Hello everyone
@samiwhyte here

Everyone wants success both on steemit and beyond, but most times is difficult to get the desired success.  There is no formula to success because what worked for Mr A may not work for Mr B. There are keys to success, i.e things that position you to make success. It's not a formula therefore it does not automatically mean success but it can place you in the track for success.

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[Source](https://pixabay.com/en/stickies-post-it-list-business-2852375/)

No matter how fast we drive in the wrong direction, we can never reach destination. Being around success is already a step of success. Community don't guarantee success but it sure place your in the right track for it. It's is better to be in a football academy waiting for a contract that to be among street players. The probability for success is higher in an academy when compared to street teams. Community gives us higher probability for success. the chance of finding success is greater with community.

Reading success stories of most amazing steemians across the globe, one major thing that is common with these steemians is their activeness in community. There is no short cut to success, every successful venture has a price that must be paid. Community is a ladder to the roof top of success, it is one thing to have a ladder, it is another thing to climb with it. Being in community doesn't do much to us, it doesn't take us to the roof top, we must deliberately become active in our community in other to get real benefits.

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[Source](https://pixabay.com/en/head-beyond-clouds-sky-2748333/)

I go through my feed along side tags daily, we don't need an official analysis to tell us that activities on steemit is dropping daily. This can be traced to lack of fulfillment on the platform due to low interaction on post alongside low cash out. Most of the active people today are those who have adapted to community, therefore still making a level of success even at this down time of steem. Rather than going inactive, newbies and others should lay hold of relevant communities to their niche, build activities and move into the track of success.