 Hey guys, this is Matt Beck from free salon education calm I had a question come through Facebook and it was how do you be how to become a successful hair stylist? And I don't think that there's one easy way to do it But here's some things that I've done that have helped kind of push my career forward So I think the first thing you need to focus on this is something I struggle with a lot But it's what makes you you and I think for the first part of my career I was so focused on trying to be everyone else that I didn't focus on what I'm good at and what Qualifications I have what different types of skills I have so then just over the last couple years I've really focused on what makes me different than everybody else and I just focus on that So make sure when you're going through your career You're you're promoting yourself out on your town or anything like that Just focus on the things that you do best and that's what people are going to love you for The next one is make connections. I think This is something that gets tossed around But make sure you go through your town and connect with different people in your town different business owners Those are what's going to connect you to the other people in your town that are going to give you more clientele coming through Also, don't have an ego. I know this is hard You know a lot of us we all have some type of ego, but just don't let it get to you We're hairdressers and what our goal is to make people look good and feel good If you have an ego you're not making anybody feel good So make sure that you drop the ego at the door Never be too good to learn too good to share with the people around you That's what creates a successful salon environment and also never stop learning. That was the reason I started free salon education was it was very hard to find Education on the internet that was free and I think that that's the way that we stay connected That's how we really share with each other And how we grow and how we learn so just never stop learning take classes Focus on that and then your job is never over is another thing when you leave the salon You're still a part of the salon. You're still trying to grow So you need to make sure you don't just go home sit in your hole and then come to work the next day and expect to grow and be busy Get out there make connections after work And and that's really you know I think the few things that made me more successful than most hairdressers that I've talked to is that you know you just never stop working keep pushing forward make sure you don't have that ego and Really just keep educating yourself. I hope this video helps you guys and just kind of clicks that light on for you Make sure you check out our website free salon education comm subscribe to us right here on YouTube for more business tips and Tips and hair cutting tips and everything in general and we'll see you guys on the next video