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Your skin is a super-smart organ, and it will inform you when it doesn’t like a certain formula or skin care habit—with breakouts, flushing, scaling, the works. Sometimes these signs are quick and easy to spot (full-blown irritation is pretty hard to miss), but others can fly a bit more under the radar with time.…
Just keep at it. Perseverance is everything. When I first started and I had to cold-call owners to try and get them to sell their assets, there was a day where I heard 25 “no’s” in a row. It’s not always easy, especially in the beginning of your career. If you really enjoy something, work…
Don’t just be flexible, be adaptive. Being flexible means reacting to whatever comes your way and modifying your original plan. Being adaptive is being able to anticipate challenges or opportunities and pivoting proactively to stay ahead of the game. Every business will ultimately have to exercise different forms of flexibility, and it’s important to learn…
Understand risk. With every affordable lending program, you need to balance the risk to the bank versus the value of the investment in the community. I’m fortunate that I work for a bank. That means we can put CRA loans in our portfolio. We don’t have to sell them to investors such as Fannie Mae…
Have patience, it’s an important investing skill to learn Never invest too heavily in one investment; diversify always Do your own research; beware of crowd type investments Be skeptic of those offering you great opportunities and ideas If you change your mind, get out. Some of the best trades are the ones you take losses.…
Be Consistent — A great customer experience comes from each guest receiving the same great service, time after time by each employee. It’s not just about the overall event or the specific Artist that is on the stage. Instead, it is about the consistency of each staff member, that the guest meets, treating them the same exact…
Know your product — you are the ultimate ambassador of your business and your brand. You need to know the product inside and out — where is it made, what makes it fabulous, and why your customer needs it. Give your staff the knowledge as well. They are a direct reflection of you and the faces of your business.…
I gave a Warby Parker example. As a consumer, it was fantastic. It made everything come alive in terms of being able to actually try on glasses online with my face, and then being able to get the physical delivery at my home, so I could try them out in front of my wife and…
Back in my teaching days, frequent interruptions posed one of the biggest challenges to getting my work done. When I went to work for myself—in the privacy of my home office–I thought I had put the problem of constant interruptions behind me, but I discovered an unpleasant truth: I had gotten into the bad habit…
