DNuts - can I ask a favour? While I agree a certain other poster's strategy posts are too basic, too rigid and as aresult could hamstring them beyond the first few days, I think something important is missing here - you're assuming too much about the knowledge and "feel" of the average beginner.

Telling a newbie poker player to be aggressive ABSOLUTELY requires a clear definition of "good" aggression vs "bad" aggression - when to do it, how far to go, how to spot weakness (I have lost countless $$$ being aggro for the sake of it when I should have been considering position/oppo bets/oppo stats etc etc before doing so).

Aggression used at the wrong time and place - and a newcomer will have, initially, very little instinctive idea of when to do so correctly - is a FAR bigger spew than over-passivity during the first stages of learning. There's a fine but vital line between aggression and recklnessness. Would you mind adding another post that explores this?