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the art of transcending

Working in an office is like a long kids’ party, but without all the colour, joy, excitement and purpose. There’s a never-ending game of musical chairs as colleagues get picked off by layoffs, mergers and bullies. We play pass-the-parcel, handballing work and emails down the chain, with some poor sap at the end left doing the work. And, of course, the highlight of the day: we all sit slack-jawed in endless meetings as a

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