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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;coinucopia, post: 1966454, member: 71587&quot;]Hi Josh,</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>You do seem to get a lot of criticism, both constructive and.. less so. And you seem to know most of the people who are offering the criticism. Maybe that has led to a somewhat myopic interpretation of said criticisms. If I may, I would offer a newcomer&#039;s perspective.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I think the reason you experience such backlash on your comments is the tone, and the way you deliver them. Content aside, you state opinions as absolute facts. And you do so with an undercurrent of arrogance which is only highlighted by the naïvete that is so common to your age. I, and everyone else here, understand that there are exceptions, and that some 20 year olds ARE wise beyond their years. You, however, are not one of them. I don’t say this to hurt you, or to diminish your many great deeds. I say this in hopes that you will stop trying to pretend otherwise. Because no one is buying it. And I say this with absolute certainty, not based on your achievements and lack of achievements (so please stop listing them), but based on your presentation of yourself and your achievements. Wisdom is a trait that requires no embellishment. You rarely see it merrily skipping hand in hand with bravado. And that’s fine, Josh. Just pick one. Be wise, or be naïve. (I would recommend sticking with naïve, since you’re not pulling the wise thing off) Either is acceptable if that’s who you are as a person. Just don’t try to project the former while oozing the latter. It comes off as insincere, which is not a great trait for a business owner. And more importantly, it doesn’t matter. You don’t need to be some special hyper-advanced-for-your-age savant to earn the respect of the community.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The main takeaway, if any of this is even worth taking away, is to just be sincere and honest. Hyperbole will come back to bite you in the ass (as is the case of every instance when you stated a ‘fact’ which was researched by another member, only to discover that it was an embellishment). Every one of the people you are talking to has been through this awkward formative process in which the limits of what will and will not be accepted at face value is established. Which is why every one of the people you are talking to can smell your bullshit instantly. We recognize our own. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> And that recognition of our own former faults is like chum to angry sharks. We can’t avoid attacking it. That’s just human/shark nature. So you can take comfort in the knowledge that pretty much everyone has been where you are. But learn from it. Dig yourself out of that hole of self-aggrandizing rhetoric now, and you’ll be ahead of the pack. And I would wager that you would get far less aggressive feedback, as well.</p><p><br /></p><p>Jon[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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