Thank you !

Hi @cryptoctopus,

Another awesome post!

People who complain that this isn't "fair," are everywhere and they aren't going anywhere. We tend to use the "this is not fair" approach when things don't go our way. Rarely do we see anyone looking inward and saying: what can I do differently?

I think this whole post can be summarized with: align your actions with your goals.

Thanks again for sharing this!​

Great post! The English do not know very well, so I use a translator, but in general everything is clear. I read with great pleasure. And totally agree with everything that is said in this post. Thank you @cryptoctopus 
I follow you!

nice post. So you disagree with my concerns. my post was good enough to inspire you and comment too, but you missed the opportunity to upvote it.  https://steemit.com/steemit/@apes/how-many-active-users-with-influence-has-steemit#@cryptoctopus/re-apes-how-many-active-users-with-influence-has-steemit-20160729t120747597z

You really put a positive perspective for everyone new or old understanding how to become a better steemer and person in general, I use the Ying/Yang balance thought...I feel overtime everything balances back out in this life or the next:) Very nice share much appreciated @cryptoctopus!

I was reading your post carefully, your post is very inspiring you are absolutely right many people complaining I was one of them before  but I have ask my self a question is it stemmit fault if I'm not making money the answer was : it's your fault ben so I have just read, watching videos about steemit and search infos, the result was a fresh start and I try always now to give better posts , thank you for this wonderful article bro

I love your posts so much and how they respectfully approach topics that other users may dislike and then come to realize the importance. People don't seem to realize the long term investment that is steem power. Whales can't afford to upvote trivial posts so instead of people trying to write a long post that makes 1.00 and give up and bash steemit, they could take it and continue through trial  and error. And the people complaining of "circle-jerking" should also realize that steemit is one of the few places where comments are valued. Yes some is flattery for votes, but steemit is such a powerful voice for those tired of trying to get exposure for their craft on other social media sites. How much is 100 likes on Instagram worth if it doesn't provide quality feedback or help get more work for you or reward you for trying to make great content. Hope you might have a chance to read this as your name suggests you may be an animal lover or at least an octopus lover. (One of my fave usernames here) maybe you can read my post about my best friend https://steemit.com/steemit/@bendjmiller222/how-my-best-friend-saved-me-from-suicide

0,01% want to be a leader, but 99,...% want to have a leader. Heard somewhere

Nice analysis

https://cdn.meme.am/instances/400x400/38147601.jpg

I made a rebuttal post here if any minnows want to read it https://steemit.com/steemit/@imarealboy777/income-inequality-on-steemit

Hi! This post has a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flesch%E2%80%93Kincaid_readability_tests">Flesch-Kincaid</a> grade level of 6.5 and reading ease of 81%. This puts the writing level on par with Stephen King and Dan Brown.

this is good article, bookmark it :)

Very inspiring to be on that top 80 - 90% list.

" What we are given here is an opportunity to bring value, use our skills and ability to play the game and be rewarded for it. Some will generate huge amount of results while many will generate very few. " 

Oh yes and a great opportunity for me personally and very grateful.

Great read

Have you been reading *The One Thing* by Gary Keller?

This principle is what the book **THE ONE THING** is based off of.   It uses it as the foundation for a method of work that leads to focusing on the items in your life/work that have the biggest impact.    Recognizing what your 20% items that provide 80% of the result is one of the keys.   It was a great read.

Currently Many whales are doing power down. And many contents creators who doesn't have steempower started to earn money and steempower. Let's see it will move to 80/20 after few years later. What we are seeing is just starting of this platform.

Very well, but if nothing is done here, is what will happen to steemit: Read this is very important https://steemit.com/steem/@stea90/read-very-important-why-the-market-volume-and-value-of-steem-continue-to-decrease-what-will-happen

Thank you for this awesome post cryptoctopus.

I'm sure many are aware of the 80/20 concept, but this is the first time that I have even considered the inert fractality in it leading eventually to the famous 99/1 having made so popular a few years ago when then masses where unhappy with the status quo but only a few set out to actually change it.

I'm very happy and proud to be part of a community of the few that let actions speak louder than words. I have spent more time researching Dan and the core team on here than trying to enter the underwater race, because I want to know how strong the vision is. 
If we can collectively muster up a visionary strength of an Elon Musk or a Steve Jobs - imagine how many blocks this chain will still turn upside down. A very exciting prospect to wonder about ;-)

@cryptoctopus, im an android developer and i want to tell that pareto rule is real works. If i do project, main part get 20% of my time. Others 80 is get 20 result.
TY, nice post.

Good thoughtful post. The main idea of which is to ensure that people are not trying to remake something. 

There is a saying - do not fix something that works.

Especially when you consider that people usually do not try to remake something of good intentions, but for themselves. To get benefits.

Awesome post @cryptoctopus! Short concise, a lot of wisdom, especially in the  end.

You make some interesting points.  However the inherent inequality itself will kill the platform more than people complaining about it will.  I think this the same thing that we see as a justification for inequalities in real life i.e. if you aren't rich then it is your fault.  Clearly things are more complicated than that in regular life and that is the situation here too.

The situation regarding which posts are successful or not needs to have some consistency which right now it doesn't - in some ways it seems to be very random.   Some people are rewarded for stealing other people's material - this should not be rewarded at all.  

There also seems to be a strong bias towards posts that are strongly positive rather than offering any constructive criticism of the platform.  I don't see why that is good.  An echo-chamber mentality is not and never has been successful in the long term.  It merely encourages group-think and the perpetuation of flawed thinking.  The DAO (which I discuss in my last post) is a perfect example of what that gets you.

I understand that this is early days and this is not a mature platform but if the creators are going to go round talking about inequality and trying to help reduce it then they need to show it with their actions and not just their words.

Steem games I really like although I have not regained the attention of the right whale