BeautyNZ Magazine Autumn 2024
BeautyNZ magazine is a professional beauty trade magazine published on behalf of the New Zealand Association of Registered Beauty Professionals Inc. The NZARBP is recognised as the premier industry organisation with a 50 year history of supporting members, regulating the industry, and promoting a qualified workforce. The non-profit group educates, informs, provides advice, and keeps the industry up-to-date with the latest information through its magazine.
BeautyNZ magazine is a professional beauty trade magazine published on behalf of the New Zealand Association of Registered Beauty Professionals Inc. The NZARBP is recognised as the premier industry organisation with a 50 year history of supporting members, regulating the industry, and promoting a qualified workforce. The non-profit group educates, informs, provides advice, and keeps the industry up-to-date with the latest information through its magazine.
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Some of Bridgette’s<br />
favourite books<br />
• Monitor financial health and seek<br />
professional advice to ensure<br />
financial stability and growth.<br />
• Join or create a business support<br />
group in your industry, be open to<br />
learning from each other instead of<br />
reinventing the wheel.<br />
My mantra is, “there is always a positive<br />
in a negative, you just need to find<br />
it”. This can set the scene for you as a<br />
business owner to improve systems and<br />
processes and to rethink business values<br />
and recruitment when you encounter<br />
a negative. Always look to turn around<br />
what will feel like an issue so it becomes<br />
a positive rather than at face value, a<br />
negative.<br />
HAVE THE PASSION<br />
I believe without passion for what you<br />
do, you have nothing and everything will<br />
feel hard and it will show. Any business<br />
owner will start with a passion for their<br />
business.<br />
Amidst the daily demands<br />
of running the business,<br />
juggling numerous<br />
tasks while facing<br />
challenges<br />
and personal<br />
responsivities<br />
at home,<br />
it is not<br />
uncommon<br />
to lose sight of<br />
that passion.<br />
When you<br />
do, you can<br />
be left feeling<br />
emotionally challenged and tired. This is<br />
where a support network of people can<br />
bring you back and become your guide.<br />
I myself, employed a business mentor<br />
early on who helped to provide clarity<br />
to my business plan and ideas. He was<br />
there for me to bounce my ideas off and<br />
was the person I was accountable to.<br />
For me he was invaluable and still is, five<br />
years later.<br />
Remember too that a mentor’s<br />
effectiveness is also based on your<br />
willingness to implement their advice.<br />
Also know that having the right mentor<br />
for you and your business is crucial.<br />
Look for someone who aligns with your<br />
values, has experience in your industry<br />
or one that has the same synergies.<br />
You also need to have a mutually<br />
compatible working style and trust<br />
for building a strong mentor-mentee<br />
relationship.<br />
Coming back to “there is always a<br />
positive in a negative, you just need<br />
to find it”, sometimes it will feel all too<br />
hard, but there will be a positive. You<br />
will find strength in every challenge,<br />
if you bring your personal power.<br />
Embrace setbacks as opportunities for<br />
growth and when you come up against<br />
them, use your professional network<br />
as a sounding board. Success lies in<br />
adapting, learning and staying resilient<br />
and remember you are not alone.<br />
AUTUMN <strong>2024</strong> EDITION<br />
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