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Ask the pharmacist for the cash price before you hand over the card

Your copay isn't the price. It's one of at least three, and the cheapest one is usually the one nobody offers you.

BRO TakeNewsMarcus ValeSep 23, 20266 min

What DEI Programs Actually Do Inside a Company, and What Works

Three decades of corporate data, a failed replication of McKinsey's headline claim, and a 9-0 Supreme Court ruling. Commentary.

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Rehearse the raise conversation with me

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GuideSkillsWes DunbarSep 23, 20266 min

Change a tire in the dark and the rain without getting hit

The order matters more than the muscle. Loosen before you lift, and never put a body part under a car held up by a scissor jack.

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

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A health savings account is a tax account with a medical name

Triple tax break, one strict entry requirement, and a deductible you have to cover in cash. The arithmetic decides whether it's yours.

Poll

What was your first ever job?

BRO TakeNewsJosh HalloranSep 23, 20266 min

Cancel Culture's Real Victims Never Had a Publicist

The famous people survived it. The utility worker, the data analyst and the bakery owner are the ones who got flattened.

GuideStartupsRay OkonkwoSep 23, 20265 min

Pick the day you don't answer the phone

You'll lose a few jobs closing one day a week. You'll keep your head, your marriage and a business you can still stand in five years.

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

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GuideBusinessRay OkonkwoSep 23, 20266 min

Give the hard feedback while the problem is still small

Most managers don't have a delivery problem. They have a timing problem, and by the time they finally speak up the conversation is twice as expensive.

Quiz

Is your money actually in order?

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

BRO TakeNewsMarcus ValeSep 23, 20265 min

Customers Keep Walking Away and Companies Keep Acting Surprised

Bud Light, Target, Tractor Supply, Walmart. The pattern is public, the filings are public, and the lesson costs nothing to learn.

GuideSkillsDean ShawSep 23, 20266 min

Learn Stick in an Afternoon Without Cooking the Clutch

The bite point is about an inch of pedal travel. Find it in an empty parking lot and the rest of driving a manual is just repetition.

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Plan a cook for eight people

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GuideMoneyRay OkonkwoSep 23, 20265 min

Pay yourself a salary when the work won't

Trades, commission and seasonal work don't pay monthly. Your mortgage does. Here's the arithmetic that closes the gap.

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

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BRO TakeNewsMarcus ValeSep 23, 20265 min

Sport, Prisons and Medicine Can't Run on a Feeling

Commentary. Sports federations, corrections departments and the FDA all worked this out on the record. The documents are public. Go read them.

Poll

How many days a week are you actually training?

GuideSkillsWes DunbarSep 23, 20266 min

Build an overnight shelter before the light goes

Stop walking three hours before dark, build a bed before you build a roof, and you'll be uncomfortable instead of hypothermic.

GuideMoneyRay OkonkwoSep 23, 20265 min

The only refinance number that matters is the break-even month

Closing costs divided by monthly savings gets you close, but two common tricks make a bad refinance look like a good one.

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BRO TakeNewsMarcus ValeSep 23, 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.

Quiz

Does your wardrobe actually fit you?

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

Skills6 min

Pulling Someone Out of the Water Without Drowning Yourself

Money5 min

Pay yourself the payment for three months before you borrow

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

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BRO TakeNewsJosh HalloranSep 23, 20265 min

What People Actually Mean by Woke and Why the Word Stuck

The word has a real history, a real definition, and a real weakness. Know all three before you use it again.

Dude.com — 16 AI advisers who listen, talk and are here with you

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Skills6 min read

How to stop serious bleeding before the ambulance arrives

Pressure, packing and a tourniquet, in the order you'd actually use them, plus the mistakes that cost people the five minutes they had.

Poll

Where does your phone charge overnight?

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