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Seven Ways to Renew Your Fighting Spirit in 2010

For far too many of our colleagues, 2009 was a tough year for both hairdressers and salon owners. Let us learn from the past and look to a brighter future for ourselves and our families. Let us view our past mistakes and challenges as an opportunity to benefit from adversity and begin 2010 as an opportunity to start over and a lot wiser.

As we prepare to enter a new year, let us renew our passion and fighting spirit to succeed. Your attitude towards adversity will determine your own success or failure. Don’t follow the doom and gloom crowd always looking for excuses to fail.  Look at adversity as a fantastic opportunity to move forward in reaching your goals and aspirations.

The following steps will help you through these challenging times:

• Set Goals — you must clarify what will make you happy (personally, professionally, and financially.) Clearly define your goals, write them down, make sure your goals are realistic and reachable, and then work hard to make them a reality. Once you’ve achieved a set of goals, be sure to set new ones.
• Be Thankful — Never allow worry and stress get you down. Be thankful that you have good health, a family who cares, the opportunity that you live in the best country in the world where you have the freedom to grow your dreams, and  have the potential to be anything you want to be provided you’re willing to work hard in achieving your dreams and goals. Anything is possible if you believe.
• Laugh a Little — it’s just one of those days. Getting upset will never solve your problems, define your problem, then deal with it and move on. Many people have bigger problems such as poor health , job loss, family tragedies;  be thankful for your blessings, tomorrow is just another day. Live life and every moment to the fullest, enjoy the moment you may not be here tomorrow. Develop a positive attitude and a fierce determination to succeed despite obstacles along the way.
• Address Your Problem Immediately— don’t let it fester into a larger problem. The longer you wait, the bigger your challenge. If your problem involves a staff member who refuses to be part of your team,  your challenge is to find a mutual solution. You may want to evaluate yourself as a leader of your team as well.
• Clearly Define Your Problem — what is keeping you up at night or causing you stress and anxiety.  Clearly define your challenge and then prioritize as most important, address it, then move to conquer the next problem.
• Renew Your Passion — you must develop your competitive spirit and regain your passion to succeed if you want to move forward to a higher level.  Far too many people allow for complacency to rob them of success and happiness.
• Seek out Education— Learn from people that have overcme the many challenges of salon ownership. Knowledge is power only when it is turned on. Help is available, use it. Many people will say education is expensive, try ignorance. Hairdresser Career Development systems is your partner in helping you reach your goals and full learning and earning potential. Start the new year as a new beginning with fantastic opportunities   for yourself and your families. I see 2010 as a great opportunity for those well informed.
• Stay Focused — You will encounter many well meaning people and distractions for your valuable time. Sometimes it is difficult to divide yourself from family, social activities when trying to run a successful business, your challenge will be in trying to balance business and your personal life.

It is my sincere wish that you and your families have a great 2010.