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Side Hustle School

Ep. 3417 - STORY: Store Manager Makes Micro Gainz For Macro Profits

Side Hustle School

Chris Guillebeau

Business, Side Hustle, Small Business, Careers, Entrepreneurship,, Entrepreneurship

4.73.3K Ratings

🗓️ 10 May 2026

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

When a grocery store manager hits a weightlifting plateau, he creates micro weight plates through hard work and heavy lifting. 


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0:00.0

One of the core principles of side hustle school, opportunities are everywhere.

0:12.8

Opportunities are everywhere.

0:14.0

Just wherever you look, there's always all kinds of new ways to create a market,

0:17.7

to offer something for sale, start a new service, whatever the case may be.

0:21.8

So let's get specific today and look at the world of fitness and wellness. I often mention as

0:26.5

well, this is one of the industries that has a lot of potential because anyone who's into

0:30.8

fitness or wellness tends to invest money in those areas. Now, these are broad areas,

0:35.6

of course, fitness and wellness. So that's why specialization

0:38.6

is important. And that could be software or apps, training or coaching, online courses, and

0:45.4

physical products. It is the last one of those categories that we're going to look at in today's

0:50.4

story. When a grocery store manager hits a weightlifting plateau, he creates

0:55.2

micro weight plates through hard work and heavy lifting. And what's the result? Well, I'm going to

1:00.5

tell you the whole story, but in less than three years, it becomes a six-figure business. So that's a

1:05.8

pretty good outcome. I think you might want to stick around and hear the story. That story is coming

1:09.7

right up.

1:25.3

Michael Reed works as an assistant manager for Wise Markets, a popular grocery store chain in New England. On any given shift, he might be motivating

1:28.4

staff, helping customers or lifting heavy boxes while also packing shelves. For the most part,

1:34.6

Michael enjoys his job, especially the latter of those tasks. That would be lifting the boxes,

1:40.1

packing shelves, etc. Because you see in his spare time, Michael is a gym junkie.

1:46.2

He likes to lift weights specifically.

1:48.8

He really, really likes to lift weights.

1:50.9

It's one of his favorite things to do.

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