“This little light of mine, I’m gonna let it shine,” sang the teenage gospel choir at a concert in Central Park last weekend. I was reminded it was a song my kids learned in elementary school too.

With energy and enthusiasm, not fake for the stage, but from the heart and soul, these high school and college students gave it their all. Their solos riffed and improvved, and the background singers encouraged and emoted, hands waving, arms swaying, smiles sparkling, and even some of their uniform red shoes thrown (from Wikipedia and new to me until now: “It means you are singing SO well I’m gonna throw my shoe at you!”).

Yes, that good. No, great!

So as I sat there moving and grooving to the music, I thought, “Why can’t more people let their little light shine on LinkedIn?”

Not the usual “I can’t write well” or “I don’t think anyone cares,” but why not “this is why me, from my mind, heart, and soul, so listen to me.”

What’s holding so many back from letting the joy of self-expression, self-description, self-narration shine through?

No more excuses.

Because starting tomorrow, and each day for the rest of this week, I am bombarding  you with 25 themes and ideas to create your own LinkedIn posts.

From your lens to others who can learn from your perspective and experience as you tell your story, adapt the gospel song, let your light shine, to others as an inspiration.

My challenge to you: compose 2 posts a week, then make it a habit, make it a practice, make it a policy, be the light.