To Infinity and Beyond

“Every great dream begins with a dreamer.  Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world.”

Harriet Tubman

PASSION
pas·sion n.
A powerful emotion, such as love, joy.
Intense, driving, or overmastering feeling or conviction.
Boundless enthusiasm.

SQUARED
squared v.
To raise (a number or quantity) to the second power.

We all understand what passion means, quite frankly, I think our industry invented the word.  One of the gazillion awesome things about hairdressers (you) is the beautiful passion that you have for your art, clients, team mates, community and business. But what does Squared mean?

True Story
I will never forget the day, many years ago, when my incredibly awesome mentor and hero, John Paul DeJoria, said to me “I would rather have a passionate bitch working for me than someone who doesn’t care.” I love that man, always have, always will.  I took it as a compliment. And he meant it as one. I have always stayed true to my beliefs.  My passion has served me well.  Yes, at times it gets me into trouble, but I will always be me, and if at times, people see that as being a “passionate bitch”, so be it.  I care.  And that means more than anything.

Do I Have to Do Math?
Squared has many meanings.  The math one is what trips me up sometimes, and when I’m tripped up, I call Gordon (which I did last night), and he clears it all up. But this is not about a math lesson, this is about understanding the power of taking our passion and multiplying it via the social web.

Social Squared
The social platforms we play on are allowing us to share our passion like never before.  And big stuff, big changes and shifts can happen when people around the world have the ability to connect and engage.  In the old days (10 years ago), we did not have the ability like we have today to engage people and share with people.  Today, we can get online and educate and inspire the world.  This is powerful stuff.

How are you using social platforms to share your passion? To live your dream?  To make your dent in the universe?  Click here or hop on over to our Facebook page to share your story. We want to hear from you.

(shared with LOVE from your passionista Nina)