With the closure of LinkedIn Pulse, it may be difficult to find the best articles on the platform as they are no longer available in one place.
However, there is still a lot of great content on LinkedIn written by some of the top experts in their field. Below we’ve compiled a list of our favorite LinkedIn articles from past to present as well as some insights from our own favorite writers to inspire you.
The best LinkedIn articles to read right now
1. How ChatGPT is Changing the Game in 2023, Gary Vaynerchuk
Entrepreneur, CEO, author, and media mogul Gary Vaynerchuk is no stranger to embracing technology. Capitalizing on the Internet early on, his family’s wine business became one of the first ecommerce sites for wine in the country, leading to success. He is always at the forefront of what’s new in technology and how users should adopt it. Here, their perspective on AI is similar.
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“You can have any opinion you want on AI, but here’s the truth: The technology doesn’t care about your opinion. It won’t stop moving forward. So, if you’re looking for something that AI will soon be able to do, is, then now is the time to think about it and prepare yourself for change and/or use it as a tool… meaning, many people who create copy or do design work, What those afraid of losing their jobs don’t really realize is that “architecting” an AI’s input to create copy or designs is going to be a new job – one that may even pay you more. Use the tools, don’t be afraid of the tools.”
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2. Now is the time to create the workplace of the future, Arianna Huffington
Founder of Thrive Global and former editor-in-chief of The Huffington Post, Arianna Huffington knows a lot about running a company. In the article below she discusses the delicate balance of bringing employees back to the office while offering some flexibility to work from home.
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“Although those of us lucky enough to even have the option to work at home value flexibility, we are now so deep into this global experiment that we have been able to see that this doesn’t come without a cost. For example, anyone who has spent time in wall-to-wall virtual meetings is familiar with virtual fatigue. Research from Microsoft’s Human Factors Lab found that about 30 minutes of time in a meeting It starts to take a toll. And as Adam Grant writes, “Even before COVID, many people reported spending most of their work time on meetings and email. “Once everyone is available 24/7, collaboration overload becomes even worse.”
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3. 17 Best Tools for Any Entrepreneur Looking to Grow Their Business, Morgan Debon
Morgan Debon, CEO of Blavity Inc. and founder of AfroTech, gives her best tips for working smarter and shares some of her favorite productivity tools.
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“One of the most important things about working smarter is learning how to automate and delegate to increase your efficiency.
Choosing the right tools and apps can be crucial to growing your team and saving you time.
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4. 20 CEO Lessons Learned at HubSpot on the Journey from $0 to $20 Billion, Brian Halligan
HubSpot co-founder Brian Halligan shares important lessons he’s learned during his journey with HubSpot.
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“Your greatest strength turns into your greatest weakness: Like many founder/CEO types, I like to make decisions and control things. This trend works great when you are 10 people and can work up to 50 people, but after that, it becomes a huge disaster for your organization and you. Every year you need to hire more and more reps – this was very unnatural for me and I suspect for many scaling CEOs. …This lack of delegation resulted in a lot of frequent flyer miles in my previously mentioned annual reviews.”
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5. Imposter Syndrome – Its Prevalence Among Professional Women and How to Overcome It, Kathy Caprino
Kathy Caprino, MA is an international career and leadership coach, author, speaker and executive trainer who helps professional women advance their careers. In the article below she discusses impostor syndrome, its causes, and how women can overcome it.
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“Our study found that 75% of executive women have experienced imposter syndrome at various points during their careers – and 85% believe it is commonly experienced by women in corporate America. Women may experience imposter syndrome at critical moments in a current role, or at specific milestones such as a career change or promotion.
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When it comes to writing engaging content, Caprino recommends always putting service first. “Be a generous giver and don’t publish articles asking, ‘What’s in it for me?'” says Caprino in his article ‘How to Write Articles That Become Most Popular in Your Field.’ Follow what people care about and give them powerful information that will move them. Consider new ways your expertise will help people move forward, grow, enjoy life, earn more money, form healthy habits – whatever it is you want to help with.
6. The Truth on Authentic Inclusive Marketing and How to Do It, Lola Bakare
Author and founder of B/CO Lola Bakare empowers marketing executives to do their best work and generate the most impact. Here, she explains how authentic inclusivity and purpose-driven marketing pay off.
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“Authentic, inclusive marketing maximizes measurable social impact and value at the intersection of the most important tasks every marketer needs to do: growing brand reputation, and achieving commercial goals. Let’s refer to these three types of value as the marketing “triple top-line.”
