Some are incredibly overused. Others just make you sound full of yourself. Either way, you lose.

"Here are some words that are great when other people use them to describe you--but you should never use to describe yourself, along with a few other words that everyone seems to use (many make annual appearances on LinkedIn's lists of most overused words and phrases from LinkedIn profiles).

Either way, think hard about swapping them out of your social profiles--and your website, marketing, and other company communications...

Some are incredibly overused. Others just make you sound full of yourself. Either way, you lose.

"Here are some words that are great when other people use them to describe you--but you should never use to describe yourself, along with a few other words that everyone seems to use (many make annual appearances on LinkedIn's lists of most overused words and phrases from LinkedIn profiles).

Either way, think hard about swapping them out of your social profiles--and your website, marketing, and other company communications...