and no relation by the writer of how he or she practices the advice, how it has impacted their lives, etc. Moreover, and this applies to more than the listicle style, I loathe second and third person narrative styles of writing that are too prevalent on Medium https://medium.com/technical-excellence/please-stop-telling-readers-what-to-do-918d7adf128f the subtitle of which is "Try telling your story in the first-person-narrative; lead by example, not by instructing

The only time I read a listicle is when I'm performing my Q clearing gate keeping functions in Illumination and if I do force myself to read one I invariably leave a PN requesting that the writer link to reliable sources especially if the topic is outside of their alleged expertise, if any, and if they get huffy, then I suspect that the cut and paste plagiarized