@introbot has given you great places to start.

Your stats on SteemD

steemd.com (mine is: https://steemd.com/@freedomshift)is a great place to check the same for steemians who you want to use as a role model. It tells you where s/he is (reputation and power, etc.) and how s/he got there (blogs, comments, upvotes and downvotes, etc.).
All the best!