Sep 1, 2026 · 15 min · 9 segments
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So you have to because of easy math and all commission structures are different.
If you have my budgeting guideline and my workbook, you will know that obviously it's not quite half or it might not quite be half in order to be saving for your expenses and your taxes and things like that.
their commission that doesn't mean that doesn't mean any of that that just means we're gonna use it for easy math so that I can help you break this down in a quick way if you're listening in your car and you're thinking this is something that's so far that I can't do it I'm gonna show you that you really can and then number two here in the Midwest people that we don't feel like we can ever get there I just I know it because I talked to stylists who don't ever feel like they can make that and And I talked to stylists that in the Midwest too.
So maybe in certain areas that would be like normal, but you can make a really great living behind the chair.
I'm very passionate about helping people make a great living behind the chair for several reasons.
And you'll find out why in my next episode too, because I'm actually being interviewed in my next episode, which is wild.
So to keep this super simple, same thing on my last hot take, since you guys liked it so much, it's not, we're going to keep the editing down.
And we're just going to take this hot take and I'm going to use my calculator here too.
If you have an income goal too, this is a really great way to break it down.
And that's why I use half because our 50%, because I think that it's really easy.
Um, break it down like that if you want to do easy fast numbers is it going to be exact no but it's going to be pretty dang close that's also one of the things we have to stop over complicating things everybody's kind of trying to be a mathematician and do this stuff sometimes it's just basic easy stuff and we're going to keep it as easy as possible so let's say in order to earn a hundred grand like put in our pocket here's the wild thing is that we say in our pocket and that doesn't necessarily we say in our pocket i want a hundred thousand dollars in my pocket and so that's your take home most people who are taking home a hundred thousand dollars if they have a six-figure income like in corporate they're not actually taking that home their insurance their taxes all of their stuff is getting taken out so that's not exactly what they're earning okay so you could be on the same level as someone who's getting paid a w-2 like in a corporate world so they're like oh you know they make a hundred and fifty thousand dollars they're not taking home 150 000 all the other stuff is getting taken out and then they're getting what's left over So for the sake of this, we're just going to break it down.
So in some of my independent stylist coaching, but also something that you can keep in mind is that this is we're going to talk about it going into your pocket, not just not like after taxes after all of that about how much you need to earn okay and also you have to keep in mind that the more that you make the more that the irs takes and i'm not your accountant and i'm not the irs again i'm probably going to say that 800 more times but if somebody's like hey heather my income goal is or i need to bring in for my family because when i do independent stylist coaching that's one thing that i do it's like how much do you need to make that i think we always miss that i don't i don't know why this is one of the only careers that you can say how much do i really need to make And I think I'm going to make that.
So you have to because of easy math and all commission structures are different.
If you have my budgeting guideline and my workbook, you will know that obviously it's not quite half or it might not quite be half in order to be saving for your expenses and your taxes and things like that.
their commission that doesn't mean that doesn't mean any of that that just means we're gonna use it for easy math so that I can help you break this down in a quick way if you're listening in your car and you're thinking this is something that's so far that I can't do it I'm gonna show you that you really can and then number two here in the Midwest people that we don't feel like we can ever get there I just I know it because I talked to stylists who don't ever feel like they can make that and And I talked to stylists that in the Midwest too.
So maybe in certain areas that would be like normal, but you can make a really great living behind the chair.
I'm very passionate about helping people make a great living behind the chair for several reasons.
And you'll find out why in my next episode too, because I'm actually being interviewed in my next episode, which is wild.
So to keep this super simple, same thing on my last hot take, since you guys liked it so much, it's not, we're going to keep the editing down.
And we're just going to take this hot take and I'm going to use my calculator here too.
If you have an income goal too, this is a really great way to break it down.
And that's why I use half because our 50%, because I think that it's really easy.
Um, break it down like that if you want to do easy fast numbers is it going to be exact no but it's going to be pretty dang close that's also one of the things we have to stop over complicating things everybody's kind of trying to be a mathematician and do this stuff sometimes it's just basic easy stuff and we're going to keep it as easy as possible so let's say in order to earn a hundred grand like put in our pocket here's the wild thing is that we say in our pocket and that doesn't necessarily we say in our pocket i want a hundred thousand dollars in my pocket and so that's your take home most people who are taking home a hundred thousand dollars if they have a six-figure income like in corporate they're not actually taking that home their insurance their taxes all of their stuff is getting taken out so that's not exactly what they're earning okay so you could be on the same level as someone who's getting paid a w-2 like in a corporate world so they're like oh you know they make a hundred and fifty thousand dollars they're not taking home 150 000 all the other stuff is getting taken out and then they're getting what's left over So for the sake of this, we're just going to break it down.
So in some of my independent stylist coaching, but also something that you can keep in mind is that this is we're going to talk about it going into your pocket, not just not like after taxes after all of that about how much you need to earn okay and also you have to keep in mind that the more that you make the more that the irs takes and i'm not your accountant and i'm not the irs again i'm probably going to say that 800 more times but if somebody's like hey heather my income goal is or i need to bring in for my family because when i do independent stylist coaching that's one thing that i do it's like how much do you need to make that i think we always miss that i don't i don't know why this is one of the only careers that you can say how much do i really need to make And I think I'm going to make that.
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