Episode 7 companion · Season one
LinkedIn and the success we never reached
We can learn from other people’s stories without treating them as compulsory deadlines for our own success.
TAS · Tareq Abushawish · Version 1.0 · Reviewed
Core idea
Measure your path against your goals and context, not someone else’s highlight reel.
External references selected by TAS to explore tool and episode themes. Listing them does not identify them as the scripts’ original sources or imply publisher endorsement. Suggested exercises are prepared by TAS; each publisher determines its reference’s reuse terms.
- Media and Information Literacy Curriculum: Think Critically, Click Wisely ↗UNESCO · 2021
Use the module index to scope a workshop, then select an audience-appropriate activity and check the original publication’s reuse terms.
- Module 6: Representation in Media and Information ↗UNESCO · 2021
Start with representation and the power of images, then analyse a professional or social post without assuming knowledge of its author’s life beyond the post.
Try this after the episode
Turn your reaction to a professional achievement post into your own plan: one skill, one action you can take this week and one sign of progress. Do not assume the post reveals the full time or resources behind the achievement.
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