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The faster your business grows, the quicker it can fall, and from a greater height, unless you know what to watch out for.<\/h3>\n
Knowing how and when to grow are key decisions that every small business must face eventually. But just because you made it past those early stages doesn\u2019t mean you’re safe.<\/p>\n
Growing too quickly means you face another set of challenges, ones that put you at a greater risk than the slow growth that kept you up at night during those first few years.<\/p>\n
You cannot build a strong building without solid foundations and your salon business is the same.<\/p>\n
The Lifestyle Foundation Course Fundamentals Program Click Here For More Info.<\/strong><\/p>\n
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<\/iframe><\/p>\n <\/p>\nI would like to introduce you to Bruce (not his real name). He is passionate about what he does and loves going to work every day. Bruce has been a salon owner for 10 years old and his salon was busy, in fact it still is, he has 8 staff and that he is taking over $700,000 a year in revenue, he is nearly bankrupt.<\/p>\nBruce told me that he had maxed out his credit cards and he was so broke he had to ask his parents to lend him money. Bruce spends most of his working week working his hairdressing salon; in fact he works 6 days a week and is the highest earner in the salon. He is booked out and his salon is still busy. It is a mystery to him why he doesn’t have enough money to pay the bills.<\/p>\nBruce wears so many hats, he’s not only broke he’s a mess; he’s stressed to the max.<\/p>\nThere is always a direct connection between diluted focus and a diluted bank account. He explains he has hit rock bottom and things have to change, and cannot go on like this, \u201cI need to start to work on my business\u201d, but I don\u2019t know where to start\u201d, his life is a train wreck, and he’s desperate. He feels defeated and embarrassed.<\/p>\n <\/p>\nThis wasn\u2019t always the case. He started out 10 years ago with just him and a few staff and year after year he grew. He was growing fast, making good money. The salon was always booked out and he grew his salon to a team of 12. The salon was taking close to a million dollars a year and Bruce paid himself a good wage for his efforts. In fact Bruce even started to work only a few days a week. He was riding hi and thought he could take on the world. Holidays and fast cars later, a few staff leaving and taking clients. He was still living a champagne lifestyle on a beer budget. The inevitable happened, for the first time ever his bills out weighed his takings. This is the danger of growing fast. You do not have the infrastructure, the strong foundation to rely on. Just take your eye off the ball for a single second and debt will creep in, so slowly you do not realize at first, not until its too late. Then you go through the three stages of despair that arise when your salons are in a state of collapse<\/p>\n <\/p>\nSTAGE, 1 -DENIAL<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\nWe deny were struggling, someone asks how your business is going and you say<\/p>\n“Great we’re getting busier and busier” knowing things aren’t great and you\u2019re losing money. But you\u2019re afraid to admit it, because what will people think of you? What if your staff starts to doubt you? Will they leave? What if the clients find out, will they leave also?<\/p>\nOnly when the salon is on deaths door do we admit that were struggling.<\/p>\n <\/p>\nENTER STAGE 2-ADDICTED TO STRESS<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\nFor many salon owners the stress levels at this point have become a way of life. You wake up stressed. Go to bed stressed. Stress about being stressed. You actually become proud to be stressed and now when someone complains about there problems you offer your story that always starts with \u201cwell you think you are stressed, I \u2026..\u201d<\/p>\n <\/p>\nTHE END STAGE 3- WHY DOES THIS ALWAYS HAPPEN TO ME<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\nYour salon, going into failure is actually completely\u00a0out of your control. You know the one. The one that starts with why me, why can\u2019t I get ahead, just once. Why is this happening to me? I can never just have a good break without a staff member leaving or a bill is due that I forgot about. Why me.<\/p>\nThis is when most people give in and put it into the too hard box, accepting that it will never get better and all the fight in them is almost gone.<\/p>\n <\/p>\nBruce was in stage 1 he was in denial about why, he isn\u2019t in dire straights but it was creeping up on him.<\/p>\n <\/p>\nHe has to start looking into the business and get a grip with all that is happening.<\/p>\nHe is taking enough money, that\u2019s for sure. He just needs to manage his finances and get his bills in order. That may mean some BIG decisions on his spending including staff. This sort of collapse creeps up on many salon owners over a slow period of time, it’s the death reaper, and you don’t know it’s happening until it’s too late. But at this stage it can quickly be turned around.<\/p>\nBut most salon owners continue to lie to themselves year after year, always behind the eight ball, the same thing they have been doing since day one. Nothing is on an upward trajectory except their blood pressure, debt and taxes. The hardest and the easiest things are sometimes staring you in the face.