The three laws of success on LinkedIn
Apr 19, 2026
Find Your Superpower newsletter 135
Read time: 5 minutes
Topics covered: LinkedIn strategy, personal branding, Mastermind May 2026 enrolling now
In 2005, I visited Harvard University as a pre-university student and rubbed the John Harvard statue’s foot for good luck.
Apparently it takes exactly twenty years to manifest.
Next week, I’m flying to LA, Boston and New York for a journey across North America. One of the stops: a keynote at Harvard Business School’s Connext 2026 conference, where I’ll be speaking alongside Harvard professors to a room full of extraordinary professionals.
How did this come about? I posted about taking an HBS Online course on LinkedIn. Got a direct message from the conference team. And now I’m keynoting on the HBS campus.
That is the power of showing up on LinkedIn intentionally.
That is what happens when you increase your surface area of luck.
In my Harvard keynote, I’ll be sharing three laws of success on LinkedIn that I’ve observed across years of coaching 250+ senior executives, founders and industry experts.
Today, I’m giving you a sneak preview.
1/ The Law of Attraction
Here’s a question I often ask rooms full of accomplished professionals: Can you describe what you do in one clear, memorable sentence that makes someone lean in and say, "Tell me more"?
Most struggle. And I get it, because I used to struggle too.
The Law of Attraction is built on the idea that like energy attracts like energy. On LinkedIn, your profile needs to pull the right people toward you: clients, recruiters, collaborators, event organizers and journalists.
Think of yourself as a magnet. A powerful magnet attracts ideal audiences and repels those who aren’t the right fit.
But do you know when magnets stop working? When we look like a commodity. When your profile reads like every other senior executive on the platform, you are functionally invisible.
You need to be unique and irreplaceable.
Quick win: Can you describe yourself in a way that turns you into a category of one? Someone in a category of one has nearly no competition. In my case, sure, there may be hundreds of branding coaches, but I am likely the only MIT-trained biologist turned branding coach specializing in LinkedIn. See how that works? Try this for yourself right now. What combination of your background, expertise and niche makes you impossible to replicate?
2/ The Law of Abundance
An abundance mindset means you don’t believe the world operates as a zero-sum game. Instead of fighting for scraps of a pie, you believe you can enlarge the pie by partnering and collaborating with others.
On LinkedIn, most people operate with a scarcity mindset. They worry about algorithm changes. They gatekeep their best ideas. They obsessively compare themselves against others. And anyone who gets promoted, lands a new client, or wins an award suddenly makes them feel inadequate.
Here’s a mindset shift that changed everything for me: people don’t pay for information. They pay for implementation and results.
Thanks to this shift, I give away 100% of my information for free (yes, including in this newsletter) and charge a premium for consulting, coaching and my VIP 12-month Brand Builder Mastermind community, which is enrolling for our May 2026 cohort now. My most successful Mastermind cadets do the same. They share generously on LinkedIn and attract clients who want help executing, not just information that AI can regurgitate.
Quick win: The next time a peer in your industry lands a huge win, don’t feel inadequate or bad for yourself. Feel happy for them instead. Raise them up. Collaborate with them. By lifting others, you expand your own network and project a high-value, charismatic energy that attracts clients and recruiters far more than a scarcity mindset ever will.
3/ The Law of Reciprocity
The Law of Reciprocity is a foundational principle in social psychology: people feel compelled to return favors, gifts, or kindness extended to them.
Brands use this all the time. Free samples at Sephora. A free trial before the subscription kicks in. That cocktail sausage at Costco. All of it builds goodwill before the ask.
On LinkedIn, the currency is comments and custom connection requests.
Comment thoughtfully on five to ten posts a day. Not "Great post!" or "Congratulations!" Leave behind a real insight, a question, or an added perspective. Being a good LinkedIn citizen is free, takes five to ten minutes, and builds more goodwill than most people realize.
And when you send a connection request, write a custom note. In my experience, 99 out of 100 people do not write one. Two to three sentences mentioning something specific from their profile takes ninety seconds and dramatically increases your acceptance rate.
Don’t think of LinkedIn in transactional terms, as quid pro quo. Simply deposit more value into the ecosystem without expecting anything in return. You’ll be surprised at what happens.
Quick win: Open LinkedIn right now. Find three to five posts in your industry. Leave a thoughtful comment on each. That’s five minutes of effort that could change the trajectory of your entire career.
Your brand is your digital storefront
Imagine your LinkedIn profile as a luxury storefront like Hermès and Gucci, except that it is open twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week. Even while you sleep, your profile is either attracting the right opportunities or letting them walk past without stopping.
In an era of AI agents, the one thing that cannot be automated or replaced is you. Your unique story, your expertise, your hard-fought insights.
You might be one post away from being headhunted. One origin story away from a consulting client reaching out. One insight away from a speaking invitation that changes your entire career trajectory.
I started posting on LinkedIn in January 2020. I’ve grown to around 100,000 followers by showing up consistently as myself, with my point of view, and a genuine desire to help.
I know you’re ready. Your LinkedIn bestie is here to help.
Believing in you,
Juliana your rocketship captain 🚀
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