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Working with Great People appreciation aspiration inspiration leadership people relationship talent teamwork Oct 20, 2023

I've been retired now for 5 months. They say you miss the "animals, not the zoo" meaning you "miss the people, not the work". I've heard this a lot from people telling me this is how I would look at t...

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Tony Thelen

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