<\/p>\nThe easiest thing to do it take a day off from the salon collect all the evidence you have and go away in a quiet area and judge your salon on the facts you have, the answers in your computer, you know your expenses are higher than what’s coming in so something\u2019s need to be culled.<\/p>\nSo be as objective as you can, be ruthless.<\/p>\nThe hardest thing to change is YOU your mind set. I need this amount of stock, I need this amount of staff, I need this and that, I need a big car. \u201cI cannot let Mary go she has been with me for 2 years and has a little girl, she just needs a few more clients. It will all work out, we just need to get a few more clients to come and the staff to be positive and it will all be alright.\u201d<\/p>\nNo it will not.<\/p>\nIf these are your thoughts also, you are not ready for change yet. You are in stage 1 and in denial.<\/p>\nThe simple answer is if you cannot afford something, it needs to go. And that includes your car, stock, best phone and even staff.<\/p>\nIt’s your fault the business is in this state, nobody else\u2019s. It\u2019s your fault that you took your eye off the ball. So now it’s your role to fix it. You may be a few clients away from paying the bills, and a few clients away for turning this mess around.<\/p>\nThink about it. If you have been in a mess for while now, it will take radicle change to make a difference you need a sound business to start with.<\/p>\nGo back to basics, get your numbers right and grow from there. You need strong roots, a carefully planned, efficient infrastructure, a maniacal focus on one thing you do very very well.<\/p>\nMake big decisions now and change your destiny.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">Richard Mccabe Reveals His Proven, Profitable, Foolproof Strategies For Creating 30% Salon Growth in 12 Months.<\/h1>\n <\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">Finally! A Reliable, Easy, & Proven Way To Use The Lifestyle Salon System As An Unfair Advantage To Almost Effortlessly ” Be seen As The Expert In Your Town” So Clients Choose You On Your Skill NOT Price.<\/span><\/h4>\n <\/p>\nAny Salon owner looking for a foolproof way to increase new clients to their salon MUST learn how to do this. Remember that everyone is on Facebook trying to find new clients, so your posts and pics are being overlooked everyday. What you need to do is post what the client is looking for. It’s a time tested practical way to simplify the task of grasping the clients attention….. and like many proven systems, its much easier said than done. Most salon owners NEVER figure this out.<\/p>\n <\/p>\nActually it’s much worse than that.<\/strong> To be blunt, it’s a HUGE problem for many salon owners. First of all most salon owners believe that their posts are being seen.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">What Are You Doing To Cut Though The Clutter And Make Your Message Relevant In Todays Over Crowded Place?<\/span><\/h4>\n <\/p>\nThats the problem…… standing out from all the other salons. If in the clients eyes your the same, they will then judge you on price and price alone.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\nLet’s change that today………<\/p>\n <\/p>\nI’m holding a FREE live workshop showing you exactly how to be seen by new clients and how they can look at your salon differently to other salons.<\/p>\n<h4>If you would like to attended please book and reserve your place <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/2yVgizU\">CLICK HERE.<\/a><\/h4>\n<h4>I\u2019m doing a LIVE workshop this Monday 28th May at 7:00am (NSW, Australia time) and I will show you proven foolproof strategies that will take your salon from ordinary to remarkable.<\/h4>\n<h4>It\u2019s time to leave the WAR ZONE behind and start that journey into the LIFESTYLE ZONE where you get to reap all the rewards that you deserve for all of your hard work<\/h4>\nRichard McCabe<\/p>\nWork smarter and leave the harder to others<\/p>\n <\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-9053\" src=\"https:\/\/lifestylesaloncoach.com\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Screen-Shot-2018-05-10-at-3.19.52-pm-300x70.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"70\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>P.S places are limited so book today, did i mention its FREE<\/h4>\n<h4><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/2yVgizU\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/2yVgizU<\/a><\/h4>\n <\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The faster your business grows, the quicker it can fall, and from a greater height, unless you know what to watch out for. Knowing how and when to grow are key decisions that every small business must face eventually. But just because you made it past those early stages doesn\u2019t mean you’re safe. Growing too quickly means you face another set of challenges, ones that put you at a greater risk than the slow growth that kept you up at night during those first few years. You cannot build a strong building without solid foundations and your salon business is the same. The Lifestyle Foundation Course Fundamentals Program Click Here For More Info.     