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The six multimeter checks that solve most problems

A multimeter does forty things. You'll use six of them, and they cover almost every dead battery, dead outlet and dead appliance you'll meet.

GuideBusinessRay Okonkwo22 Sept 20266 min

Managing people who have been doing this longer than you

Age gaps on a team are normal. The mistakes new managers make around them are avoidable, and most of them happen in the first month.

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Rehearse the raise conversation with me

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How to tell the difference between slow and dead

Most founders quit too late, not too early. Set your kill criteria in writing before you're too tired and too invested to read them honestly.

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Skills6 min read

Write an email that gets answered before lunch

Most emails don't get ignored because they're badly written. They get ignored because replying is too much work.

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How a Profitable Business Runs Out of Money

Profit is an opinion formed at year end. Cash is a fact that shows up on a Friday, and Friday is when payroll clears.

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Write the breakup clause before you write the logo

Most business partnerships between friends fail quietly, and the friendship goes with them. The paperwork you avoid is the paperwork that saves both.

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

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How to wire a plug properly, and when to leave it alone

Brown right, blue left, earth on top, and a fuse that matches the appliance. The rest is knowing which jobs aren't yours.

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Is your money actually in order?

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

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Read your own profit and loss in ten minutes a month

The bottom line tells you something is wrong. It never tells you what. Read the statement in this order and it will.

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The paperwork you can't skip in your first year

Most of it takes a weekend. Skipping it turns a slow month into a business-ending one, usually about fourteen months in.

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Plan a cook for eight people

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GuideSkillsWes Dunbar22 Sept 20266 min

Jumping a dead mower without frying the battery

A flat mower battery is a twenty-minute fix if you do it in the right order, and an expensive one if you don't.

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

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What to file before your first employee starts

The order of operations for hiring employee number one, the forms that have real deadlines, and the mistakes that cost the most to unwind.

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Find ten customers before you build anything

The cheapest way to kill a bad business idea is to try to sell it before it exists. Most people skip this and pay for it later.

GuideSkillsWes Dunbar22 Sept 20266 min

Unblock the drain yourself before you pay somebody

Most household blockages are within two feet of the plughole and clear in under an hour with a plunger, a bucket and a bit of patience.

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

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How to fire someone without wrecking them or your team

The decision is the easy part. The fifteen minutes, the paperwork and the week afterward are where most managers fall apart.

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Does your wardrobe actually fit you?

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

Startups6 min

How to price trade work without guessing

Skills6 min

Patching Drywall So Nobody Can Tell Where the Hole Was

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

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GuideMoneyRay Okonkwo22 Sept 20265 min

Your payslip, your tax code, and where the money went

Most people check the bottom number and file the rest. The other lines are where the errors hide, and they're usually yours to catch.

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

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Startups5 min read

How to Run a One-Man Business That Doesn't Eat Your Family

Solo businesses fail two ways: they go broke, or they survive by quietly consuming everything at home. You can design against both.

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