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Take this (yourself and building your brand) seriously especially in a world where many people will not take you seriously regardless of how logically you sell your value.\u00a0 I truly believe so many people enter the industry trapped in the mindset of where they left, as disposable assets for someone else, inhibiting their ability to critically think for themselves!\u00a0 I have a strength of being observant and critically thinking.\u00a0 I can go into a grocery store and see the person at check out on ‘auto pilot’ doing the opposite of what I asked, in a gloomy environment.\u00a0 I can also go into a pricey grocery store and see employees do critical thinking without feedback.\u00a0 I can note the difference in ambiance of one department store to another.\u00a0 I have spent hours to days seeing where my business fit in that spectrum.<\/p>\n
I cannot emphasize enough the importance of having a strong sense of self.\u00a0 Success has a price.\u00a0 Acknowledgement from Mike Phillips, a legend at his craft, was one of the best things to happen me as the detailer Rodney.\u00a0 Confidence in myself can be a powerful tool in a niche field.\u00a0 Part of running a business means being responsible, often for problems that are not fair.\u00a0 Many people are not going to understand you, judge you, and try to exploit you.\u00a0 I am not talking about just the work of running a business. Particularly in a niche like this, you see how you are perceived in the harshest of ways.\u00a0 From people being resentful and malicious for not having the package they want or the price they like for detailing THEY asked you for.\u00a0 People I know expressing unusually dramatic excitement when they hear I own a business.\u00a0 “Wow, what do you do?”\u00a0 Many of those people proceeded to become distant in my life upon hearing the answer, except to see if they can get something free or a discount.\u00a0 To be fair, no way does a 25-year-old version of myself succeed at this business.<\/p>\n
I have had multiple wealthy business owners who knew about, reach out for detailing services.\u00a0 I have had one make condescending comments about my pricing which I am transparent about.\u00a0 I had another one who he and his wife looked at me with disdain while performing a detailing service for them.\u00a0 My pricing was lower during those times.\u00a0 Another person, likely not as affluent, reached out to me to detail a daily driven affordable car.\u00a0 During and after the interior detail service performed, I was thanked multiple times ‘for my hard work’ and tipped me.\u00a0 An important lesson, here is no matter how logical it seems or what background someone comes from, do not automatically assume someone does or does not value what you do.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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