Contest: Everything About My Work

Hello steemians

Is good to post in this community after a long time, I was once posting in this community until I began to see contests that are quite difficult for me so I stayed away for sometime and became more active in other communities. My work is a very wonderful and stressful one but am not into it fully because am still learning as am working and am into the business fully.

AT THE BEGINNING

I saw the world evolving around me without mercy, I saw that alot of graduates weren't getting the jobs they expect from the field they studied in school. I then told myself that if I also end up like this youths, my life might be ruined. I didn't care that am a steemian but I still wanted a physical job to make me stand strong on my own.

I decided to learn a skill which is the rock of success to me. Assuming these graduates learnt a skill before entering school, they would have been working for themselves instead of working under people and getting small payment or even becoming rascals in the streets.

I chose barbing because barbers make alot of money in big countries like USA, Canada and so many others. I withdrew few of my steem and registered after I got tired of waiting for my parents to pay the fee with their own money. I began to learn the skill but I wasn't learning fast at all.

MY CAREER GROWTH JOURNEY

I was beginning to face difficulties in the work as I was spoiling people's children's hair, I almost felt like giving up but I strongly believe that God will remember me one day and make me a very wonderful professional barber.

I have been improving for the past few months and the reason for my improvement is sound practice. Each time customers come, I will turn on the generator and barb them, most times in the morning and afternoon, I don't on generator to barb, I make use of my smart wireless clipper.

THE NATURE OF MY WORK

My work is a very stressful one because you can't rest until the customers are finished. Barbing is a work that has to do with patience and smartness, if you are a barber and you aren't patient, you will lose alot of customers because most customers tend to waste our time claiming that the customer is always right.

There are times some will come to barb and I will cover them with neck wrapper to present hairs from touching their body and once am about to start, they phone will automatically ring and they will tell me to wait. The will begin to make call for more than 10 minutes which piss me off alot.

Most times when I make use of generator, I will switch it off and wait till they are now because fuel is very precious. If you are not also smart in this work, you will lose alot because there are sometimes customers will want you to barb clipper or other things them and they won't give you transport fare.

To survive and gain in such situation, all you need to do is just to increase the price of the item you want to buy for them, don't tell them the actual price but something higher. Barbing is also good because you will make lot of money once you are known as a barber that can barb very well.

WHAT I HAVE LEARNT

I have learnt alot in this profession because through it I was able to learn how to give people want they really want as long as they are paying for my service. I also learnt that patience is also the key to greatness. Once you are very patient, you will profit alot in this profession.

Barbing has thought me how to manage important things like clippers and a salon. I take care of clippers alot and I always ensure that the salon is neat and sparkling. I also ensure that the brush and combs I use on customers hair are always n the neat.

HOW I'D MANAGE MY WORK LIFE BALANCE

Barbing is a very stressful work like I said earlier, I will wake up every morning and rush to the salon and come back home few minutes to 11pm, I never get time for myself except nights and Sundays. Though most barbers always go to work on Sundays and stay there till night, they don't go to church at all.

This is why most times when there's no customers in the salon, I will begin to blog in steemit till when they come to barb. I always try my best to be active in steemit everyday day even if my work is a very busy one, I love steemit and nothing can stop me from being a steemian.

Thanks so much for reading friends, I really appreciate it. I thank @harferri for organizing this contest.