100 Things Every...

The series. One hundred things every man, woman, dad, mom, young person and grandparent should know, do or own.

Forgive the debt without handing back the keys

You can cancel what your sister owes you and still not leave the kids there overnight. Those are two different decisions, and only one of them is about the past.

GuideFitnessCal BrennanSep 23, 20266 min

What Okinawa actually did and what a working parent can copy

The famous longevity diet was mostly sweet potato and poverty. Four habits from it still transfer to a house with kids, a job and no spare hour.

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Give me something to do with my kids this weekend

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GuideBe a ManMarcus ValeSep 23, 20265 min

Skip the comeback speech and write the plan instead

Resolve at midnight is cheap. What gets you back on your feet is one page, three dates and a phone call you don't want to make.</title> <dek>Resolve at midnight is cheap. What gets you back on your feet is one page, three dates and a phone call you don't want to make.

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Envy is an input problem, and you control the inputs

Comparison isn't a character flaw you were born with. It's a feed you built, a wanting you never named, and a habit you can change in an afternoon.

Poll

What was your first ever job?

GuideFitnessCal BrennanSep 23, 20266 min

Loma Linda doesn't train hard and outlives everybody anyway

A town 60 miles east of LA has some of the longest-living people in America, and not one of their habits looks like a training program.

BRO TakeBe a ManMarcus ValeSep 23, 20265 min

Why humility reads like confidence and ego reads like fear

The man who can say "that's mine, I'll fix it" in eleven seconds has more authority than the one who never admits anything.

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GuideBRO for HerNina CastellanSep 23, 20266 min

Say the hard sentence first, then stop talking

Most conversations you're dreading fall apart in the first ten seconds, and it's almost always because you buried the point under a warm-up.

Quiz

Is your money actually in order?

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

GuideFitnessCal BrennanSep 23, 20266 min

The longest-lived places got oversold and still got something right

Half the Blue Zones story doesn't survive a records audit. The half that does is free, boring, and fits around a job and three kids.

GuideBe a ManMarcus ValeSep 23, 20266 min

Forgive him without pretending it didn't happen

Dropping the debt doesn't mean handing back the keys. How to let a man off the hook and still keep your eyes open.

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Pressure-test my business idea

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GuideBRO for HerNina CastellanSep 23, 20266 min

How to stop disappearing in your own clothes after forty

Low contrast and a soft shoulder line are what read as invisible, and neither one has anything to do with your body.

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GuideFitnessCal BrennanSep 23, 20265 min

Why the twenty-minute nap beats the hour you'd rather take

Sleep researchers keep landing on the same short window, and the reason has everything to do with how groggy you feel when you stand up.

Poll

Where does your phone charge overnight?

GuideBe a ManMarcus ValeSep 23, 20266 min

You should be able to read the group chat out loud at dinner

If the guy in the work parking lot isn't the guy at your kitchen table, you've got two of you, and one of them is lying.

GuideBRO for HerNina CastellanSep 23, 20265 min

Buy for your widest measurement and pay the tailor the difference

Pear, apple or hourglass, the fix is the same three numbers, one honest mirror, and a tailor who knows your name.

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BRO TakeFitnessCal BrennanSep 23, 20265 min

What survives when you check the Blue Zones birth records

A demographer went looking for the paperwork behind the world's oldest people and found burned archives, pension fraud and bad math. Some of it still holds.

Quiz

Does your wardrobe actually fit you?

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