Tune in to hear Travis’s story about growth, struggle, reflection, and reinvention of personal and professional goals!Follow/subscribe to be the first to know when new episodes are released. Like what you hear? Leave us a review!KEY TAKEAWAYS:-- 35 Year + Industry Veteran, L'Oreal National Educator, NAHA Finalist, Production Company + Education Company -- Opened first salon after 11 years at a salon. Opened up a nail studio. Sold both after 11-13 years. -- LESSONS LEARNED FROM SALON OWNERSHIP: You have to be more than a hairdresser. You have to be a mentor, an administrator, a marketer, a hirer, a firer, a trainer, a guest services manager, and many other things! -- Failure is a chance to reflect and understand what went wrong, what you can work on, and assess how to do it better next time, or have an epiphany about where your professional career is/should be going. -- Are you the common denominator of your struggles and/or failures? Date yourself and get to know you better. This will help you gain perspective. Milestones are not as important as the moments in between and how we handle them...give up or find self-belief? -- Nothing has come for free or easy. Everything has required a lot of commitment and work.-- Being a good educator means you can strike a light bulb in someone’s head! Educators should be able to infect people with incredible energy to allow them to dream bigger for themselves than they ever could dream before. -- Corporate Companies have the scale to pay and educate you in a big way, so don't get wrapped up in the haters on big brand names and corporations! -- We have to think of ourselves as a brand. -- We can eradicate FEAR by replacing it with Experience and Knowledge!-- To focus, we must appreciate we cannot give 100% of ourselves to multiple projects. Put blinders on when working on each of your projects or on each of your goals so other things don’t distract you. -- Dabble in as many things as you can before you decide to specialize. This will make you stronger and more confident if/when you decide to specialize.MENTIONED IN TODAY'S EPISODE:-- Follow Travis on Instagram-- Follow Travis Parker Academy on Instagram-- Check out Travis Parker Academy's websiteWe deliver curated resources, coaching, advice, and first-hand experience so you may become a well-rounded, self-sufficient, business-savvy, and strong individual, ready to transition or transform yourself and the industry. We won’t stop until we are all: Hairdresser Strong.? LIKE THIS VIDEO? Send me a DM, and let me know! ? For more episodes, resources, and our blog, please visit us hereThe views and opinions of our guests are theirs and important to hear. Each guest's views and opinions are their own and we aim to bring you diverse perspectives, career paths and thoughts about the craft and industry so you can become Hairdresser Strong! They do not necessarily reflect the positions of HairdresserStrong.com.