Dear LinkedIn algorithms, I’m sorry. I misunderstood you. I thought that here, one should write something they truly believe. To share a work experience. To say something useful. To make someone pause, reflect, or at least recognize their own situation. Judging by what shows up in my feed, sometimes it seems I haven’t grasped the rules of the game.
You don’t want thoughts.
You want me to start by writing about how I woke up at 5:12 a.m., completely broken, without a single euro, without support, without self-confidence, and without coffee.
Then I need to admit that everyone told me I wouldn’t succeed. Then I need to reveal how, despite everything, in seven days I changed my life, my team, my company, my way of thinking, and probably the alignment of the planets. In the end, I just need to ask one serious question:
“Has this happened to you, too?”
And let me add:
“Write ‘GROWTH’ in the comments if you want a second part.”
Because, obviously, it doesn’t matter what you said. What matters is that people feel the need to write: “Exactly,” “Bravo,” “Deep,” and “Every leader needs to hear this.” So I apologize, dear algorithms. Starting tomorrow, I won’t write about responsibility, work, people, or decisions anymore. Starting tomorrow, I’ll post photos of a view through a window and headlines like:
“No one will tell you this truth about success.”
The truth will probably be that I’m just late for a meeting. But it doesn’t matter.
What matters is that it reaches people.
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