A friend of mine recently contacted me about being nervous in submitting his site to 9rules. He did not want to submit his site because he was nervous that the quality of his design and the consistency of his posts were not up to 9rules quality.

He and I talked for a bit and the general consensus was that if he submitted his site to 9rules and got in, he could learn lots from its members as well as from their private forum.

I also mentioned that it does not hurt to apply as there is a great deal of competition due to getting hundreds, if not thousands of entries this round.

Lastly, I mentioned that if he got into 9rules and then really did not feel he was deserving of being part of it after a few months, he could always bow out until he felt more ready to be part of such a community.

Being a perfectionist should never stop you from throwing your name in the hat to be part of a community, or organization.

And 9rules is not an organization where you have to be the elite to get in. There are many blogs that have good personality and are fun to read from time to time, that I had not heard of before they became 9rules members.