Screw early birds: Career clichés that do more harm than good

Andy Shaw
8 min readJan 8, 2021

If you want to get ahead, stop looking to career adages. Generalized advice doesn’t help you meet specific goals.

The early bird gets the worm and other worthless career advice
Photo by Mathew Schwartz on Unsplash

How many times have you heard these workplace idioms and, without thinking, assumed it was a solid piece of advice? Because when you take a harder look, they can make you…

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Andy Shaw

Marketing strategist, father of three, parenting author