Are you acting on what you are preaching?

[Perfectbaby]

Yes the title speaks it all and I want to draw on our attention on this matter that are very essential to us because many people do not know the important of what we are talking here less until they falls victim to what we have been preaching so far.

We dey tok about wallet and security but I still notice that most people are still cool using those wallet, for instance exchange wallet or close source wallet. People are too adamant to this because they felt they are smart or do not need to worry because they have been around crypto for long and may think is a sure banker for them.

Another one is to keep speaking about people to invest; a question to ask is that before asking other people to invest have you invested before? You know you can't practice what you don't do, at least you have to be a doing before putting people in the hood of investment to make you have experience and to know what to tell others that are coming to system.

We see many people talked about security; how conscious are they when tell other people about security are you applying same technicality? Yes I noticed people are just saying that for saying sake maybe go complete their post quota, normally if we preaching about security we should first implement it to ourselves after which we can know how it works.

Most people are always good in reporting post as plagiarism; I want to know where you professional when you started? Even the people who are found to be reporting many post had in one way being reported before as plagiarism and they learned their lesson so what is the extent of reporting your fellow instead to correct them because not all everyone knows how the forum works, everyone came from a very different background and most not be perfect in the forum until after some weeks or months before they could be familiar with the forum.

Summary; before you talk anything for people to do always be the doer let it be you are talking from experience.

One love!

[Hatchy]

Most high ranked members on this forum, had some experience in the past at their early stage. Every one went through the newbie rank to where they are today. And they understand what it took the to grow their account to a higher rank. I too had some bad experiences as a newbie but survived those points. As for plagiarism, I used to know Bitcointalk as a very hot forum before now. Every week you see list of plagiarizers being banned once caught. But these days, it's very different as people are now given second chances to retrace their steps. For someone who really what to learn about this forum, the rules must be your first priority upon registeration. Except someone has given you the idea that just creating good content will make you money on the forum. Yes it will but you have to still know the rules and let them flow in you so as to avoid breaking any of them.

[Churchillvv]

There is a proverb our people do say " Follow my words and not my actions" and that's how some of us here live our lives, we don't practice what we preach.

It's easier to follow ones actions than their words but we don't realise this that's why people give out advise but never take one.

We all should try to be the example of what we want to impact in others, being an example only is already making an impact. bring it to bitcoin investment, security of our wallets, etc if you practice what you say for real you will be more impactful than you ever thought.

For the records, plagiarism is just an example of ignorance, once you know the law and what it's really about you wouldn't do it. and reporting others who do it is somehow a correction, especially when it's a new account. if they get to ban it, you just stand a better chance of being the best you can by reading the rules and obey them with a new and clear account.

[Perfectbaby]

There is a proverb our people do say " Follow my words and not my actions" and that's how some of us here live our lives, we don't practice what we preach.

It's easier to follow ones actions than their words but we don't realise this that's why people give out advise but never take one.

We all should try to be the example of what we want to impact in others, being an example only is already making an impact. bring it to bitcoin investment, security of our wallets, etc if you practice what you say for real you will be more impactful than you ever thought.

For the records, plagiarism is just an example of ignorance, once you know the law and what it's really about you wouldn't do it. and reporting others who do it is somehow a correction, especially when it's a new account. if they get to ban it, you just stand a better chance of being the best you can by reading the rules and obey them with a new and clear account.

Did you read the rules that says if your account get banned you are not permitted to have another account ? Or haven't you read the rules that says if your one account get ban all the rest are also getting banned? This is true, for me if una see something like this make una update people instead to immediately rush go report your fellow, e no make sense for one day.

[Marvelockg]

It shouldn't disturb your mind that people might not be keeping to what they are advising others to do. If they aren't doing it, it's to their detriment and they will be the ones to suffer the consequences.  Most of the security precautions people advise about are direct experiences they've had in this space except for those who want to fabricate stories that never existed. It only gets bad when you're not doing what you're advising others and you're caught in the process.

Plagiarism is a means that's used to clean the forum off spam and low-quality posts and regardless of your rank on the forum, it's expected that you aren't plagiarising in any form, and if caught, the right measures will be used against you. You don't go on to default such a rule because you feel that some of those talking about it aren't doing what they are saying. You might end up being the scapegoat that will serve as a lesson to others. In society, laws are set by lawmakers who in most cases don't execute those laws as much as an average person on the street, sometimes because of their level in society, they find a way of going scot-free even when they've broken the law but you don't go on to break those laws when you're a lower ranked person in the society. The same also applies here. Those that are of a higher rank most times get protected even when they default certain roles but as someone that's still coming up, you don't equate yourself to them. do your part and ensure you protect yourself from falling victim to any circumstances that are detrimental to your existence on the forum. If others aren't doing the right thing, let them bear the consequences that come with it but on your part, let it be that you're following what's right not because you want to please anyone but because you want to protect yourself and your space.

