Business

Sell better, hire better, lead better. The operating manual for running something real.

The BRO Code. What to do, what not to do, and a few laughs on the way.

The family emergency plan your kids can recite half asleep

Phone numbers, two meeting spots, a code word and a drill that takes ninety seconds. Build it Saturday, then run it until the kids find it boring.

GuideDadsCal Brennan23 Sept 20266 min

Your Kid Doesn't Need A Tour Of Your Work, They Need A Shift

The visitor badge and the donut are a wasted day. Hand them a real task with a real standard, and let them watch somebody correct you.

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GuideFitnessCal Brennan23 Sept 20266 min

What a raised ALT on your blood test actually means

Your physical came back with an H next to one liver number. Before you panic or ignore it, know what ALT and AST are really measuring.

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

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Tools & Organizing6 min read

How to Pick a Cordless Tool Platform You Won't Regret

You're not buying a drill. You're buying a battery mount you'll live with for a decade, so pick it on purpose and buy in cheap.

Poll

How many days a week are you actually training?

GuideDadsCal Brennan23 Sept 20266 min

Your kid is being bullied and you've got about a week

A day-by-day plan for the first seven days: what to say, what to write down, what to ask the school for, and when it stops being a school matter.

GuideFitnessCal Brennan23 Sept 20266 min

When your prostate starts running your nights

Three bathroom trips before sunrise isn't aging gracefully. What's actually happening, which pills do what, and how long the procedures cost you.

Delicious.com — Nine thousand recipes and a plan for tonight

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GuideFoodWes Dunbar23 Sept 20266 min

The pork butt is done when the probe slides, not at 203

Eight pounds, a bone that pulls clean, and the three hours of rest almost nobody builds into the plan.

Quiz

Does your wardrobe actually fit you?

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

GuideDadsCal Brennan23 Sept 20266 min

Write the letters before you get on the plane

Most of what keeps a deployed dad connected to his kids gets built in the two weeks before he leaves, not over a satellite connection at 2am.

GuideFitnessCal Brennan23 Sept 20266 min

What ibuprofen does to your kidneys on a hot training day

The pill isn't the problem. The pill plus dehydration plus your blood pressure medication is the problem, and almost nobody explains that part.

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GuideFoodWes Dunbar23 Sept 20266 min

Start the fire an hour before you want to eat

Flames blacken food and coals cook it, and most people light the wood about forty minutes too late to get any.

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

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GuideFamilyCal Brennan23 Sept 20266 min

Your in-law problem is usually a marriage problem

Boundaries with her parents or yours work one way: each of you handles your own family, says the specific thing out loud, and then holds it.

Poll

What was your first ever job?

GuideFitnessCal Brennan23 Sept 20266 min

Hepatitis C is curable and the test takes one blood draw

One-time screening is now recommended for every adult, the cure is a daily pill for eight to twelve weeks, and heavy lifting can muddy your liver numbers.

GuideFoodWes Dunbar23 Sept 20265 min

Take the meal in a pan you never want back

How to feed a family after a funeral or a new baby without adding one more thing to their list.

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

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GuideDadsCal Brennan23 Sept 20266 min

The Homeschool Dad Job Description Nobody Hands You

You don't have to teach fractions at 10am. But you do have to own a subject, run the discipline, and keep the whole thing from eating your wife alive.

Quiz

Is your money actually in order?

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

Fitness6 min

When depression shows up as anger instead of sadness

Life5 min

Twenty books worth reading this year and how to finish them

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GuideDadsCal Brennan23 Sept 20265 min

Take Her Somewhere That Opens At Six In The Morning

The father-daughter outings she'll still describe at twenty-five are rarely the expensive ones. They're the early ones, the odd ones, and the ones where she had a job.