These are the stories that mattered most to professionals this year: http://blog.linkedin.com/2013/12/05/best-of-2013-the-stories-that-mattered-most-to-professionals-this-year/

1. Top news, stories, and ideas to help you grow professionally.

2. “An investment in knowledge
pays the best interest.”
– Benjamin Franklin

3. Did you know?
Influencer posts get
29,455 views
240 likes
93 comments
on average.2
450
business
thought leaders
from Richard Branson to Meg Whitman
are part of LinkedIn's Influencer
program.1
30 Yankee
Stadiums
could hold all of the publishers
using the LinkedIn Share
button.1
Source: 1. LinkedIn Q3 2013 Earnings Report. 2. LinkedIn Influencer 2.0 blog post July 2013.

4. The One Thing Successful People Never Do
Bernard Marr
Best-Selling Author and Enterprise
Performance Expert
1,412,444
8,512
2,850
Read More >

5. 8 Things Productive People Do During the
Workday
Ilya Pozin
CEO of Open Me. Columnist for Inc,
Forbes & LinkedIn. Serial Entrepreneur
1,371,476
9,597
2,352
Read More >

6. Stop Using These 16 Terms to Describe
Yourself
Jeff Haden
Ghostwriter, Speaker, Inc. Magazine
Columnist
1,500,274
6,972
3,234
Read More >

7. 17 Things You Should Never Say to Your
Boss
Dave Kerpen
CEO, Likeable Local, NY Times BestSelling Author & Keynote Speaker
803,277
4,088
1,515
Read More >

8. 9 Qualities Of Truly Confident People
Dharmesh Shah
Founder and CTO at HubSpot
1,299,566
11,894
4,367
Read More >

9. Warning! The Things You Must Not Tell
Anyone At Work
Bernard Marr
Best-Selling Author and Enterprise
Performance Expert
562,671
2,849
1,536
Read More >

10. The No. 1 Career Mistake Capable People
Make
Greg McKeown
Author of "Essentialism: The
Disciplined Pursuit of Less"
1,937,826
11,949
4,745
Read More >

11. 9 Business Books That Will Change Your
Life
Dave Kerpen
CEO, Likeable Local, NY Times BestSelling Author & Keynote Speaker
862,065
5,482
1,466
Read More >

12. See all the top stories of 2013