Nice post @cryptoctopus sir, i just like to say that the greatest challenge that internet users face is information overlaod and i really appreciate the way you encounter with this challenge.

We can be successful on Steemit if we are ambitious, motivated and working hard. Yes, maybe it will be hard to make connections, but the motto of every day in our life should be "never give up". It is important to be original, to have quality content, to trust that we will succeed.

You gave us so many useful tips, it would be a pity not to apply them

It was the very same information overload for me when I first came in contact with Amazon-FBA. And me simple-loving brain wasn't able to take the information. Than, because it was easier to understand I started a dropshipping business, but still there was an overload of information and it took me months of daily reading and researching until I got the whole idea - months of lost money and wasted time. 

I wished too, that I would have known steemit at this time, as it was the very same time when steemit was founded. But I am still more than happy, that I found it 3 weeks ago.

What are the odd jobs you have done? How is your online business right now? 

You have to practice / repeat things you have learned, and the best way to practice / repeat is to try teaching someone new. The new person will ask questions which you might not ask - which help you develop your knowledge.

Good advice in the "Last remark"

Hey cryptoctopus, I still joined your followers list and came to this great article. Your write-up is very inspiring. Currently I'm in the same situation that you described. While searching the right path and the possibility to access every tiny information worldwide in seconds it sometimes leads me to days with nearly zero progress. That's exhausting. To prevent me from these situations I try to split my day into several slices and reduce external disorders. All the best for your next articles.

Nice article - I've been there as I'm sure many have in this interweb age. I'm glad you mentioned the importance of the process (re: your daily blogging experience) - It's super helpful to be reminded that "nothing is lost, everything is transformed" into usable experience. Like wax-on, wax-off. Even if it didn't make any money, it sharped your sharing skills and language skills. Good lesson and great reminder. Cheers!

Absolutely on point @cryptoctopus. I have written 3-6 2000 word articles for a website for the past 8 years. I wish I would have had Steemit for even a portion of that time. The returns are phenomenal here.  I like your final point even more. Learning is not action. Action builds the path to the future of your dreams.  Thanks for posting this.

# First
 Thank You for sharing your insightful and helpful story @cryptoctopus.
# Second
***learn do teach*** which @binarybits completely agrees.
# Third
I believe I understand your handle now, you got ME with your tentacles @cryptoctopus.

That's great to see that you didn't stop learning at all Success is the result of perfection, hard work, learning from failure, loyalty, and persistence.
and you finished it in a great way "Knowledge is power only if it is applied after all." that true !!

I hope that you will do a blog post about your "Last remark..."

Because... well, I feel I  have always had trouble with that, because on many things I would never get started.  But, then again, if I didn't have a clear idea in my mind what I was going to do, I would just waste my time and materials doing nothing. err... getting nothing done, except more sawdust.

But often, the act of turning wood into sawdust would give much better understanding of what I wanted to accomplish /  how to do it.

Anyway, would love to hear your thoughts.

For a wall of text based on experiences i didn't mind reading through it! Often times when i started dating i would not go out telling myself i needed to research game, attraction, and seducing. I eventually came to a conclusion that learning was an excuse to not go out and going out taught me more than watching videos or reading books.

Not just data overload, the internet also full of vague information. We dont know what is right and wrong.

that's why small groups are good too, because you have to directly discuss and formulate in your own words as well

Same for me but with music. WRITE MORE. PLAY MORE. and suddenly you're better. half of satisfaction is "action"

Thank you very much for this great information, really very interesting especially for beginners to understand your strategy which can follow it to be successful bloggers in this amazing platform.

I have been in Steemit for only two months, I was struggling with monetization of my WordPress blogging before Steemit, but here my posts (in Turkish) started earning immediately

You seem to have realized your dream. Honestly I still have mixed feelings on Steemit, I get your point how it is helping in more than one way. My vocabulary gone up a lot since I started here, besides that I am slowly building up a "network" and make money in the same time. But it is this last factor, "the money" which also changes the motivation in a sorts of greed. Anyways I am still learning and sort of finding my place into all of this...

Great post, i wish more  posts be like this :)

I totally agree when you talk about the process - "learn and do" because internet knowledge is something you should implement as fast as possible or at some point it can be already too old. However, I am not sure about teaching. Could you comment, how does it make you better? You mentioned that blogging helped you to write and think better, but the same result can be achieved not by teaching, but for example by writing review articles.  Don't you consider teaching as giving up more information to your competitors?

