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Phone Rules Your Teenager Can't Quietly Route Around

Most house phone rules fail within a fortnight because they depend on a fifteen-year-old's cooperation. Build ones that don't.

GuideDadsSam Ortiz22 Sept 20265 min

Say the one thing at graduation and leave the rest alone

Your kid doesn't need a speech, a warning, or your best advice. Ninety seconds, one specific sentence, and then the discipline to stop talking.

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GuideDadsSam Ortiz22 Sept 20266 min

Teaching your kid to drive without losing your temper

One skill per session, thirty minutes at a time, and a strict rule about when you're allowed to speak.

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Dads6 min read

Coaching your kid's team without becoming that parent

The hardest player on the roster is yours. A practical way to run the season so both of you still enjoy it in October.

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GuideDadsSam Ortiz22 Sept 20265 min

Screen rules that hold up when you're tired

Most house screen rules collapse because they need a referee. Build the ones that enforce themselves instead.

GuideDadsSam Ortiz22 Sept 20265 min

Screen rules that hold up on a Tuesday night

Most family screen policies collapse in the first hard week. The ones that survive are shorter, dumber and built around places instead of minutes.

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GuideSelf-Employed MenMarcus Vale25 Sept 20266 min

Your seventy-hour week is a pricing problem

Most self-employed guys who never stop working don't need more discipline. They need a higher number on the next quote and a door they can close.

Quiz

Is your money actually in order?

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

GuideLifeCal Brennan23 Sept 20265 min

Nobody's watching, and that's exactly the point

Character isn't decided in the crisis. It's decided in four unremarkable seconds at a self-checkout, and you've had a few thousand of those.

BRO TakeNewsMarcus Vale23 Sept 20265 min

Boys Are Falling Behind and the Numbers Aren't New

Commentary on the reading gap, the college gap, the discipline data and the one variable nobody in the district office wants to name.

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Rewrite my CV so it actually gets read

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GuideGroomingDean Shaw23 Sept 20266 min

Nail Biting Stops When Your Hands Get A Better Job

Willpower loses to a habit you don't notice starting. Here's the file, the substitution and the honest verdict on bitter polish.

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GuideLifeCal Brennan23 Sept 20265 min

Ten minutes a day with nothing in your ears

No podcast, no music, no phone. Just a chair and a timer. It's the cheapest upgrade to your head you'll find, and the first week is rough.

Poll

How many days a week are you actually training?

GuideFitnessCal Brennan23 Sept 20266 min

Marathon training on four runs a week and no free time

You don't need six days and a coach. You need one protected long run, a wife who knows the plan, and the discipline to skip the hero workouts.

Guide100 ThingsCal Brennan23 Sept 20267 min

100 Things Every Man Should Know About His Health

Your numbers, your sleep, your back, your head, and the appointments you keep putting off until something hurts.

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GuideLifeCal Brennan23 Sept 20265 min

Why week six of a new skill feels like going backwards

The beginner gains run out around day forty, and that's exactly when most grown men quit. Here's how to get through the flat part.

Quiz

Does your wardrobe actually fit you?

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

Fitness6 min

How to quit nicotine when you can't take a week off

Guides & Checklists6 min

Your First Eight Weeks Under a Barbell

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Give me something to do with my kids this weekend

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GuideBooksMarcus Vale23 Sept 20265 min

How to Finish a Book Again

You don't need more discipline. You need a shorter book, a worse chair for your phone, and permission to quit the ones that bore you.

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Fitness5 min read

Twenty minutes on a hotel carpet beats skipping the week

The hotel gym has two fifteen-pound dumbbells and a treadmill that beeps. Train in your room instead, and keep the habit alive until you're home.

Poll

How many days a week are you actually training?

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