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*{{shitmaxim|It takes being let down to appreciate those who lift you up. Be a lifter}} — or, be the one who lets people down and have an equal impact.
*{{shitmaxim|It takes being let down to appreciate those who lift you up. Be a lifter}} — or, be the one who lets people down and have an equal impact.
*{{shitmaxim|Believe this: You are exquisite. You are exceptional. You are limitless.}} — or, better still, ''don’t'' believe it since, if you are seeking spiritual guidance from [[LinkedIn]] it almost certainly isn’t true — at least, not in a good way. Even if it might be, there’s much less scope for injury and disappointment if you proceed by assuming it isn’t.
*{{shitmaxim|Believe this: You are exquisite. You are exceptional. You are limitless.}} — or, better still, ''don’t'' believe it since, if you are seeking spiritual guidance from [[LinkedIn]] it almost certainly isn’t true — at least, not in a good way. Even if it might be, there’s much less scope for injury and disappointment if you proceed by assuming it isn’t.
*{{Shitmaxim|We will all have more leisure time in the future}} — this isn’t [[LinkedIn]] [[yogababble]] so much as delusional conventional wisdom from the [[thought leader]]s of the day like {{author|Daniel Susskind}} in his fantastical {{br|A World Without Work}} and {{author|David Goodhart}} in his otherwise excellent {{br|Head Hand Heart}}.
*{{Shitmaxim|We will all have more leisure time in the future}} — this isn’t [[LinkedIn]] [[yogababble]] so much as delusional conventional wisdom from the [[thought leader]]s of the day.
*{{Shitmaxim|Not everybody is a game-changer, but everybody can make a game-changing impact and contribution}}: another one from the “by definition, false” collection.
*{{Shitmaxim|Not everybody is a game-changer, but everybody can make a game-changing impact and contribution}}: another one from the “by definition, false” collection.

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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?” — what does it even mean, and if it does mean something, won’t it 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.