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Fifty Books Worth Reading Aloud, and How to Finish Them

A nightly read-aloud habit survives on twelve minutes, a bookmark, and a list you don't have to think about. Steal mine.

GuideBRO SeniorsMarcus Vale23 Sept 20266 min

Build the first year before you hand in your notice

The leaving do is easy. It's the third Tuesday in February, with nothing in the diary and nobody expecting you, that decides how the year goes.

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Rehearse the raise conversation with me

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GuideGroomingDean Shaw23 Sept 20265 min

Round face, long face, square jaw, three different beards

Your beard's shape is decided by two lines, and most men cut both of them in the wrong place.

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

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BRO for Her6 min read

Four products, and twelve weeks before you judge them

A cleanser, a moisturiser, a sunscreen and one active. Most of what's left on the shelf is packaging and hope.

Poll

How often do you see your closest friends?

GuideFamilyCal Brennan23 Sept 20266 min

Twenty-six weekends a year is plenty if you stop performing

The every-other-weekend dad's real job isn't entertainment. It's being boringly, reliably present in a way your kids can set their watch by.

GuideGroomingDean Shaw23 Sept 20265 min

Where the neckline goes, and where the cheek line doesn't

Two landmarks, one five-minute setup, and a ninety-second touch-up that keeps a beard looking deliberate instead of forgotten.

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

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GuideBRO for HerNina Castellan23 Sept 20266 min

Run the house on systems, not on memory

The thing that wears you down isn't the hoovering. It's the forty small decisions a day nobody else is making.

Quiz

Is your money actually in order?

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

GuideDadsCal Brennan23 Sept 20266 min

Getting home for dinner is a logistics problem

Most dads who miss dinner aren't working longer hours than the ones who don't. They've just never done the arithmetic backwards from the plate.

GuideGroomingDean Shaw23 Sept 20266 min

Learn The Straight Razor Without Wearing The Evidence

Start on your cheeks with a disposable-blade shavette, keep the cartridge for Tuesdays, and let your free hand do most of the work.

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Plan a cook for eight people

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GuideBRO SeniorsSam Ortiz22 Sept 20266 min

The six months after you leave a job you loved

The honeymoon lasts about six weeks. What comes after it catches good men off guard, and it's easier if you plan for it.

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GuideDadsCal Brennan23 Sept 20266 min

Outlasting a toddler tantrum without losing your temper

Get lower, get quieter, stop negotiating. The rest is timing, logistics, and not caring what the man by the freezers thinks.

Poll

How often do you see your closest friends?

GuideGroomingDean Shaw23 Sept 20265 min

The Four Ingredients On Every Bottle And What They Do

Retinol, vitamin C, niacinamide and hyaluronic acid, sorted by evidence, by what the formula has to get right, and by what you can skip.

GuideBe a ManCal Brennan22 Sept 20266 min

Nobody is checking, and that's the whole problem

Motivation shows up for the big days. Character is what you do on a wet Tuesday when quitting would cost you nothing.

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GuideDadsCal Brennan23 Sept 20265 min

Eight seconds at the school gate

The goodbye you do on the first morning is the one your child will expect on every morning after it. Make it short, and make it the same.

Quiz

Does your wardrobe actually fit you?

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

Grooming6 min

Your lather is too dry and that's why the shave hurts

BRO for Her6 min

Cut your screen time without deleting a single app

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

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GuideDadsCal Brennan23 Sept 20265 min

Keep reading to them long after they can read themselves

Ten minutes, the same chair, a book slightly too hard for them. The one habit that survives shift work, bad moods and teenagers.

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Grooming5 min read

Most dry, flaky skin is the soap, not the weather

Two swaps, ninety seconds a morning, and the flaking on your cheeks is gone in about two weeks.

Poll

How often do you see your closest friends?

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