I've had trouble recently, understand my thinking and trying to explain to myself and others as to why I choose to act as I do on the Steem Blockchain, that was until last night...


![yo.png](https://steemitimages.com/DQmR1RLBrWhjx3VsznoABqLfCTPg9vA1npFWCnFEugwKsSw/yo.png)

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## A brief summary of how I 'Steemit'
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I can be tough to look at what others are doing at present,  and I have asked myself, ['am I stupid?'](https://steemit.com/steemit/@abh12345/am-i-stupid), with regards to my actions, or non-actions here quite recently.

With all that's happening around and much to the opposite in many (but not all) places, my current 'stance' and actions are:

- No self-voting
- Delegating 4000 SP (which I pay for each month)
- Writing 50000+ characters worth of comments each week
- Not selling my vote
- 0 Powerdowns / Powering up as much as possible
- Hosting 'community' events and issuing prizes (with support from kind sponsors)
- Answering almost every reply that is seeking advice or help

Is the above helping me advance and grow my account? And if not, why do I do this seeing as STEEM is my only source of income at present?

![steemdivider.png](https://steemitimages.com/DQmc2H3Lgvc1aWLMBBeokhh3AkjrLpjDqsB49SqVYB7nXAy/steemdivider.png)
  
## Psychological Egoism: Selfishly Improving the World Around You
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Yesterday evening, a [post](https://steemit.com/philosophy/@lukestokes/psychological-egoism-selfishly-improving-the-world-around-you) from @lukestokes popped up in my feed.  I suggest that it is certainly worth a read and a watch of the video within.

Having read his blog and watched the excellent short video, I now understand better my actions here and fully agree with what Luke says with regards to how Steemit relates.

Luke's words:

> I think STEEM (along with Steemit/Busy/DTube/DLive/Utopian/etc) is an amazing example of the future where we all individually benefit by working to benefit others. This is what a positive sum world is all about. The more value we add to the STEEM blockchain and curate great content from others, the more our personal STEEM holdings go up in value.

He's bang on, in my opinion, and I couldn't agree more.

And Luke  again:

> Those votes create relationships, build my reputation, demonstrate influence, and (I believe) will eventually increase the value of the whole blockchain as worthwhile content and authors are rewarded for their efforts.

Helping others out is of benefit to me over a longer term - Selfishly unselfish, and now with more clarification as to why.

The world you live in is the world i live in :)

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## @teamsteem's 100% vote and why I think it relates
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Yesterday, @teamsteem posted a [french version](https://steemit.com/joie/@teamsteem/je-suis-persuade-qu-une-solution-existe) of a post he submitted [here](https://steemit.com/cryptocurrency/@teamsteem/dan-larimer-said-one-of-the-most-inspiring-thing-ive-ever-heard) 2 years ago, asking for people to comment with their views on @dan's interview with a bitshares presenter. 

To me, these posts are connected as I think @dan's vision overlaps Luke's views and 'Psychological Egoism'.  Dan is clearly way ahead in his thinking, and his words (and those of many of my followers) give me even more encouragement to continue this path I've chosen.

So if you are still with me, take a trip over to @teamsteem's post, watch the interview and write an awesome comment.  At the time of writing, Guillaume's 100% upvote is worth $19.29 and so that should be enough encouragement in itself!

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To clarify,  these guys are both Witnesses who have my vote, but are not aware of me 'promoting' them in this post today.


Thanks for your time, and Steem on! - however you choose to do so :)

Asher @abh12345