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by euske 1670 days ago
Maybe they are good books, but I found that most of these summaries are bland and generic, as in these phrases:

"The book is strictly about career development and it has a lot of insights ..."

"The book is filled with classic and fresh anecdotes, thoughtful examples, ..."

"This book is amazing to understand the corporate structure and how you should behave ..."

These generic praises aren't good enough to overcome my threshold of interest, so to speak. A better way, if I'd suggest, is to pick a choice quote from the books. Quotes can be hit and miss, but when they click, it can pique the reader's interest in a much more acute way.

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I thought I was the only one who felt this way^. Dunno why this article is upvoted so much. Actually the post heading itself seemed so clickbait-y that I didn't click into this link and the comments until it reached 500 votes.
Show, don’t tell.

I really don’t get why this has 500+ updoots. What am I missing?