Author: Joseph Kellner

Hairdresser/Mua/Photographer/Film-Maker/Artist in Orlando, Florida 34787

Donor for THE REAL HAIR TRUTH SPANKTHESALON.COM (Maureen Champion)

~ Joseph Kellner
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Hi! My name is Maureen “Mo” Hunt Champion. After 23 years as a professional colorist, I present to you SPANKTHESALON.COM. This is a website created for all salon professionals created by a salon professional who understands. It’s where you can promote yourself and a great way to never lose clients and how you can make new ones!

How do we do it? You simply tell your clients that you’re on SPANKTHESALON.COM and they will always be able to find YOU!  Want to help your client with a referral for a service that you don’t provide or the client is going out-of-town? No problem with SPANKTHESALON.COM! Your clients trust you and you can lead them in the right direction for talented services.   SPANKTHESALON.COM is a place to bring the salon industry and clients together no matter what.

My obsession in this industry started when I was 4 years old doing hair and has never been stronger. As a graduate of Robert Fiance Cosmetology school in New York City I was able to master my skills and follow my passion!  Now, follow your passion and let your clients keep up with you!

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Best Wishes Always

Maureen Champion

One Of The Most Beautiful Days Of My Life!

~ Joseph Kellner

The day was full of filming and meeting everyone, especially a new cameraman. He turned out pretty good. But meeting Rocco DiBenardo again for more B-role filming and also asking a few more questions. And having the time to interview Claudia Diesti for a full interview I am very tired. It takes a lot out of you during the process of a film,  makeup, set production, production crew, and just being able to clear your mind to fully ask the questions needed and finding an opening in a  persons soul is very, very exhausting. The time given to me today will stay in my mind forever, and having the honor of being around such talented, inquisitive, professionals is a gift money could not by.

Even though it takes a strong financial commitment for this process, I get to interview all types of professionals but this day was truly special out of all the filming I have done for THE REAL HAIR TRUTH.  The hospitality I received from Rocco was not less than 5-star.

The time they took also when my assistant was being filmed with them and giving her there own personal advice to all of her questions was truly beautiful. I see a lot of my thoughts changing about certain topics and also experiences I have had during this 2-3 year venture.  And to tell the truth everyone’s story’s of success are truly inspirational and also so individual. I am  very fortunate to be associated with these professionals, and looking into there lives for just a few hours is monumental. There thoughts, secrets, and advice they tell me is very compelling.

I am their safe guard during the process, I guess it is part psychological, and the other part being in the same industry as them we can relate to the feelings of professionalism, or what we would like to see change in the industry. Fortunately I see the real hairdressing industry through them, or is it a dream of mine?  Or is the industry just what you make it? The more I film the more questions come into my mind. Thoughts, ideas, but each filming we do I feel I need to go further to really tell the story for what it is.  To stay on the right track. Appeasement people will tell me should suffice for the film. But they don’t have to deal with the inner questions that ravage my sleep nightly.

I cannot take short minded views to the truth.  Or listen to people say, “This is how the business works Joseph, Why change it”.  I will expose the truth. I cannot express the great time I had today and the variety of filming we did for the documentary. LOT ‘S OF B-ROLE. May God bless each of these individuals I have been with. And letting me share their life for a few short hours. And thank good for a good cameraman.

Joseph Kellner

I want!

~ Joseph Kellner

WANT is a word I hear all to often in my profession. I want this or that.  But to want is a word that has many descriptions, the new generations  in my profession want all the time. And don’t WANT to put the time into their skills, employment, or professional responsibility’s.  Want is something driven into you and something that is everlasting and cannot be confused with the want of the material aspect, or the want of a  casual timely decision.   But the universal idea of succeeding and pushing yourself to attain the goals you have objectively planned out for yourself.  Salon owners now find it hard to fill a position of employment for stylists.  Because the Cosmetology Schools have given these young professionals an idea that it is so easy.  And stardom will be achieved in a few years.   Financial income that is.  And to attain a level of craftmanship will not come completely to the Young Professional who want it over nite. Over-nite I assume that means 2-3 years in my profession. And with the economy in such a shambles  it will weed out the committed from the  I want’s out of the profession.

Want can carry you to levels you have never seen. And will open many doors thought to be closed by our own psychological barriers. Wanting to be the BEST, when the higher-ups around you have succeeded in attaining your attention to your inconsistencys, technical deficiency’s. When I finished my apprentice ships, I would go outside the salon with a mannequin and a stand and PRACTICE, can you believe that PRACTICE! And practice I did, and as time went by I became good, then REAL GOOD.  The customer will say this to you, but one word of professional advice. Want, Want, and Want. Forget all about the nay sayers believe in yourself and WANT!

Try to see that in this industry there is a lot of want. But to really succeed you must have a burning desire to want . And at times I feel that is instilled in you at birth a trait you may call it. A Want TO SUCCEED AT ANY LEVEL AND EXPECT TO MAKE FAILURES AND KNOWING THAT THE PLANNED ROUTE YOU ARE ON IS ONLY TRAVELED BY YOU. And people will follow your route! And say to themselves, ” It is not working for me ! WHY?!” They traveled the route you made for yourself. And wanting it was so much easier for them, following your route was ever so easy and finding out in the  ending it was all a disillusion to them. Because they really did not want. YOU WANTED.

