nice my friend hope you can always share information about new things friend. I love it

heartiest congratulation, I started my journey in June but didn't get such successes as I gave my time to job also , 
happy for you  sir!

Ok... first congratulations on ALL the wonderful accomplishments! SO many in such a short time. I've been here just over two months longer than you and finally hit 60 the other day. So I _bow_ to you and all the achievements.

Now I have two questions...
Your account is here _organically_? Meaning you have never purchased steem or sbd. What you have is what you've earned? Or am I wrong? Because if that's so, then I am organic too!

Second (which is two-fold), you are about the tenth steemian who has stated they have _paid their bills_ and live off steemit. So how do you do that? Meaning, get actual money... and also... do you have tax issues? Capital gains issues? Curious because one day I will be using my sb/steem for something and the only thing holding me back is possible backlash of owed taxes.

Congratulations on your success, I wish I had more time to spend here. I believe the future is very bright for the platform. As for now I'm still chained to the system. All the best to you and keep up the hard work. I appreciate your message very much, peace, JerryT

Thanks for the information

You are one of the good ones my friend.

Congrats on 5 months and thank you for all your effort here.

The blockchain is an ecosystem which is impacted by the actions of each on here.  There are many wonderful people doing all they can to help push this ahead.   Keeping our focus upon the long term which means helping others is imperative.  

I am a believer that each post and comment that comes from the heart and is written with genuine intention lifts this blockchain a bit higher.  Together, we can keep pushing forward as the number of accounts grow and more applications are added.  

We see the compounding effect in action.  With each passing week, there is tremendous growth.  Many seem to lose sight of this fact.  All stats (like those you mentioned) verify that story.  

It is a situation where little is noticed day to day but when you look back over 5 or 6 months, we can see where this blockchain came from.  

6 months on here is like years elsewhere...that is how fast things are moving.

Congratulations  on your successes. And thanks for these tips.  I'm still a newbie; still experimenting to get a hang of it all.  People  like you motivate  minnows to not lose hope.  Please  put the class together soon. Will love to be a part of it

It feels like you've been here much longer. I always enjoy reading what you have to say and am looking forward to reading more for years to come.

Congratulations on your successes here on Steemit. It is amazing what can be done in such a short time. I am organic too but I think I am of the slow growing variety. lol

Congratulations! Not everybody can do this! I’m still working on growing myself so reading about your success in 5 months is amazing! I am about 4 months old and not close to your status. So i am jealous but also optimistic that i can get there

I think vlogs generally do better than blogs.  Of course a good blog will do better than a bad vlog.  Many are doing well on DTube.

Wow! Such great progress. Gives me hope. Would love to attend your workshop in Edmonton. I think my fairy god mother might have broken one of her wings though. Haven't seen her in a bit! In the meantime I'll follow your lead. Blessings.

We need more positive stories like this. So often it seems that you can only do well if you have the money to invest in the first place. That old saying that money makes money. For those that don't have the money to invest this is a positive affirmation that you can still achieve something. Even better is your example that helping those around you also helps you. 

Sorry, this is probably sounding a bit slushy, but I've just come away from reading a post and comments based around this flag war, which pretty much seems to have lost any form of reason and has degenerated into insults, jealousy and degradation. I need to cut that side of Steemit out.

I have another opinion about your success... my brother @wwf
You're a success here because of your past life and your harsh experience, which gave you so much power and energy, and you knew how to exploit that energy to spread peace and love here.
anyone can write posts and comments but not anyone can make in his words a soul that affect anyone who reads it...

@wwf

You are a shining example of integrity and what can be done here on Steemit if you are kind, consistent, supportive, and a giver of light to other.

The list of achievements is endless but I know it will continue growing.

Bravo, bravo

Congratulations for these great achievements under the short period of 5 months.
Your have equally given back to the steemit community in many ways which am a beneficiary and remain grateful.
On your planned project for helping others, I trust in your ability to carry it out seamlessly and pray that God will help you.
Thanks and congratulations again.

I congratulate you and believe, that your success is deserved. You're done! Thank you for competent and wise advice, they will be useful as a novice and experienced user. I wish you continued success)

You've achieved so much in these few months. Congratulations!

I totally agree with you when you say that the paradigm has shifted and we actually benefit from giving here. And like you said, there are greedy people, but as more people join us, we will see power shift and distribute in many ways.

Congratulation for your achievement in Steemit, You are a great person, You sayd right the information and comunity that have been built here is more important than the currency

What a blessing your presence here has been. I consider myself tech savvy for the most part, can build websites very quickly, am good with excel speadsheets, and love geeking out...but this has been a bit of a learning curve! It has been invaluable to have yourself and such a wonderful community here willing to share the learning curve with. Here's to a full 2018 of learning and growing the platform!

You are a prime example of how every user should be in order to find success in steem. 

The fact you manage to reach 5K SP organically in 112 days is amazing! I think that must be some sort of record or something like that :P

Either way, it is nice to see stories like this, it’s proof this platform really offers good opportunities for its users. 

The fact you delegate your SP when there is a trend among a lot of users to delegate to bid bots makes you even more respectable. With people like you this platform and it’s communities will only grow with no limit. 

I hope I can keep seeing stories like this, instead of flag wars and bid bots abuse... 

Thanks for sharing this. 

Cheers!

Dear @wwf, 

Thank you for this marvelous post. I am new (Jan. 2018) on the platform and will definitely follow your tips to help myself grow. I am not really here to make money, but rather to grow a large following to help with the launch of my online academy where all my courses will be free and will focus on liberty and empowering individuals. 

I am also grateful for the wonderful [tools](https://steemit.com/ungrip/@wwf/a-list-of-my-favorite-steemit-tools-do-you-have-any-to-add) you recommended and will comment there as well (suggesting an amazing tool that is not listed there that I am sure you will love).

I am following you now and look forward to more of your insightful posts.

Best,

@libertyacademy

P.S.: I almost forgot, here is your **reward for your 5 months on Steemit**:

![poutine-quebec_38038_600x450.jpg](https://steemitimages.com/DQmUPEj2gRUVqAX837JraZfwcMhGFyeitZGRt84puhKk9vM/poutine-quebec_38038_600x450.jpg)

A nice **Poutine** from my home province of Quebec. Enjoy! They are sooooo delicious!

Sounds Great, Define "organically"   :-)