Does LinkedIn Brainwash You Into Hating Your Job?

00:18:32
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Summary

TLDRLinkedIn can be a source of stress due to constant comparisons with others' achievements. This video provides five strategies to help users maintain calm while using the platform: 1) Avoid accomplishment signals by bookmarking your profile page instead of the homepage to prevent negative feelings from scrolling through others' successes. 2) Focus on producing content rather than consuming it, as this can lead to personal growth and networking opportunities. 3) Avoid engaging with rage bait content that can provoke strong emotional reactions. 4) Don't attend unjustified meetings; always pre-qualify invitations to save time. 5) Keep your network relevant by connecting only with individuals you have a real relationship with, reducing spam and distractions. These tips aim to enhance mental health and effective use of LinkedIn.

Takeaways

  • 🧘‍♂️ Avoid accomplishment signals to reduce stress.
  • ✍️ Focus on producing content, not just consuming.
  • 🚫 Don't engage with rage bait content.
  • 📞 Pre-qualify meeting requests to save time.
  • 🔗 Keep your network relevant and meaningful.

Timeline

  • 00:00:00 - 00:05:00

    LinkedIn, boshqa odamlar bilan o'zini taqqoslash orqali stress va noqulaylik keltirishi mumkin. Ushbu videoda, LinkedIn'dan foydalanish jarayonida stressni kamaytirish va ruhiy salomatlikni yaxshilash uchun beshta usul taqdim etiladi. Birinchi usul - muvaffaqiyat belgilaridan qochish. Odamlar ko'pincha LinkedIn'da o'z muvaffaqiyatlarini ko'rsatishadi, bu esa boshqalar bilan o'zlarini taqqoslashga olib keladi. O'z profilingizga to'g'ridan-to'g'ri o'tish va boshqalar bilan taqqoslashdan qochish tavsiya etiladi.

  • 00:05:00 - 00:10:00

    Ikkinchi usul - LinkedIn'da kontent ishlab chiqarish va iste'mol qilishdan qochish. Odamlar ko'pincha faqat kontentni iste'mol qilishadi, lekin o'z postlarini yaratish orqali ular o'z auditoriyalarini rivojlantirishi va ish imkoniyatlarini oshirishi mumkin. LinkedIn'da o'z postlaringizni yozish va maqsadli ravishda foydalanish muhimdir.

  • 00:10:00 - 00:18:32

    Uchinchi usul - g'azabni keltirib chiqaradigan kontentga jalb bo'lmaslik. Bunday kontent ko'pincha odamlarni qiziqtirish va ularni g'azablantirish uchun yaratiladi. LinkedIn'da bunday postlarga izoh berish yoki ularga yoqtirishdan saqlanish tavsiya etiladi, chunki bu sizning professional imidjingizga salbiy ta'sir ko'rsatishi mumkin.

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Video Q&A

  • How can I reduce stress while using LinkedIn?

    Avoid accomplishment signals, produce content instead of consuming, and keep your network relevant.

  • What should I do if I feel anxious after using LinkedIn?

    Consider bookmarking your profile page and limit your exposure to others' accomplishments.

  • Is it beneficial to produce content on LinkedIn?

    Yes, producing content can help you grow your audience and career without the stress of consuming others' posts.

  • How can I avoid engaging with negative content on LinkedIn?

    Be intentional about your activity and avoid clicking on rage bait posts.

  • Should I accept all connection requests on LinkedIn?

    No, keep your network relevant and connect only with people you have a real relationship with.

