/01 STARTING WITH QUESTIONS

I’VE NEVER BEEN PARTICULARLY INTERESTED IN DOING SOMETHING JUST BECAUSE THAT’S THE WAY IT’S ALWAYS BEEN DONE.

MOST OF WHAT I’VE LEARNED BEHIND THE CHAIR HAS COME FROM ASKING QUESTIONS.

WHY DID THAT HAPPEN?
WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF I CHANGED THIS?
WHY DOES THIS WORK ON ONE HEAD AND COMPLETELY FALL APART ON ANOTHER?
IS THERE A BETTER WAY?

SOME OF THOSE QUESTIONS LED TO ANSWERS. SOME LED TO MORE QUESTIONS. A FEW LED DIRECTLY TO MISTAKES; WHICH INCONVENIENTLY, ARE SOME OF THE BEST TEACHERS.

THAT’S REALLY WHAT FIELD NOTES IS FOR.

A PLACE TO SHARE THE THINGS I’M THINKING ABOUT, LEARNING, TESTING, QUESTIONING, AND NOTICING ALONG THE WAY. HAIR, EDUCATION, BUSINESS, TEACHING, AND ALL THE THINGS THAT COME WITH BUILDING A CAREER IN THIS INDUSTRY.

NOT ANOTHER PLACE TO TELL YOU “THE RIGHT” WAY TO DO SOMETHING.

JUST A PLACE TO LOOK A LITTLE CLOSER.

BECAUSE I THINK THERE’S USUALLY MORE TO LEARN WHEN WE UNDERSTAND WHY SOMETHING WORKS, NOT JUST WHAT WE’RE SUPPOSED TO DO.

SO CONSIDER THIS THE FIRST NOTE.

THERE WILL PROBABLY BE SOME HAIR.

THERE WILL DEFINITELY BE SOME OPINIONS.

AND I RESERVE TEH RIGHT TO CHANGE MY MIND.

XO SHANNON