The Corporate Man

Climb without selling out: promotions, office politics, leading a team and keeping your family first.

The captain's license is the cheap part of running charters

A six-pack license costs a year of sea time and a few hundred dollars. The boat math decides whether you ever get paid.

BRO TakeNewsJosh Halloran23 Sept 20265 min

The Word Woke Has a Definition and It's on the Record

People keep saying nobody can define woke. A lawyer did it under oath in 2022, and the definition explains why the word stuck.

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GuideSkillsCal Brennan23 Sept 20266 min

Pull the AED Off the Wall and Let It Do the Thinking

The machine talks you through it out loud and won't shock a person who doesn't need it. Your only real job is getting it there fast.

GermProof.com — An invisible germ barrier on your skin for hours

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Money6 min read

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.

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How many days a week are you actually training?

BRO TakeNewsMarcus Vale23 Sept 20266 min

The Best Evidence Against DEI Training Came From Its Fans

Two pro-diversity sociologists spent decades on corporate data and found mandatory training doesn't work. The law has since caught up.

GuideStartupsRay Okonkwo23 Sept 20266 min

Close One Day a Week and Don't Apologize for It

The jobs you lose by not answering on Sunday cost you less than the owner you'll lose by answering every single time.

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

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GuideMoneyRay Okonkwo23 Sept 20266 min

An HSA is a retirement account with a medical wrapper

Most people spend the balance every December on copays and dental work. That habit costs them the single best tax break in the code.

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Does your wardrobe actually fit you?

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

BRO TakeNewsMarcus Vale23 Sept 20265 min

Companies Went Activist. Customers Went Elsewhere.

Bud Light, Target, Tractor Supply and John Deere all learned the same lesson in 24 months. The receipts are public, and so is the retreat.

GuideBusinessRay Okonkwo23 Sept 20266 min

Say the hard thing Tuesday morning, not Friday at five

How to tell somebody their work isn't good enough, in a way they can act on, without torching the rest of your week.

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Rehearse the raise conversation with me

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GuideMoneyRay Okonkwo23 Sept 20266 min

Add up the worst year before you pick a health plan

Four numbers decide what your coverage actually costs, and the deductible is the one people stare at for the wrong reasons.

Shirts.com — Design it with AI. Wear it this week.

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BRO TakeNewsMarcus Vale23 Sept 20266 min

Sex Isn't Paperwork, and Three Institutions Prove It

Commentary. Sports bodies, courts and drug labels keep arriving at the same answer, and not one of them got there because it wanted the fight.

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How often do you see your closest friends?

GuideSkillsCal Brennan23 Sept 20266 min

How To Use An AED And Where To Find One First

The machine tells you what to do and won't shock a heart that doesn't need it. The hard part is knowing which wall it's hanging on.

GuideMoneyRay Okonkwo23 Sept 20266 min

Price every health plan on a good year and a bad year

Two numbers decide which family health plan is cheaper, and the enrollment portal shows you neither one.

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BRO TakeNewsMarcus Vale23 Sept 20266 min

The Data on Boys Is Ugly and Nobody Wants to Own It

Labelled commentary. The numbers on boys are public, specific, and worse than most school boards want on the agenda.

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Is your money actually in order?

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

Skills6 min

Change a tire in the dark and the rain without getting hit

Money6 min

Pick your family's health plan with three columns of math

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Build me a revision plan that I will actually stick to

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BRO TakeNewsMarcus Vale23 Sept 20266 min

Your School's Gender Policy Is a Document. Go Get It.

Every district writes this down somewhere. Finding the file, reading the law behind it, and asking the right question at the right meeting takes about an evening.

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

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Startups5 min read

Pick the day you don't answer the phone

You'll lose a few jobs closing one day a week. You'll keep your head, your marriage and a business you can still stand in five years.

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How often do you see your closest friends?

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