Is your ego getting in your way?

Hey Warriors,

Recently I've seen a few people posting with an attitude about how other people run their business.

That's fine if you just want to vent, but quite often people are then making statements about what doesn't work or that method x "is not long term" etc.

One statement that caught my eye was someone saying "relevance isn't important" regarding links and blog comments.

I'm not picking on that statement specifically but there seem to be a lot of people that learn the basics of a strategy and then think they know how everyone else is using it.

I know from experience that 'most' things people come here and say do not work - DO work, because I test almost every method I think of or see mentioned so that I get my own reality about how it relates to my business and if it works for me or not.

I also know that just because something doesn't work for me - or that it's not right for me - that's nothing to do with what others will see.

There are a lot of people making great money with methods I have no interest in using and vice versa.

So if you think you KNOW something doesn't work - please think twice before telling others not to do it because you may not actually be helping them.

By all means - share your experiences - I think that's a REALLY valuable thing to do. But please try not to generalise your experience and think others will get the same.

Of course you can feel free to ignore what I'm saying so don't flame me if this hits your sensitive spot - I'm actually trying to look out for you.

One of the only things I think really does apply to everyone is the advice to test things for yourself and get your own reality of what works.

Andy