<p>Nobody really talks about how embarrassing it feels to be a beginner.</p><p><br/></p><p>You want to learn something, so you start.</p><p><br/></p><p>Then you realize you're not naturally good at it.</p><p><br/></p><p>You make mistakes. Someone laughs. Someone tells you you're not doing it right.</p><p><br/></p><p>And suddenly, something you were excited about starts feeling like proof that you can't do it.</p><p>You find something you want to learn, you get excited, and then reality hits you’re not as good as you imagined yourself being.</p><p><br/></p><p>You make mistakes, you forget steps, you look awkward, and sometimes someone says something that makes you question why you even started.</p><p><br/></p><p>And that's the part that can make you quit.</p><p>But maybe being bad at something isn't a sign to stop.</p><p><br/></p><p>Maybe it's simply what being a beginner looks like.</p><p><br/></p><p>You don't have to be good at something before you're allowed to enjoy learning it.</p><p><br/></p><p>Being bad at something you just started doesn't mean you're incapable of becoming good at it.</p><p>It simply means you're learning.</p><p><br/></p><p>So if you're a beginner at something right now, don't let someone's opinion convince you to abandon something you're still learning.</p><p><br/></p><p>Give yourself permission to be awkward, make mistakes, start again, and improve slowly.</p><p><br/></p><p>You don't have to be good at it today. You just have to be willing to keep learning</p><p>So, if you're learning something new, don't let your first few mistakes convince you that you can't do it. </p><p>Give yourself time, keep practicing, and remember that nobody becomes good at something by being afraid to be bad at it first.</p>
At the end of the month, we give out prizes in 3 categories: Best Content, Top Engagers and
Most Engaged Content.
Best Content
Top Engagers
Most Engaged Content
Best Content
We give out cash prizes to between 7 and 20 community members with the best insights in the past month.
The winners are picked by an in-house selection process.
The winners are NOT picked from the leaderboards/rankings, we choose winners based on the quality, originality
and insightfulness of their content.
Here are a few other things to know for the Best Content track
1
Quality over Quantity — You stand a higher chance of winning by publishing a few really good insights across the entire month,
rather than a lot of low-quality, spammy posts.
2
Share original, authentic, and engaging content that clearly reflects your voice, thoughts, and opinions.
3
Avoid using AI to generate content—use it instead to correct grammar, improve flow, enhance structure, and boost clarity.
4
Explore audio content—high-quality audio insights can significantly boost your chances of standing out.
5
Use eye-catching cover images—if your content doesn't attract attention, it's less likely to be read or engaged with.
6
Share your content in your social circles to build engagement around it.
Top Engagers
For the Top Engagers Track, we award the top 3 people who engage the most with other user's content via
comments.
The winners are picked using the "Top Monthly Engagers" tab on the rankings page.
Most Engaged Content
The Most Engaged Content recognizes users whose content received the most engagement during the month.
We pick the top 3.
The winners are picked using the "Top Monthly Contributors" tab on the rankings page.
Contributor Rankings
The Rankings/Leaderboard shows the Top 20 contributors and engagers on TwoCents a monthly and all-time basis
— as well as the most active colleges (users attending/that attended those colleges)
The all-time contributors ranking is based on the Contributor Score, which is a measure of all the engagement and exposure a contributor's content receives.
The monthly contributors ranking tracks performance of a user's insights for the current month. The monthly and all-time scores are calcuated DIFFERENTLY.
This page also shows the top engagers on an all-time & monthly basis.
Below is a list of badges on TwoCents and their designations.