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Yes Please by Amy Poehler — WisdomDeck honest review
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Yes Please

by Amy Poehler

Poehler on improv, SNL, Parks and Recreation, divorce and ambition. Uneven but with real wisdom about doing the work and treating your career like a bad boyfriend.

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Three things you will actually use

  1. Your career will not love you back; your work will.
  2. Ambition is fine.
  3. Good for her, not for me.

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Comedy, ambition, work.

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