You do not inspire people by showing them how amazing you are, but by showing them how amazing they are: Difference between revisions

You do not inspire people by showing them how amazing you are, but by showing them how amazing they are (view source)

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 Well, you ''would'' inspire them by showing them how amazing you were, ''if'' you were amazing, but  — let's face facts here — statistically speaking, it is almost certain you're not, so rather than aggravating them with your mediocrity, it’s better to make them think ''they’re amazing instead.
-Now, it is highly likely they *won't* be amazing either — they’re reading your crappy [[LinkedIn]] post, after all, so that should give you some sense of it — but a feature of mediocrity is gullibility and wilful self-delusion, so they'll probably believe you anyway, and even if they don’t, most people still like to be told they’re amazing, however implausible or disingenuous it may obviously is to tell them that.
+Now, it is highly likely they ''won’t'' be any more amazing than you are — they’re reading your crappy [[LinkedIn]] post, after all, so that should give you some sense of it — but a feature of this kind of guileless mediocrity is gullibility and wilful self-delusion, so they’ll probably believe you.
+Even if they don’t, most people still like to be told they’re amazing, however implausible or disingenuous it obviously is, so go right ahead and blow smoke up their ass.
+In summary: ''blow smoke up other people’s ass, not your own''.
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