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ARCHIVED DEMOTIVATION
FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2009
You've got a side hustle, a passion project and a podcast.
Combined monthly income: $14. Combined listeners: your nan, twice, by accident.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- You got the ick because they ran for a bus. You've been single three…
- Everything happens for a reason. The reason is you. It's always been you.
- You "can't do mornings". You also can't do afternoons, evenings or emails.
- Clear-coding means stating your intentions up front. Hers was "I have a hard stop…
- Synergy is two departments confused about the same thing at once. They'll merge. You'll…
- "Let's take this offline" means "let's never speak of this again." That's also the…
- You "don't do small talk". You also don't do big talk, phone calls, emails…
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