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U.S. Bank presents Portraits of possible. Two men do an elaborate handshake 
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I think every single person was put here for a purpose. 
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Gaulien Gee Smith, founder of Gee's clippers 
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I was working for the post office. I really felt like I had more to offer. 
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Gee brushes a manÕs hair. Text, Gee became a U.S. Bank customer in 2016 
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When you're doing something that you enjoy doing for a living, you will never work a day in your life. I stopped working back in 1995. 
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Two men do an elaborate handshake. GeeÕs jersey uniform is displayed. Gee selects a pair of clippers.
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I opened Gee's Clippers with the bare minimum. 
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Photo of Gee's barbers, all wearing black and white striped shirts. Barber chairs are lined along the wall.  
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Right now, I have 30 barbers and stylists under one roof. 
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U.S. Bank helped Gee's business expand and grow into a new space 
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A barbershop is where you go to get styled. But it's not what I focus on first. 
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A red clothes protectant with GeeÕs logo. Clients, including a young boy, wait 
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I focus on the community work we do. We give free hairstyles to full-time students from the 6th grade to 12th grade. 
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A little boy gets his hair cut 
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If you look at the history of a barbershop, back in the early days, the barbershop was the heartbeat of the community. 
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A newspaper with a photo of an employee on the wall. Barber poles. Jersey reading Gee's Clippers with the number 1.
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That barber pole means something. I want to give back to those days. 
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Gee talks and laughs with a man as he cuts his hair 
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You know, it's not about what you do for a living. It's how you do it. Follow your passion. 
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Gee smiles and shakes a manÕs hand. Text, if you believe you can, U.S. Bank does too. U.S. Bank, the power of possible. U.S. Bank dot com slash possible 
Gee leans on an open vault door. Inside the vault, a woman talks with a boy in a barber chair.