The Self-Employed Man

Be your own boss and still pay the bills: clients, pricing, taxes, tools and time for your family.

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

Do's & Don'ts: Men Do's & Don'ts: Business Owners

What creatine actually does, and what it doesn't

Five grams a day of the cheapest form, taken every day. Everything else you've been told about creatine is either detail or marketing.

GuideGearDean ShawSep 22, 20266 min

Buy-it-for-life should mean repairable, not expensive

A four-question test for whether a thing will actually last, plus the categories where the cheap one is the correct answer.

BRO Seniors6 min

What to keep lifting after sixty, and what to stop

Fitness6 min

What a proprietary blend on the label is actually hiding

GuideGearWes DunbarSep 22, 20266 min

Build Your Toolkit One Job at a Time

Skip the 200-piece set. Buy the tool the job demands, learn what it does, and end up with a box that's all useful.

GuideBRO SeniorsMarcus ValeSep 22, 20266 min

What actually keeps knees and hips going past seventy

Joints don't wear out from use. They get weak, stiff and unsupported — and all three of those are things you can still fix.

Fitness6 min

The four supplements worth your money, and the dozen that aren't

Gear6 min

Lumens Are the Least Useful Number on a Flashlight Box

GuideBRO SeniorsRay OkonkwoSep 22, 20266 min

How to help your grown kids without gutting your retirement

Generosity is good. Unbudgeted generosity is how people end up seventy-eight years old and dependent on the children they were trying to protect.

GuideFitnessCal BrennanSep 22, 20266 min

What eight hours at a screen does to your neck, eyes and sleep

You can't quit the desk job. You can stop letting it quietly wreck three things you need working properly.

Gear5 min

Buying rain gear that still works in hour three

BRO Seniors6 min

What to do with the pension you stopped thinking about

GuideCountry StyleTobias ReedSep 22, 20266 min

Buy the strap right and the buckle takes care of itself

A belt is the easiest piece of Western wear to get right and the easiest one to overdo. The difference is mostly restraint.

GuideGearWes DunbarSep 22, 20265 min

Buy the cheap pry bar. Never buy the cheap ladder.

A working rule for which tools you can buy off the bottom shelf, and which ones cost far more than the money you saved.

BRO Seniors6 min

Your will and power of attorney, done in one afternoon

Country Style5 min

Leather fails from neglect long before it wears out

GuideGearDean ShawSep 22, 20266 min

The Pocket Knife You'll Still Be Carrying In Ten Years

Steel gets all the attention. Weight, pocket manners and whether you can take it apart are what decide if a knife survives a decade.

BRO Seniors6 min read

Downsize the house, keep the equity

Most of the money lost in a downsize doesn't disappear at the closing table. It leaks out in the gap between the house you sold and the one you bought.

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