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TUESDAY, 29 APRIL 2025
2026 is the new 2016. Your knees did not get the memo. Your knees are getting different memos now, mostly from a specialist.
— Zack, unqualified
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PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- Find your purpose. It's in the drawer with the takeaway menus and a key…
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- You are a valued member of the team. So was the last person in…
- Move fast and break things. You broke the coffee machine, the budget and your…
- You call your mum "for advice". You call her for the Netflix password.
- It's not a career ladder. It's a hamster wheel. The hamster has a LinkedIn…
- Good things come to those who wait. You waited so long they went to…
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