Happy Thanksgiving. What it means to create surplus value, 2,400-year-old wishbone rituals, Gaffigan's surprise bourbon comedy, and Black Friday without the bruises. Let's slow down together.

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Professor Scott Galloway says, "There are a lot of males who grow really old and never become men. The litmus test is surplus value." This Thanksgiving, ask yourself: Do you give more than you take? Add more value than you extract. Show more love than you demand. Absorb more complaints than you dish out. Make more people feel good than made you feel good. That's not just maturity—that's the whole point of being here. Getting one percent better is about surplus value.

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You've been snapping turkey bones for luck your whole life, but nobody told you it's 2,400 years old. The Etruscans started it—they believed chickens were oracles, so they dried the furcula (wishbone) and broke it for divine answers. Romans copied them, brought it to England, and eventually it crossed the Atlantic with English settlers. Here's the move: let the wishbone dry overnight (fresh ones just bend). Two people hook their pinkies, make a wish, and pull. Whoever gets the bigger piece gets their wish. The loser? At least you tried.

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Everyone’s favorite clean comedian just surprised us twice. Not only did he drop a free special, but it’s all about his favorite new passion: bourbon. Enter Jim: “Live from Old Forester: The Bourbon Set is now streaming on my Youtube channel. Over the past couple years I’ve really gotten into bourbon so I decided to do a comedy set about Bourbon and the American whiskey community I’ve grown to love. This is a pretty niche passion project that nobody asked for but I’m proud of how it turned out.”

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From Atomic Habits: Missing once is an accident. Missing twice is the start of a bad habit.

Thanksgiving? Skip it guilt-free. But here's what matters:

The critical moment is what you do next. If you bounce back immediately, the habit survives. If you let it slide again, you're actively training yourself to quit.

Friday after Thanksgiving is non-negotiable. One holiday off won't kill your streak—but a second missed day absolutely will.

This workout is perfect for beginners or experts and it only requires a single kettlebell:

Switch arms. Run this complex on repeat. Video here.

Remember camping outside Best Buy at 3 a.m. to fight the crowds (Eli Roth does)? Those days are dead. This year's best deals drop during the Chiefs-Cowboys game—couch, remote, turkey sandwich in hand. No trampling required.

We’ll be sharing more deals tomorrow.

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