​No Arrogance Allowed In Our WA Community

What Happened?

Just the other day, I came across some comments in response to a fellow member's blog post. The post was indeed quite good and on a topic that seems to be of benefit to many newer members, as well as some not-so-new members, and our fellow member blogger did not deserve such arrogant comments.

Seeing such remarks being made within WA Community really puzzled me since, for the life of me, I could not see any reason, sense, or logic for such remarks being prompted. The wise choice would have been a friendly comment to agree or disagree with the blogger.

“If Everybody Is Only Writing for Newbies, Why Should I Stay Here...”

The comments directed at the blogger were questioning why there is not a WA section for such posts for Newbies, or why bloggers don’t mark their post to designate if they are for beginner or experienced members. One of the comments actually stated “… why should I stay here…” indicating, in my opinion, that such posts on beginner topics are a waste of our fellow member’s time, because of our fellow member’s advanced knowledge and experience, and what else!

Why I Am Here?

On the contrary, one of the reasons that I am sticking with WA is the fact that its Community provides a great environment for all its members to freely share their ideas, knowledge, and experiences. In addition, they can ask their questions in healthy and cordial discussions. Another benefit of WA Community is that everyone is treated equally – no separation of Newbies from Experienced members, with their own exclusive sections to blog or ask questions, etc.

We Should All Exercise Humility

Obviously, not all of WA members have the same level of knowledge and expertise in Internet Marketing and the technology that it requires. This is why WA Community plays such an important role for education and support of all its members. If a member knows something, he/she will humbly share it so that others may learn. If a member has all the answers and has no need to share or learn anything, then he/she has the perfect right not to interact in the Community.

I am a simple man in my golden years. I have traveled the world over, and have arrived at a single solid conclusion: I only know one thing for certain... that there are so many things that I don’t know. I also know that I am yet to meet another human being - regardless of education, status, or riches - who knew everything and had all the answers!

Even if one did have all the answers, that individual is obliged to show the utmost humility and modesty in his/her interaction with others. We simply should not become puffed-up and arrogant in our behavior or communication with others. A wise person once said “… the more one knows the more humble and down to earth one has to be in dealing with others.”

A Humble Suggestion

I am sure that we all get an e-mail notification whenever someone in our network either asks a question or has published a blog. I am equally sure that in such e-mail notifications, the topic of the question or the blog is clearly indicated. Therefore, we all have the option to check the topic on such e-mail notifications, before we even open them, to decide if the topic is one that we want to devote our time and effort to read or not.

With all due respect to our fellow member referred to above, the e-mail notification should definitely present a simple choice to decide if the topic of a particular blog is intended for a Newbie or for an Experienced/Advanced member – it will only take 2-3 seconds to choose if one wants to be pretentious or unpretentious in one’s next move.

For purposes of clarification and the record, the content of this blog post reflects my own personal views and opinion, and not that of WA.

I sincerely thank you for your time,

Jay Barnelli