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DAILY DEMOTIVATION
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ARCHIVED DEMOTIVATION
WEDNESDAY, 6 JUNE 1956
Hard work pays off eventually.
It's paying off right now. Your boss just bought a boat.
— Zack, unqualified
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PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- You can do anything you set your mind to. Your mind has set itself…
- Parenting is ten percent love and ninety percent asking where the other shoe is.…
- You've "romanticised your life". It's a candle, a croissant and a playlist called "main…
- You're not broke. You're pre-rich. The "pre" is permanent.
- Your partner says they'd be lost without you. They'd be lost for about eighteen…
- You put "open to work" on LinkedIn. Six recruiters viewed your profile. Five were…
- Every great company started in a garage. Yours will end there too. The car's…
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