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August 7, 2024 21 mins

In the beauty industry, it's easy to blur the line of being an artist vs owning a buiness. Ambrosia opens the conversation on bad business advice and deceptive tactics on working less, charging less, and making more. From misleading pricing claims to hidden context, we expose the tactics that social media can use to manipulate popular consumption for truth. Join us as we discuss the impact of these lies on your income, business, and future. Ambrosia also provides tips on how to approach navigating the mindset of exchanging money for time and the long-term ramifications for underchanging. Don't miss this episode if you're ready to uncover the reality of compounding effects and empower yourself with knowledge.


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Key Take-Aways:


1. Most advice on social media lacks context or is missing important parts of the story.


2. Doing something for a long time doesn’t give someone the right to teach, but learning the craft of teaching and holding retention does.


3. People say things that are inflammatory because it gets attention and followers.


4. If you don’t raise your prices, and your costs keeps going up…understand that you are choosing to be the one who absorbs the cost.


5. I’m either free or expensive, but I’m never cheap.


6. You can choose to comp your work as a gift or give back through charity work, but never raising prices for repeat clients is bad business.


7. There is a difference between goodwill and good business.


8. It’s impossible to book less time, charge less, and make more money.


9. The reason it’s important to learn how to operate your business is so that you can take care of your future self.


10. It’s the sustainable stuff that builds wealth, confidence, and relationships.


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