EPISODE 2 — MINDING THE OPINIONS OF OTHERS

Your need to be liked can build you — and eventually limit you. This chapter feels very different to me today. When I opened my first salon at 21, people saw a business owner. What they didn't see was me going home and crying. I worried constantly that I wasn't good enough. I cared deeply about what people thought of me, and for years I used that fear as fuel. It made me work harder. It made me improve. It helped me create incredible standards. But here's what I understand now: The thing that drives your first level of success isn't always the thing that can take you to your next. There comes a point when you have to stop proving yourself and start trusting yourself. As you listen, ask yourself: Whose opinion are you still building your life or business around?