 Today, we're very excited to welcome someone who sparks a reaction in everything he does. David Hiller joins us today to talk about being a stylist at one of New York City's top salons, being a cartoon artist, and chronically working. This is School of Hustle, the show where we find advice and inspiration from people who are making their own way. I'm Shannon, the VP of social here at GoDaddy, and I live and breathe at the Hustle of Business. Today, we're filming from the Hustle of it all at the WeWork Times Square in New York City. Let's give David the warmest, biggest welcome, everybody. It's so fantastic to have you here. I am absolutely thrilled to be here. This is just magical. It is, and I have to go back to the beginning of where the magic happened for this to even be possible and how I know you. I have to tell everybody that one night I was at home literally looking at split ends. I'm just like, oh my gosh, this is so bad. I'm going to get online right now and make an appointment at Bumble & Bumble for a haircut. I'm just doing it. And I saw the name David from the drop-down list. I knew nothing about David at all. I selected your name and I hit book. The rest is history. You know, we met and all of a sudden it was like, oh, this is so fun and great. We definitely covered a lot of ground. We transitioned and I asked you, you know, about, you know, what you do outside of hair and you started mentioning your art. I did, yes. And your art is farts with a pH on Instagram. pH A-R-T-Z farts with an F is very different. It's very different. Very. And I heard about that and I thought, oh my gosh, you are literally one of the top stylists in the city. I mean, you are. Thank you. It's true. Like you're at a premium stand. Does everybody hear that? You are the highest tier in pricing. So I'm basing this on like your bracket and how I felt walking out. I felt amazing. Oh, I hope so. Tell me about your passion for art and about, you know, with the hair and art and how you made that bridge between hair and drawing. Well, the first thing I want to do before I get there is that I always like to give back to people who are doing something really nice for me. I made you a little something. So I brought you a gift because I can't tell you how excited I am to be here. And so I just wanted to share that with you. So we'll see what you think. Oh my gosh. Thank you. Yay. I like the reaction. It's good. I like the reaction. So you know when I was doing some research, I was looking, I watched old shows. I love that noodle. I love that noodle. And so I said, oh, noodles got to be in it. So Shannon School of Hustle loved parts. David killer. Thank you so much. Why do you create your art? And when did you find this calling? Well, when it comes to art, I found the calling as far back as I can remember. I think when I first picked up a crayon, so it's just become a part of my being. So why do I create it? I think that that answer is kind of twofold because there's, there's a part of my art that is very personal. And private. So when I'm at home and I'm creating, I'm in this little zone and it's kind of like a meditation. And I'm trying to either make myself laugh and I'm just enjoying myself and enjoying the process without anybody taking a look. No critiques, right? And then the other side of that is that I love to share it. I mean, this is, this means more to me that to give this to you and have someone have such a great reaction for it. That means a lot. So why, why name farts? I have to ask you, where did this come from? So I have this little character of a dog and it's just farting. And so my, I don't know. And so my, my humor is just sort of this like goofy toilet humor. I think it kind of sums it up. Pretty hilarious actually. When I say this, I have a cartoon page. Oh yeah. Well, what are you cartoon about? Well, it's called farts. Okay. I kind of get it. Does your art ever inspire your hairstyling or does hairstyling ever inspire your art? I thought about this and I think that honestly they go hand in hand. I think that what I'm creating in hair and what I'm creating art is sort of this like symbiotic relationship. What I'm trying to do with my artwork is I'm trying to come up with a unique memorable character. I'm doing the same exact thing when I go in and I work on someone's head with their hair. I'm creating a unique, memorable character. I love and completely understand the passion that you have around your art and I think that's incredible. I'm wondering if you could please tell us about the entrepreneurial aspect. Like what is it about it? That's your hustle and what you're doing next to bring this passion into like the business space. Well, there is sort of a story behind this. So when I, I went into the school of visual arts for illustration and when I got out of school, I was a little ill prepared for what the world was going to be, especially with freelance art. I quickly realized that freelance art on commission was not necessarily the route that I wanted to take. That's when hair was born. So I took a little bit of a detour and said, if I'm going to do hair, I'm going to do the best hair. So I worked my way up to New York City and it bumble and bumble and studied at Aveda and that all came about. I was still working very hard at my cartooning because this is what I believed in. Instagram was one of the perfect things for me to post it and get a following and get known. So that's worked. And on top of that, I've started to create merchandise and I'm excited about my website. And what the future holds is that I want to work for myself in the sense that farts is a brand of my work. And you can branch out in any kind of merchandise you want. But you know what, instead of doing commission work, I say, if you like my work, you can buy it. How about that? That's right. So I want to go into business for myself with the vision that I have, the vision that I love. Now, we are going to play a game called Hustle Time. And the game is designed to challenge you to see how many questions you can get through in 60 seconds. Say the first thing that comes to mind and don't overthink it. Okay. I'm ready. Two, one, go. Go to Cocktail. A vodka martini. First place to visit when you retire? Hawaii. Early bird or night owl? Night owl. Coffee or tea? Coffee. Favorite part of your day? The night. Top best part of your workout? I don't know, chest. Personal trainers effective or too much cash? Too much cash. Fireplace or fire pit? Fire pit. Most powerful emotion, anger or love? Let's say love. Do you floss every day? No. Time it takes you to get ready in the morning. Five minutes. Aliens factor fiction? I don't know. Fact. Finish this sentence. I