[Ruttoshi]

We dey tok about wallet and security but I still notice that most people are still cool using those wallet, for instance exchange wallet or close source wallet. People are too adamant to this because they felt they are smart or do not need to worry because they have been around crypto for long and may think is a sure banker for them.

That should not be your concern on whoever is keeping their coins in an exchange because it is their coins and whatever happens to it will be their own problem for not doing the right thing.

Another one is to keep speaking about people to invest; a question to ask is that before asking other people to invest have you invested before? You know you can't practice what you don't do, at least you have to be a doing before putting people in the hood of investment to make you have experience and to know what to tell others that are coming to system.

Anyone that have not invested before but have the knowledge about bitcoin investment can still advice his friend, family and relatives to invest as long as he is not forcing them to invest in bitcoin but directing them on the right way to go about it. It is good to tell people how they can achieve success if you know they have the resources it requires. However, whoever is in this forum for up to 2 years and does not have any bitcoin investment is a joker. Bitcoin investment is not a big deal because you can invest little amount of money into it. Trading is what majority of people think is easy but your difficult.

We see many people talked about security; how conscious are they when tell other people about security are you applying same technicality? Yes I noticed people are just saying that for saying sake maybe go complete their post quota, normally if we preaching about security we should first implement it to ourselves after which we can know how it works.

How do you know that they are not conscious of their own security and they are doing it for post quota. This is a forum where people are learning and sharing knowledge and that is why the right thing should be said whether you are practicing it or not, so that newbies or people who don't have the knowledge will learn the right thing and practice it correctly. So I disagree with what you are saying. If you go to the technical board, you will understand that you cannot post there is you are not practicing what is being discussed there. This is because some members will need help on the difficulty they are facing at that moment on wallets issues or nodes as so on. At the end of the day we will all be held responsible for our own action.

Plagiarism is against the forum rules and it has being a big problem for newbies who think that they can rush and rank up in order to get into signature campaign without giving themselves time to learn and grow. Lazy people will not grow and if they copy other people's work they will get banned to keep the forum clean.

[Ishicryptic]

From my research and understanding, people should ask questions and learn about cryptocurrency before they enter into the space and invest or trade their funds. It is after this stage that they can have practical experience and teach newbies what they know because experience is the best teacher. Although it is not compulsary that someone must have physical or personal experience before they can teach and direct other people, they can also learn from theories by reading and learning from experienced people that were into cryptocurrency before them and teach others, so you don't need to have personal experience before directing newbies about the does and don't of cryptocurrency. I didn't have any crypto in any exchange and I also didn't have much experience in cryptocurrency before I knew that it is not advisable to leave your coins in an exchange, I learnt it from experienced people and I shared the information with other newbies, without any practical experience.

[Perfectbaby]

We dey tok about wallet and security but I still notice that most people are still cool using those wallet, for instance exchange wallet or close source wallet. People are too adamant to this because they felt they are smart or do not need to worry because they have been around crypto for long and may think is a sure banker for them.

That should not be your concern on whoever is keeping their coins in an exchange because it is their coins and whatever happens to it will be their own problem for not doing the right thing.

So why do we keep saying "Not your key not your coin" don't you think it's good to remind people about even if you think you knows it all there are people who don't know about it and aren't conscious of their coin stored inside exchange. We can cite an example of what happened to FTX how it collapse so easily and people lost series of money and with the decoupling of the Terra USD.

[AVE5]

Whoever that doesn't practice what he speculates is a misleader and not worth following as a leader.
There're actually dubious persons who're fond of convincing others for self interest while being so audible in preaching what he doesn't practice not to be sure of it before directing them.

In the crypto sphere, there're Investors who may ask you to invest in a specific project with the saying that it's the best coin to invest on but meanwhile they don't invest on the same coin market.
Some may preach about buy and hold for a long term goal but they're always on the short terms.
Some lectures about DCAs but yet still don't DCA.
Infact, some would give you words of confidence but dip to their mind they don't trust the system.

[Juicyhome]

That's why we must differentiate character from reputation, when you see a person of character he matches his words with actions,  what he says is what he do, whether people are there or not, he maintain his stand or words. This kind of leaders are the best when it comes to leadership,  they preaches what they practice, but when you see people that talks loudly in public,  he or she is doing so to protect their reputation,  that kind of leaders only can about what the public say about them, they make promises they cannot keep or honor. In the other words, preach what they don't practice.

As a young man,  I advice you do what you say, regardless of the situation,  don't just talk because others are talking,  say what you can keep.