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Winning a thread contest isn’t as hard as you think. If you haven’t won yet, the problem might not be the contest—it might be your approach. In my first thread contest, I placed 8th. By my second, I was one of the winners. What changed? My strategy. And today…

I made 100+ followers from just one post. Yet, I see accounts struggling for engagement, like a fish out of water. But not on my watch. Today, we’re changing that. So, grab my hand. I’m walking you straight to the land of engagement, where followers don’t play hard to get!

MY THUMB MOVES LIKE A TYPEWRITER Ever sat down to write and an hour passed with nothing on the screen? I’ve Been there. But I wrote a viral thread in under an hour. Pressure high, posting time near, but I got it done. Want to write faster and execute like a pro? I got you.

I thank God for life. It hasn't been easy these past few days.

I was on drugs for one week. And in that period, I started to doubt everything. Some mornings I’d feel better. Next, I’d wake up weak wondering Is this thing even working? When will the headaches stop? When will I get back on the grind? Then one morning, I saw a little change. Not much, just enough to keep hope alive. But it took me back. Back to 2023, the night I was rushed to the hospital. The nurse tied my hand and kept searching for a vein. I hate that moment. My veins are tiny, and it always hurts. When she finally got it, they gave me different drips till morning. The next day, no headaches. No doubts. I felt fine, ready to go home. But the doctor said: You’re not leaving yet. You still have more drips to take. So I stayed. That 24-hour pain healed me faster than a week of home comfort. That’s when I realized this: The hard way is painful but it’s the fastest path to real change. Every dream you want; that trip, that house, that money, is hiding behind a wall of discomfort. And you already know what to do. But when you remember what it’ll cost you, you pause. You scroll. You sleep. You say I’ll start tomorrow. Then tomorrow turns into a week. A week into a month and suddenly, you’re stuck again. So here’s what I learned: Stay in your pain a little longer. ➳ Think harder. ➳ Pitch better. ➳ Write better threads. ➳ Spot real problems and solve them. Find your unfair advantage and stay there till it pays off. Because ease doesn’t build you. Endurance does. 𝐵 𝐷𝐼𝐴𝐿𝐸𝐷, 𝐹𝑅𝐼𝐸𝐷 𝑌𝐴𝑀.

Your win is a trap. It tricks your brain into relaxing. That’s dopamine at work, like the sweet rush that hits when you finally get what you’ve been craving after a long wait. It rewards the moment, not the mission And I learned this lesson the hard way. Picture this: My childhood classroom. I was the king. From Primary 4 till graduation, the first position was mine. So when I entered JSS1, my classmates saw my report cards and panicked: Benjamin always takes 1st? We won’t allow it to happen here. It was like one vs. twenty. And I loved it. Their fear became my comfort. I thought: If they’re already afraid of me, I don’t need to study hard. Fast forward to the first term result My classmates crowded around me: “Ben, what’s your position? Let’s see it!” I opened the paper. 20th. The crown shattered. I went home crying that day, and my father looked me in the eyes and asked: “How come, Ben?” And the truth was simple: I got drunk on old victories. It made me relax while everyone else sharpened their edge. Worse? I carried that “20th” tag through my entire JSS1. One classmate even told me: You’re tied to the 20th chair. You’ll never escape it. And the lesson became clear: A win is not a certificate. It is only a signal to raise the bar higher. Never let yesterday’s victory distract you from today’s battle. 𝐵 𝐷𝐼𝐴𝐿𝐸𝐷, 𝐹𝑅𝐼𝐸𝐷 𝑌𝐴𝑀.