Skills every man should have by 30

The skills to have by 30 are negotiating pay and a raise, a budget and an emergency fund, credit and the 401k match, checkups by age, CPR, hosting and cooking a steak, a toast, a suit that fits, keeping friends and a proper warm-up.

Thirty is not a deadline, but it is a useful checkpoint. By then most people have signed a lease, started a career, dealt with at least one money scare and noticed that friendships take more effort than they used to. This bundle collects the skills that pay off most across the decade: negotiating pay, building a budget and an emergency fund, understanding credit and the 401k match, getting the right checkups, knowing CPR, cooking for yourself and others, giving a toast, and keeping friends as life gets busy. It closes with a proper warm-up, the first habit of training without getting hurt.