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{{a|shitmaxim|}}A love letter to [[LinkedIn]], thought for the day, [[life coach]]es and [[motivation guru]]s everywhere, this is a collection of airheaded aphorisms that sound profound but ooze vacuity.  
{{a|shitmaxim|}}A love letter to [[LinkedIn]], thought for the day, [[life coach]]es and [[motivation guru]]s everywhere, this is a collection of airheaded aphorisms that sound profound but ooze vacuity. This is not just when that home insurance lawyer tags impenetrable Kierkegaard aphorisms with #quotestoliveby - I mean how ''does'' one live by “life expresses the result of our dominant thoughts” — won’t that just happen automatically? — but something in more wishful denial of how significance the world in general, and Denise in accounts in particular, attaches to your problems.
 
*{{shitmaxim|Be the best version of yourself}}
*{{shitmaxim|Be the best version of yourself}}
*{{shitmaxim|Your value does not decrease based on someone else’s inability to see your worth}}
*{{shitmaxim|Your value does not decrease based on someone else’s inability to see your worth}}
*{{shitmaxim|You do not inspire people by showing them how amazing you are, but by showing them how amazing they are}}
*{{shitmaxim|You do not inspire people by showing them how amazing you are, but by showing them how amazing they are}}
*{{shitmaxim|Blowing out someone else’s candle won’t make yours burn any brighter}}
*{{shitmaxim|Blowing out someone else’s candle won’t make yours burn any brighter}}
*{{shitmaxim|Every boss started out as a worker}}
*{{shitmaxim|Every journey starts with one step}}
*{{shitmaxim|We rise by lifting others}}
*{{shitmaxim|it takes being let down to appreciate those who lift you up. Being a lifter}} but in this logic it is equally valuable being a putter-downer.
*{{shitmaxim|}}

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Crappy advice you find on LinkedIn
An occasional paean to the empty-headed aspirational gems that gush from from LinkedIn’s wellspring of bunk.
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A love letter to LinkedIn, thought for the day, life coaches and motivation gurus everywhere, this is a collection of airheaded aphorisms that sound profound but ooze vacuity. This is not just when that home insurance lawyer tags impenetrable Kierkegaard aphorisms with #quotestoliveby - I mean how does one live by “life expresses the result of our dominant thoughts” — won’t that just happen automatically? — but something in more wishful denial of how significance the world in general, and Denise in accounts in particular, attaches to your problems.