The anti-listicle

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I’m Johnnie Moore, and I help people work better together

There seems to be a plague of listicles these days but one titled 12 Things Successful People to Do Before Breakfast is almost beyond parody. But Tara Sophia Mohr gives a thoroughly well-deserved pushback to its alpha male worldview.

Hat tip: Tweet from Simon Gough

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