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  • 00:00:00
    LinkedIn can be one of the most
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    unhealthy places for your sense of Peace
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    if you start comparing yourself to all
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    the other people on
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    [Music]
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    there spend any time on LinkedIn lately
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    and afterwards find yourself really
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    stressed out well you're not alone I
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    coach a lot of professionals Tech and
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    many of them struggle with exactly this
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    well in this episode I'd like to share
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    some things with you that I've learned
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    can really reduce your stress and help
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    you have much better mental health if
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    you choose to use LinkedIn and you need
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    it to find a job or just a network with
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    people and hey if you are trying to use
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    LinkedIn and you're struggling a little
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    bit you're not sure how to use it you
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    need to build a strong Network and land
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    your next job I actually have a career
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    coaching package that helps with exactly
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    this I've used it with quite a few
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    clients over the years and they get
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    pretty good results if that's
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    interesting to you check it out there's
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    a link in the description on YouTube or
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    if you're listening as a podcast there's
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    a link in the show notes so here's five
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    ways that you can stay calm on LinkedIn
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    use it effectively but not have it
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    create a lot of anxiety for you and hey
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    by the way if you're short on time I've
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    got chapter markers in the video if
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    you're on YouTube but if you're
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    listening to this as a podcast just
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    stick with me I'll explain all this to
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    the end the first thing that can really
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    help you stay more calm if you're using
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    LinkedIn and you're finding yourself
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    stressed out is to avoid accomplishment
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    signals many people use LinkedIn to
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    basically just brag about their
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    accomplishments I just sold my first
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    company at 22 or I just got a huge
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    promotion in a giant pay raise or look
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    at this certification that I just
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    achieved and while I get it you know if
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    if you just achieved something you might
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    be excited to share it with people you
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    can actually get a feeling and I've
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    experienced this and many of my clients
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    have the moment that you start scrolling
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    that news feed or that homepage on
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    LinkedIn a sinking feeling that your
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    career sucks or you're not doing as well
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    as you wish you were and this is one of
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    the things that I really recommend a lot
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    of people people do is bookmark on their
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    desktop on LinkedIn you know whether
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    you're using a Mac or a PC go to
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    LinkedIn and bookmark your profile page
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    not the homepage of LinkedIn so every
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    time you go to LinkedIn instead of going
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    directly to linkedin.com and you see you
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    know again all these accomplishments
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    that people have you can just go to your
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    profile page then use it you know from
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    there use the search to find the things
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    you're looking for if you got the app
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    installed I often just tell people
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    uninstall the app now if you are a
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    recruiter or somebody who really has to
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    use LinkedIn for some reason you know in
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    real time answering messages all the
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    time as part of your job sure keep the
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    app installed but for most of us even if
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    you're trying to get a job right now
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    you're trying to network with people
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    people don't expect these days
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    instantaneous responses on LinkedIn if
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    you want to keep your mental health in a
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    good spot you want to stay calm you want
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    to chill and not have LinkedIn create a
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    bunch of Stress and Anxiety for you get
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    rid of the app bookmark your profile
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    page go there intentionally and don't
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    get sucked into viewing all this other
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    stuff people are doing you may have
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    heard the saying it's much better to
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    compare yourself to where you were
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    yesterday and you know how you've grown
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    than to compare yourself to other people
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    this is a popular saying with a lot of
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    online influencers I don't know where it
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    originally came from but it's true
