Meet Pierre O’Driscoll

We’re excited to introduce you to the always interesting and insightful Pierre O’Driscoll. We hope you’ll enjoy our conversation with Pierre below.

Alright, so we’re so thrilled to have Pierre with us today – welcome and maybe we can jump right into it with a question about one of your qualities that we most admire. How did you develop your work ethic? Where do you think you get it from?

Obviously habits help productivity, but the reason why is because they’ve become “no-brainers”. If we can make things we want to do “no-brainers” then it eliminates hesitation to do them. I’ve made it a no-brainer to me to check items off my to-do list, to give clients the best experience, to work hard, etc. Allowing yourself to stop and decide is what introduces hesitation to working hard.
I’ve also worked directly at my goals and been extremely organized in the most effective strategies. Your organization and data is invaluable, even when working on a small scale.
I treat myself like a huge business, and that mindset is what keeps me running like I’m running a fortune 500 company.

Appreciate the insights and wisdom. Before we dig deeper and ask you about the skills that matter and more, maybe you can tell our readers about yourself?

I’ve been in business in Atlanta 3.5 years and been booked for 126 people’s grad photos and 56 events. I pride myself on my professionalism, quick turnaround, technical knowledge, thoroughness, and personal connection. The best moments are when I can tell people are in awe of their own beauty, seeing themselves through my lens for the first time.
Reach out to me if you need portraits or have any parties/events of any kind coming up that would benefit the guests to have photos!

If you had to pick three qualities that are most important to develop, which three would you say matter most?

Organization, curious humility, and patience. I improved so rapidly just by putting in way more reps of everything (editing, content creation, photos themselves, sales pitching) and now that means that the same amount of effort can be so much more effective.

What would you advise – going all in on your strengths or investing on areas where you aren’t as strong to be more well-rounded?

Depends on the situation. Power of compounding shows that focus is more effective than breadth, but this is limited when breadth is required. Businesses often struggle when they only do what they’re good at and ignore issues they struggle with, IF they are necessary issues (accounting, hiring, PR, etc). On the other hand, if I could be the absolute best event photographer but I want to “not leave anything on the table” and do newborns, families, HS seniors, headshots, etc. I’m likely going to be below average at all of those compared to people who are only doing one, and will be far less successful!
There’s always room at the top, rarely room at average.

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