Persistance

~ Joseph Kellner

 

Just as carbon hardens steel — persistence hardens your willpower to blast past any obstacles you encounter as you pursue your dreams. I’ve worked with people all of my professional life, and here’s what I’ve observed: Very few have REALLY decided what they want from life … and fewer still have committed to achieve it. Why is this important? Because without clarity and commitment, there is no persistence. To develop the quality of persistence, you must want something so much that it becomes a burning desire ­- a fire in your belly! Persistence is then virtually automatic, and you become unstoppable. It’s commonly believed that a lack of persistence is the result of a weak willpower. This is NOT true! A person can have a highly evolved willpower, but still lack the persistence needed to achieve their goals. In most cases, those who lack persistence simply do not have a goal that lights their passion. Here are four relatively simple steps to develop persistence:

  1. Create a clearly defined goal. Your goal must be something you truly desire. Because without emotional fire and desire, you will not be able to reach into the portion of your mind that can really drive you to achievement -­ your subconscious.  
  2. Develop a plan of action and go to work immediately. It’s perfectly OK if your plan just covers the first stage of the journey toward your goal. As you begin to execute your plan, you’ll discover other steps that will take you closer.  
  3. Make an irrevocable decision to reject any negative feedback of friends, relatives or neighbors. Refuse to give any conscious attention to conditions or circumstances that appear to indicate your goal cannot be accomplished.  
  4. Establish a mastermind group of one or more people who will encourage, support and assist you.

Joseph Kellner

10 Steps You Can Take To Guarantee Failure

~ Joseph Kellner

1. Make your goals vague – When setting your goals, use adjectives such as “more” and “some.” Goals like “I want to make more money” or “I want to lose some weight” virtually guarantee your progress will be minimal. Be as wishy-washy as possible. And while you’re at it, you might want to set a goal of getting a job doing something.

2. Make your goals difficult to visualize – A good way to do this is to keep changing your mind on the details of your goal. If you are thinking a goal such as: “I want to own a red, blue or yellow Corvette or just a Mustang”, then you are definitely on the right track. If you kept that goal planted firmly in your mind, you are virtually guaranteed you’ll never go above a used Hyundai.

3. Think and speak negatively about your goals – Try using words like “I can’t” and “It’s too hard”. Goals such as “I can’t get a promotion, It’s too hard to take on more responsibility” will certainly keep you at the bottom of the food chain. If you can put it in writing or work up enough courage to tell your boss directly, he or she will almost definitely avoid promoting you from that point on. Who knows, you might get lucky and get fired! It’s worth a shot anyway.

4. Avoid planning incremental steps – It’s likely that if you have made it this far you are already following this rule already! Take a goal – even a specific goal like “I will double my income by this time next year”. Then simply leave it as-is. Don’t write down any tasks or steps you’ll need to complete in order to achieve it. Just consider the goal a wish and nothing more. Creating a step-by-step plan will only confuse matters because it’s all too easy to take action on simple steps. Action in the direction of your goal would lead to success and you definitely don’t want that.

5. Don’t Do – Talk – Because talk is easier than action, this step one of the easiest steps for you to take. Try to fill up as much of your day with socializing as possible. Talk about all the things you will do someday or that you were gonna do. Just make sure you don’t mess it up by doing anything productive. Action is your enemy. Embrace your excuses!

6. Wait until you are motivated – Let’s face it, it’s much too difficult to go jogging or open a mutual fund account when you simply don’t feel like it. So just wait. Waiting gives you the peace of mind that someday, you might do something. But not yet, the timing isn’t right and you aren’t motivated anyway.

7. Don’t set a date – Setting a date when you expect to achieve your goal is too much pressure. Who needs it? definitely not you if you want to avoid progress. You know that goals with dates get done, so by not setting a date you avoid making a commitment. You can keep putting off stuff. Even though people may ask “When are you ever going to get around to reaching your target?”, you have a wild card. By not having a date, you can put off actually doing anything.

8. List why it’s impossible – Now we are getting into the mental game of failing. This is quite possibly your greatest weapon against achievement because it destroys hope and optimism. So as soon as possible, set aside some time to create a long list of how impossible your goal really is. No matter what your target is, I am sure you can come up with plenty of reasons why it’s impossible. Be creative, make up some if you have to (i.e. “It’s impossible for me to lose weight because I was kidnapped by space aliens and injected with a fat-serum.”) Bonus: You get extra points if you can come up with an excuse using UFOs, ghosts or the Bermuda Triangle.

9. Don’t research your goal – You’re the kind of guy or gal who likes to “wing it.” Reading about how others have succeeded achieving a goal similar to you is just a waste of time. Instead of standing on their shoulders, they should be standing on yours! Sure, they might have overcome unbelievable odds to get from homelessness to CEO but they were probably just “lucky” anyway. Don’t read anything that promises to help you get to your destination.

10. Think of anything except your goal – Here’s another mental strategy that will put you on the fast track to failure. Think of anything except for your goal. Why visualize success when there’s plenty of clouds, teddy bears, and TV reruns to think about? And while you’re at it, take action on these flights of fancy instead of your goal. I know what you’re thinking…you’re thinking “I wonder if there are any green teddy bears out there?” Now you’re getting it! Focusing on your goal for long periods of time can be difficult and challenging. Thinking about unicorns is easy and fun. Take the easy path, that’s the only way you can fail in record time.

To conclude, I know you might be a bit overwhelmed with all the work you have to do to avoid reaching your goal. You might even think it’s even more work. Never fear! You can do it. Print out a copy and hang it on your bathroom mirror. Post it in your office. Read it every day. Internalize these principles and you can reach depths of failure you have possibly never imagined!

Joseph Kellner