The best LinkedIn Posts

Saying "No" can get your farther in your career than saying "Yes".

Say No to:
- Jobs that don't pay you what you're worth
- Bad bosses
- Staying late because everyone else does
- Work that doesn’t use your strengths
- Every request that comes your way

Saying Yes to these things can set you back years in your career. Know yourself, your strengths, what you want and say Yes to those things and no to everything else.

Już pod koniec marca rusza audiobook #The5.

I serio, nie mogliśmy wybrać lepszego głosu niż Wojtek Sokół. Namówienie go to była misja prawie jak zamknięcie rundy u topowego funduszu… ale było warto.

Efekt? Klimat, moc i autentyczność, która brzmi jak manifest przedsiębiorców naszego pokolenia.

🎧 Pre-order już wystartował - link w komentarzu.

Ps. Dla zamawiających wcześniej, jak zawsze, szykujemy coś naprawdę specjalnego.

You know you’re supposed to prioritize exercise. You understand the importance of nutrition and sleep…  But no one ever taught you why pleasure and sex actually matter. Until today.

Dr. Nicole McNichols, PhD, is the #1 sex professor in the country and a University of Washington professor who teaches the most popular class on campus - human sexuality.

According to the research Dr. McNichols shares, satisfying, connected sex isn’t indulgent or optional. When you prioritize pleasure, you don’t just improve your relationship - you support brain health, cardiovascular health, creativity, emotional resilience, and even longevity!

And in today’s episode, Dr. McNichols gives you the science, language, and permission most of us were never given - so you can stop treating sex like a luxury and start treating it like the powerful, life-supporting force that it is.

🎧 “How to Have Better Sex: Your Guide to Romance, Intimacy, & Love From the #1 Sex Professor” - listen now on Spotify or Apple Podcasts - search “The Mel Robbins Podcast Sex.” I’ll also link it in the comments.

New course: A2A: The Agent2Agent Protocol, built with Google and IBM, and taught by Holt S., Ivan 🥁 Nardini, and Sandi Besen.

Connecting agents built with different frameworks usually requires extensive custom integration. This short course teaches you A2A, the open protocol standardizing how agents discover each other and communicate. Since IBM’s ACP (Agent Communication Protocol) joined forces with A2A, A2A has emerged as the industry standard.

In this course, you'll build a healthcare multi-agent system where agents built with different frameworks, such as Google ADK (Agent Development Kit) and LangGraph, collaborate through A2A. You'll wrap each agent as an A2A server, build A2A clients to connect to them, and orchestrate them into sequential and hierarchical workflows.

Skills you'll gain:
- Expose agents from different frameworks as A2A servers to make them discoverable and interoperable
- Chain A2A agents sequentially using ADK, where one agent's output feeds into the next
- Connect A2A agents to external data sources using MCP (Model Context Protocol)
- Deploy A2A agents using Agent Stack, IBM's open-source infrastructure

Join and learn the protocol standardizing agent collaboration!
https://lnkd.in/gsTRYyrh

For those who have been laid off, here are my words of wisdom:

💡 It’s not your fault.

💡 You are so much more than your job title.

💡 There is absolutely no reason to feel ashamed.

💡 So many of us have been there, me included, twice.

💡 Give yourself space to process, then let that strength rise.

💡 No one can take away your skills, experience, work ethic, or character.

💡 Try not to spiral into “why.” These are business decisions. No one is immune.

💡 When one door closes, another opens, and the next one may be better aligned than you ever expected.

💡 This moment does not define you. You've got this. 🩵

➡️ I have created a comprehensive Job Search Guide to help in your search. DM me and I will send your way.

🍀 Please share to motivate job seekers.

Why do some designers win stakeholder buy-ins easily?

They use this storytelling framework.

I've pitched stakeholders countless times.
At the beginning, it was very hard for me.

Rejection after rejection.

Always covered with head nods and delicate words,
but my designs never easily got greenlit for development.
Getting buy-in was always an uphill battle.
To the point I started doubting my design skills.

On top of that, I constantly saw other designers
win stakeholder buy-ins with ease.

