Kelly Cardenas is an author, speaker, and the founder of Kelly Cardenas Salon, a group of five-star hair salons in some of the United States' biggest cities. This week, he tells Tristan how he grew his first storefront into an empire and built a workplace culture defined by ambition.

<p>Kelly Cardenas is an author, speaker, and the founder of Kelly Cardenas Salon, a group of five-star hair salons in some of the United States' biggest cities. This week, he tells Tristan how he grew his first storefront into an empire and built a workplace culture defined by ambition.</p>

Brilliant Thoughts is about people. It’s about how relationships shape careers. It’s about how influence shapes industries. It’s about how at the end of the day, ones and zeroes on spreadsheets represent real humans and no one is going to find success without keeping that top of mind.

<p>Brilliant Thoughts is about people. It&rsquo;s about how relationships shape careers. It&rsquo;s about how influence shapes industries. It&rsquo;s about how at the end of the day, ones and zeroes on spreadsheets represent real humans and no one is going to find success without keeping that top of mind.</p>

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