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{{a|shitmaxim}}Another one for people so taken up with the metephorical potential of their aphorisms, they miss its literal falsehood. Only someone who has been to a fireworks display at midday will know this not to be true. Now it might be true that doing down your fellow won’t improve your own career prospects — but don’t watch ''Game of Thrones'' if you want to hang onto that idea, but if you want your light to burn brighter, most certainly put all the other lights out.
{{a|shitmaxim|}}Another one for people so taken up with the {{t|metaphor}}ical potential of their aphorisms, they miss its literal falsehood. Only someone who has been to a fireworks display at midday will know this not to be true. Now it might be true that doing down your fellow won’t improve your own career prospects — but don’t watch ''Game of Thrones'' if you want to hang onto that idea, but if you want your light to burn brighter, most certainly put all the other lights out.
 
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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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Another one for people so taken up with the metaphorical potential of their aphorisms, they miss its literal falsehood. Only someone who has been to a fireworks display at midday will know this not to be true. Now it might be true that doing down your fellow won’t improve your own career prospects — but don’t watch Game of Thrones if you want to hang onto that idea, but if you want your light to burn brighter, most certainly put all the other lights out.

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