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Your first five hires decide the next five years

Hire for the company you're about to be, not the one you're tired of running alone.

GuideMoneyRay Okonkwo18 Sept 20262 min

Why the boring account beats the clever one

Everyone wants to talk about what to invest in. Almost nobody has the thing that stops them selling it at the bottom.

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Build me a 30-day training plan around two sessions a week

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GuideSkillsWes Dunbar22 Sept 20266 min

The wiring jobs worth doing yourself and the ones that aren't

Swapping a switch, a receptacle or a light fixture is within reach for most people. Knowing which jobs to hand off is the part that keeps you safe.

Names.com — The name is the first thing you sell

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Startups2 min read

You're almost certainly charging too little

The service business failure mode: full schedule, empty account, no idea which one is the problem.

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How often do you see your closest friends?

GuideSkillsDean Shaw22 Sept 20266 min

Changing a tire in the dark and the rain

The wheel is the easy part. Where you stop, where your family stands and how you light the job are what actually keep you safe.

GuideSkillsMarcus Vale22 Sept 20266 min

How to answer the first interview question in ninety seconds

"Tell me about yourself" isn't small talk. It's the only part of the interview you fully control, and most people waste it.

Dude.com — 16 advisers who listen, talk and pray with you

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GuideStartupsMarcus Vale12 Sept 20262 min

Ten conversations beat six months of building

The cheapest way to find out nobody wants it's to ask, before you've spent a year making it.

Quiz

Is your money actually in order?

Six questions. No email required, no sales pitch at the end.

GuideSkillsAde Fisher22 Sept 20265 min

How to Read the Money in a Job Posting

The posted range is a negotiating document, not a description of what you'll be paid. Learn to read it in the order you'd actually use it.

GuideSkillsAde Fisher22 Sept 20265 min

Write a resume that survives the first thirty seconds

The first pass on your resume is a skim, not a read. Build the document for the skim and the rest takes care of itself.

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Build me a revision plan that I will actually stick to

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GuideSkillsWes Dunbar22 Sept 20266 min

How to jump-start a car without wrecking the electronics

The order of the clamps matters, the ground point matters, and three minutes of patience saves a control module.

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GuideSkillsMarcus Vale9 Sept 20262 min

Negotiating, for men who hate negotiating

Four habits that get you a better deal without turning you into the guy who haggles at the supermarket.

Poll

Where does your phone charge overnight?

GuideSkillsWes Dunbar7 Sept 20262 min

Cook a steak properly, once, and you'll never do it badly again

Dry it, salt it early, get the pan far hotter than feels sensible, and stop guessing.

StoryOld SchoolNina Castellan9 Oct 20264 min

Over or under, and the real crime on the roll

My wife and I have fought about the toilet paper for six years. Grandma heard both sides over pie and ruled in about forty seconds.

CancerDefying.com — The research, protocols and reading in one place

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StoryFamilySam Ortiz8 Oct 20265 min

One number, one schedule, and nobody touches the thermostat

He sets it to 66. She sets it to 72. The furnace is exhausted. Grandma has run a house for fifty years and she's had enough of this.

Quiz

Does your wardrobe actually fit you?

Five questions, honestly answered, and a plan for the next fortnight.

Moms6 min

The Turkey's Still Frozen and Everyone Arrives at Two

Old School5 min

Scrape the plate, skip the rinse, and point the knives down

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What should I wear to this?

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GuideWoodworkingDean Shaw8 Oct 20266 min

The cut takes nine seconds and the setup takes twenty minutes

One pine board, one rip cut, two very different Saturdays. The difference has nothing to do with the cut.

Coconut.com — Tell us when. We find where the sun is.

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Dads5 min read

Nobody needs the bathroom until you pass the last exit

Nine hundred miles, two kids, one cooler buried under everything. How the first-timer does the family road trip, and how the veteran does it.

Poll

Where does your phone charge overnight?

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