Client told me my fades were "pixelated" and it stung but he was right

A dude in his 30s straight up said my fades looked like stairs instead of smooth blending. I was using too much clipper overlap and not enough flicking with my trimmers between guards. Has anyone else had a customer call out a specific flaw that actually made you better?

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vera_sanchez2d ago

Is it just me or does this kind of honest feedback feel like the only way we actually grow? I've noticed the same pattern in my own life, like when a friend told me my guacamole was too chunky and I was mad about it for a second but then realized they were right (I was half-chopping the avocados like a lazy person). Those little moments where someone points out a specific thing you're doing wrong, it sticks with you way more than general praise. It's like when you're learning a new recipe and someone says "the salt is off" instead of just saying it's okay, you actually fix it.

charliew991d ago

Nah, you're onto something real there. General praise just slides off, but that specific feedback sticks in your head like a burr. It's the difference between someone saying "this is good" and "this is good, but you need to let the meat rest a bit longer so the juices don't run out" - that second one actually changes what you do next time.