Resilience is our ability to adapt and bounce back when things don’t go as planned. Resilient people acknowledge the situation, learn from their mistakes and then move forward, rather than wallowing or dwelling on failures.

There are three elements (the 3 C’s) that are essential to resilience:

Challenge

People who have a high level of resilience will see a difficulty as a challenge, preferring to see their failures and mistakes as lessons to be learned from, which then leads to opportunities for further growth.

Commitment

Resilient people are committed to achieving their salon business goals and enjoying the entire scope of their lives. They commit to business, their hobbies, friends and family – everything they care about.

(Personal) Control

Resilient people recognize the benefits of spending their time and energy focusing on situations and events that they have control over. They tend to feel empowered and confident because they put their efforts where they expect to get the best results and outcomes. Whereas those with little resilience are more inclined to spend time worrying about events they perceive not to have any control over and end up feeling lost and powerless. Subsequently, taking any action to improve a situation seems pointless.

To improve resilience, learning to change thought patterns is vital. How we look at adversity and stressful situations really does affect how we succeed. This is the number one reason that developing a resilient mindset is so important for business success. Running a successful salon business demands dealing with challenges on a daily basis.

Resilient people, no matter what the setback, never see themselves as victims: instead, they have a positive outlook for the future, a desire to achieve clearly defined salon goals, while remaining empathetic to their peers, without wasting time worrying about what others think about them. The ideal recipe for salon business success!

Interestingly, how we explain setbacks to ourselves is also important in building resilience. For example, start to see the effects of disappointing events as temporary, not permanent. Stop blaming yourself when things go wrong, instead start to see the circumstances or other people as the cause. Try not to let failure and setback affect unrelated areas of your life.

Failing and making mistakes is an inevitable part of being a salon business owner. Being resilient allows us to bounce back, learn from the lessons and move on to bigger and better experiences: resilience gives us the power to overcome setbacks.

Top Tips to Improve and Build a Resilient Mindset:

• Learn to relax

• Consistently practice feeling optimistic and positive thinking

• Consciously change the way you used to think about negative experiences

• Take the lessons from mistakes and failures

• Your reaction is always up to you; be proactive about your goals and choose your responses

• Avoid blowing events out of proportion and maintain perspective

• Align your values with your salon goals

• Be flexible, understanding that things change and even the best made plans may need to be shelved

You have chosen to be a business owner or manager – welcome to the bumpy road of entrepreneurship! From time to time you will encounter setbacks, defeats and failures – many of which will seem fatal. But, they are not. As entrepreneurs there is no such thing as failure, only experience and feedback. You have to keep going, stay strong, even cheerful when the going gets tough.

Love your stairs!
Learn to enjoy, even welcome the challenges that your business projects present to you. The most important thing is to continue to prioritise and maintain your appetite for your business.

Remember there is always a way
Get into the habit of looking for possibilities instead of limitations. Running a successful salon business is also about having fun.

Make many attempts
Resilience is about bouncing back. In business it is necessary to try many times, try many ideas, many products and many start up projects. Accept that you have to make several attempts to find the winning formula, then it becomes easier to sit back and enjoy the ride.

Have back-up plans
Salon business doesn’t always go to plan, so resilient people will accept that it is necessary to have a back-up plan in place, then what might have become a failure simply becomes plan B. There will always be things you can’t control in your salon business.

Spot the opportunity in every challenge
Having the mindset of always looking for the opportunity no matter how challenging the situation is, will prove to be an invaluable life skill.

Become a master of the comeback!

💬 “The road to success is rarely smooth—resilience is your superpower. Bounce back, power through, and lead your salon with unshakable strength.”

Ready to grow your resilience and build a stronger salon business? Connect with us at www.lizmckeon.com, email [email protected], or call +353 1 892 8007 today.