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Philosophy

Haircut

April 16, 2007

Posted by leah.jones

Yesterday I got my haircut. Chopped might be a better word for what I did, but we'll go with haircut. For the last two months my hair has been in a ponytail nearly every day. Actually, my hair has been in a ponytail for almost two years.

Two years ago I was told by a man I was interested in that he liked my hair pulled back. "Oh," I thought, "then I shall pull my hair back." I ignored the fact that it looked better down or short, because I valued his opinion and if he liked it in a ponytail, then it was going in a ponytail.

Yesterday I told the stylist, "You must make it too short for me to put into a ponytail. It's okay if you take off a lot, I trust you." I like to think that I make a stylist's day when I tell her that. "I trust you, you are the professional. Cut away."

But this is a PR blog, not a hair blog, so how does this story possibly relate? Look at the tools and ideas you typically reach for first. Were you in a brainstorm a few years ago and got a compliment on a program idea? Have you latched onto that program and tried to make it fit year after year?

Perhaps you were pitching reporters and on the third day you got a compliment. Did you shift your pitching style to fit that one reporter, even if it didn't work for anyone else?

Is it time for you to get a new PRstyle? Take a good look at your habits and decide if they still serve you. If they are based on an empty compliment from two years ago, maybe it's time to cut it loose and find a new angle.

What is your "haircut" story?

posted by leah.jones

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