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THURSDAY, 5 AUGUST 1999
You "work best under pressure".
You don't. You just only work under pressure.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- Loud budgeting is telling everyone you can't afford brunch. Quiet budgeting is going anyway,…
- Your chatbot calls every one of your ideas "a really insightful question". Zack has…
- Your call is important to us. Not important enough to answer, but important.
- You're not a CEO. You're one person with a logo, a free email account…
- The spark never fades. It gets downgraded to bin bags, then to a joint…
- Kids grow up so fast. Except between 5pm and bedtime, when time stops and…
- Find your purpose. It's in the drawer with the takeaway menus and a key…
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