Don't drink and blockchain, and other rules to learn

We have an unwritten rule in this house, Don't drink and blockchain, and my first true post from Steemfest is going to break it. I am starting this at 4:49am local time after being up for more than 26 hours, travelling 12 and having a "couple quiet ones" with my house mates @anomadsoul, @abh12345, @celestal, @guyfawkes4-20, @zlatan-spielberg and @raj808 and some 30 or so of my closest Steem friends that I had mostly never heard of or met before. It really is amazing how there can be so many people doing so much work but we have never crossed paths.

Tomorrow (today) is the first official day of Steemfest3 with sign-in for the even and the opening dinner and I am looking forward to trying to remember the names and faces of the people I met in the darkness of a few of the local bars. I like to pay attention to the way people interact with each other and present themselves and there are definitely a wide range of personalities here withe varying approaches to Steem.

Some people like to jump right into their Steem content, account or try to get a feel of who is who, while others are much more subtle in their approach or more interested in getting to know each other outside of Steem. I think that I am somewhere between these two points.

Something interesting @anomadsoul mentioned is that this Steemfest seems to have quite a lot of content creators in attendance, not just witnesses and investors. This is an interesting observation and I hope it means that the presentations will cater to the audience, rather than just the devs. It would be great if the speakers are able to give a lot more whys as to the usage of the chain, the apps and hopefully for me, some what ifsalso.

We all have 4 basic positions that we tend to favor to lesser or greater degrees when it comes to learning or acceptance of a position. Why, what, how, what if. While I am a What if kind of personality that likes to look at how I can use or implement something or, use it in unexpected way, the Why is the most important factor as it is the reason to do something at all.

What i have found when talking to a few people is that even though they are keen on Steem overall, they don't necessarily know why they should be or, why Steem is such an important platform if given the opportunity and supported. Often this is a perspective based process as for the most part, we tend to favor the areas that we enjoy more than not. This means that we lose a lot of the understanding that we might need to really invest ourselves.

If we have a strong why factor in our understanding we are much more likely to learn the details of the what, the process of the how and of course, the potential of the what if. If we hold a clear picture of those four points, it is relatively easy to decide on our next move as it not only become apparent what we might want from the platform but, what we should do in order to get there.

I am hoping that by the end of the week of SteemFest that all attendees not only have a good understand of why, what, how and the what if of Steem's future could be, but they are able to use the understanding to make adjustments to their approach and of course, translate the knowledge, vision and learning to their audience. If the people here come in with an open mind to learn, they might just learn something that becomes the spark that ignites the fire within.

I was talking to a few people who asked about my content and I have little else to say that I am a blogger, a writer. Most of us are of course in some way but what I think people need to workout for themselves is their voice, their own style. I find that too many are trying to target earnings before working out what they are really interested in, what they are passionate about.

My view is that those who are open and authentic as well as consistent are much more likely to get noticed and rewarded for their content as once one really cares about what they do, they will continually push and find new ways to make their dreams a reality. There is so much untapped potential of Steem that people just aren't paying attention to and leaving on the table. Once a user really clicks with the platform, they will know why it is so important to really understand what this platform is, how it works today and what it could become in the future.

Now, it will be a long day tomorrow and I am falling asleep as I finish these words. For all the people I met today, thank you for being welcoming, thank you @roelandp for organizing and the steemFest app that makes swapping contacts easy and of course Krakow itself that so far, has been very welcoming.

Til tomorrow.

Taraz
[ a Steem original ]