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{{a|shitmaxim|“Blow smoke up other people’s ass, not your own”<br>}}{{shitmaxim|You do not inspire people by showing them how amazing you are, but by showing them how amazing they are}}. 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.  
{{a|shitmaxim|“Blow smoke up other people’s arse, not your own”<br>}}{{shitmaxim|You do not inspire people by showing them how amazing you are, but by showing them how amazing they are}}. Well, you ''would'' inspire them by showing them how amazing you were, ''if'' you were amazing, but  — let’s face facts here — statistically speaking, almost certainly, you’re not — come in Messrs. Dunning and Krueger, 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 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.  
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.
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 arse.


In summary: ''blow smoke up other people’s ass, not your own''.
In summary: ''blow smoke up other people’s arse, not your own''.


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Latest revision as of 16:26, 1 February 2021

Crappy advice you find on LinkedIn

“Blow smoke up other people’s arse, not your own”

An occasional paean to the empty-headed aspirational gems that gush from from LinkedIn’s wellspring of bunk.
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You do not inspire people by showing them how amazing you are, but by showing them how amazing they are. Well, you would inspire them by showing them how amazing you were, if you were amazing, but — let’s face facts here — statistically speaking, almost certainly, you’re not — come in Messrs. Dunning and Krueger, 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 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 arse.

In summary: blow smoke up other people’s arse, not your own.

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