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Confidence, friendships, routines and the decisions that actually move the needle.

The BRO Code. What to do, what not to do, and a few laughs on the way.

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.

GuidePlayMarcus Vale22 Sept 20266 min

Start the weekly game yourself, because nobody else will

Pick a day, book the court, send one message. The hard part isn't fitness — it's being the person who keeps a game alive past week six.

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Rewrite my CV so it actually gets read

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GuideStartupsRay Okonkwo22 Sept 20266 min

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.

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

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Country Bro6 min read

Split it in March, burn it in December

Firewood doesn't season in the stack you built in October. The work happens in spring, and the stack you build decides whether it dries.

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How often do you see your closest friends?

GuideAutosDean Shaw22 Sept 20266 min

Twenty minutes with the engine off tells you most of it

Before you turn the key on a used car, the metal, the tires and the carpet have already told you what kind of life it had.

$Buy less and better only works if you do the math$

GuideStyleRay Okonkwo22 Sept 20266 min

Buy less and better only works if you do the math

Cost per wear is the right idea and most people calculate it wrong. Put the alterations, the cleaning and the honest wear count in, and the answer changes.

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GuideYoung MenJosh Halloran22 Sept 20266 min

Write down what you believe, then go and test it

Most of what you think is a conviction is actually a hand-me-down. Here's a method for sorting one from the other before life forces the issue.

Quiz

Does your wardrobe actually fit you?

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

GuideStartupsRay Okonkwo22 Sept 20265 min

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.

GuideHunting & ShootingWes Dunbar22 Sept 20266 min

When you're not sure of the shot, you already have your answer

Doubt in the moment isn't weakness or nerves. It's your brain telling you something you decided to ignore, and it's almost always right.

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Give me something to do with my kids this weekend

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GuideWoodworkingWes Dunbar22 Sept 20266 min

Build a sawbench first, then build everything else on it

Two boards, a box of screws, and four tools you'll keep for thirty years. The best first project isn't a birdhouse — it's the thing you'll work on.

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

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GuideCountry BroWes Dunbar22 Sept 20266 min

The unwritten rules of having neighbors in the country

Nobody hands you the list when you move out past the last streetlight. You find out by breaking one.

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GuideStyleTobias Reed22 Sept 20265 min

The dryer is why your clothes wear out early

Most garments don't die of old age. They get cooked, over-washed and hung on the wrong hanger, and you can stop all three this week.

GuideYoung MenMarcus Vale22 Sept 20265 min

Staying friends when everybody moves away

Distance doesn't kill friendships. Drift does. The mechanics of staying close when the group scatters across four cities and three time zones.

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

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GuideStartupsRay Okonkwo22 Sept 20266 min

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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Is your money actually in order?

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

Hunting & Shooting6 min

Where to hunt when you don't own a single acre

Country Bro5 min

The real cost of a dozen backyard eggs

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Plan a cook for eight people

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GuideStyleTobias Reed22 Sept 20266 min

What to wear the first time you meet her parents

Dark trousers, a solid collared shirt, leather shoes that match your belt. Then the fixes that make the whole thing work.

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

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Young Men6 min read

How to lift at twenty so you can still lift at forty

Your muscles get strong faster than your tendons do. Most of what wrecks men in their forties starts as a habit they picked up at twenty.

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How often do you see your closest friends?

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