The One with the Bad Haircut
When I was 15, I decided I wanted side bangs. A hairstyle where the bangs are cut at an angle and swept to one side of the face rather than falling straight across the entire forehead. Mistake number one.
They were trending in my high school, and I was a freshman, so I naturally wanted to fit in. Mistake number two.
I just wanted a little face-framing moment, nothing drastic. My friend, who of course wasn’t a certified stylist, seeing as she was 14, felt confident after watching a few YouTube videos, and that confidence clearly was enough for me to dumbly hand her a pair of scissors. These were kid’s scissors, by the way. Mistake number three.
We started off fine. The first cut was cautious. But then we couldn’t decide if they were too long. So we trimmed a little more. Then a little more. Then cue the panic. The only way to “fix” it, or so we thought as kids? Even things out on the other side. By the time we were done, I had straight-across bangs that I never asked for. Imagine the shock on my mother’s face when she picked me up from my friend’s house.
Insights from Be A Marketer
I thought about that disaster while listening back to @Teresa Heath-Wareing’s @Be A Marketer episode because, honestly, a lot of business owners do the same thing with their marketing. They start with a simple plan but then second-guess it. They tweak a little here, adjust a little there, and before they know it, they don’t even recognize their original strategy.?
Teresa’s advice? Have a plan. Trust it. And stop cutting when it’s already working. That would’ve been helpful to hear before I cut my bangs, but better late than never.
Takeaways from Teresa’s Episode:?
? Done is better than perfect. Teresa sat on her first online course for a year because she was worried it wasn’t ready. When she finally launched, she sold 28 on day one. She could have saved herself a year of stress by just going for it, and I could’ve saved myself a long time of awkward hair growth.
? Your personality is your best branding tool. Teresa built her business by showing up as herself, not trying to sound like everyone else. That’s what made people stick around.
? Overthinking ruins momentum. Small adjustments are fine, but constant changes just lead to confusion for everyone involved. Stick to what works instead of over-fixing things until you’ve lost sight of the original plan.
Your Challenge: Trust the First Cut
What’s something you’ve been overthinking? A post, an email, a campaign? Stop trimming it down until there’s nothing left. Put it out there. You don’t want to end up with the marketing equivalent of an accidental full-bangs situation.
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4 天前I really like "Done is better than perfect". I need to remember that!