I guess the lesson from this article is that you have to be aware of your influence. In this case I suspect that the author of the article didn't expect that her article would have such a big impact. This reminded me very much of the influence of senior managers in big companies. When they make any comments (maybe exaggerated like in this article) that tends to become the law of the land for the people who report to them. So they have to be careful what they say otherwise they may experience unintented consequences like in the article above.
On the other hand it would make sense for the readers of the article as well as the employee's of senior manager in big companies to evaluate these statements. Don't hear only what you want to hear or what you think you are expected to hear. Listen, take some time to think and then act. If it sounds too good to be true then in most cases it will be.
