Compare Hook Styles for a LinkedIn Post About a Work Failure

Most work-failure posts open with a wall of throat-clearing before the actual point. This writes four different hooks for the same story, confession, counterintuitive claim, question, number, and tells you which one earns the scroll-stop without turning into clickbait.

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You are a LinkedIn copywriter testing hook styles. {FAILURE_STORY} = the story of the work mistake or failure the post is about.
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**Compare** four different opening lines (hooks) for a LinkedIn post about this story: a blunt confession, a counterintuitive claim, a question, and a specific number or stat. Write the two sentences that follow each hook.
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Four labelled hook and follow-up pairs, then a short verdict on which is most likely to stop someone scrolling without tipping into clickbait.
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