you will shine easy, for you appear to have pacing and pacing is key because, it is deeply-rooted and long term and when you eventually start to earning it will be long term too. Peers of yours are jumping queues but depending on what you want, long-term or short-term, maintain pacing!
Earning = SBD/connections/steem/opportunities/learning/friendship/innovation/dreams/vision/expertise/intel etc
4. @philiparniebinag and his entry.
He is a young boy, who started out as a boy scout and learned and maintained these virtues:
It is Trustworthy, Loyal, Helpful, Friendly, Courteous, Kind, Obedient, Cheerful, Thrifty, Brave, Clean, and Reverent.
Here is my tiny gift to you; "no books involved", just Me to You:
There is greatness in you in choosing to stick to those virtues. But virtues may need some testing to be deemed as rock-solid and proven. Test would happen overtime.
Steemit Success Advice:
Expand your horizon! Steemit is decentralized, thus, neutralizing location.
It is a community of reputable great minds from around the world. So apply full use of this potential to discover your own full potential.
Make friends from every location, interact, engage and share what's of you freely, without fear of incompetence. You are in a state of evolution, so flaws allowed.
"Go world standard!"
Then "steemit and beyond, you will eventually shine!
5. @steveblack and his entry.
@steveblack tucked himself into a prose but he said a whole lot! His "Who Are You" entry is pretty concise, so you can read it here!
Here is my tiny gift to you; "no books involved", just Me to You:
Amidst odds and even in a not-very-friendly world, you has chosen to stick to virtues, be loving towards another and stick with your wife. You also have cats and dogs.
@steveblack you are on the right track i would say. You are defined to a large extent and virtues are involved. Keep it that way for "humanity is the brother next to you".
Yes, there was life before steemit, so the awesome YOU, that existed before steemit; continue bringing that onto steemit; get to newer heights of awesomeness while on steemit and influence steemit and the world, with a piece of awesome YOU.
Hahaha, love your wife too. Love her more than cats and dogs! Then love Jehovah the most.
Steemit Success Advice: There are more long-term gifts to give away, than SBDs: "A piece of awesome YOU!" Find new ways to keep doing just that as you progress in your steemit journey and in due time, you will be on the receiving end.
You are able to touch; you have impact, so keep that up! "Just keep evolving in the art of giving YOU out".
6. @bollutech and his entry.
@bollutech has gone from being bullied as a boy, into an adulthood that's free! Free in the sense that, he has allowed himself to evolve and he has ventured into different facets of life, all along maintaining a theme: "MORALS".
He love Jehovah God as well. He has ended up saying he wants to be a writer. Hahaha, he says, he doesn't feel he ever underwent "finding himself" as he was never lost.
Here is my tiny gift to you; "no books involved", just Me to You:
Yes, "yourself" was never lost. It was in you all along! So "finding yourself" is simply a refinement of the raw, unrefined things that you possess.
It just like when you write and even in the haphazard flow of your writing, you always notice a theme (morals).
The whole process is easier now, with steemit in the picture!
Ofcourse, there is no need to fret about whether you will find yourself or not because you will eventually. The part we are dragging out is that "it is does take a conscious effort" especially in a world of ups-and-downs.
Just like you may go look in a mirror, even though you already know how handsome your face it because your face may have accrued stains and bruises along the way.
So basically, don't let a say slip emptily by with out "mining with your mind", whether on steemit or offline in your day to day life.
Steemit Success Advice:
"The best writers aren't writers!" (I can explain that when you want.)
So don't fret when you 'let go' in writing. Just shine. Flaws allowed! Draw us in even with your flaws. You have a theme (Morals) working for you.
You aren't swayed by setbacks, so let that guide you.
Let your post be your voice, "priceless!" So keep going, even when SBDs are short because in reality, your voice should be "priceless".
Pace things and in due time, you will evolve till you are good force to reckoned with!
7. @darthflux and his entry.
@darthflux is a young man, who had his dad in his life sparingly. He started to consider his mum; "a single mum" as he grew older. Tough times arose, so much so, that he had had to work to help fund his brothers education.
