Rick Kloete - LinkedIn Post Analysis

Post Content

AI-generated summary of the likely post content: The author opens with a short, provocative question — “What aren't you trying right now, because it looks too hard?” — and then reflects on his own struggle between two powerful motivators: fear and love. Using a golf-hole photo as a visual metaphor for a daunting challenge, he invites readers to stop letting fear paralyze them and to take concrete action: make the call, send the note, visit the person, forgive, and swing the club. He shares a brief sales anecdote from his telecom days (a manager who initially dismissed him but later became a happy customer) to illustrate that persistence on hard things can turn into satisfying wins. AI-generated continuation: The tone is conversational, vulnerable, and motivational; he normalizes failure (“you won't be perfect the 1st time”) and reframes repetition and practice as the path to mastery. He closes with a light-hearted sign-off (“Thanks for listening to my Ted Talk, ha!”) to keep the post personable and approachable while encouraging readers to take one tangible step today toward a challenge they’ve been avoiding.

Summary

This reflective post uses a golf hole as a metaphor to ask readers what hard thing they’re avoiding out of fear. The author contrasts fear and love as motivators, shares a short sales anecdote, and issues a practical, compassionate call to action to attempt the difficult task rather than preemptively quitting.

Analysis

Hook Analysis

Rating: 80/100. Explanation: The opening question is a strong hook — it’s direct, relatable, and invites introspection, which works well on LinkedIn where personal growth and career decisions are common themes. It functions as a pattern-interrupt for scrolling users and signals the post will be reflective and actionable. It loses a few points because it’s somewhat broad rather than hyper-specific (no surprising statistic, bold contrarian claim, or very unique angle), so while it pulls readers in, it could be sharpened by adding a vivid, time-bound challenge or a more surprising detail right up front.

Call to Action

Rating: 75/100. Explanation: The post includes multiple clear CTAs — “Make the call, send the note, visit that person, forgive that offense, and hit that drive” — which are concrete and actionable, encouraging real behavior. The invitation to readers to ask themselves a question and to ‘do’ (not just try) is motivating. It’s not a single focused ask tied to comment engagement (e.g., “What hard thing will you do today? Reply below”), so it misses an easy opportunity to convert motivation into comments and visible interaction. Multiple asks can also dilute focus; a single prioritized CTA would increase conversion.

Hashtag Strategy

The extracted post contains no hashtags. On LinkedIn, that forgoes easy distribution benefits and discoverability — especially to users searching or following topic tags. A better strategy would be 3–5 well-chosen hashtags at the end of the post mixing one broad reach tag (e.g., #Leadership or #Mindset), one niche/professional tag (e.g., #Sales or #PersonalDevelopment), and one action-oriented or campaign tag (e.g., #TakeAction). Keep hashtags to the end of the post, avoid more than five, and use a mix of 50k–500k follower tags for targeted reach.

Post Score: 75/100

readability: 80/100

content value: 70/100

hook strength: 80/100

call to action: 75/100

hashtag strategy: 40/100

engagement potential: 80/100

Post Details

Post ID: 7496539506444009473

Clean Feed URL: https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7496539506444009473/

Keywords

fear, love, take action, overcoming fear, growth mindset, persistence

Hashtags

##Leadership, ##PersonalDevelopment, ##TakeAction

Topic Ideas

A 30-day ‘Do the Hard Thing’ challenge: daily micro-actions to beat fear and build momentum
Using sports metaphors (like golf) to teach practice, iteration, and risk-taking in business
A how-to guide: turning initial 'no' responses into opportunities — a step-by-step outreach framework
Love vs. Fear at work: practical exercises to shift decision-making toward constructive motivation
Case study: My toughest sales win — what I learned from persistence, curiosity, and extra outreach