Surfing Corporate How to Enjoy LinkedIn by Not Being an Insufferable Narcissist
LinkedIn is the world's most popular professional social network where its community shares important ideas about work. It’s also a platform where some professionals feel the constant need to let others know they’ve been promoted, that they’re connected to very powerful and influential people, and that they’re “thrilled for this amazing opportunity to ___________ (insert corporate phrase).”
But today’s guest does NONE OF THIS. Dave Smith is a Software Development manager at Amazon who decided to not interact on LinkedIn in a non-traditional way. He purposefully disrupts that status quo with bizarre posts, comments or memes, that spark joy for his followers.
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EPISODE NOTES
- 17:20 various examples of the hilarious posts Dave has done on LinkedIn
- We tried to include David's job post here, but we found out the hard way that we can't add images here. Follow BigDave Smith on LinkedIn and you can see it
- You can Find the Power of the Eagle Leadership Video here.
- 36:11 About Dave’s intention to climb the corporate ladder
- 38:11 Why Dave equates approaches LinkedIn like dating
- 44:24 Corporate Confessions
- 51:12 Dave shares his epic corporate wipeout with his “Boss’ Boss’ Boss’” dog.
- 55:35 Dave’s amazing op surfing strategy for corporate surfers
GOOD READS:
- Mind-Blowing LinkedIn Statistics and Facts (2022)
- Your (much needed) LinkedIn Overhaul - 5 tips to avoid the pretentious stuff on LinkedIn, while becoming a better user.
- People Are Flooding LinkedIn With Strange Stories. We’re Calling Them Broetry.
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