#542 - Graphic Designer Chalks Up Gripping Side Hustle
Side Hustle School
Chris Guillebeau
4.7 • 3.3K Ratings
🗓️ 26 June 2018
⏱️ 10 minutes
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Joining Crossfit community changed this stay-at-home dad’s life, so he wanted to give back… and preferably get paid along the way. He finds the solution in sourcing gym chalk from an overseas supplier.
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| 0:00.0 | If you've ever tried CrossFit, you might be familiar with the sense of being hit by a truck. |
| 0:09.9 | Because that's what a lot of CrossFit workouts can feel like, at least that was my experience. |
| 0:13.2 | A long time ago, I tried going to a month of CrossFit classes and I thought I was pretty |
| 0:17.4 | fit, thought I was fairly active, but I found it to be very difficult. |
| 0:21.0 | I'm not really into weightlifting, I'm much more of a runner, I like to do yoga. |
| 0:25.4 | But, these days, I am back to exercising more and exercising in different ways, so I've |
| 0:29.7 | been trying to do some different kinds of classes. |
| 0:32.4 | I haven't been back to CrossFit proper, but I've been doing some similar circuit based training. |
| 0:37.4 | And so far so good, I haven't felt like I've been hit by a truck. |
| 0:39.8 | If you are one of those people who does CrossFit or Ninja training all the time, my hat's |
| 0:44.3 | off to you, I totally respect that. |
| 0:45.9 | And today's story is about a stay-at-home dad, whose life was changed by joining the CrossFit |
| 0:49.7 | community and working out more, getting back in shape. |
| 0:52.6 | He wanted to get back to this community and preferably get paid along the way. |
| 0:56.3 | So he finds the solution in sourcing Jim Chalk from an overseas supplier. |
| 0:59.6 | So I'm calling this graphic designer Chalk's Up Gripping Side Hustle. |
| 1:03.2 | And if you think about it, Chalk is really not that complicated of a thing, right? |
| 1:06.6 | It's basically a commodity. |
| 1:08.2 | So what do you do when you want to sell something that is essentially a commodity? |
| 1:11.8 | How do you face and overcome all the challenges that come with that? |
| 1:14.3 | It's almost like going through a CrossFit obstacle course or an American Ninja Warrior |
| 1:17.5 | course, all of its own. |
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