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SATURDAY, 11 OCTOBER 2008
Nobody notices when you do your job well.
Everyone notices when you leave at 5:01. Your retirement will get a shorter email.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- You don't have a spending problem. You have an income problem, and it's terminal.
- The hardest part of working out is getting started. You've made sure it stays…
- Work smarter, not harder. You've chosen neither, and HR has a folder.
- Dating apps let you meet hundreds of people. All of them are "just seeing…
- You said "my For You page knows me so well". It knows you're awake…
- Your startup is a chatbot that tells customers they're right. Investors loved it. The…
- True love is choosing the same person every day. They're choosing, daily, whether to…
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