What does ranking mean for you?

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It's been a quiet couple of weeks for me (WA wise) as I have been traveling for my "day job" with little time to myself... taxis, airports, flights, hotels, business meetings, working lunches, "social" dinners with the same people... you get the picture! It's all good, I like my job and usually enjoy this "full immersion" aspect (as long as it's not too frequent!) but the weirdest thing happened... late in the evening, when I should have been collapsing into the crisp hotel sheets in a state of mental exhaustation, I was drawn to logging into WA instead, just to see...

What was I looking for? At first I wasn't sure, I knew I wouldn't be continuing any training at that time, but I was checking notifications, seeing who was following me, reading their profiles, blogs etc. and deciding whether to follow back... but there was something else... there was the ranking! Whilst I was away, mine went into the top 100,000... don't laugh! That's not a typo! I really do mean "Top 100,000"... so I know this is not really that high, but to me, this was a big deal! I felt it in my stomach at the time (very late at night after a really big dinner and a few glasses of wine!), but more importantly, I felt it again today, when I saw I've now dropped out of the top 100,000... Of course this in itself is not surprising at all, as I said I've not really done anything WA related for the last couple of weeks... but the feeling of immense disappointment was a total surprise! So now I'm back! I've only been with WA a month or so, so still early days. I'm only a few lessons into the training, and don't even have my websites fully set up yet, but I am drawn to the site and excited for the future, and with a recognition of the powerful albeit subtle motivators built in along the way, I know I'm in for the long haul...

So what does the rank mean to you? I'd love to hear how others feel when theirs moves up (or down!)... or how you interpret the rank of other people when looking at their profile?

Thanks for stopping by!

Anna

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Ditto as the others say, not worth it if you not learning or earning. It just means you are helping others and being sociable. Some of us have lots of time to do so. Go at your pace and your priorities 😁

Thanks for the comment and totally agree! Learning and implementing have to come first to be successful, but there is a lot to be said about "social learning"... gone are the days where teacher and student have a clear distinction... If you approach everything as a learning opportunity you are already ahead of the game in my opinion, but implementing what you learn is key, and that is what I intend to do!

Hi - I think some people can get fixated by their ranking to the detriment of their website. There are no perks or bonuses associated with having a better ranking, nor does it have any monetary value.

I am just outside the top 50, which may be puzzling to those who look at my profile, considering I have only been here a relatively short period of time, and have created no training and written only a few blogs.

However, I really enjoy helping people and try to answer as many questions as I can, either in classrooms, Live Chat or through Private Message.

As I work from home, I can happily balance my "real" job of freelance writing and also, work on my own website, plus, have time to participate in the WA community! The best of all worlds.

Thanks for the comment Diane - I totally get that there is no monetary value in ranking itself, and it's perhaps just an inherent need for belonging, but using that part of human nature is also a clever way to keep people coming back... and there's value to be generated in that if you can successfully replicate it... food for thought, that's all!

I wouldn't worry too much about your ranking within WA Anna.
No matter what it is, it wont earn you a penny, and that's why you are here.
Your first and only priority is to learn how to earn an income from the internet.

I have been an ambassador for over a thousand days but my rank still goes up and down like a yoyo, but I don't lose any sleep over it.

You stick to taking the training at your own pace and you will get there eventually.

Have an awesome Sunday and the week to come.

You get stuck, you get in touch.
Robert

Thanks for comment Robert - I wouldn't say I was worried at it, in fact if I had been asked before last week I would have said quite the opposite, that I wasn't even noticing it, but in reality I was, subconsciously or otherwise... it's effect surprised me, that's all, which is why I posed the question to others... human psyche intrigues me.

No probs Anna.
A lot of members don't give a hoot what their rank is and that is as it should be.
Concentrate 100% on why you are here.

I see members, and mostly newish ones reply to every comment and question there is. They also follow as many people as they can.
In fact there was a member last year who paid someone to do just that and they ended up with over 30,000 followers within the first month of joining. Complete and utter madness.
People do become fixated and obsessed with reaching a high rank.

At the end of the day it wont make them any money.

BTW that member has since left. I wonder why?

Enjoy your day.
Robert

I understand that rank is important for some people,
but for me it's secondary. It has no impact on my
mood, I'm not here for that. If it goes up so much
better, if it decays so much better.
If I have time to invest myself in WA I do it,
but we all have a life next door.

Have a nice day!
Ingrid

Thanks for the comment Ingrid. I don't think rank is important at all, which is why I was so surprised by how I felt at noticing it go up and down... it mostly just got me thinking about human nature and the "need for acceptance"...

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