I would like to introduce you to Bruce (not his real name). He is passionate about what he does and loves going to work every day. Bruce has been a salon owner for 10 years old and his salon was busy, in fact it still is, he has 8 staff and that he is taking over $700,000 a year in revenue, he is nearly bankrupt. Bruce told me that he had maxed out his credit cards and he was so broke he had to ask his parents to lend him money. Bruce spends most of his working week working his hairdressing salon; in fact he works 6 days a week and is the highest earner in the salon. He is booked out and his salon is still busy. It is a mystery to him why he doesn’t have enough money to pay the bills. Bruce wears so many hats, he’s not only broke he’s a mess; he’s stressed to the max. There is always a direct connection between diluted focus and a diluted bank account. He explains he has hit rock bottom and things have to change, and cannot go on like this, \u201cI need to start to work on my business\u201d, but I don\u2019t know where to start\u201d, his life is a train wreck, and he’s desperate. He feels defeated and embarrassed.   This wasn\u2019t always the case. He started out 10 years ago with just him and a few staff and year after year he grew. He was growing fast, making good money. The salon was always booked out and he grew his salon to a team of 12. The salon was taking close to a million dollars a year and Bruce paid himself a good wage for his efforts. In fact Bruce even started to work only a few days a week. He was riding hi and thought he could take on the world. Holidays and fast cars later, a few staff leaving and taking clients. He was still living a champagne lifestyle on a beer budget. The inevitable happened, for the first time ever his bills out weighed his takings. This is the danger of growing fast. You do not have the infrastructure, the strong foundation to rely on. Just take your eye off the ball for a single second and debt will creep in, so slowly you do not realize at first, not until its too late. Then you go through the three stages of despair that arise when your salons are in a state of collapse   STAGE, 1 -DENIAL   We deny were struggling, someone asks how your business is going and you say “Great we’re getting busier and busier” knowing things aren’t great and you\u2019re losing money. But you\u2019re afraid to admit it, because what will people think of you? What if your staff starts to doubt you? Will they leave? What if the clients find out, will they leave also? Only when the salon is on deaths door do we admit that were struggling.   ENTER STAGE 2-ADDICTED TO STRESS   For many salon owners the stress levels at this point have become a way of life. You wake up stressed. Go to bed stressed. Stress about being stressed. You actually become proud to be stressed and now when someone complains about there problems you offer your story that always starts with \u201cwell you think you are stressed, I \u2026..\u201d   THE END STAGE 3- WHY DOES THIS ALWAYS HAPPEN TO ME   Your salon, going into failure is actually completely\u00a0out of your control. You know the one. The one that starts with why me, why can\u2019t I get ahead, just once. Why is this happening to me? I can never just have a good break without a staff member leaving or a bill is due that I forgot about. Why me. This is when most people give in and put it into the too hard box, accepting that it will never get better and all the fight in them is almost gone.   Bruce was in stage 1 he was in denial about why, he isn\u2019t in dire straights but it was creeping up on him.   He has to start looking into the business and get a grip with all that is happening. He is taking enough money, that\u2019s for sure. He just needs to manage his finances and get his bills in order. That may mean some BIG decisions on his spending including staff. This sort of collapse creeps up on many salon owners over a slow period of time, it’s the death reaper, and you don’t know it’s happening until it’s too late. But at this stage it can quickly be turned around. But most salon owners continue to lie to themselves year after year, always behind the eight ball, the same thing they have been doing since day one. Nothing is on an upward trajectory except their blood pressure, debt and taxes. 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Bruce spends most of his working week working his hairdressing salon; in fact he works 6 days a week and is the highest earner in the salon. He is booked out and his salon is still busy. It is a mystery to him why he doesn’t have enough money to pay the bills. Bruce wears so many hats, he’s not only broke he’s a mess; he’s stressed to the max. There is always a direct connection between diluted focus and a diluted bank account. He explains he has hit rock bottom and things have to change, and cannot go on like this, \u201cI need to start to work on my business\u201d, but I don\u2019t know where to start\u201d, his life is a train wreck, and he’s desperate. He feels defeated and embarrassed.   