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The Hair Game

HIGHLIGHTS • Why Obsession Beats Talent Every Time for Lisa Giles

The Hair Game

Salon Republic

Business, Arts, Fashion & Beauty

4.6570 Ratings

🗓️ 28 April 2025

⏱️ 11 minutes

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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?

This Week's Topics:

Life in Delaware and Early Career
The Importance of Passion in Hairdressing
Finding Inspiration Outside the Hair World
Mindset and Anxiety in the Beauty Industry
Self-Doubt and Client Relationships
Reimagining Education in the Beauty Industry
 
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Transcript

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0:00.0

These are the highlights of the full episode.

0:09.0

Hey everybody, Donovan here, producer of the Hair Game podcast. We have some new locations of

0:15.1

Salon Republic opening up soon. We have one in Encino and also one up in the Bay Area. San

0:20.5

Carlos is coming up soon.

0:22.4

So go to Salon Republic.com.

0:24.6

Or our link in bio, you can book a tour for those places.

0:28.5

Get dibs on your new space.

0:30.4

Also, don't forget, we do have video versions of our episodes available on our YouTube channel.

0:35.0

That's the Hair Game.

0:35.9

So subscribe to the Hair Game and check us out there.

0:39.4

All right, on to our episode with Lisa G.

0:43.4

Yeah, I hate to say that, but yeah, I just, I was good. I was like the, the baby of the group of the salon that I was at who everybody wanted to come to me because I was funky

0:54.7

and loud and just obsessed, you know, with this, with this job. And I built, I built my success

1:02.7

very quickly at a young age, I think. Yeah. And I'm kind of like the picture is forming. You have all

1:10.7

this passion for it.

1:12.5

You, and that's attractive to clients.

1:15.4

I mean, for somebody, you know, like you just described, to be young and passionate and excited.

1:21.0

A lot of clients that I run into that I talk about just in normal social conversation when they hear about what I do. And then

1:28.8

they inevitably tell me about their hairdresser or they just switched or they want to switch or

1:34.4

they're happy or whatever. When they want to switch is because they get bored with their hairdresser.

1:39.8

The hairdresser does the same thing every time, you know, month after month, visit after visit,

1:45.6

year after year. And they're like, I'm kind of thinking about a change. But, and I'm always like,

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