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How to stop serious bleeding before the ambulance arrives

Pressure, packing and a tourniquet, in the order you'd actually use them, plus the mistakes that cost people the five minutes they had.

BRO TakeNewsJosh Halloran23 Sept 20265 min

What People Actually Mean by Woke and Why the Word Stuck

The word has a real history, a real definition, and a real weakness. Know all three before you use it again.

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GuideMoneyRay Okonkwo23 Sept 20265 min

Pay for the wedding in cash or move the date

The guest list is the budget. Everything else is decoration, and most of it's negotiable if you run the numbers first.

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

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Purify Backcountry Water Without Guessing What's In It

Pick the source, strain the grit, treat it right, and keep the dirty bottle away from the clean one. The order matters more than the gear.

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How many days a week are you actually training?

GuideStartupsRay Okonkwo23 Sept 20265 min

The food truck costs that aren't on anybody's spreadsheet

The truck is the cheap part. It's the commissary, the generator hours and the days you don't sell that decide whether you're still open in year two.

GuideMoneyRay Okonkwo23 Sept 20266 min

Read your home insurance policy on a Tuesday, not after a fire

Six numbers in your policy decide what you actually get paid. Most people meet them for the first time standing in a wet hallway.

Coconut.com — Tell us when. We find where the sun is.

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GuideSkillsWes Dunbar23 Sept 20266 min

Sew on a button and mend a seam so they stay fixed

Eighteen inches of thread, a needle and a toothpick. Ten minutes of work that outlasts whatever the factory did the first time.

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Does your wardrobe actually fit you?

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

GuideStartupsRay Okonkwo23 Sept 20265 min

The family cleaning business runs on roles, not goodwill

Cleaning is one of the few businesses a family can start this month for under a thousand dollars. It's also one of the easiest to quit by March.

GuideMoneyRay Okonkwo23 Sept 20265 min

What actually moves your credit score and what doesn't

Two things do most of the work, a dozen things do almost nothing, and one common piece of advice costs people money every month.

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Rehearse the raise conversation with me

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GuideSkillsCal Brennan23 Sept 20265 min

Choking rescue for an adult, a child and a baby

The hands go in three different places depending on who's choking, and the one that works on a grown man will hurt an infant.

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

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GuideStartupsRay Okonkwo23 Sept 20265 min

Buy the tool before you hire the person

A second set of hands costs a lot more than the paycheck. Run the payback math on the machine first, and be honest about what it can't do.

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When did you last ask for a raise?

GuideMoneyRay Okonkwo23 Sept 20265 min

The second income is smaller than the paycheck says

Before one parent comes home, do the subtraction that tells you what that job is actually adding to your family.

GuideSkillsWes Dunbar23 Sept 20266 min

Replace a broken window pane without butchering the sash

The glass is the easy part. Skip one step and your fresh putty cracks out by next winter.

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GuideStartupsRay Okonkwo23 Sept 20265 min

A five-page website is all a local business needs

Your site has one job: make the phone ring. Most of what agencies sell you actively gets in the way of that.

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Is your money actually in order?

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

Money6 min

The phone call that empties a family's savings

Skills6 min

Hang a ceiling fan that doesn't wobble, hum or fall

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Build me a revision plan that I will actually stick to

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GuideBusinessRay Okonkwo23 Sept 20266 min

What to check in the books before you buy somebody's business

The seller's P&L is a sales document. The bank statements are the truth. Start there and work outward.

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

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Money6 min read

The side income tax bill nobody sets money aside for

You cleared $11,000 detailing cars on Saturdays. Roughly a third of it was never yours. Do the arithmetic now, not in April.

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When did you last ask for a raise?

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