What principles do you live by?

“If you stand for nothing, you fall for everything”
We asked the community to tell us about the values and principles that guide their lives and businesses.
In the barbering industry, there’s an expression: “quality over quantity.” This has become my mantra for my career. It affects my appointment time slots when I book with clients, it affects my prices, my marketing, my customer service and most of all it affects my mindset in business. I see barbering as an art not just an income. Every single client is a sculpture. I’m envisioning the end result and cutting their hair in a way that I can reveal the masterpiece that is waiting to shine through. Read more>>
I went into owning my own business really hesitant – not wanting to make decisions that could negatively impact my family. My dad’s company had survived the dot com collapse in the 90’s but they had been hard times. I was afraid to do the same in my own family. I also knew this could be an incredible thing if I kept focus on the idea that as I created success I could help make my community a better place. That has been my guiding principle. It doesn’t matter how successful I may be, if I’m not using that success for positive change it is worthless to me. Read more>>
Love. Family. Faith. I’ve built my little business on it. I am not the most popular as I’m pretty quiet, but I am the photographer who you can trust to be there when your crying baby needs held while you run after a toddler during a family session. I will be there when your senior needs to run back home and grab uniform parts for their once in a lifetime senior session. When your husband’s flight is delayed after a year deployment. I pour my heart into my sessions. Read more>>