Hey, I’m Chris!

I love my wife and 5 kids, my consulting opportunities, and my life in general. I love to solve problems and usually like to find ways to do it with Technology. My hobbies include programming and learning about self development (and attempting to improve myself every day). Because lifestyle design is a passion of mine I also love to help other people unlock their true potential. If you are interested in what I am working on right now, you can see it on my Now page.

My small business consulting & web design company is Polished Stone, LLC.

Hey Friend! Welcome to my ramblings.


  • 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…


  • 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…


  • 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…


  • A few months back I found a service called CloudHQ. They sync dropbox, google docs, basecamp and other cloud based systems (working on evernote and box.) You can create multiple accounts and pick folders to sync up. Why Well, for me the problem existed in the question of what to store where? I have a…


  • Are you a WordPress fan? Well I am, and I just entered an awesome contest giving away a TON of cool tools and subscriptions. The things in the contest include: 2 Gravity Forms Plugins (single user licenses) 2 WPMUDEV Memberships (one year ‘Elite’) – (includes access to100’s of premium plugins and themes) 2 BackupBuddy WordPress Plugins (two-site version…


  • I recently created a new website/blog for small business owners.  This site provides how to guides for those who want to create a business website.  I show people how they can create their website for less than $100/year using WordPress.  If you are thinking of starting a website or you know someone who wants to…


  • When you get an email from someone you don’t know (or even if you do know them but you don’t know why the just sent you a link to some random site…) DON’T CLICK IT!!! PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE so I don’t have to spend hours making it better PLEASE DON’T CLICK IT!!!


  • I just got @AppSumo Science of Copywriting Action Video for FREE. Today only: http://appsumo.com/tweet/161/


  • FREE @AppSumo VIDEO TODAY ONLY – @randfish (of SEOmoz) exposes SEO secrets for startups http://appsumo.com/tweet/155/?r=3BQk


  • In the most recent SitePoint newsletter I received I found an interesting article entitle “Thanks for the Rejection” – I found it a nice short read that provides a wonderful little nugget of information.  See it here: http://www.sitepoint.com/newsletter/viewissue.php?id=2&issue=543#10

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