Ep. 375 • Leaving Imposter Syndrome Behind w/ Ira Pope Sage
The Hair Game
Salon Republic
4.9 • 571 Ratings
🗓️ 25 November 2024
⏱️ 55 minutes
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Indie Educator of the Year & Ambassador @irapopesage was labeled a 'bad boy' in his youth - he shares his journey to becoming a successful platform artist in the hair industry.
We discuss the challenges he faced, including imposter syndrome and vulnerability while performing on stage. Ira emphasizes the importance of developing unique techniques and the need to address fear within the industry.
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| 0:00.0 | He said the only objective we had to do, and the targets that we had to nail was look cool, doing cool hair. So as a young, 23-year-old kid, that was very comfortable. And so early on, it was just about, I didn't have to talk. I could just do this. Hey, this is Nina Covener with Passion Squared. This is Anthony Pauso. I'm Jessica Warburton. |
| 0:21.1 | Hey, this is Ryan Weiden. |
| 0:22.3 | Welcome to The Hair Game Podcast. |
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| 1:13.5 | All right, on to our episode with Ira Sage. |
| 1:18.9 | Hey Ira, how are you? Very good, Eric. How are you? I'm doing fantastic. So I was just |
| 1:24.4 | complimenting, complimenting Ira on all of the elements of his style that I love so much. |
| 1:30.1 | And so just right out of the gate for the listeners, if you haven't, if you don't know Ira, go to his page. |
| 1:36.0 | Well, not if you're driving to the salon right now. |
| 1:38.3 | Don't go to his page because you're supposed to be watching the road. |
| 1:41.1 | But if you're walking the dog or whatever, go to his page. |
| 1:44.0 | Ira Pope Sage. And you're walking the dog or whatever, go to his page, Ira Pope, |
| 1:44.9 | sage, and you're going to see immediately what he has been doing. And it's been pretty amazing. |
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