A Dolphin Reflection of Hardwork || 3x Triple Dolphin Milestone Reached 15k SP

It's been 2½ years on this platform. There's a saying every great success starts from a single step. It's very surprising to see such growth but there are factors responsible for this growth and those factors are my reasons for being on steemit till this day. Whenever a dolphin looks at the river, he sees a reflection of himself which is an indication that he has actually made it to the top to be able to see his reflection on the surface of the water.

I just hit the 15k SP milestone on steemit and I didn't do so overnight. I was skeptical about posting and engagements. I used both smart work and hardwork to get to this milestone. The below is a bridge of my journey on Steemit and my some of my secrets to hitting this milestone

2021	Signed up	Steemit
2022	1x Dolphin
2023	2x Dolphin
2024	3x Dolphin

My journey on Steemit if written down can full an encyclopedia. I've passed through series of discouragements especially when my friends left steemit. I felt I was the only one wasting my time but no, steemit has a lot to offer other than financial incentives. Taking my mind to this fact retained me on the platform for years.

I've gotten to improve my thinking skills, creativity writing and social skills. I started where everyone started from Zero, and now I'm at 15k SP. It was a milestone I thought I would never reach but yes, my determination made it possible. If you put your mind into it, you'll do it and get it despite discouraging times.

I'll say the four watch words.......In everything we're doing, we will always face disappointment, discouragements, feelings of quitting, laziness at some point and then reduction of self worth. I faced all these in my writing journey and started from a step.

• Consistency
• Focus
• Patience
• Hardwork

These are the things that helped me achieve these milestones. If you're lacking in any, you'll find it difficult to reach your targets. When creating contents on steemit, I am consistent and my consistency most times brings about recognition and votes which helps boost my target.

Asides bring consistent, if you don't focus, you'll have misplaced priorities not just on steemit but in real life. My maintaining focus helps me balance up my social life and Steemit and knowing fully well I have a target to hit, I keep on pushing without distractions. Distraction can make one loose focus and you can get distracted easily when you can balance up your activities

Patience is a virtue. This is needed in almost everything even when it comes to food. You need to be patient in other to hit your targets on steemit. My saying patient doesn't mean you sit down and wait to got your milestone. Most times we don't see good votes on our posts which may cause to feel our target isn't attainable. By being patient, consistent and remaining focus, you can do yourself a favour by always being active. Who knows when votes will come your way. It may come unexpectedly.

Hardwork is the major. If you're not working hard not just on creating contents but quality contents, you won't be able to hit your target. I do spend much time developing my contents to be quality enough for readers and also engaging with other people has really proven helpful. This **hardwork has paid off indeed.

Before powering up my steems, I had about 14,516 steem power of which I needed 484 steems to reach the 15k SP milestone
From the accumulated steems I had, I decided to power up to hit my target. On the 19th of June, 2024, I powered up 484 steems to hit 15 SP.

Before power up	After power up

Congratulations to myself for the diligence. I think it's well deserved. I also want to use this medium to thank all those behind my achievement today. The steemit team and the workers(curators ) put in place to help support quality contents is a huge part of my achievement to that milestone. I wouldn't have done it without them.

Some users here have been a source of encouragement and support to me and I'll start by acknowledging my mentor. I guess she must be very proud of me @ngoenyi. I also want to thank the admins and moderators in steem4nigeria who jointly made me a responsible content writer @xkool24 - @benton3.

To all the users I've mentored, i wouldn't have done it without you guys. Mentoring you guys made active and retained me on this platform. @patjewell has always been the greatest adviser, motivator and a source of encouragement to me. All these joints forces including **most users on this platform which I can't mention made me hit this milestone. Once again...... I'll tell myself, CONGRATULATIONS.

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