Ep. 395 • Why Obsession Beats Talent Every Time for Lisa Giles
The Hair Game
Salon Republic
4.6 • 570 Ratings
🗓️ 28 April 2025
⏱️ 55 minutes
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Summary
Stylist & CEO of education platform @straightoutofcosmo @lifeoflisag found that her passion for hair carried her to success even when she found herself struggling with technique. Her positive energy and outward excitement attracted & kept many clients in her chair.
We discuss creativity, seeking inspo outside of the industry, and the power of mindset. Do you find anxiety or thrill in new client interactions?
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| 0:00.0 | And I always try to remind hairdressers, obsession beats talent every time. |
| 0:04.4 | Your obsession and your creativity and your love for your job will always continue to outshine your true talent. |
| 0:14.9 | Hi, I'm Travis Parker. |
| 0:16.5 | I'm Angela Stephen. |
| 0:17.5 | I'm Matt Swinney. |
| 0:18.4 | Hi, I'm Julie Klein. |
| 0:19.7 | Hey, it's Mermaidg Hair and you're listening to The Hair Game Podcast. |
| 0:27.1 | Hey, everybody, Donovan here, producer of the Hair Game Podcast. |
| 0:30.8 | We have some new locations of Salon Republic opening up soon. |
| 0:34.7 | We have one in Encino. |
| 0:36.4 | And also one up in the Bay Area |
| 0:38.1 | San Carlos is coming up soon so go to salonrepublic.com or our link in bio you can book a tour |
| 0:45.0 | for those places. Get dibs on your new space. Also don't forget we do have video versions of our |
| 0:50.7 | episodes available on our YouTube channel. That's the hair game so subscribe to the hair game and check us out there. All right, on to our episode with Lisa G. |
| 1:01.4 | How you doing, Lisa? Eric, I'm living the dream. I'm super pumped to be here today. |
| 1:06.2 | I love it. Thank you so much for being here. We're going to get to know you today. |
| 1:15.6 | I'm going to introduce you. You're an L.A.-based hairdresser. I was going to say Orange County, |
| 1:21.0 | but you can give us the whole story in the background between that. Maybe it used to be Orange County. |
| 1:29.2 | No, I'm still in O.C. I'm based at O.C. I'm based in Newport, but I travel from Newport to Huntington Beach to West Hollywood into San Diego. Ah, well, I sure you're driving a lot. Yeah, a lot. I put a lot of miles on my car |
| 1:36.0 | since I moved to California. I bet. And traffic has gotten so much worse. This is for the |
| 1:42.0 | Southern California listeners, and we have a lot of Southern California listeners. The traffic in L.A. has gotten so much worse. This is for the Southern California listeners, and we have a lot of |
| 1:45.2 | Southern California listeners. The traffic in L.A. has gotten brutal since the fires. Yeah. Yeah, I've only |
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