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#EverythingShaquana #TellItTuesday #Presents Interviews By EverythingShaq: Highlighting “Blessed Hands Barbershop”

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Introduction:

Born in Harlem, NY, by way of a full upbringing in the Downtown Manhattan neighborhood of La Loisiada [also known as the Lower East Side], BlessedHands Barbershop’s Founder & CEO, Keith J. Gardner, is an all-round “Classic Man,” if you’ve ever known one.

Circa May 2023

20 Quesion Interview Session w/: Blessed Da Barber aka K.J.G. aka Blessed

1. Q: Intentions & Manifestations

A: Commitment to excellence, successful growth despite past failure and unwillingness to stop until I’ve reached my mountain top (wherever it could be and whenever it will be reached).

  1. What brought you to this level of success??
  1. Definition of success??
  1. Goals for further success??
  1. Insights: Entrepreneur or Worker??
  1. Preference: Independent or Need based Clientele??
  1. Skill Building: Friends, Foes or Phonies?? Best Market base for struggling days??

2. Q: Goals & Ideas for Blessed Da Barber’s Businesses

A: Expand modes of professional and licensed barbering from inside the barbershop to where people feel comfortable getting a haircut, making new friends and networking despite the time of day.

3. Q: Brainstorming w/ K.J.G aka Blessed Da Barber

In 5 words or less, describe the way you see currently see…

  1. The future for Barbering??
  1. The role of the recent legalization of the workplace dreadlock ban on your Black market base??
  1. Your potential as a tool of agency for “Black Haircare,” particularly in regard to Black men??

A: See photos below for K.J.G’s answers in contextual perceptive reflection…

4. Q: What’s Next for Blessed Bodies & Blessed Apparel

A: The Black Lumberjack on Blessed YouTube Page

5. Q: Business Focus Questions

  1. Best days for a BlessedHands haircut hookup (with or without the discount)?
  1. Slowest days for a Blessed Bodies haircut??
  1. Busiest days for a BlessedHands haircut?
  1. Any potential upcoming Promotional Events (perhaps), for Blessed LLC. customers and clients?
  1. Any likelihood of a 2023 EverythingShaquana & BlessedHands Collaboration Potential in 2018??
  • On scale of 1[Never] to 10[Absofuckinglutely]??

A: FollowUp with Blessed Da Barber personally via IG @Blessed__Bodies_ via the link below –>

https://instagram.com/blessed__bodies_?igshid=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==

6. Perspectives of BlackHair: As Told Through Original Photos of Black Men

Circa NYE 2022 (In Order Left to Right): K.J.G, Juicy aka Sandra Morris, Verlondia Gardner at age 60, Shawana ‘Mocha’ Gardner & Alexis Gardner #23In2023

Circa Spring 2023

Circa August 2020: (In Order Right to Left) K.J.G. aka Blessed Da Barber, Shaquana S. Gardner & Medina D. Brown