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TUESDAY, 4 JULY 1995
The retirement age goes up a year every time you check.
It's not a finish line. It's a horizon.
— Zack, unqualified
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PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- Some days you're the pigeon. Most days you're the statue, and nobody remembers who…
- Your desk plant is the only thing in the office still growing. When you…
- "Let's take this offline" means "let's never speak of this again." That's also the…
- Your startup is an app that replaces a phone call. With a waitlist, a…
- You "can't do mornings". You also can't do afternoons, evenings or emails.
- Dress for the job you want. The job you have will see you in…
- Your chatbot calls every one of your ideas "a really insightful question". Zack has…
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