Linked-In and other pep talks only tell you half the truth.
Many articles on LinkedIn are just disguised pep talks. These LinkedIn articles, and other self help courses, have titles like: 10 ways to become a successful manager. 5 methods to get rich quick. 7 habits of highly successful people I read "Irrationality, the enemy within" by Stuart Sutherland many years ago. It is such a good book it has been reissued: In it he tells the story of a doctor who prescribes a new medicine to a patient and the patient gets better. The doctor concludes that the medicine works. The problem is not only was that just a single case, but the doctor has no information on the other 75% of outcomes. The whole 100% is as follows: I prescribe the medicine and they get better. I don't prescribe the medicine and they get better (anyway). I prescribe the medicine and they get worse (anyway). I don't prescribe the medicine and they get worse. What the pep talks tell you ar