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TUESDAY, 24 OCTOBER 1967
Beach body ready?
The beach has been ready for four billion years. It isn't waiting for you.
— Zack, unqualified
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PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- Clear-coding means stating your intentions up front. Hers was "I have a hard stop…
- Teamwork makes the dream work. It also means six people are ready to blame…
- A budget is a list of things you're about to do anyway. Written down…
- You said you'd "touch grass" this weekend. You took a photo of grass, posted…
- Work smarter, not harder. You've chosen neither, and HR has a folder.
- Passive income takes a surprising amount of active effort. Mostly explaining it at parties…
- Monday morning has the energy of a printer that knows you're in a hurry.…
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