The Things You Need To Stop Doing If You Want To Keep Growing

In this episode of The Modern Hairstylist Podcast, Hunter Donia and Jodie Brown get into one of Hunter's most deeply held beliefs: your time is one of your most valuable business resources, and at a certain level of success, how you are spending it is either compounding your growth or quietly capping it. Hunter is direct that this episode is particularly relevant once you have hit the 75K to 100K mark in your business. Because at that point, the things that got you here, doing everything yourself, being hands on in every department, giving your personal touch to every single task, are the exact same things that are going to keep you stuck if you do not start letting them go. Key Takeaways: 🧠 Indecision Is One Of The Biggest Time Wasters In Your Business: Hunter opens with a real Mastermind example of a stylist who had been sitting on a booth rental decision for months without taking any action. His advice was to just post one Instagram story and see what the response looks like. Messy, imperfect action creates momentum and gives your brain actual data to work with. Sitting in perfectionism just burns time. 📊 If You Do Not Have A Bookkeeper, You Are Losing Time In More Ways Than One: Hunter makes the case that being four months behind on your books is not just an administrative problem. It is a decision-making problem. Without clean, accessible numbers, you cannot move fast, you cannot spot your leaks, and you cannot make smart growth decisions. Hiring a bookkeeper is not a luxury. At this level, it is a necessity. 📋 Admin Is The Most Delegatable Department In Your Business: Hunter walks through the business hierarchy from the bottom up: admin, client experience, marketing, and sales. Admin sits at the bottom because it is the most easily handed off to either a person or a system. And he is clear that doing your client communication manually in the name of personal touch is not actually giving your clients a better experience. In most cases, it is giving them a slower one. 🎨 The Extra Touch That Made You Successful Now Needs A System: Hunter shares the story of a Mastermind member who manually builds a Pinterest board for every new client, and how that kind of above and beyond behavior is exactly what creates loyal, high ticket clients. But it is also exactly the kind of task that needs to be systematized so it can keep happening without eating your time. 📣 Marketing Is The Most Freeing Thing To Delegate And The Hardest To Let Go Of: Hunter makes the case that getting support with your marketing is not about abandoning your voice or your brand. It is about compounding your power, reaching new channels, and creating the capacity to do more of what is actually working rather than just maintaining it. 💰 Sales Can Be Delegated Too, And The ROI Is Significant: Hunter uses Brandy Chavez as an example of a stylist who built a DM funnel that converts followers into booked clients, and who is now in the process of delegating that system to someone else entirely. Sales running without you is as close to printing money as it gets. Why You Should Listen: If you are making good money but feel like you have no time left to actually enjoy it or grow beyond where you are, this episode is the honest breakdown of what to look at first. Hunter gives you a clear framework for identifying the tasks that are costing you the most time, which ones to delegate first, and why getting your time back is not just good for your personal life. It is one of the most important business moves you can make. Let's connect on Instagram!