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GuideSam Ortiz27 Sept 20266 min

Join the Club, Then Take the Job Nobody Wants

In any choir, guild or fishing club, newcomers become friends through the coffee urn, the sign-in sheet and the third visit, not through talent.

100 Things You Already Know That Younger Men Don't

Take three off this list, hand them over one at a time with something in his hands, and don't say them twice.

GuideMarcus 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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GuideCal Brennan22 Sept 20265 min

The friends you lose when you leave the building

Work handed you proximity, repetition and a shared task. Retire, and all three vanish at once. You can rebuild them, but only on purpose.

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What to charge when you start consulting on what you know

You spent thirty years learning something other people still need. Pricing it's the part nobody prepares you for.

Poll

When did you last ask for a raise?

GuideSam 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.

GuideSam Ortiz22 Sept 20266 min

How to mentor a younger man without giving him a speech

Most of what gets through to a twenty-eight-year-old arrives sideways, while you're both working on something else.

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GuideSam Ortiz22 Sept 20265 min

The second career that pays for what you already know

At sixty-two, a whole category of work opens up that wants your judgment more than your hours — and almost nobody tells you it exists.

Quiz

Is your money actually in order?

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

Go home on purpose and keep your name on everything

The culture says raising your own kids wastes your talent. It doesn't. But walk in with the numbers, the accounts and your license current anyway.

GuideYoung MenSam Ortiz23 Sept 20266 min

Nobody replaced the schedule school used to give you

Drift isn't a character flaw. It's what happens when every external structure disappears at once and nothing gets built to replace it.

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Build me a revision plan that I will actually stick to

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GuideBe a ManMarcus Vale23 Sept 20266 min

Purpose at forty isn't found, it's assigned

The restlessness that shows up after you hit the number is information, not a breakdown. What to do with it, starting with your calendar.

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GuideBRO for HerNina Castellan23 Sept 20265 min

Every role you hold has an end date

Say three true sentences about yourself without naming another person. If the second one goes quiet, this is for you.

Poll

Where does your phone charge overnight?

GuideOld SchoolDean Shaw23 Sept 20266 min

Go work for the man who expects too much of you

The old apprenticeship worked because somebody held a standard over you and wouldn't lower it. You can still find that, and here's how to ask.

BRO TakeBe a ManDean Shaw23 Sept 20266 min

The Stuff Nobody Told Me at Twenty

Ear protection, the truck payment, and the one question to ask in every job interview. Cheap lessons I paid retail for.

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GuideBRO for HerNina Castellan23 Sept 20266 min

The volunteer job nobody wants is the one that helps

Reliability beats enthusiasm, the background check takes longer than you think, and the group service day is mostly for the group.

Quiz

Does your wardrobe actually fit you?

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

City Bro5 min

How to volunteer in a city without wasting everyone's time

Country Bro5 min

What joining the volunteer fire department actually takes

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GuideBRO for HerNina Castellan23 Sept 20266 min

Leading the women's ministry without burning out by March

A purpose you can say in one sentence, three volunteers with end dates, and the conversation you keep putting off.

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City Bro5 min read

The person who says your name when you're not in the room

A mentor gives you advice over coffee. A sponsor spends real capital on you in a meeting you'll never see. You need both, and you get them differently.

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How many days a week are you actually training?

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Purpose & volunteering in BRO Seniors

Latest news · Purpose & volunteering

Join the Club, Then Take the Job Nobody Wants

Lonely After Retirement or Loss? Become a Regular Somewhere

Elders don't get respect handed to them, they hold a post

Live ten minutes away and give yourself a job

Ikigai isn't a Venn diagram, it's a reason to get up

Volunteer the skill, not just the free time

100 Things You Already Know That Younger Men Don't

Build the first year before you hand in your notice

The friends you lose when you leave the building

What to charge when you start consulting on what you know

The six months after you leave a job you loved

How to mentor a younger man without giving him a speech

The second career that pays for what you already know

Go home on purpose and keep your name on everything

Nobody replaced the schedule school used to give you

Purpose at forty isn't found, it's assigned

Every role you hold has an end date

Go work for the man who expects too much of you

The Stuff Nobody Told Me at Twenty

The volunteer job nobody wants is the one that helps

How to volunteer in a city without wasting everyone's time

What joining the volunteer fire department actually takes

Leading the women's ministry without burning out by March

The person who says your name when you're not in the room