I see a lot of posts on steemit from people asking "How do i become a whale and make thousands of dollars per post?" obviously everyone would love a guide like that, so i'm not going to lie to you and say "Here's the secret use this blueprint!!" i'm going to tell you the fundamentals of how people become successful.

Determination

The main determinant of success is determination, your ability to get up every day and keep striving for the goal you've set forth for yourself through the good and the bad, I recently started on steemit less than 8 days ago and i am currently closing in on 200 followers, why? because i put effort into this, i set aside time everyday to focus solely on my page making sure that what i post is the best i can possibly do.

Iv'e made 40 dollars on a post and iv'e made 1 cent on a post, sometimes content that takes me hours to write and publish gets nothing and a random meme picture i upload gets 4 dollars that's just how it is the difference is that i don't allow myself to be discouraged, if i want to be making hundreds of dollars per post no body is going to achieve that for me, sure i could beg night and day for a whale to swim along and give me some money but that's not my work, that's me benefiting from somebody else's work.

Drive

Your drive is just as important as determination, it's the product of a focused will and derived from your passion and enjoyment of something, it's what gets people out of bed in the morning and makes them go to work and be the best at what they do, being passionate about something is easy, it just comes naturally when you find something you're passionate about.

So ask yourself, are you passionate about the things you're writing or are you simply trying to do what you think will net you the most in the short term? passionate people often go years without reward but the experience in itself is the reward when you're doing something you love.

Hard work

Everyone wants to be lucky and have money just magically fall into their laps, but few are willing to actually do what it takes to make that money, waking up everyday and pushing forward to achieve your goals is tiring, but it's the only way to achieve what you want.

We'd all love to sit around watching netflix all day and someone comes to your house with a million dollars, but that's never going to happen, but you can count on yourself to make that million dollars through your own worth and content of your work, you're the only person who can determine where your limit is and if you can break through it.

Never stop

This one should be pretty self explanatory, but it has to be said, never stop pushing to get what you want, no matter how hard it is if you believe you can do it, formulate a plan and stick to it.

Too many people give up before they've even started and will never become successful because of themselves your determination is all you need to push through the roadblocks either you or someone else has set in front of you, remember just because the road is blocked, doesn't mean the road ends there.

These are the fundamentals to being successful at what you do, they're universal and apply to almost everything in the world that somebody could want from money to respect and everything in between, only you can provide these things in your life, so go out, set your mind to it, follow through and don't stop until you have the things you desire.

Thanks for reading this, if you've enjoyed this feel free to resteem and follow me or leave a comment below.

Thanks.

~Crypto Krieg