dance. I look like blank. An idiot. If you could have the superpower, what would it be? Oh, I want to be invisible. Would you rather fly or talk to animals? Oh, talk to animals. Favorite holiday? Halloween. Instagram or Twitter? Instagram. Binge watch or watch weekly? Bin. Your go-to outfit? Black. What does that mean? Your favorite go-to outfit is black. Black. Literally. It's a New York color. I decided to lighten up the color today with gray. I'm 19. Okay. That's a lot. 19 is crazy. It's really good. Okay. Nice job. Thanks. Now, this next part, we ask our entrepreneurs the same set of questions. Favorite part of your day? Favorite part of my day is working with the people. My clients. Love them. I love my clients. They're everything to me. Best piece of advice you've ever gotten? That would have to come from my father because he always says, I don't care what you do. I just want you to be happy. He told it to me one time when I dressed up to go to school and I looked like Cindy Lauper. And he was like, David, I don't care if you want to look like Cindy Lauper. I just want you to be happy. I said, great. Worst piece of advice. Oh, all the bad advice has come from me. Oh. Oh, yeah. It's either when I was young and I was like, oh, David, go do that stupid thing. And I was like, all right. How do you use your career to inspire others? Do I inspire others? That's my question. I hope so. You know what? I'm just, when I go to do hair, I'm just going to go do hair. And I just want someone to leave really, really happy. And when I do my art, same thing, I want you to be happy or have a focus and sort of emotion. And if that inspires just one person, great. Ever feel like walking away? Yes. I mean, I think there's probably, if you asked my managers, there's probably like once a week where I'm like, this is it. But I don't because I've never walked away. One thing you still need to learn? I don't know what I need to learn to be completely honest because when I was young, I thought I knew everything. And the older I get, the more I realized I had a lot more learning to do. And I'm just excited to find out what that thing is. What do you want people to learn from you? I think I would say probably perseverance. You know, I mean, you know, I was kind of a skinny little shy, dorky kid with lots of pimples. And I never thought that I would be the person that I am right now. And so what I did was I just, I made a path full of little tiny steps and little tiny goals and just follow them until I got here. And I'm still making little steps all the way. So I would say just persevere, set goals and work. What's next for you? Next for me is business. It's more farts. Yeah. It's more merchandise. It's going into business for myself and I'm just thrilled. I cannot wait to see what the future holds for my artwork. Who inspires you? People that come to mind for hair is everybody who I work with. I love all my buddies and my friends and they're the best hairstylists in the world. So they inspire me. In terms of art, I'm a huge fan of children's book illustrations. That's what I studied at the School of Visual Arts. So that's how this all started. So I love old school 1940s children's book artwork. And that inspires me and I have some of it on my arms right now. So that's how inspired I am by that. I put it on my body. Who challenges you? Who challenges me? Myself. I'm the biggest challenge because I'm always like, Matt, we're going to be a little bit better next time. Next time we're going to do a little bit more. I'm always just pushing the bar a little further. Well, we let everybody in social know you were coming. And I have one question from our tribe. Okay. Hopefully in using asks, have you ever had a hair or art catastrophe? What was it? How did you deal with it? Well, you know, art catastrophes. Yeah, accidents happen. But at the same time, I probably was able to redo it. So I didn't have to show them the bad piece. You know, in terms of hair, jeez, you're never going to please everybody all the time. I can't say that they were a catastrophe. Right. Let's be honest. But at the same time, you're not going to please everyone. The way you handle it is you just, you listen, you know, you try to learn from what they're saying and you try to learn from your mistakes. And then you try, you fix it the best you can. Yeah. And you just be honest and you don't try to put on any errors. Just be honest. Just be a human being. We have one last question. Okay. From the famous noodle. Oh, this is the part I was so excited about. I mean, I do want to show him this picture as well. That's noodle you. Oh my. It's coming. Noodle. Look, buddy. It's you. This is the part I was just waiting for. Whoa. I know. You got to get some noodle squeezes. Right? Oh, this is because he feels so good. Well, noodle really likes to look his best. He's a sharp looking pug. He is. He's really looking for some sort of a new identity with his hair. And he's wondering if you might be able to provide him with any sort of glooming tips. Yeah, I know. Any glooming tips or ideas as to, I mean, what noodle might do with his look. Noodle, I think you're beautiful just the way you are. I don't want to change too much. I mean, maybe, you know, noodle is a certain stage of life. Maybe he could benefit from some, from, he seems upset from some, from like a deep conditioning treatment. Yeah. You know, I think that would be nice. A little shiny coat. But I got to say, you know what, noodle? I think you're beautiful the way you are. I love your gray and I'm a fan of gray. So I say keep it. So yeah, this is just the last piece. Yeah. And this is our inspiration. I like to end everything up with a final thought. I'm going to read three quotes. And I just want you to tell me which quote resonates the most and why. You only live once. And if you do it right, once is enough. Two, 20 years from now, you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones that you did do. Three, great minds discuss ideas. Average minds discuss events. Small minds discuss people. I think I have to go with number one. I know, right? Yeah, exactly. You only live once. But if you do it right, once is enough. You got one chance to do this, man. You better make it the best, right? Absolutely. Well, that was fun. Thank you. Yes. Thank you for my art. You're welcome. For opening up and telling us about how you're transitioning into this entrepreneurial endeavor with your art. Well, thank you. And just giving so much today. Well, thank you so much for giving me this opportunity. There's more School of Hustle coming every week. We're bringing this to you every Wednesday. 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