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The honest answer on index funds versus picking stocks

Put the core of your money somewhere boring, then decide how much you can afford to spend on being clever.

GuideBusinessRay Okonkwo22 Sept 20265 min

The weekly numbers that keep a small business out of trouble

Monthly accounts tell you what already happened. These eight figures, reviewed every week on one page, tell you what's about to.

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Plan a cook for eight people

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GuideMoneyRay Okonkwo20 Sept 20263 min

How to ask for a raise without sounding like you're asking

Most men negotiate once, badly, at the worst possible moment. This is the version that works.

Dude.com — 16 advisers who listen, talk and pray with you

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Crypto5 min read

The crypto scams that catch careful people too

Most crypto theft doesn't need to hack you. It needs you to click, sign, or send in a hurry — and here's how to break that habit.

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How many days a week are you actually training?

GuideBusinessRay Okonkwo22 Sept 20265 min

The numbers to check every Monday before you open your email

Your monthly P&L arrives three weeks late and tells you what already happened. A one-page weekly review tells you what's about to.

GuideMoneyRay Okonkwo18 Sept 20262 min

Why the boring account beats the clever one

Everyone wants to talk about what to invest in. Almost nobody has the thing that stops them selling it at the bottom.

Shirts.com — Design it with AI. Wear it this week.

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GuideCryptoRay Okonkwo22 Sept 20266 min

The biggest threat to your crypto is your own filing system

Most self-custody disasters aren't hacks. They're a water-damaged card in a drawer, a backup nobody tested, and a family who had no idea it existed.

Quiz

Does your wardrobe actually fit you?

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

GuideBusinessRay Okonkwo20 Sept 20263 min

Your first five hires decide the next five years

Hire for the company you're about to be, not the one you're tired of running alone.

GuideStartupsMarcus Vale15 Sept 20262 min

You're almost certainly charging too little

The service business failure mode: full schedule, empty account, no idea which one is the problem.

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

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GuideCryptoRay Okonkwo22 Sept 20266 min

Bitcoin, explained for somebody who skipped the last decade

What it is, what changed while you weren't paying attention, and the four ways people lose money that have nothing to do with the price.

Delicious.com — Nine thousand recipes and a plan for tonight

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GuideStartupsMarcus Vale12 Sept 20262 min

Ten conversations beat six months of building

The cheapest way to find out nobody wants it's to ask, before you've spent a year making it.

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How often do you see your closest friends?

StoryAutosDean Shaw4 Oct 20266 min

Detroit's best idea was a big engine in a cheap car

The muscle car began as a loophole, a price tag and a few engineers who knew exactly who was buying. That's still the formula worth chasing.

StorySportsMarcus Vale4 Oct 20266 min

Thanksgiving Football Began With College Kids and a Radio Man

Yale and Princeton started it in 1876. A Detroit radio owner made it permanent. Your town's high school still does it best.

Names.com — The name is the first thing you sell

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GuideMilitary & VetsMarcus Vale4 Oct 20266 min

Read the Medal of Honor citation before you watch the movie

World War II's Medal of Honor citations are free to read and written in flat Army prose. That plainness is exactly why they hit so hard.

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Is your money actually in order?

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

History7 min

Before Paul Bunyan Was an Ad, He Was a Few Thousand Real Men

Home7 min

Caulk a tub and a window so nobody can tell you did it

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Rewrite my CV so it actually gets read

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GuideMilitary & VetsMarcus Vale4 Oct 20267 min

The World War I Heroes Worth Teaching Your Kids by Name

York, Johnson and the Hello Girls are the place to start. The World War I story your kids need most is probably sitting in your family's paperwork.

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History7 min read

The Wright Brothers Flew for Five Years Before the World Believed It

Kitty Hawk was the easy part. The hard part was the cow pasture, the newspapers that yawned, and the years they chose not to fly at all.

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How often do you see your closest friends?

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