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Side Quest Thinking: Why Not Everything Has to Be the Main Hustle

Somewhere along the way, we decided everything had to be the thing. The main thing.The monetized thing.The thing you build a spreadsheet around. If you’re not scaling it, optimizing it, or turning it into a “brand,” then what are you even doing? That mindset leaks into everything. Work. Hobbies. Even how people talk about games now. Nobody’s just playing anymore. They’re “building.” Grinding. Farming. Positioning. And yeah, I’m guilty too. Fully. Chronically. But lately, I’ve been noticing something weird…in a

Why ARC Raiders Might Be the Best Brand-Building Game Nobody Planned For

Everyone keeps trying to “build a brand” like it’s 2014. Perfect bios. Forced posts. Cold DMs that start with “Hope you’re well.”Nobody likes that. Nobody remembers it either. ARC Raiders accidentally solved this problem, and I don’t think the devs even meant to. This post contains affiliate links. If you purchase them, I may earn a commission at no additional cost to you. Thanks for supporting ChannlerG! Here’s the Thing Nobody Is Saying Out Loud People don’t connect through content

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Using Video Games as a Networking Tool (And Why It Works)

I didn’t set out to use video games as a networking strategy. I like playing games. And over time, I noticed something most people ignore: some of the best business conversations I’ve had didn’t start in a meeting, an email thread, or a LinkedIn DM. They started mid-game, with a headset on, talking about nothing important at all. That’s the part people miss. Heads up! Some of these links are affiliate links, which means I may earn a commission at

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Beckham, the Only ChannlerG Member Sick of Screens

There’s one member of this whole ChannlerG thing who did not sign up for any of this. He didn’t approve of the website, the social media accounts, the endless hours of gaming, or the sudden urge to optimize everything in life for “content.” His name is Beckham, and he is 1,000% over it. This post contains affiliate links. I may earn a commission at no extra cost to you. But Beckham and I only recommend products we believe in and

How Gaming Helped Me Grow as a Person & Entrepreneur

If you had told me years ago that gaming would teach me some of my biggest life and business lessons, I probably would have laughed and gone back to grinding another Camo in Call of Duty. But here I am, building a business, growing a community, and applying things I’ve learned from my hobby to everything I do. And no, I’m not talking about how to “get good”. Because let’s be real, out of all my friends, I’m the worst

Why Gaming Became a Family Tradition at Our House

Some families have movie nights. Others have board game nights. In our house? Gaming is just part of who we are. It’s how we bond, how we have fun, and occasionally how we figure out which one of us has the biggest ego (spoiler: it’s always one of the kids). Some links may be affiliate links, which means I may earn a commission at no extra cost to you. But these are products we use or would totally geek out

Golf: Why Do We Choose Hobbies That Hate Us?

You ever pick up a hobby thinking, “This is gonna be fun,” only to realize you just signed up for four hours of emotional abuse? Welcome to golf, where you can go from feeling like Tiger Woods to questioning every life choice you’ve ever made in the span of a single hole. And yet, for some reason, my friends keep making me do this… For some reason, I keep making me do this. This may have something to do with

Balancing Business & Family: Making It Work

Let’s be honest, trying to balance any hobby with business and family is like trying to land a trick shot in Call of Duty while making a peanut butter and jelly sandwich for a 3-year-old, as his 9-year-old sister yells at her 6-year-old brother to put his pants on, because he decided it would be a good idea to “Give the neighbors a full moon”. Crazy sentence, right? You’re dodging bullets, spreading peanut butter, grinding ranked play, answering text, and,

Gaming to Business: My Journey with Bubble Shields

I’ve always been the kind of person who dives way too deep into the things I love. Whether it’s gaming, business, new software, or finding the perfect chicken wing recipe-if I’m into something, I’m all in. But until recently, I never really combined everything into one big vision. Some links may be affiliate links, meaning I may earn a commission at no extra cost to you. But you know me, I only recommend tools and gear I use or trust.

Can ChatGPT Predict My Income in 6–12 Months?

If you don’t use it. Start. This isn’t a blog to teach you about how to work with ChatGPT or different prompts you can use to help better your workflow. I use to use ChatGPT every day (especially When I Was First Building ChannlerG), usually I keep the same conversation going with it so it can remember my style and brand and voice. So today, I decided to ask, “After all this, the conversing, the site, the real estate, the