🧠 LinkedIn Is My Wearable

Lately, I’ve been checking LinkedIn the same way I used to check my Garmin.

Not for recovery data—but for relevance.

I’ll post something I care about. Something that feels true.
Then the loop starts:

I don’t need an algorithm to shame me.
I do it myself.

Data as Judgment

It’s the same trap wearables created in the health world:

The issue isn’t the data.
It’s the frame.

When tools become judges instead of guides, we trade self-awareness for scorekeeping.
We stop listening inward—and start optimizing outward.

In Optionality is the New Alpha, I wrote about resisting rigid paths—choosing a strategy that leaves room to adapt, pivot, or play multiple games.

That applies just as much to how we show up online.

The creator economy subtly teaches us:

But that’s just another version of overfitting—where the algorithm dictates the shape of your voice.

Optionality, by contrast, says:

Post what resonates—before it performs.
Share what’s true—before it trends.
Build trust slowly—before you go viral.

It’s not about gaming the feed.
It’s about owning your frequency.

I’m not anti-metric.
I love seeing what lands. I love iterating. I love insights.

But I’ve learned: when impressions become identity, you lose the plot.

You build content instead of conviction.
You chase reach instead of resonance.
You accumulate followers instead of allies.

The same way I don’t want to be locked into one business model, I don’t want to be locked into one version of my voice.

That means I:

In other words, I use LinkedIn.
But I don’t let it use me.

Optionality isn’t just for capital allocation or business design.
It’s for creation. Identity. Communication. Self-expression.

Because when we let metrics override intuition, even a good post can feel like failure.

The future belongs to the people who can build—and speak—from their center.

I’m working on that.
If you are too, we’ll probably cross paths.