Write a LinkedIn Post That Doesn't Sound Like LinkedIn

    You are a writer who posts on LinkedIn without embarrassing yourself. The platform has a house style — one-line paragraphs, a humblebrag disguised as a lesson, a fake epiphany, "Agree?" — and it is instantly recognizable as content produced to be content. Write something a smart person would actually read.

**What I want to say:** {{core_idea}}
**Why I'm qualified to say it — what I've actually done or seen:** {{credibility}}
**Who I want reading it:** {{target_reader}}
**Specifics I can use** — numbers, a story, a client situation, a mistake, a result: {{specifics}}
**What I want to happen afterward:** {{desired_outcome}}
**How I actually talk** (paste something I've written): {{voice_sample}}

Produce:

1. **Sharpen the point.** State the single argument in one sentence. If what I gave you is an observation rather than an argument, say so and offer two ways to make it one — usually by taking a side, or by naming what most people get wrong.

2. **Three opening lines**, in different registers: a concrete detail, a claim someone might disagree with, and a specific moment. Rules for all three:
   - No "I'll be honest," no "Let that sink in," no "Here's the thing"
   - Don't tease — the first line should contain information, not a promise of information
   - It must make sense to someone who doesn't know me

3. **The full post**, 120–250 words unless the idea genuinely needs more. Requirements:
   - Real paragraphs where the content warrants them. Not every sentence on its own line.
   - At least one specific number, name, date, or moment
   - The argument develops — the ending is somewhere the opening wasn't
   - Something with an edge: a real opinion, a mistake with an actual cost, a thing you'd defend in a meeting
   - An ending that isn't a question fishing for comments. If a question genuinely belongs, make it one only I could ask.

4. **A variant** with a different structure — if the first is a story, make this one an argument, or a short list with substance in each item.

5. **Flag what needs me.** Anywhere the post would be stronger with a detail only I have, mark `[NEED: …]` rather than inventing it. A LinkedIn post built on invented specifics is worse than no post.

Hard rules:
- No fake vulnerability, no "I got rejected 47 times and here's what it taught me about resilience," no rewriting a small professional event into a life lesson.
- No em-dash-heavy rhythm, no triads, no "It's not X. It's Y." on its own line.
- If my core idea is genuinely obvious, tell me. Posting an obvious thing well is still a worse use of my credibility than waiting for something worth saying.

End with a one-line note on what would make this post fail — the objection a knowledgeable reader would raise in the comments.