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    LinkedIn can be one of the most
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    unhealthy places for your sense of Peace
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    if you start comparing yourself to all
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    the other people on there the second
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    thing you can do that'll really help you
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    stay calm while you're using LinkedIn is
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    to use LinkedIn and produce content on
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    LinkedIn but not consume content on
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    LinkedIn Gary vaynerchuck you may or may
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    not have heard of him really big
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    YouTuber and kind of social media
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    influencer I don't always agree with him
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    uh he's kind of associated with hustle
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    culture which obviously my brand is
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    somewhat against on some levels but he's
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    got a lot of really good things to say
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    he has taught a lot of really good
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    things over the years and one of them is
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    this concept of produce versus consume I
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    he's at least the first person I heard
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    of who came up with this concept so I
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    attribute it pretty much to him and
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    really the idea is that when you're
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    going online most people are there just
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    consuming they're watching videos
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    they're reading people's blog posts you
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    know they're consuming people's
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    Instagram posts or
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    photos but it's the people that produce
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    content they're creating original posts
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    they're creating videos they're writing
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    articles and you know blog posts those
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    are the people who actually get a
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    benefit from going online they grow an
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    audience they get influenced they can
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    hopefully get better jobs they may be
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    able to build their business if they're
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    starting one like I am so when you're on
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    LinkedIn
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    keep this principle in mind rather than
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    using LinkedIn it's a social network
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    remember how LinkedIn probably wants you
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    to which is just to be browsing around
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    and reading articles and looking at what
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    other people are doing in their career
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    and getting sucked into news headlines
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    which you know I think there's also some
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    very unsettling news on LinkedIn that
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    takes away your contentment your
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    personal peace you want to stay chill
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    don't be reading the news on LinkedIn
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    but rather you know tied to the previous
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    point I just gave you about bookmark
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    marking your profile page and having
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    that be somewhat of the homepage you go
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    to in your browser when you visit
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    LinkedIn there's a search bar right at
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    the top and so if you're there and you
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    want to find jobs just go to the profile
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    page your profile page you won't then
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    see anybody else's activity and search
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    for jobs or search for people that you
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    want to connect with search with search
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    for specific topics that you want to
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    find information on a LinkedIn let's say
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    you're you're you know independent
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    consultant and you offer devop services
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    or something like that and you want to
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    find out what are some of the latest
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    posts on LinkedIn about devops just
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    search for it so you know one of the
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    biggest things you can do to more
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    responsibly use LinkedIn is to produce
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    and write your own posts and be there
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    intentionally and write your own
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    articles don't consume and hey I'll I've
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    talked about in another episode on the
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    show you can go back and watch it uh if
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    you're on YouTube I'll put a card up
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    there if you're listening as a podcast
  • 00:07:02
    I'll put a link you know in the show
  • 00:07:03
    notes but I did an episode earlier about
  • 00:07:07
    if you're a developer if you're in
  • 00:07:09
    technology how to use social media to
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    actually drive you know let's say sales
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    of your product or consulting or get a
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    job versus how a lot of people do it and
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    this point I'm just talking about about
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    you know using LinkedIn and not
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    consuming if you watch that episode or
  • 00:07:26
    listen to it uh it'll expand on this
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    point a lot more and give you some some
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    even more practical things that you can
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    do so that you don't waste your time
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    online just consuming content and
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    wasting you know what you could be using
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    towards growing your career getting
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    ahead and finding peace and living your
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    life the third thing you can do that
