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Deposits, due dates, PO numbers and a chase ladder that works — the small print that decides whether cash turns up in 14 days or 74.

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How to give a toast without dying

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Work out the number yourself in fifteen minutes, then buy the boring policy that covers it and get on with your life.

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The first employee changes your job more than theirs

Going from one person to two is the hardest hire you'll ever make, and most of the work happens before anyone starts.

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Build a first aid kit around the injuries you actually get

Most kits are bought as a box and never opened. Build yours in modules, size it to real injuries, and learn to use the three things that matter.

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The car payment isn't the price

Four numbers decide whether a car purchase helps you or quietly drains you for the next seven years. Run them before you walk in.

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Nobody should be surprised on the day they get fired

A practical walkthrough of ending someone's employment with clarity and decency, what you actually owe them, and the mistakes that cost you a team.

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Is your money actually in order?

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

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The three contract clauses that bite, and how to find them

You won't read all forty pages. Read these three sections properly and you'll catch most of what actually costs people money.

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It exists to stop one bad week turning into three bad years — and to buy you the right to say no to a bad offer.

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Selling without the sales voice

You don't need a different personality to close business. You need better questions, a straight price, and the nerve to say what you don't do.

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GuideSkillsWes Dunbar22 Sept 20265 min

How to bleed a radiator without soaking the carpet

Cold at the top and hot at the bottom means trapped air. The whole fix takes eight minutes, and the mistake people make is doing it in the wrong order.

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Paying Off Debt in the Order the Arithmetic Says

Most people attack consumer debt evenly across every balance. That's the expensive way to do it. There's a sequence, and it isn't complicated.

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The awkward conversation about money is one you can mostly avoid, if you do the unglamorous work before the job starts.

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The marks, the sliding hook, the diamond at 19.2 and the one habit that stops you cutting a shelf a sixteenth short.

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Does your wardrobe actually fit you?

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

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How to stop a dripping tap in fifteen minutes

Water off, handle off, washer out, washer in. The job is small. The mistakes are the expensive part.

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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.

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