Now, his brothers are college graduates and @darthflux is able to do college, courtesy of help from his brothers.
Here is my tiny gift to you; "no books involved", just Me to You:
Mama gave you all but love your dad still.
I am in PH, i see it a lot, where it easily becomes reason to stay angry at ones' dad, for being absent! However, be man by true standards and fix what he didn't. "Love him!"
Love your mama on and on and on!
Read these posts, to see what i mean:
- https://steemit.com/curie/@surpassinggoogle/steem-is-uncensored-i-talk-about-my-mama-in-an-uncensored-way-and-i-blockchain-it-forever
- https://steemit.com/life/@surpassinggoogle/if-you-can-t-find-a-stranger-to-love-love-me-and-entertain-freedom-when-you-do
Steemit Success Advice:
Based on your "Who You Are" entry, here is my tiny advice.
You are a grown man now and you are on steemit, so it only gets better!
Bring your brothers on steemit, even your mama onto steemit and create a small amazing force together. Build your steem power together to an extent and move together.
There was life before steemit, so we can always wait a bit more for the good times.
Family is powerful. So bring them here, focus on steem power for a period, then forge ahead beautifully.
Bro, it will only get better!
8. @tolarnee and her entry.
So @tolarnne is the sweet-like-sugar one! She let herself air out freely, in her "Who You Entry" in a beautifully written poem.
Being a "first child", she has had huge responsibilities. According to her, her parents seemed to want Perfection from her; "a role model for her siblings" etc. "The load is heavy. She breaks down a bit!"
Here is my tiny gift to you; "no books involved", just Me to You:
But aren't just perfect @tolarnee? Aren't you the sweet one?
I am first son too and where i am from "first son" is dead huge. I was like the only "Ajayi" too. More like, my uncles had girls.
Beyond that, my case may have been slightly different, for when it comes to responsibilities and dreams, i was already carrying almost an entire nation's dreams, from a very young age. Read this post to grasp.
The entire communities waits on you to return, with whispers of good news. This things are dead heavy!
So here:
You can be perfect yet flawed.
Its not broken yet @torlanee, its just bent.
So love your parents like crazy, then look at "intent" more. My dad is broken now; crumbled under his the weight of his hefty dreams but he still the best man alive to many; because you could see his "intentions" and even when he would stroke you and be hard on you (perfection), his "intentions" were purely and un-dilutely love-based.
Yes, parents can sometimes have misplaced methods. This may be due to the era in which they lived. In Naija, there is also the Naija factor, because that place is dead hard. I don't know your location, so this is general talk.
Regardless; the principles and underlying concepts are the same: "They love you like crazy!"
The thing is; you will eventually be that perfect girl sometime in the future, perhaps to the man of your heart etc, so why not be perfect even now and have the flaws as well.
Yes, you can have both, and that will help you have a balance, so that the load is not to heavy.
Learn to divert your flaws to good use and not be condemned by them., so that even your flaws are celebrated and perfect. Then you can learn to lovingly persuade your parents by means of your actions, "that you can be perfect, even with flaws".
So e.g "go party but have good grades".
Another thing: My dad, didn't start out as first son! He became first son, when his first brother poisoned himself because their mum couldn't buy him shoes. Yes, what he drank was Gammalin 20.
Parents can change for us, but don't expect them too. Win them over instead and show them new ways.
They aren't just expecting "perfection" because you are first child. They've seen certain gifts in you, same as i saw, you when i read your entry. It not "perfection" per say. It is more; "she is capable, so why settle for less!"
And really, why settle for less!
So don't be like me! I haven't been with parents for years. I have all the freedom but i am so locked up in a room; no fun, no laughs, no nothing.
So go party but return home on time, lol.
If however, your parents are un-persuadable; love them all the same! Then create a nice bond with your siblings; let them see the true you, with your perfect and your flaws.
For your steemit success journey:
Flaws allowed; so you can use steemit as an outlet; to maintain some balance.
Thank you for participating in #untalented "Who Are You?". It's a good start!
If you need more bandwidth (outlet), come around and i will help. I will make a chat room; you make a precious spiel!
Your Boy Terry
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