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A Sagging Gate Is Three Problems, Fixed In Order

The post, the hinges, the frame. Diagnose it in ten minutes, fix it in an afternoon, and stop lifting the thing every time you walk through.

GuideStartupsRay Okonkwo23 Sept 20266 min

Read Item 20 Before You Read the Franchise Brochure

The disclosure document is 23 items long and boring on purpose. Two of them tell you almost everything you need to know.

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Plan a cook for eight people

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GuideMoneyRay Okonkwo23 Sept 20266 min

Read the medical bill line by line before you pay a dollar

The first piece of paper the hospital sends you isn't a bill. It's an opening offer, and it's usually wrong in their favor.

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

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Skills6 min read

Read a map and compass in the order you actually use them

Set declination, orient the map, walk a bearing, and find yourself again when the trail disappears. No battery required.

Poll

Where does your phone charge overnight?

GuideStartupsRay Okonkwo23 Sept 20266 min

Ask for the review before you pull out of the driveway

The two-minute window after the job ends is worth more than every follow-up email you'll ever send. Use it, and stay on the right side of the rules.

GuideBusinessRay Okonkwo23 Sept 20265 min

Where AI Saves Your Small Business Time and Where It Doesn't

A simple test for every tool you're being sold, plus the jobs it genuinely handles and the ones it'll quietly cost you money on.

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GuideSkillsCal Brennan23 Sept 20265 min

Spotting a stroke or a heart attack in the first ten minutes

What to look for, what to say on the phone, and the four things to do before the ambulance turns onto your street.

Quiz

Does your wardrobe actually fit you?

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

GuideStartupsRay Okonkwo23 Sept 20266 min

Starting a Handyman Business Without Getting Fined

Licensing thresholds, the four holes in a cheap liability policy, and why hourly pricing quietly bankrupts good handymen.

GuideBusinessRay Okonkwo23 Sept 20265 min

Delegating When You're Convinced Nobody Else Can Do It

Track two weeks, price your hour, hand off the boring thing first, and budget for the mistakes that come with it.

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

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GuideSkillsWes Dunbar23 Sept 20266 min

Reset the breaker, then find out why it tripped

Flipping it back on takes ten seconds. Knowing what made it trip is the part that keeps your house standing.

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

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GuideStartupsRay Okonkwo23 Sept 20266 min

Write Your Quotes So The Job Can't Come Back On You

The number is the smallest part of a quote. The scope, the exclusions and the change-order line are what keep a good job from turning into a fight.

Poll

When did you last ask for a raise?

GuideMoneyRay Okonkwo23 Sept 20266 min

Your Beneficiary Form Beats Your Will

Most of what you own won't pass through your will at all, and the paperwork that actually controls it takes twenty minutes to fix.

GuideSkillsWes Dunbar23 Sept 20266 min

Sharpen a chainsaw chain by hand, in the right order

If your saw is throwing dust instead of chips, ten minutes with a round file will give you back a saw that pulls itself into the wood.

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

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GuideBusinessRay Okonkwo23 Sept 20265 min

The culture you tolerate is the culture you have

Values on the wall don't build a company. What you reward, repeat and refuse to put up with does. Here's how to set it on purpose.

Quiz

Is your money actually in order?

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

Money5 min

When to do your own taxes and when to pay somebody

Startups6 min

Start Mowing With One Truck And One Trailer

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Rewrite my CV so it actually gets read

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GuideBusinessRay Okonkwo23 Sept 20266 min

The insurance policies a small company actually needs

Four policies carry almost all the risk, two more catch what they miss, and one clause in the property form can gut a claim you thought was covered.

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

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News5 min read

Doctors Who Won't Take Part in MAID Still Have to Refer

Canada's Criminal Code says no one is compelled. Ontario's regulator says something narrower, and the gap between them is where careers get decided.

Poll

What was your first ever job?

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