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7. 10 Ways Smart People Neutralize Toxic People, Dr. Travis Bradberry
Dr. Travis Bradberry, author of Emotional Intelligence Habits, explains that managing your emotions is the key to a more enjoyable life. In the article below, he explains how to neutralize the effects of toxic people and reduce stress.
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“Studies have long shown that stress can have lasting, negative effects on the brain. Just a few days of exposure to stress reduces the effectiveness of neurons in the hippocampus – an important area of the brain responsible for reasoning and memory. Weeks of stress cause reversible damage to neuronal dendrites (the tiny “arms” that brain cells use to communicate with each other), and months of stress can permanently destroy neurons. Stress is a major threat to your success – when stress gets out of control, your brain and your performance suffer.
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When it comes to writing and researching topics, Dr. Bradberry advises to “read a lot to see what topics people are most interested in. When you are writing informational articles it is important that You cover the topics people are looking for.” ,
8. The “3 Truths” of Idea Generation, Todd Kaplan
Todd Kaplan, Pepsi’s chief marketing officer, wrote this article explaining his “3 Truths” framework for creating a #BetterWithPepsi campaign and how marketers can apply this framework to their own projects.
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“Good creative doesn’t just come from “divine inspiration” – it’s the result of a process that starts with a brief about a particular problem or opportunity. But many times, clients and agencies alike identify the right insight. That creates the richest creative tension. The big idea must be born from real consumer behavior, facts about the brand or product, and the cultural context surrounding it all.
Read the rest here.
LinkedIn Pulse Favorites That Still Resonate
1. Three things I learned from Warren Buffet, Bill Gates
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“He says that a shareholder has to act as if he owns the entire business, looking at the future profit flow and deciding what it is worth. And you have to be prepared to ignore the market rather than follow it, because you want to take advantage of the market’s mistakes – companies that have been undervalued.’
Read the rest here.
2. 9 Qualities of Truly Confident People, Dharmesh Shah
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“First things first: Confidence is not boastfulness, or arrogance, or open display of bravery. Self-confidence is not a bold or brash air of self-assertion directed at others. Confidence is cool: it’s a natural expression of competence, expertise and self-esteem.
Read the rest here.
3. The No. 1 Career Mistake That Competent People Make, Greg McKeown
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“Competent people do many projects well, but they get distracted from what would otherwise be the highest point of their contribution, which I define as the intersection of talent, passion, and the market (Harvard Business See more on this in the review article “The Disciplined (The Pursuit of Less”). Again, both the company and the employee suffer losses.
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4. 11 Simple Concepts to Become a Better Leader, Dave Kerpen
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“The world is more complex than ever, and yet what customers often respond to best is simplicity – in design, form and function. Taking complex projects, challenges and ideas and distilling them down to their simplest components helps customers, employees and other stakeholders better understand and buy into your vision. We all humans crave simplicity, and so today’s leader must focus and provide simplicity.”
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5. 10 Things to Do Every Workday, JT O’Donnell
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“You don’t wait to work until you get the dream job – you work to get the dream job.”
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6. The One Thing Successful People Never Do, Bernard Marr
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“You could argue that every experience of failure increases the hunger for success. Truly successful people cannot be defeated – they take responsibility for failure, learn from it, and start from a stronger position.
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7. Stop Using These 16 Words to Describe Yourself, Jeff Haden
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“Do you describe yourself differently on your website, promotional materials, or especially on social media than you do in person? Do you use clichés and exaggerated hyperboles and breathless adjectives? Do you write things about yourself that you never have the courage to actually say?”
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8. 8 Things Productive People Do During the Workday, Ilya Pozin
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“Although no one likes to admit it, laziness is the No. 1 contributor to decreased productivity. In fact, many ways to save time – take meetings and email, for example – are actually ways to get out of doing actual work.
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9. How I Hire: Focus on Personality, Richard Branson
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“Some managers get stuck on qualifications. I only look at them after everything. If someone has five degrees and more A grades than you can fit on one side of paper, it doesn’t mean they’re the right person for the job. Great grades mean nothing if they don’t have extensive experience and a winning personality.”
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10. 3 Questions People Always Forget to Ask in Interviews, James Caan
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“It’s important to show any potential employee that you are the type of person who is ambitious and wants to advance their career. No one wants to take someone who is complacent to the coast and you need to show that you’re not just coming along for an easy ride. Any ambitious and visionary company will be looking for like-minded individuals.
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Editor’s note: This article was originally published in November 2014 and has been updated for comprehensiveness.