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WEDNESDAY, 21 DECEMBER 2022
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— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- Your alarm didn't wake you. The dread did. It doesn't have a snooze button.
- Your soft launch was a hand in a photo. The hard launch never came.…
- Move fast and break things. You broke the coffee machine, the budget and your…
- You said you're "booked and busy". Booked for a dentist you'll cancel. Busy rewatching…
- Monday morning has the energy of a printer that knows you're in a hurry.…
- Your resting heart rate is excellent. It's had nothing else to do.
- Clear-coding means stating your intentions up front. Hers was "I have a hard stop…
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