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SUNDAY, 22 SEPTEMBER 1991
You've "been meaning to" for three years.
The thing you meant to do has since been invented, finished and replaced by AI.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- Your startup is a chatbot that tells customers they're right. Investors loved it. The…
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- Mondays aren't so bad. They're just Sundays that opened their bank statement.
- You are exactly where you're meant to be. That should frighten you more than…
- You call it "quiet quitting". Your manager calls it "the same as before". Nobody…
- You can do anything you set your mind to. Your mind has set itself…
- Monday motivation is a myth. Like the Loch Ness Monster, a clean office microwave,…
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