This wasn\u2019t always the case. He started out 10 years ago with just him and a few staff and year after year he grew. He was growing fast, making good money. The salon was always booked out and he grew his salon to a team of 12. The salon was taking close to a million dollars a year and Bruce paid himself a good wage for his efforts. In fact Bruce even started to work only a few days a week. He was riding hi and thought he could take on the world. Holidays and fast cars later, a few staff leaving and taking clients. He was still living a champagne lifestyle on a beer budget. The inevitable happened, for the first time ever his bills out weighed his takings. This is the danger of growing fast. You do not have the infrastructure, the strong foundation to rely on. Just take your eye off the ball for a single second and debt will creep in, so slowly you do not realize at first, not until its too late. Then you go through the three stages of despair that arise when your salons are in a state of collapse   STAGE, 1 -DENIAL   We deny were struggling, someone asks how your business is going and you say “Great we’re getting busier and busier” knowing things aren’t great and you\u2019re losing money. 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Growing too quickly means you face another set of challenges, ones that put you at a greater risk than the slow growth that kept you up at night during those first few years. You cannot build a strong building without solid foundations and your salon business is the same. The Lifestyle Foundation Course Fundamentals Program Click Here For More Info.     I would like to introduce you to Bruce (not his real name). He is passionate about what he does and loves going to work every day. Bruce has been a salon owner for 10 years old and his salon was busy, in fact it still is, he has 8 staff and that he is taking over $700,000 a year in revenue, he is nearly bankrupt. Bruce told me that he had maxed out his credit cards and he was so broke he had to ask his parents to lend him money. Bruce spends most of his working week working his hairdressing salon; in fact he works 6 days a week and is the highest earner in the salon. He is booked out and his salon is still busy. It is a mystery to him why he doesn’t have enough money to pay the bills. Bruce wears so many hats, he’s not only broke he’s a mess; he’s stressed to the max. There is always a direct connection between diluted focus and a diluted bank account. He explains he has hit rock bottom and things have to change, and cannot go on like this, \u201cI need to start to work on my business\u201d, but I don\u2019t know where to start\u201d, his life is a train wreck, and he’s desperate. He feels defeated and embarrassed.   This wasn\u2019t always the case. He started out 10 years ago with just him and a few staff and year after year he grew. He was growing fast, making good money. The salon was always booked out and he grew his salon to a team of 12. The salon was taking close to a million dollars a year and Bruce paid himself a good wage for his efforts. In fact Bruce even started to work only a few days a week. He was riding hi and thought he could take on the world. Holidays and fast cars later, a few staff leaving and taking clients. He was still living a champagne lifestyle on a beer budget. The inevitable happened, for the first time ever his bills out weighed his takings. This is the danger of growing fast. You do not have the infrastructure, the strong foundation to rely on. Just take your eye off the ball for a single second and debt will creep in, so slowly you do not realize at first, not until its too late. Then you go through the three stages of despair that arise when your salons are in a state of collapse   STAGE, 1 -DENIAL   We deny were struggling, someone asks how your business is going and you say “Great we’re getting busier and busier” knowing things aren’t great and you\u2019re losing money. But you\u2019re afraid to admit it, because what will people think of you? What if your staff starts to doubt you? Will they leave? What if the clients find out, will they leave also? Only when the salon is on deaths door do we admit that were struggling.   ENTER STAGE 2-ADDICTED TO STRESS   For many salon owners the stress levels at this point have become a way of life. You wake up stressed. Go to bed stressed. Stress about being stressed. You actually become proud to be stressed and now when someone complains about there problems you offer your story that always starts with \u201cwell you think you are stressed, I \u2026..\u201d   THE END STAGE 3- WHY DOES THIS ALWAYS HAPPEN TO ME   Your salon, going into failure is actually completely\u00a0out of your control. You know the one. The one that starts with why me, why can\u2019t I get ahead, just once. Why is this happening to me? I can never just have a good break without a staff member leaving or a bill is due that I forgot about. Why me. This is when most people give in and put it into the too hard box, accepting that it will never get better and all the fight in them is almost gone.   Bruce was in stage 1 he was in denial about why, he isn\u2019t in dire straights but it was creeping up on him.   He has to start looking into the business and get a grip with all that is happening. He is taking enough money, that\u2019s for sure. He just needs to manage his finances and get his bills in order. That may mean some BIG decisions on his spending including staff. This sort of collapse creeps up on many salon owners over a slow period of time, it’s the death reaper, and you don’t know it’s happening until it’s too late. But at this stage it can quickly be turned around. But most salon owners continue to lie to themselves year after year, always behind the eight ball, the same thing they have been doing since day one. Nothing is on an upward trajectory except their blood pressure, debt and taxes. 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