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How much life insurance you need, and what kind to buy

Work out the number yourself in fifteen minutes, then buy the boring policy that covers it and get on with your life.

GuideSkillsRay OkonkwoSep 22, 20266 min

Negotiating a car price without any of the theater

Most of the work happens by email, days before you ever sit down in the chair with a salesperson.

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

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GuideBusinessRay OkonkwoSep 22, 20266 min

Most late invoices are a process problem, not a people problem

The awkward conversation about money is one you can mostly avoid, if you do the unglamorous work before the job starts.

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The car payment isn't the price

Four numbers decide whether a car purchase helps you or quietly drains you for the next seven years. Run them before you walk in.

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How often do you see your closest friends?

GuideSkillsMarcus ValeSep 22, 20266 min

How to do CPR now, and what changed since your last class

Most of what you were taught a decade ago has been simplified, and the parts people get wrong are the parts that matter most.

GuideBusinessRay OkonkwoSep 22, 20266 min

Managing people who have been doing this longer than you

Age gaps on a team are normal. The mistakes new managers make around them are avoidable, and most of them happen in the first month.

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GuideMoneyRay OkonkwoSep 22, 20266 min

Your emergency fund is insurance, not savings

It exists to stop one bad week turning into three bad years — and to buy you the right to say no to a bad offer.

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Is your money actually in order?

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

GuideSkillsWes DunbarSep 22, 20266 min

The six multimeter checks that solve most problems

A multimeter does forty things. You'll use six of them, and they cover almost every dead battery, dead outlet and dead appliance you'll meet.

GuideBusinessRay OkonkwoSep 22, 20266 min

How a Profitable Business Runs Out of Money

Profit is an opinion formed at year end. Cash is a fact that shows up on a Friday, and Friday is when payroll clears.

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Build me a revision plan that I will actually stick to

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GuideMoneyRay OkonkwoSep 22, 20266 min

Paying Off Debt in the Order the Arithmetic Says

Most people attack consumer debt evenly across every balance. That's the expensive way to do it. There's a sequence, and it isn't complicated.

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GuideSkillsSam OrtizSep 22, 20266 min

Write an email that gets answered before lunch

Most emails don't get ignored because they're badly written. They get ignored because replying is too much work.

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Where does your best time with your kids happen?

GuideBusinessRay OkonkwoSep 22, 20265 min

Read your own profit and loss in ten minutes a month

The bottom line tells you something is wrong. It never tells you what. Read the statement in this order and it will.

GuideMoneyRay OkonkwoSep 22, 20265 min

Build a budget that survives an actual month

Most budgets break in week three. The fix is arithmetic: fund the irregular stuff monthly, build in slack, and check the numbers once a week.

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GuideSkillsWes DunbarSep 22, 20266 min

How to wire a plug properly, and when to leave it alone

Brown right, blue left, earth on top, and a fuse that matches the appliance. The rest is knowing which jobs aren't yours.

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Does your wardrobe actually fit you?

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

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What to file before your first employee starts

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How to tell the difference between slow and dead

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What should I wear to this?

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GuideSkillsWes DunbarSep 22, 20266 min

Jumping a dead mower without frying the battery

A flat mower battery is a twenty-minute fix if you do it in the right order, and an expensive one if you don't.

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How to fire someone without wrecking them or your team

The decision is the easy part. The fifteen minutes, the paperwork and the week afterward are where most managers fall apart.

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Where does your phone charge overnight?

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