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Floydian Slips & Tips

Handsome Floydian Slips & Tips
 

Over the past 25 years of being in the industry I have had many great Handsome Floydian Slips & Tips come into my mind or passed on by our fun clients. 

 

Please enjoy and if you have a favorite Slip or Tip that you think the entire world wide web needs to know, please email me at floyd@handsomefloyds.com or just let us know during your next visit.

 

Thanks,

 

Handsome Floyd

 
  1. The only way to become a success is to love what you do or do what you love. 
  2. Hairdresser: One who marries the fine art of hair with the business of the fine art of hair. 
  3. You can always lead a horse to water, but a pencil must be lead. 
  4. A harirdresser never meets a problem that some combination of time, money, talent or luck can’t solve. 
  5. A good hairdresser always flies above board and below the radar. 
  6. It’s better to look good than feel good. 
  7. A hairdresser strives to live the red carpet life, even if they have to roll it out for themselves but a good hairdresser  gets all his friends to do it for him. 
  8. A good hairdresser solves any know problem… A great hairdresser solves problems no one ever knows. 
  9. There’s the hard way, the easy way, the old way, the new way, the conservative way, and the avant-garde way, but ultimately at the end of the day, if you are the hairdresser, there’s only your way. 
  10. A waiting customer asked how long it would be for a cut and the barber responded with “Like the monkey said when he got his tail caught in the lawn mower, “it won’t be long now”. 
  11. Hairdresser fashion, when in doubt, wear black. 
  12. When it comes to working with the ex’s family, there’s no such a thing as too close for conflict or too far for comfort. 
  13. There are 3 types of hairdressers in the world, the ones who make things happen, the ones who watch things happen, and the ones who didn’t know what happened. 
  14. There’s no such thing as “out of town” unless you are trekking the Himalayas without a cell phone or scuba diving in Seychelles.  Even the space station has a phone. 
  15. Don’t ask anyone else to remind you of something to do on your list and then blame them when you both forget 
  16. If God intended us to fly, he would have given us all airplane tickets. 
  17. A dummy with a good question is far worth more the ten geniuses with bad answers 
  18. It takes at least 4 years of college to know some people don’t need 4 years of college. 
  19. When working in a female dominated environment, it is useful to wear a moon phase watch. 
  20. In the hairdressing business, how finish is more important than how you started 
  21. Any time a hairdresser says, this will only take a minute or two, they mean at least a minute or two or three or four…. 
  22. Don’t complain, you could find yourself out on a street corner with a cardboard sign that says, “Will cut hair for food” 
  23. It is not always best to be right, but you won’t go wrong being best. 
  24. Barbering is not a job; it’s a 25/8 lifestyle. 
  25. Half-baked concepts baked half way, yield rotten potatoes. 
  26. Television is just the latest source of light we gather around since early man told stories around campfires. 
  27. When the going get tough, the tough go on vacation. 
  28. If you 40 or above and not doing everything you ever wanted in your life, better start now. 
  29. At the end of your days, you will never regret what you did in life, only what you didn’t do. 
  30. Never mix the business of pleasure with the pleasure of doing business. 
  31. Knowledge is power, if you don’t keep up with your trade; you are blind to your business. 
  32. Happiness isn’t over-rated, it’s over priced. 
  33. When writing or speaking, the spaces between the words can say just as much and even more. 
  34. Insult someone and they will never forget, but when you think of insulting someone, they will never remember. 
  35. Do celebrities keep pictures of famous barbers on their walls? 
  36. Success is great but only if you can afford it. 
  37. Enjoy the downtime. 
  38. Better to rent a Ferrari for a week, a yacht for two weeks, a helicopter for three weeks, a jet for four weeks, a villa in France for five weeks than own all of them for a year. 
  39. Everyone comes with baggage; it’s just a matter of finding someone with matching luggage. 
  40. Good milk can turn spoiled, but you never see spoiled milk turn good. 
  41. A second hand report is never as good as a first hand inspection. 
  42. In any conflict, there are always two sides to a story and then there’s the truth. 
  43. If invited, show up. 
  44. Sleep is cheap; it’s the only thing you can get more of without getting a bill. 
  45. Life is short and so am I. 
  46. If someone intimidates you, picture him or her with a load in their pants. 
  47. Act brave and you will be brave. 
  48. Quick decisions lead to slow solutions. 
  49. It’s not who you are in life, it’s who you look like. 
  50. At the end of the day, it’s not the money, not the material objects, it’s about the stories you collect along the way. 
  51. If you aren’t willing to work on Saturdays, don’t even think of coming in on Sunday. 
  52. Squeaky wheels get oiled, squeaky employees get axed. 
  53. Gossip and greed is the cancer of production.  
  54. Better to die enriched than rich. 
  55. By the time a man realizes that maybe his father was right, he usually has a son who thinks he's wrong.
  56. Always hire teenagers for your business, because they know everything.
  57. Always hire family members, because if they steal, the money stays in the family.
  58. Better to lead by pulling people to follow than pushing them to lead.