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Don’t Be Afraid to Speak Your Mind
Posted by: | CommentsOne of my favourite mentors once told me “If you don’t offend someone every day, you’re not trying hard enough”.
When I first heard him say that I was a little kinda ’shocked’.
Offend people – how’s that gonna help?
Surely I’ll just alienate the people I want to attract as clients.
But interestingly, that is not the case.
And let me just make something clear… I don’t mean running around screaming obscenities, shouting abuse, whacking in the ‘F’ word left right and center or calling people fat, skinny, bald, ugly, poor, stuck-up, stupid, ignorant, arrogant, slow, dumb, weird or a failure (as much as I’d often like too).
Rather it’s a method of ‘pushing the boundaries’ and connecting with people beyond all the cr*p (there ya go…) that’s floating all around us.
It’s really a case of ‘If you’ve got something to say’, then ’say it’ (or do it).
Quite honestly on a few occasions it has come back and ‘taken a big chunk outta my butt’. But a little wry smile, an apology and a determination to move on always pops that back to bed.
And this idea of not be afraid to say something different, do something different is ESSENTIAL to your salon or spa success.
WHY?
Well, we’re all deeply entrenched in a pit of FEAR.
FEAR of failure, fear of success, fear of poor health, fear of old age and a whole bunch more.
Busting out of that entrapment releases the shackles and like 3 pounds of TNT under the toilet can zip you skyward at warp speed.
But there’s something I consider EVEN worse than FEAR.
One thing which holds more people back from BIG strides forward than anything else.
And it’s a PET hate of mine.
If you wanna ‘wind me up’ – if I ever say something to offend you – if you ever fancy a little ‘pop’ at me – then send me all your EXCUSES as to why you can’t take action on the salon and spa growth secrets I impart to you.
- You can‘t do that…
- That won’t work.
- You’re not allowed to do that.
- Nobody will respond to that.
- I’m not clever enough to do that.
- I’m too old to do that.
- I’m not healthy enough to do that.
AHHHHHHHHH!!!!!
Stop it!
Any, small thinking salon or spa owner can come up with an endless list of why something can’t be done.
That’s really easy… Pitiful… Shameful…
The REAL power, the REAL path to salon/spa success, the REAL way to switch on your afterburner and jump to warp speed is to take all the ideas I and others give you and then work out how you CAN APPLY THEM!!!
There’s always a way!
Did you know that Walt Disney was fired by the editor of a newspaper for ‘lacked imagination and had no good ideas’? Did you know he was ridiculed over his idea for a theme park?
Any average person would have dumped his dream at the side of a road, jumped back into line and waddled his way through the rest of his life as inconspicuous as a Ford Mondeo.
So… Where do you sit?
Are you an excuse ridden ‘you can’t do that’ person who is quite happy to meander through their day blinkered to anything but what you know, you understand, you trust?
Or are you like Walt Disney – prepared to take the reigns, embrace fear, eliminate excuses and suck up all the ideas you can from outside you comfort zone, chop ‘em, twist em’, tweak them and then fire on all cylinders like a 6.4 litre V12 Lamborghini Murcielago and get them pumping in your business and life NOW???
Your choice…
You decide…
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Henry.
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PPS: If this HAS offended you… Sorry… Please take it as meant… To help…
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Salon and Spa VIP Inner Circle Call In Day
Posted by: | CommentsThat’s Easter come and gone.
I hope you and your family had a fantastic weekend.
I won’t bore you with what we got up to…
Good news…
This Thursday is VIP Salon and Spa Inner Circle Member call in day.
That means all VIP members can call me DIRECTLY for 10 to 15 minutes one on one consultation.
These call in session are ‘quick-fire’ and it’s not unusual for the ideas I provide to double, triple or more the results from specific marketing pieces.
Call in times will be from 10am to 12pm, 1pm to 3:30pm.
There is ALWAYS a queue. So, if you don’t get through, keep trying.
If you are a VIP member, the number will be mailed to you later this week.
If not, why not?
Accept your free trial here – FREE INNER CIRCLE TRIAL
Dedicated to your success,
Henry.
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What is The Best Response to a Bad Economy?
Posted by: | CommentsThose of you who’ve been around me a while know I spend a lot of time talking about what goes on in the few pounds of fleshy matter sat squarely between your iPod headphones (yes, your brain) and how IT — or better still YOU manifest what happens in your business, your life and happiness through your own thoughts.
Most salon and spa owners find the link between what they think and what happens to them a tenuous, often ’silly’ and in a lot of cases ‘pyscho-babble’ b**lsh*t…
Where you stand on the matter isn’t important.
And nor is whether you agree with me.
But for the next few minutes, ‘let’s agree that you agree with me’.
So…
What is the appropriate and best response to smashed markets, and economies battered so hard they’re nigh on unrecognisable?
A completely understandable, rational response is FEAR, worry, desperation, hiding out and waiting… But, you’ll wait a very, very, very long time before someone shout “Ahoy there!! Come out from under the rock! All is good again!”.
But, if YOU are after SUCCESS in your salon or spa then it’s pretty obvious what your response CANNOT be — isn’t it???
Quite simply… What everyone else IS doing!
There is a lot of mileage in solving ‘Mysteries’ – whether it’s Agatha Christie, Morse or Einstein.
But your task of responding to what’s happening in the economy is NO mystery at all…
One of my most admired success coaches is Earl Nightingale (and if you aren’t aware of Earl, which you should be, go get all his books and tapes and absorb them like a sponge). Earl famously said “If you’re can’t decide what to do, look around at what everyone else is doing and do the opposite” (or words to that effect).
And that should be your response. You must NOT do what most salon and spa owners are doing: shrinking; shrinking their thinking, their ambitions, their activities; shrinking the marketplace; shrinking what they offer and deliver.
Rather…You must create BIGGER, better, more exciting, more irresistible reasons for customers to get up off their butts, leave their homes, unlock their wallets and bring them to you, to be willing to spend when their every instinct screams “DON’T”.
You must do MORE, be MORE.
Ok, but what is the answer, or what are the answers to what you should be doing now?
Well, the quality of the answers YOU get entirely depends on the quality of the questions you ask.
This is certainly true of my consulting work with clients; some ask far better questions than others, and get better answers.
There ARE answers – right now – to how you can more effectively attract more affluent salon/spa clients – right now – to prosper while the majority aren’t – right now. Getting to those answers depends on the questions you ask yourself, including those you aks yourself about what you’ve read here…
Dedicated to your success,
Henry.
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The FAST Path to Maximum Profits from Your Salon or Spa
Posted by: | CommentsThe path to maximum profits in your salon or spa is unlikely to be what you think it is…
Most people assume it’s having the best treatments, the best staff, the best location etc.
Whilst those things are important, they are only a little piece of the ‘pie’.
The real path to maximum profits is something MUCH more mundane and for that reason ignored by nearly all salon and spa owners (BIG MISTAKE!!)
The path to MAXIMUM profits is NUMBERS!
When I realised so, it was a real disappointment. While I’m OK at maths (I did a degree in engineering many years ago), I DO NOT like it. I’d much rather be creating something of value and interest.
And the fact most people don’t like numbers is YOUR SECRET WEAPON. Master the numbers and you can succeed beyond your wildest dreams.
Now, what you need to know…
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