Comments on: Make Your Point in 140 Characters

By: mitzs

mitzs — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 06:08:33 +0000

I don’t believe Scott was joking at all. If he was, why would he post 5 mins later, if you have a 10 dollar head then by a 10 dollar helmet? This argument has nothing to do with money. It has to do with someone who thinks they can walk over anyone they please if they don’t think the same as him. He doesn’t even try to see where someone is coming from in their thinking. Does he go, I see what your thinking but here is the flaw in that. Or even, I don’t agree with that and here is why? No, he goes on the defense and attacks people, tries to belittle, bully, or insults them into submission. You call this the actions of a professional trainer? And even though he has lost followers and stuff over this. Has he learned any lesson at all? No, he will not even take responsibilities for his action. Instead he blogs that we are lazy and untalented. How would he know? The man has never ever seen my work. Nor does he know anything of my work ethics. I was told just a couple of hours ago he is now calling us liars in his twitter feed even though I have proof of what he has said. He represent his self and his writing in a false way. He knows nothing of my work ethics or my work. Yet he writes as if he has study it and it didn’t come up to scratch? As for severing up fries. Well, I have been a manager at both Micky D’s and Hardees. It is honest hard work and I am not ashamed of that. My point to all this? He is still attacking people, he is still insulting people and calling them names like he is in 3rd grade. But more importantly he is skipping right around the real issue of how mentally abusive he is to others.

By: ~Tye

~Tye — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 05:16:44 +0000

BINGO! AJ very well said!

(The following is generalized because there are more people involved in these behaviors than Mr. Bourne alone… who is a prime target for public ridicule because he is so publicly/widely known)

(REPEAT! This is not directed at any one person, it is highly generalized and I am not pointing any fingers, just pointing out a few thoughts as topic of discussion. )

When someone attacks behind closed doors, then blocks you so you can’t respond, makes me want to call *intentional foul*. Redirect of attention from the “Real” problem doesn’t solve the “Real” issue. Getting defensive and lashing out, also makes me want to scream *you brought this on yourself*. If everyone stood up and took a little responsibility for their actions instead of playing *cover it up*, people wouldn’t get so bent on private behavior that is contradictory to a persons public behavior.

I personally was flamed by several individuals over something that I had claimed full responsibility for, my fault, *so-n-so* were great, *so-n-so* does great things for this community, I apologized to everyone whom I may have offended and “said” people and their followers still called names and made threats against me in DM’s. When I see this kind of blatant bad behavior, it leaves a bad taste in my mouth.

It all leaves me with the question: “If it was all jokingly/sarcastic, then why have all traces from these feeds been cleared?”

No matter what is going on right now, I feel that in the end we all need to be accountable and take responsibility for our own actions, because look at the impact “we” (one individual) can have on so many people. Just a few thoughts.

By: egower

egower — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 01:39:05 +0000

Thanks for taking the time to write this article. Very good.

By: A.J. Wood

A.J. Wood — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 22:34:52 +0000

I agree Scott wrote a well-informed article, and yes, perhaps the firestorm that brewed is not entirely his fault. However, I do feel that if you’re going to challenge someone via DMs you should allow for an appropriate DM response. Also, I don’t believe that personal attacks on any level help to make an argument.

Not everyone who disagrees with you is an idiot.

Except for Bob. We all know Bob is an idiot.</sarcasm>

By: brad

brad — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 22:20:25 +0000

This is all grand, however I also feel that Scott nailed it as well.
It is not Scott’s fault for the mis-interpretation of others because of their lack in being able to Think before they act and/or respond.
Scott’s info is matter-of-fact, and an appropriate wake-up-call for real pros to better educate their existing and/or potential clients.
Would you honestly expect him to “sugar coat” the issue so that it is “politically correct” and not have any impact at all?
It’s up to YOU how YOU interpret the information and utilize it. How about learning from it and helping to better the situation vs. complaining about it?
Keep the good points only, why waste your time otherwise?

By: randy

randy — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 20:54:51 +0000

Excellent post. You hid the proverbial nail on the head! I have traded messages with both @scottbourne and @mitzs about this via twitter, but what I really wanted to tell them is summarized in your blog post here. This should be required reading for all twitters I think this whole thing could have been avoided if Scott had used a in his original tweet instead of later saying he was half-joking.
Keep up the good work!