Chris Hess

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  • The Slight Edge

    The Slight Edge

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    At work, we read a book as the sales team each quarter. This quarter we are reading “The Slight Edge: Secret to a Successful Life by Jeff Olson”. Now I haven’t finished the book, but the main idea is a framework, and not a bunch of tactics. Basically, Olson proposes that each day we have…

  • Find your tumbleweed!

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    I had a fun conversation with a friend yesterday about business. We have fun conversations now and then about business ideas and ways to extend our income a bit. He shared with me an experience from a previous life where he worked with a business that sold tumbleweeds. (Yes, tumbleweeds…) In fact, as a result…

  • Rediscover our strengths

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    I just found a note I wrote down at some point. It says “Rediscover the strengths we’ve always had.” I’m thinking that often times the things we learn we are good at, are actually things we’ve always been good at, we just didn’t know it.

  • Seth Godin Startup School – Great Material

    Seth Godin Startup School – Great Material

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    Want a great crash course in startups? I recently listened to a podcast presentation of Seth Godin which was awesome. He invited a handful of entrepreneurs who were just starting out in their businesses and talked with them about many of the things they would run into in building a business. Sadly, I listened while…

  • Thanks! To small business owners – superhero’s of the economy

    Thanks! To small business owners – superhero’s of the economy

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    Shoeboxed (an expense and receipt tracking company) recently put out a video for National Small Business Week saying thanks to small businesses. I thought it was kinda cool and as I LOVE working with small businesses, I thought I would echo their message. Thanks to all those small businesses that care, those that try to…

  • Need some motivation? Wake up when your alarm goes off…

    Need some motivation? Wake up when your alarm goes off…

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    This is something I’ve been struggling with lately. I guess I needed a project to really make a difference. Here is a quick video to help motivate. Not a bad thing to watch every morning 🙂    

  • Progressive UI Design

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    So I just read a very interesting article titled “Progressive Reduction“. The idea is that when you design a site you need to tell people exactly what the buttons mean, and then over time as people get used to the icons you can simplify the buttons down to remove their distracting pull from the design.…

  • Travel

    Travel

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    So I’ve been thinking a lot about travel these days. This summer my family drove across the country and spent a couple of weeks in the Northeast (a week on the beach in New Jersey was probably the high point…) I also took a trip to San Francisco for a conference, and that was enjoyable too (although…

  • Random thoughts from me

    Random thoughts from me

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    So I’ve been writing over at my website WordPress for Business Websites, and I’ve been working on my website at Simple Website Updates. While I’ve been doing this I’ve run into some things that don’t fit those websites. I need another place to talk about business insights, website development things, and other random thoughts. Then…

  • What I would REALLY do with $1000

    What I would REALLY do with $1000

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    Ramit Sethi at I will teach you to be rich recently asked what we would do if we were given $1000. I have had this opportunity a few times over the past year and I saw an opportunity here to share what I thought I would do vs. what I actually DID do. I view…