Back then, I didn't know a thing about storytelling
and methods to talk with stakeholders.

Now, after a decade, I have my own framework.
I use it all the time with great success.

I've wanted to turn this framework
into a shareable deck for a while now.

But building decks always felt clunky,
until I found Pitch.

I easily recreated my style guide.
The UX feels like it was made by designers for designers.
And the AI features actually speed things up.
So I finally made the deck.

Ah, by the way, you can get your hands on it.

Just like this post, and comment "STORY".

I'll send you the link.

✌️

#storytelling #Pitch #PitchPartner #DeckDesign

The richest people in the world don't just build companies...they buy them.

Here’s how you can too (without their millions):

Three reasons why buying beats building a business from scratch:

- 45% of new businesses fail within 5 years
- Most entrepreneurs make only $67k/year
- First 3-4 years are unprofitable

Compare that to when you buy...

You inherit customers, systems, and profits from day one.

"But Codie, I genuinely can’t afford one."

That’s what I thought too when I started.

There are 3 ways to buy any business (without needing millions):

1. Experience
2. Sweat equity
3. Money

You only need ONE of these three to pull off a deal.

1. Experience

This is perfect for people who know the industry inside and out.

Maybe you've been a plumber for 20 years and want to buy a plumbing company.

Sellers value genuine knowledge over $$ because they know you won't destroy what they built.

2. Sweat Equity

If you’re thinking about working in the business and growing it, this is for you.

Many retiring owners care more about their legacy than maximizing the sale price.

They want someone who'll take care of their employees and customers, not just squeeze the biz for cash.

3. Money

This doesn't have to mean YOUR money.

I've bought plenty of businesses with 0-15% down using other people's money. You can:

- Use SBA loans (government-backed with low rates)
- Get investors to fund the deal
- Or structure seller financing

Seller financing often works as a win-win too.

Banks tend to lowball business valuations and charge high interest rates.

But when sellers finance you directly, they get a premium price AND earn interest on the loan.

They make MORE money by cutting out the bank.

Just make sure you show what’s in it for them:

- Higher purchase price (ex. 15%+ premium)
- Tax advantages (spread over time vs lump sum)
- Faster close (30 days vs 120 days)

A win-win.

So what businesses should you target?

A few strategies I use:

1. SOWS method:

- Stale: Revenue hasn't grown in 3+ years
- Old: Been around 5+ years
- Weak: Competitors are terrible
- Simple: You can explain it to an 8-year-old

2. The Venmo Method

Look at your personal P&L:

- Who do you pay every month?
- Who are your competitors?
- What vendors do you use?

These are the businesses you should buy.

Instead of paying to get your problem solved, why don’t you get paid to solve it for other people?

Right now, boomers own $5-10 trillion worth of businesses.

And when these owners retire…

It’s either we buy these businesses, or BlackRock does.

I’d rather see more of us own our local than have PE swallow everything up.

If you want to learn how to buy a biz, you should come to my masterclass today.

It's completely free & solely focused on teaching you how to buy a biz for a little as $0.

Sign up here: https://lnkd.in/e86jsivr

A year ago, I left my 25+ years tech consulting career.

To build something of my own.

My friends couldn't understand why I'd leave stability.

Others questioned if it was "too late" to start over.

A few called it a midlife crisis.

But then I found my new people.

Entrepreneurs who'd walked away from golden handcuffs.

Creators building empires from their expertise.

Leaders who measured success differently.

Their ambition didn't make me feel behind.

It showed me what was possible.

When you change your path, you need people who've already taken the leap.

5 ways to upgrade your circle:

1. Audit your conversations - are you talking about problems or possibilities?

2. Join spaces where your future self would hang out, not where you currently are.

3. Share your bold goals openly - ambitious people are drawn to other dreamers.

4. Ask "What are you building?" instead of "How's work?"

5. Give yourself permission to outgrow relationships that hold you to your old life.

Your old circle will keep you comfortable.

Your new circle will keep you growing.

Evolve your circle.
Choose growth.

♻️ Repost to remind someone to find their circle
➕ Follow Dora Vanourek for more