“To find the sublime there is a balance where elements of pain and passion become equal: on a bike, pedaling in the environment, a human being an find divinity.”
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Most of us now work in teams, in offices without walls, for managers who prize people skills above all. Lone geniuses are out. Collaboration is in.
But there’s a problem with this view. Research strongly suggests that people are more creative when they enjoy privacy and freedom from interruption
”The past 6 years I’ve worked in open office environments and have always felt like the distracted, noise and interruptions were slowly killing me. It’s nice to see articles like this challenging the herding of creatives into open rooms as a good strategy. I’m even an extrovert, energized from being with people. But when it comes to the creative process, and doing things well, being in an open office isn’t productive. I’d even say the collaboration that happens on the fly isn’t that helpful - it tends to be more distraction onto watching SNL on Hulu from the weekend or not being able to escape the long skype/phone call of the person near you.
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You know you’re trying to push into three startups when your daily time budget starts looking like notes for building a World of Warcraft character.
I probably need to write more about it, but I’m a huge fan of the people and culture in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. In fact when I was in the midst of making a decision on what to do next as I was leaving LifeChurch.tv the one thing my wife and I did know for sure is that we wanted to stay in Oklahoma City. That’s saying a lot as we came from southern california when we moved here 3 years ago, but like I said, that another post.
For the longest time I’ve always wavered between quality and price when it comes to personal aesthetics. I don’t buy new clothes… ever. And it shows! I also have always been intimidated to try and use a nice barber / salon cause I didn’t really know what I was going for in a personal style. Well, I did, but look awesome is a little too general to walk in with.
This year I’m much more focused on just taking more ownership of those things. I’m not becoming a fashionista but just actually starting to pay attention to it now. That brings us to today. It’d been about 6 weeks since I’d had a hair cut, and just rolling to the typical chain didn’t seem like the best choice. Anymore it’s not all that inexpensive ($20) and the quality varies GREATLY. Plus I’ve never really felt (and I obviously have limited exposure) that many of the stylists I’d met had the confidence for artist and creative license with my look.
Translation: I’m not a hair stylist, and not up on look and need help with creating a style.
So, today I decided to take a chance to go a different place, spend a little extra, and see if I could find an artist to help me with my style. The first place I looked was in my KeepItLocalOK App for the salon’s around me. This isn’t just for the ease of use in a directory of the best businesses locally, but in my opinion if you have the drive and confidence to start a business you are more likely to have the expertise I’m want.
I found Trichology on there and remembered hearing many friends talk about them, I’d seen them on Social Media, and new they were a local startup only a couple years young. I went to their site and they had online appointments you could set - but I’m lazy so I just found them on Twitter and asked if they had any open spots. Knowing I’d gone around their system I was pleasantly surprised when they just set me an appointment 30 minutes later!
I got to meet Travis and as soon as I sat down I knew I’d made the right choice. Travis’ first instinct was to start thinking and visioning what sort of haircut would look the best, not just doing “rinse and repeat” of whatever style I’d be going for before that. The conversation was great, the attention to detail was a fresh experience and I love the new haircut. The group in Trichology were super friendly, glad to serve, and responsive on social media in a way that made my experience easy, fast and helpful.
I’ll be coming back every 2 weeks or so to Trichology. They are a hair salon that hasn’t hidden from technology or new expectations of the people they serve - but have instead embraced it and it only reveals more of what’s great about their business.
The final kicker? With my keepitlocal ok card the cut was only $10 more then I usually pay with a cut and experience that was great.
What local business in Oklahoma City do you want to brag on?
(Oh, and a special note, in Trichology they have “Free Wax Fridays” if you’ve got some pesky eye brows that need handling’.)
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It’s not surprising that Portland and New York are ranked high in a new report about the best places to get around without your car, but the other bike-friendly destinations may surprise you. Have you tried walking to work in Alaska?
We need to get Oklahoma (Tulsa/OKC) on these lists. Culturally it’s not just about transportation but evidence of the conscience in cultures creating innovation, health, diversity and change.
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What wrong, what’s right? (men’s wear mercy appeal)