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    will really help you stay calm when
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    you're using LinkedIn is don't get
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    sucked into engaging in Rage bait you
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    may have heard this term it's kind of a
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    more uh incendi version of clickbait but
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    rage bait is when people basically
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    create content to piss you off to get
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    you worked up to get you to have a
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    strong angry usually emotional reaction
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    with the hopes that you'll engage with
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    it you'll leave a comment you'll get
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    angry you'll share it with someone else
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    and this kind of content is also really
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    popular on YouTube um I find myself
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    struggling because I have to create
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    titles and thumb nails that still you
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    know people will click amidst the all
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    this noise without hopefully rage
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    baiting you I try not to do that but you
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    know if you see articles that are like
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    bitching about let's say the tech
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    industry or the way managers are
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    treating programmers I know I've done
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    content on that um be careful on
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    LinkedIn because if you leave comments
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    if you like those things you know anyone
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    who's thinking of hiring you for a job
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    an employer a recruiter a hiring manager
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    um if you're a consultant clients that
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    might want to work with you if you're a
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    business you're selling you know a small
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    software product you've gone on your
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    you're going on your own I've done
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    episodes on that on the past on the show
  • 00:09:09
    you know people can look at your
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    activity on LinkedIn unless you've
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    turned it off publicly you may or may
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    not know this if you go to your profile
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    page scroll down a little bit there's a
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    section there that says activity and if
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    your profile's public typically people
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    can go there by default and they can
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    view your activity so they can see the
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    incendiary posts that you have commented
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    on that you've liked and if you don't
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    feel like you want you know your you
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    look we're all frustrated with aspects
  • 00:09:39
    of the tech industry but let's be honest
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    we need to keep those opinions private
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    for the most part um letting someone who
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    you're about to do business with or an
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    employer is considering hiring you see
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    how frustrated you are with the industry
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    it's not a good look so I would just you
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    know suggest and and it's going to be
  • 00:09:58
    easier to do this if you're not again
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    scrolling the news feed and reading news
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    but if you're just going to your profile
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    page and being intentional don't get
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    sucked into rage bait don't comment and
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    like on things that you really resonate
  • 00:10:11
    with but that really are not good uh
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    breadcrumb Trails so to speak to leave
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    for your next employer or client and hey
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    check it out you can join there's a link
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    in the description the fourth thing you
  • 00:11:02
    can do that'll really help you stay calm
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    on LinkedIn and not experience a ton of
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    anxiety is to not attend unjustified
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    meetings what I mean by this is you know
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    depending on where you're at in your
  • 00:11:16
    career you may not get as much of this
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    as I do but you know even before I
  • 00:11:21
    started doing YouTube When I was a
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    consultant I would regularly on a daily
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    basis get DMS you know direct messages
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    from people on LinkedIn and they'd be
  • 00:11:30
    like hey Jamie uh love what you're doing
  • 00:11:32
    in Consulting I think there's some real
  • 00:11:34
    Synergy between us let's hop on a quick
  • 00:11:36
    Zoom call I'd like to share with you you
  • 00:11:38
    know how we could work together and I
  • 00:11:41
    find this is a pattern I'm seeing over
  • 00:11:43
    and over again where people who are
  • 00:11:45
    looking for someone to do business with
  • 00:11:46
    them they just they don't know how to
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    start the conversation in a calm way
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    they just jump for the G jugular you
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    know let me get this person on a call
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    and you know my time's very valuable
  • 00:11:58
    your time's very valuable uh as a
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    developer you know if if you're a
  • 00:12:03
    manager just whatever your job is right
  • 00:12:05
    our time is valuable we and if you want
  • 00:12:07
    to keep your mental health chill you
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    don't want to be just hopping on random
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    calls with people that promise that
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    there might be some real big Synergy I
  • 00:12:15
    get this all the time hey Jamie love
  • 00:12:17
    your podcast uh let's hop on a call I
  • 00:12:21
    think there's some real Synergy where I
  • 00:12:22
    could help your hey Jamie I can grow
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    your coaching business to $80,000 a
  • 00:12:27
    month yeah sure you can bud sure there's
  • 00:12:29
    so many people claiming that but what I
  • 00:12:32
    typically do is either I ignore them or
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    I might just say hey um can you explain
  • 00:12:38
