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SUNDAY, 16 AUGUST 2026
Passive income takes a surprising amount of active effort.
Mostly explaining it at parties to people backing away.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- Love yourself first. Someone has to, and nobody else applied.
- You can do anything you set your mind to. Your mind has set itself…
- Think outside the box. The box had the budget. You're out here with a…
- There's no I in team. There are two in "invoice still unpaid". And one…
- Be yourself. Everyone else is taken. They were picked first. You're what was left.
- Remember when you stayed up late on purpose? Now you're up at 3am because…
- The light at the end of the tunnel is someone asking, "Can you see…
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