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Four metros, 21.8 million people and no state income tax: the case for the next great American economy.
Business

The Texas Triangle: Why Dallas, Houston, Austin and San Antonio Win the Next Decade

Four metros, 21.8 million people and no state income tax: the case for the next great American economy.

Beau Brummell · 4 min read
Hemingway to Harari: an eclectic reading list with a few obscure picks and a few books other lists leave out.
Culture

100 Books Every Man Should Read

Hemingway to Harari: an eclectic reading list with a few obscure picks and a few books other lists leave out.

Beau Brummell · 7 min read

Life

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115 rules on money, women, manners, drinking and character, sorted and explained.
Life

How To Be A Man: 115 Rules, Explained

115 rules on money, women, manners, drinking and character, sorted and explained.

Beau Brummell · 12 min read
28 lessons on college, money, parents, kids, drinking and time: what I wish someone had told me at 18.
Life

Things I've Learned: What I Wish I Knew at 18

28 lessons on college, money, parents, kids, drinking and time: what I wish someone had told me at 18.

Beau Brummell · 12 min read
Wait tables, tend bar, skip the debt, lift, read and watch the sun rise: 25 lessons for a 16-year-old.
Life

Advice for My 16-Year-Old Self (In Today's World)

Wait tables, tend bar, skip the debt, lift, read and watch the sun rise: 25 lessons for a 16-year-old.

Beau Brummell · 9 min read
Unpack, tip double, never park in front of a bar: the 2015 list, and what changed in ten years.
Life

99 Rules To Live By

Unpack, tip double, never park in front of a bar: the 2015 list, and what changed in ten years.

Beau Brummell · 9 min read
Fire someone, gallop a horse, buy the bar a round, make the Economist obituary: a bucket list that isn't dumb.
Life

50 Things Every Man Should Do Once

Fire someone, gallop a horse, buy the bar a round, make the Economist obituary: a bucket list that isn't dumb.

Beau Brummell · 6 min read
Write down your goals, stay in on Friday nights, keep the bedroom tech-free: the only resolutions worth making.
Life

The Only New Year's Resolutions You'll Ever Need

Write down your goals, stay in on Friday nights, keep the bedroom tech-free: the only resolutions worth making.

Beau Brummell · 4 min read
Buy once, cry once: the things where value matters more than cost, from a housekeeper to cedar shoe trees.
Life

Expensive But Worth It

Buy once, cry once: the things where value matters more than cost, from a housekeeper to cedar shoe trees.

Beau Brummell · 6 min read

Fatherhood

2 features
Start a fire, change a tire, read for fun, ignore the boos: the skills worth teaching before 18.
Fatherhood

What to Teach Your Kids: The Combined List

Start a fire, change a tire, read for fun, ignore the boos: the skills worth teaching before 18.

Beau Brummell · 5 min read
25 lessons for a daughter, plus 15 requirements for any boy who wants to date her.
Fatherhood

Advice For My Daughter

25 lessons for a daughter, plus 15 requirements for any boy who wants to date her.

Beau Brummell · 6 min read

Style

2 features
Rolex is a Mercedes, Patek is a Rolls-Royce, and Apple is a Tesla: the watch world, translated.
Style

Watches, Explained: Every Brand as a Car

Rolex is a Mercedes, Patek is a Rolls-Royce, and Apple is a Tesla: the watch world, translated.

Beau Brummell · 4 min read
Cargo shorts, statement socks, Vineyard Vines and 37 more: the definitive list of what to leave in the store.
Style

40 Things a Man Should Never Wear

Cargo shorts, statement socks, Vineyard Vines and 37 more: the definitive list of what to leave in the store.

Beau Brummell · 5 min read

Etiquette

1 feature
Stand up to shake hands, never split a check, get off the elevator last: modern manners in 32 rules.
Etiquette

Etiquette 101: 32 Rules for Modern Manners

Stand up to shake hands, never split a check, get off the elevator last: modern manners in 32 rules.

Beau Brummell · 5 min read

Work

1 feature
Eat first, show up on time, hold the glass by the stem, and be the first one in the office the next morning.
Work

17 Rules for the Office Christmas Party

Eat first, show up on time, hold the glass by the stem, and be the first one in the office the next morning.

Beau Brummell · 5 min read

Business

2 features
Four metros, 21.8 million people and no state income tax: the case for the next great American economy.
Business

The Texas Triangle: Why Dallas, Houston, Austin and San Antonio Win the Next Decade

Four metros, 21.8 million people and no state income tax: the case for the next great American economy.

Beau Brummell · 4 min read
Banks aren't sexy anymore. Here are 10 reasons Wall Street is still a phenomenal place to begin your career.
Business

Why Wall Street Is (Still) a Great Place to Start a Career

Banks aren't sexy anymore. Here are 10 reasons Wall Street is still a phenomenal place to begin your career.

Beau Brummell · 6 min read

Travel

1 feature
It's expensive to fly cheap. Skip the domestic lounge, board last and never ask to trade seats.
Travel

The Definitive Guide to Air Travel

It's expensive to fly cheap. Skip the domestic lounge, board last and never ask to trade seats.

Beau Brummell · 4 min read

Culture

1 feature
Hemingway to Harari: an eclectic reading list with a few obscure picks and a few books other lists leave out.
Culture

100 Books Every Man Should Read

Hemingway to Harari: an eclectic reading list with a few obscure picks and a few books other lists leave out.

Beau Brummell · 7 min read

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