    to me a little bit more about why you
  • 00:12:40
    see their Synergy there before we hop on
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    a call I can't really just jump on a
  • 00:12:45
    zoom with anybody I don't know and I'd
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    say 50% of the time they don't even
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    respond because they're like oh I
  • 00:12:52
    don't want to explain myself to this guy
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    but the other 50% of the time then
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    they'll go into more detail yeah well
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    work for this company we offer XYZ and I
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    thought maybe if we talk together maybe
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    there's a way to partner and if I know
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    that that's not going to help me I
  • 00:13:08
    probably can't help them then I can just
  • 00:13:10
    tell them hey sorry I don't really see
  • 00:13:11
    Synergy there thanks anyways and I don't
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    have to waste my time on a 15minute call
  • 00:13:15
    or 20-minute call so you know this is
  • 00:13:17
    something you're going to run into as an
  • 00:13:19
    employee when recruiters contact you too
  • 00:13:22
    they're going to be like hey you know
  • 00:13:24
    John I I I saw your profile and you'd be
  • 00:13:27
    the perfect fit for this company let's
  • 00:13:29
    hop on a quick Zoom call and discuss it
  • 00:13:32
    um I really think you should pre-qualify
  • 00:13:34
    any kind of recruiter or hiring manager
  • 00:13:36
    or anyone and just ask them hey um I'm
  • 00:13:39
    really busy really thankful that you're
  • 00:13:41
    reaching out to me I appreciate that
  • 00:13:43
    could you explain a little bit more what
  • 00:13:45
    you see as the match here what specific
  • 00:13:47
    skills or about my you know past career
  • 00:13:50
    do you see aligned with this opportunity
  • 00:13:53
    you know before we hop on a call um
  • 00:13:56
    that'll avoid you again getting on a
  • 00:13:58
    call with a recruiter or a hiring
  • 00:13:59
    manager or somebody who's going to try
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    to you know convince you that this is
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    the perfect job for you when you can
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    often figure that out before you waste
  • 00:14:07
    your time so again you want to keep
  • 00:14:09
    yourself low stress and chill on
  • 00:14:12
    LinkedIn don't attend meetings that
  • 00:14:15
    people haven't Justified to you are
  • 00:14:17
    worth your time first and the fifth and
  • 00:14:20
    final thing I'd really recommend you
  • 00:14:22
    consider if you want to have a calm time
  • 00:14:25
    when you're on LinkedIn is to keep your
  • 00:14:28
    network relevant it's very tempting to
  • 00:14:32
    just accept any friend request that you
  • 00:14:35
    get or connection request I guess they
  • 00:14:37
    call them on LinkedIn you know hey
  • 00:14:40
    they'll give you you know comment really
  • 00:14:42
    love your work let's connect hey uh
  • 00:14:45
    don't really need to talk with you about
  • 00:14:46
    anything but i' would love to have you
  • 00:14:47
    in my network if something comes up you
  • 00:14:50
    know you may or may not know people who
  • 00:14:53
    do stuff in your network they post a new
  • 00:14:55
    article they switch their job by default
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    unless you turn it off l LinkedIn will
  • 00:14:59
    notify you when that happens and you
  • 00:15:02
    know again I suggested you get the app
  • 00:15:04
    off your phone if you want to have more
  • 00:15:06
    peace around LinkedIn but if you do have
  • 00:15:08
    the app installed the bigger your
  • 00:15:09
    network the more spam you're going to
  • 00:15:11
    get now I would probably say if if if
  • 00:15:14
    you have to have the app turn
  • 00:15:16
    notifications off or there's actually a
  • 00:15:18
    setting you can go in there and you can
  • 00:15:19
    turn notifications off specifically for
  • 00:15:22
    your other connections
  • 00:15:25
    activity but regardless you know I see a
  • 00:15:28
    lot of people who have you know 500,000
  • 00:15:31
    people or 200,000 people following them
  • 00:15:34
    that are really kind of a noname in the
  • 00:15:36
    industry they've just used LinkedIn to
  • 00:15:39
    amass a giant following and they don't
  • 00:15:42
    really do anything with that following
  • 00:15:44
    it's just a vanity metric you've heard
  • 00:15:46
    this term you know it's a a number that
  • 00:15:48
    that makes them look important but is
  • 00:15:51
    not actually a true indication of their
  • 00:15:53
    reach uh I would just encourage you to
  • 00:15:56
    avoid the temptation to feel pressured
  • 00:15:59
    to have to grow your you know
  • 00:16:01
    connections to this huge amount um there
  • 00:16:04
    was a time earlier on LinkedIn when you
  • 00:16:07
    created a post that it was pretty much
  • 00:16:10
    guaranteed to go to everyone in your
  • 00:16:12
    connection so if you're looking for a
  • 00:16:14
    job you're trying to spread you know
  • 00:16:16
    cool blog posts you wrote about
  • 00:16:18
    technology or management or whatever you
  • 00:16:21
    were guaranteed everybody was going to
  • 00:16:23
    some point see that post if they
  • 00:16:24
    scrolled their Newsfeed today LinkedIn
  • 00:16:26
    is pretty much the same as Facebook and
  • 00:16:29
    YouTube and Instagram and Twitter and
  • 00:16:31
    that you know when you post something
  • 00:16:34
    it's only shown to like 3% maybe 15% of
  • 00:16:38
    your followers your connections and only
  • 00:16:40
    if it gets a ton of Engagement which is
  • 00:16:42
    why people tend to you know do the rage
  • 00:16:44
    baiting and stuff like that will it
  • 00:16:46
    actually spread it out to everyone else
  • 00:16:47
    because they want you to pay for
  • 00:16:48
    advertising to reach the people who are
  • 00:16:51
    already following you anyway won't rant
  • 00:16:53
    about that too much I get frustrated
  • 00:16:54
    about that um but I would just encourage
  • 00:16:57
    you you know if you want to stay calm on
  • 00:17:00
    LinkedIn keep your network small don't
  • 00:17:03
    connect with people that you don't have
  • 00:17:04
    an existing real work relationship with
  • 00:17:07
    either currently or in the past or
  • 00:17:09
    someone you really have intentional
  • 00:17:11
    plans to do business with in the future
  • 00:17:13
    or you see them as being coming a client
  • 00:17:15
    or something like that you know the less
  • 00:17:17
    people that you're connected to the more
  • 00:17:20
    peace you can have the less spam you're
  • 00:17:22
    going to get and then you can use
  • 00:17:24
    LinkedIn and actually get results from
  • 00:17:27
    it and not have LinkedIn used
  • 00:17:29
    you so hey if you're struggling to get
  • 00:17:31
    your next job and Linkedin has been an
  • 00:17:34
    issue for you maybe your profile needs a
  • 00:17:36
    makeover maybe you don't really know how
  • 00:17:38
    to build a strong network of people that
  • 00:17:41
    could hire you that are at Great
  • 00:17:43
    companies I have a career coaching
  • 00:17:46
    package that helps with exactly that if
  • 00:17:48
    you're on YouTube you can click a link
  • 00:17:50
    in the description and check it out
  • 00:17:52
    otherwise if you're listening as a
  • 00:17:54
    podcast you can check out the link in
  • 00:17:56
    the show notes I've got a page on my
  • 00:17:58
    website that talks about in a lot more
  • 00:18:00
    detail but what are you struggling with
  • 00:18:03
    with LinkedIn has this even been a
  • 00:18:04
    problem for you or are you like Jamie
  • 00:18:06
    what are you talking about LinkedIn
  • 00:18:07
    doesn't bother me at all if you don't
  • 00:18:09
    use it at all well I get it but you know
  • 00:18:12
    are you struggling with it at all do you
  • 00:18:13
    have any stories of times you've been on
  • 00:18:15
    LinkedIn and you've started to feel that
  • 00:18:18
    feeling of oh my gosh I'm not as good as
  • 00:18:20
    I thought I was my career's behind what
  • 00:18:23
    do I do what have you done to combat
  • 00:18:26
    that I hope some of these tips have
  • 00:18:27
    helped today and till next time thanks
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