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TUESDAY, 26 DECEMBER 1995
Someone laminated an "Acceptable Behaviour" poster for the office kitchen.
It will still be on that wall long after your name is off the door.
— Zack, unqualified
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PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- Find your purpose. It's in the drawer with the takeaway menus and a key…
- You can do anything you set your mind to. Your mind has set itself…
- Your out-of-office reply is the most confident thing you wrote all year. Nobody noticed…
- Clear-coding means stating your intentions up front. Hers was "I have a hard stop…
- Rise and grind. Your teeth have been grinding all night. Your dentist bought a…
- Don't settle. Your standards already have. They didn't tell you.
- You've "romanticised your life". It's a candle, a croissant and a playlist called "main…
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