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25 Self-Help Books You (Probably) Haven’t Read

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Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert M. We would all love to quit our 9-5 to open our bar or bakery or consulting gig so we can do what we love all day. They say no to cubicle lunches, four-minute book summaries, “multitasking” (whatever the heck that means) and monochrome, microwave dinners.

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the $15,000 coffee fund, the cheapskate executives, and other stories of office coffee wars

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It was a genuine concern that the tea urn would empty too quickly if larger mugs were permitted, leading to a lengthy consultation period on the optimal mug size. Office manager called in maintenance but they were estimating that it wouldn’t be online until late afternoon/next business day. Well, one day this thing stopped working.