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Hand off the phone calls years before you hand off the shares

Ownership is the last thing to move in a family business. Authority, customers and your own Monday mornings have to go first.

GuideFitnessCal Brennan23 Sept 20265 min

The Forties Checkup List You Have To Bring Yourself

Most of what matters in a mid-forties physical happens because you asked for it. Write these down before you walk in.

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GuideBusinessRay Okonkwo23 Sept 20266 min

Handing the family business over without blowing up the family

Most successions fail years before the lawyer gets involved. The fix is a date, real authority, and a number everybody agreed to while things were calm.

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Money6 min read

Your Beneficiary Form Beats Your Will

Most of what you own won't pass through your will at all, and the paperwork that actually controls it takes twenty minutes to fix.

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How many days a week are you actually training?

GuideFitnessCal Brennan23 Sept 20266 min

When your dad dies young, your checkups stop being routine

A father who died early of heart disease changes the timing, the tests and the questions you ask. Start with the age on the death certificate.

GuideReal EstateRay Okonkwo23 Sept 20266 min

Help Your Kid Buy a House Without Betting Your Own

Gift, loan, or ownership stake. Pick one on purpose, paper it properly, and keep your retirement out of the blast radius.

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GuideRetirementRay Okonkwo23 Sept 20266 min

Your Will Doesn't Control Most of Your Money

Beneficiary forms, powers of attorney and a trust you actually funded do more work than the document in your safe. Here's how each piece fits.

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Does your wardrobe actually fit you?

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

GuideFitnessCal Brennan23 Sept 20266 min

Lp(a) is the heart number your training can't fix

It's inherited, it ignores your diet and your deadlift, and one blood draw settles the question for the rest of your life.

Guide100 ThingsMarcus Vale23 Sept 20266 min

100 Things Every Grandparent Can Pass Down

Start with the shoebox of unlabeled photographs. Then work your way through the rest, because nobody else in the family can do this part.

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GuideRetirementRay Okonkwo23 Sept 20266 min

Long-term care is the bill most retirement plans ignore

Medicare won't pay for the help you're most likely to need. Four ways families cover it, and the paperwork that matters more than the money.

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GuideGuides & ChecklistsRay Okonkwo23 Sept 20266 min

The four documents your family needs before they need them

Most estate plans fail for a boring reason: the paperwork is out of date, or nobody can find it. Fix both in one weekend.

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What was your first ever job?

GuideHow ToRay Okonkwo23 Sept 20266 min

How to get power of attorney for an aging parent

You can't appoint yourself. Your dad has to sign while he still has the capacity to sign, and that window closes faster than families expect.

GuideRetirementRay Okonkwo23 Sept 20266 min

The Beneficiary Form Beats Your Will Every Time

A one-page form you filled out years ago decides who gets your retirement money, and most people have never looked at it since.

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GuideBooksMarcus Vale23 Sept 20266 min

War Memoirs From the Men Who Were Actually There

Ten first-person accounts of combat that beat any history book, plus honest warnings about which ones will knock the wind out of you.

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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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How to Back Up Family Photos So a Dead Phone Can't Take Them

History6 min

How to Find Your Ancestors Without Paying for It

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GuideBooksNina Castellan23 Sept 20265 min

Books for Teenage Girls With Heroines Worth Copying

Ten novels and one memoir with girls at the center who are brave, stubborn, and good — plus what's in each one you should know about first.

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How To6 min read

How to Write a Will Without Paying a Fortune

You can get a valid will, a guardian named for your kids and your accounts pointed the right way in one evening, for less than dinner out.

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When did you last ask for a raise?

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