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Your side hustle is ready when it's costing you to keep the job

Matching your salary isn't the signal. The real test is a different number, a waitlist and a cash cushion, and most women quit on the wrong one.

GuideSelf-Employed MenMarcus ValeSep 25, 20266 min

Your first helper is probably an employee, not a 1099 guy

Calling him a contractor doesn't make him one. How to hire your first set of hands without handing the IRS and your insurer a reason to come knocking.

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Plan a cook for eight people

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GuideCorporate WomenNina CastellanSep 25, 20266 min

Your real work hours are whatever you answered at 7:40 last night

People learn your hours from when you reply, not what you announce. How to protect your evenings without looking like you've checked out.

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Corporate Men6 min read

Don't quit your job on a Sunday night

Most men act on the urge to leave at the wrong moment, for the wrong reason, before the one conversation that might have fixed it.

Poll

How many days a week are you actually training?

GuideSelf-Employed MenRay OkonkwoSep 24, 20266 min

Why $45 an hour is a pay cut when it's your own truck

The rate that feels rich the day you go out on your own can leave you broke by April. Do this math before you quote another job.

GuideCorporate WomenNina CastellanSep 25, 20266 min

Going back after the kid years starts with one good sentence

You don't need to defend the years at home. You need one clean sentence about them, current skills, and the nerve to negotiate like you belong.

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GuideCorporate MenRay OkonkwoSep 24, 20266 min

Walk into the raise conversation with a number, not a feeling

Most men lose the raise before the meeting starts. Build the case on paper, time it right, and the nerves mostly take care of themselves.

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Does your wardrobe actually fit you?

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

GuideMoneyDean ShawSep 24, 20266 min

The dream job test is what it pays in February

Smokejumper, fishing guide, luthier. They're real jobs with real paychecks, as long as you judge the whole year and not the best week.

GuideCorporate WomenNina CastellanSep 25, 20266 min

The working-mom system is mostly decisions you make once

Willpower runs out by Wednesday. A few boring decisions, made once and shared with your husband, carry the rest of the week.

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

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GuideCorporate MenMarcus ValeSep 24, 20266 min

Staying out of office politics is how honest men lose

Refusing to play isn't neutrality. It hands the room to whoever plays dirtiest. How to win on the level instead, without selling a thing.

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BRO TakeNewsMarcus ValeSep 23, 20266 min

What DEI Programs Actually Do Inside a Company, and What Works

Three decades of corporate data, a failed replication of McKinsey's headline claim, and a 9-0 Supreme Court ruling. Commentary.

Poll

When did you last ask for a raise?

GuideCorporate WomenNina CastellanSep 25, 20266 min

Your promotion gets decided in a room you're not in

The ask matters less than what your boss carries into the calibration meeting. Write that page yourself, and write it months early.

GuideCorporate MenMarcus ValeSep 24, 20266 min

Your first 90 days as a boss start with quitting your old job

The skill that got you promoted is the one most likely to sink you. How to spend three months becoming the manager, not the backup.

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BRO TakeNewsJosh HalloranSep 23, 20266 min

Cancel Culture's Real Victims Never Had a Publicist

The famous people survived it. The utility worker, the data analyst and the bakery owner are the ones who got flattened.

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Is your money actually in order?

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

Style6 min

What to wear to an interview in the trades and in an office

Corporate Men6 min

The promotion goes to the guy people already follow

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Rewrite my CV so it actually gets read

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GuideMen's GroomingDean ShawSep 23, 20266 min

The Haircut Goes Five Days Out, Not The Night Before

A day-by-day plan for the week before a wedding, an interview or a photo, and the four last-minute moves that wreck it.

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Fitness6 min read

The first two days after a pulled hamstring or calf

Ice is comfort, not treatment. What actually shortens the layoff, the one test that says you can run, and the trap that gets you hurt twice.

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When did you last ask for a raise?

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