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ARCHIVED DEMOTIVATION
WEDNESDAY, 28 FEBRUARY 2001
"Let's take this offline" means "let's never speak of this again."
That's also the plan for your job next quarter.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- Find your purpose. It's in the drawer with the takeaway menus and a key…
- They say sweat is weakness leaving the body. Yours has decided to stay.
- Listen to your body. It's asking for a biscuit and a lie-down. It's been…
- Move fast and break things. You broke the coffee machine, the budget and your…
- Your desk plant is the only thing in the office still growing. When you…
- You say you're "an old soul". You're 21. The only old thing about you…
- Clear-coding means stating your intentions up front. Hers was "I have a hard stop…
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