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Which is a really uncomfortable tension for a lot of people.
Super uncomfortable.
Because when Jamie tried to solve her makeup problem, she realized beauty ads never showed real people with actual skin conditions.
Right.
It was always, uh, perfectly airbrushed models.
Always.
So she decided her brand was going to use models of all ages, shapes, sizes, and skin tones.
She literally wanted to show her own bright red, bumpy skin on live television to prove the product worked.
And just for context, for three straight years, she pitched that exact vision to department stores, beauty retailers, QVC, all of them.
Yeah, and what happened?
For three straight years, they universally rejected her.
I mean, the industry experts explicitly demanded she change her packaging.
They insisted that using, like, real models with actual skin challenges was a fatal error.
A fatal error, wow.
Yeah.
They basically said the product would never sell unless she conformed to the established beauty aesthetic.
Okay, let's unpack this because we are so deeply conditioned to treat industry experts like a GPS.
We just follow their directions implicitly.
Because we assume they have the satellite view of the road.
Right.
But what happens when your internal compass tells you the GPS is driving you straight into a lake?
I mean, you have to hit the brakes.
You do.
But how do you actually know when to override the system? Experts base their advice on historical data, right? What worked yesterday.
But innovation is about what will work tomorrow.
Which is a really uncomfortable tension for a lot of people.
Super uncomfortable.
Because when Jamie tried to solve her makeup problem, she realized beauty ads never showed real people with actual skin conditions.
Right.
It was always, uh, perfectly airbrushed models.
Always.
So she decided her brand was going to use models of all ages, shapes, sizes, and skin tones.
She literally wanted to show her own bright red, bumpy skin on live television to prove the product worked.
And just for context, for three straight years, she pitched that exact vision to department stores, beauty retailers, QVC, all of them.
Yeah, and what happened?
For three straight years, they universally rejected her.
I mean, the industry experts explicitly demanded she change her packaging.
They insisted that using, like, real models with actual skin challenges was a fatal error.
A fatal error, wow.
Yeah.
They basically said the product would never sell unless she conformed to the established beauty aesthetic.
Okay, let's unpack this because we are so deeply conditioned to treat industry experts like a GPS.
We just follow their directions implicitly.
Because we assume they have the satellite view of the road.
Right.
But what happens when your internal compass tells you the GPS is driving you straight into a lake?
I mean, you have to hit the brakes.
You do.
But how do you actually know when to override the system? Experts base their advice on historical data, right? What worked yesterday.
But innovation is about what will work tomorrow.
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