"Zoom out every now and then"

You may have heard this saying if you have been involved with crypto trading or investing.

I think its something that isn't said often enough though.
It seems lately people have been bombarded and spammed with so much scams, fakes and other stuff promising them a quick profit if you invest in their new social platform or new company that everyone is getting so tired from hearing it. Not to mention how everything has to get done quick nowadays, people always in a hurry and looking for that quick entertainment or satisfaction instead of being patient.

People you used to know, have turned into these "sales" persons suddenly, always trying to get you to put money either indirectly or directly onto their hands in promises of fast and big wealths. In fact it has been happening so often that the trust is almost gone completely and getting that trust back is very difficult.

I realize that many people that look at Steemit today or did a year ago had that inner "sounds too good to be true" feeling and I can totally understand it.

What I tell my friends and users who ask for advice is that the innovation is real, its useful, its powerful and it has so many advantages that we can't even comprehend or anticipate at this early stage just yet.

Its bigger then you and me and all of us here today. Its here though, it happened, you are one of the lucky ones who against many odds and competition happened to hear about it and decided to read more and if you were lucky you re-searched enough about it to actually understand the innovation, or a small part of it.

I've been awaiting a new project that truly introduces newcomers to the advantages of block-chain technology for a long time. I am glad Steemit is and will be one of the most effective ones to educate newcomers on the advantages this new innovation brings us.

Not to mention the difference of this project compared to the other "big ones", that's a whole other post and many others who describe it much better than me. But to go back about the saying in the title.

Zoom out every now and then and look at the big picture.

Here is an image of the full Poloniex chart of Steem since it was added on there. The grey bars behind the price represent the volume of trades. I think this image speaks for itself in which phase we could be in right now and considering how new this project is compared to many others but how quickly it is growing and gaining attention.

Best advice and meme that is still true today is this, in my opinion. But like always, this is just an opinion and should not be taken serious or to jeopardize funds you can't afford to lose. Always invest wisely.

Best part about Steem is that you can earn it in many different ways and you don't have to buy expensive computers that are rendered useless for anything else than mining.