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SATURDAY, 8 MARCH 1997
You call it "quiet quitting".
Your manager calls it "the same as before". Nobody can tell the difference. That's the bad news.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- Everything happens for a reason. The reason is you. It's always been you.
- Your therapist said set boundaries. You set one. Then texted them at 2 a.m.…
- Some meetings could have been an email. You'll spend four years of your one…
- AI agrees with you more than any human ever has. That's not wisdom. That's…
- Be yourself. Everyone else is taken. They were picked first. You're what was left.
- Monday is a core collaboration day. As, it turns out, is every day ending…
- Make your money work for you. Yours quit in 2019. It works for your…
THE CALENDAR OF DESPAIR
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