🏹 newbie pro-tip:
WEB3 COMMONSENSE SERIES.
{ep.2: do the hard things}
hey you. gm.
what do you do in web3?
do you know up to 10 people doing the same thing?
when newbies come to the space next year, would they want to do this same thing?
you know seemingly common stuff like graphics design? community building, thread writing, web3 jobs? raiding and shilling? hunting bounties? giveaways and airdrops?
are these future newbies going to want to create an X account? start writing threads and doing content or hosting spaces and screaming "gm" everyday too?
well, you know as well as I do that... they are!
those stuff are low hanging fruits. anyone can do them.
that's probably why you're doing it.
but my friend, that's not all that web3 is.
some things in web3 are hard.
difficult to understand.
or complex to execute.
they may require you to learn a new skill or adopt a new habit.
or even better, to completely overhaul your lifestyle choices.
-sleep less, -communicate more, -practice more, -travel more, -read more
more more and more. its always more, except for sleep, lol.
anyways, that is hard af.
i recently had to start waking up at 4am every day to become a more efficient content person.
(regardless of when I slept)
omo. it's day 10 and eye dey turn me like this.
it is hard.
hard things are hard for a reason; most people avoid them.
- they require effort, discipline, resilience, and a willingness to fail before succeeding.
nobody wants that.
but here’s the truth: the people who rise, who truly stand out, are the ones who choose the hard path and keep walking it.
in a world that often rewards appearances over substance, it’s tempting to chase what’s easy.
-to take the simple class,
-to get the safe grade,
-to do the job that looks good on paper but asks little of you.
-to use ai when you should be using your head
-to keep talking and planning instead of doing and taking action
yesterday, I talked about pancakeswap. did you atleast try to check it out?
of course not!
you gave yourself a reason. a good reason to not bother.
-i no get money to invest
-i no understand
-I go do am later (classic)
-Make e dey pump first
-too risky
-i no too like DeFi trading like that
-it's just content na
-i never learn how to trade
-who go give me signal na
valid excuses. sure.
but remember anon, an easy win isn’t real growth; it’s comfort disguised as achievement.
you're doing a hard thing showing up everyday. don't waste that by doing the easy thing while you're here.
your true worth isn’t measured by a grade, a title, or a quick success.
It’s measured by;
-the problems you’re willing to face,
-the challenges you’re willing to solve, and
-the persistence you show when things get tough.
the highest achievers aren’t always the smartest; they’re the ones who kept showing up, who kept choosing the hard thing, over and over again.
as John F. Kennedy once said;
“we choose to go to the moon... not because it is easy, but because it is hard.”
so my dear web3 newbie.
choose. the. hard. thing.
the world doesn’t need more perfection.
it needs more people who are willing to struggle, to build, to endure; and to become something greater through the process.
WHAT IS A THING YOU'RE GOING TO DO TODAY?
IS IT HARD?
[here are some hard things you can try to do:]
> setup a portfolio / personal website
> create a professional, WORLD CLASS, intro video you and your value proposition
> come up with an original idea that solves a real problem in web3 and write a whitepaper about it
> create a valuable proposal for a target industry vertical and send to 10 businesses in that industry
> optimise your X profile; <cover, dp, bio, f2f ratio, pinned highlight, and pinned post.>
are you good to go?
🥂
🏹 newbie pro-tip:
WEB3 COMMONSENSE SERIES.
if you're poor, what you need is income; not a brand.
personal brand development is a long-term strategy for skilled people. this is what requires content and content strategy.
web3 is not about branding, social media or marketing.
web3 is about networking, access and community. learn how to expose yourself to where the money is.
knowing how to do and doing are 2 very different things. making some money here is less about skills or experience and more about positioning and contacts.
you have posted or done some ReplyGuy on X today.
another newbie has swapped on pancakeswap today. and a third one just bought a
#Bitmap last night and I currently neck-deep in research about the ecosystem right now.
who do you think is more likely to hit $10k first?
Just today, BNB hit ath. top memecoins on their chain are ripping.
YET you're yapping about
@idOS_network. nothing wrong with that, but can't you see that you're playing far from the money?
what do you think is going to happen? before you can get $1k from an airdrop as a newbie, people dey wey go get $100k
your best case scenario is an airdrop. newbie 2 may hit their 1st 6 digits! and newbie 3 may become a metaverse builder on Bitcoin!
ACTIONABLE STEPS:
> download Safepal Wallet
> set it up (keep your seedphrase on paper)
> copy your BNB smartchain address (fund it if you can)
> open pancakeswap
> make a $1 purchase
[this is a new series I'll be exploring. comment below if you want me to continue these newbie tips>