Wow! @cryptoctopus You have totally sold me in 90 seconds or less. Imagine how I have been keeping things that I  don't need at all on my computer hard drive and Cabin for the last one year or so. This part kissed me on my forehead, "if you can't implement it, don't bother with it or store it somewhere for later". With this piece of advice, I promise to delete or burn the 'information garbage' in my store. To me, this is a million dollar tip!
Thank you for this wonderful piece.

im 30 and still dont know what to do , no goals , nothing. Any suggestion how to find goal? i see you learned some Seo ,  do you have first steps for newbies ? im thinking to start my blog but im not sure will i have traffic or not, because i tried like 5 years ago , posted 30 posts and zero traffic

Hoy he tenido suerte al encontrarle. Tengo muy poco tiempo en steemit, me trajo un amigo y me dijo que acá podía hacer cosas. Lo que Usted dice de internet es muy cierto: demasiada información, demasiados contenidos y pocas metodologías, lo cual es un problema. Me gusta mucho mas lo metodológico, me abre mas caminos hacia el mañana.. Ahora bien , el mundo financiero que se mueve en internet es impresionante, es difícil reconocer "la verdad", lo relativamente seguro, la incertidumbre es mayor en internet. En steemit estoy en la búsqueda de escenarios y creo que poco a poco estoy consiguiéndolos, digamos que estoy en una etapa de observación y la hago participante a través de los comentarios y de llevarme a mi blog lo que mas me ayude a poner en practica las acciones que quiero desarrollar en esta plataforma. Gracias por compartir su experiencia, eso es muy valioso.

As always great advice. I tried to start my own blog and then I tried to create a dogecoin faucet in order to make some money on my blog. I hit a brick wall and felt like the time I was putting in was not equal to the money that was coming out and I stopped. 

I agree with you 100% that people don't know how lucky they are to be on steemit and making money for their blog. I think one important aspect that you also skipped out on is that steemit has no minimum payout like other sites do. This is also a great advantage of steemit.

<blockquote>Knowledge is power only if it is applied after all.</blockquote>
I agree with this. :)

your struggling gaved u best reward my friend amazing <3

PEOPLE COME TO YOU APPRECIATE  YOU BUT ONLY YOU KNOW HOW MUCH TIME YOU FUCKED UP .GREAT MY BRO .KEEP IT UP

Well, I'm gonna be 25 this year and I'm sort of in this realm. Gave up on a regular job and I'm still trying to make a living blogging outside of Steemit. Luckily Steemit came and helped me a little financially.

I think "information overload" happens for those who perhaps have FOMO. Some people just don't want to miss out on that "next" piece of information. But with so much information out there, it's just best to take on face value the information that is learned, and simply just take action on it, and edit along the way. I used to be that person who would always need to get every detail correct or down before I started on a project/task at hand. And that's what happened, I'd never start because I'd think I was not ready.

It's just best to step away from all the information out there (from gurus, to DIY, etc.) and just CREATE. People need to take action like you said, and make creations, share them with others and get feedback is the best way to learn without getting information overload in my opinion.

good post my friend @cryptoctopus
so.. are you can come to my blog :D
i just follow you

with internet today we can receive so many information in second and because of it there is like 90% of people have information overload. i like your learning pyramid, by my experience its true that then you teach someone material then you learn more about this material yourself and understand it better.  Action is must have, because idea/knowledge without action is just idea :)

Positive and motivational Post @cryptoctopus Totally agreed with you #steemit is the best platform

That's true! I am a licensed teacher. Being a teacher means opening your mind to helpful information that you can use to teach your students and by that you have to know well about the topic, if you are teaching a skill make sure to master that skill before teaching it. But teaching doesn’t mean that you should be the “best” in the room. You also have to open your mind with your students’ opinions because most of the times It is the teacher who learns from their students. It is the students who motivate us to strive to be a better teacher. Thus, we learn most by teaching.

We share  a background sir,i have been having a similar problem.
The problem of reading ,reading and reading without action.

I have read many articles about blogging,SEO,Technology and Motivation.

I have always wanted to that a blog,and sometimes even start one,but abadon it a few may be a month! Poor me.
I am very happy and lucky to have met stem at the right time and it will drastically turn my life around.
This statement below is so true.
>Even if you were to make only $1 on your post, you are 1000x more successful then when I got started on my first year of internet marketing. 

Steemit makes a person use your leaning model of 
Learn, Do ,Teach.
This is exactly what i am doing at the moment,i learn new things about Steemit ,apply what i have learnt and then teach all the new people i introduce to Steemit.
Steemit is the best thing to ever be created.