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We are an Authorized IBO in the Arise network and you will have the benefit of a seasoned and experienced Principal who has personally serviced client contracts and has partnered with the organization since 2011. We have introduced hundreds of CSPs into the network and will advocate on your behalf, will help you understand the requirements and procedures, and will give you the best advice to help you reach your personal and professional goals.

As a CSP, we also offer you our business coaching Ultimate Program at no additional charge.

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The basic steps for becoming a work-at home Virtual Agent are as follows:

Create a Profile: Your online profile must be created to begin the admissions process. Once created, you will receive an email with your login ID to your Arise Portal. Upon entry, follow easy instructions to perform a voice assessment. Currently there is no admissions fee, however it can range from $19.99 to $99.99 depending on number of agents needed.

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Each company offers a separate certification course that must be passed in order to begin servicing. These are highly specialized, instructor-led online courses that provide information on the client’s systems that you will be using to service, as well as the requirements for the program. Most come with a fee that ranges from $20 -$249.

As the instructors are authorized independent small business owners, the cost must be passed on for these entrepreneurs and subcontractors to earn a living as well. We hope that you will find it equally rewarding, enjoyable and liberating to have the freedom of working from your own home!

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Use the Scrum approach to bring your team together.

Does your team "run like a well-oiled machine," or do people struggle to work together effectively? If the latter is true, Scrum meetings could be just what you need to improve team communication, raise motivation levels, and increase efficiency.

Scrum meetings, also known as "stand up meetings," are widely used in software development as part of Agile Project Management. They help development teams respond rapidly to the changes in product requirements that often happen during the course of a project.

Teams use short, daily Scrum meetings to plan what they need to accomplish during that day to make progress toward their goal. Members listen to one another's plans, and offer help where appropriate. This increases collaboration between team members, raises their awareness of issues, and helps the team respond rapidly to change.

This article looks at how you can use Scrum meetings to help people work more effectively towards a common goal.

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"Scrum" refers to the method of restarting play in rugby football, after an infringement of the rules or when the ball goes out of play.

In this sport, the forward players from both teams form two rows facing one another, and then move together so that they are interlocked in a tight circle. The ball is then returned to play by passing it into the gap between the two teams, who compete for possession. The whole process is coordinated by the referee, who calls: "Crouch, bind, set." ...

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7 Step-By-Step Process to Build your Salon Branding Identity

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Today, the business world is more competitive than ever. The competition is fierce and if you want to stand out, you need to be pretty-darn good. The starting point is having a clear brand strategy. As a salon owner, branding is crucial to your business.

It is the cornerstone of your reputation and your promise to your customers. Without a strong brand, your business will cease to exist. It will differentiate your salon from your competitors, convey the value you deliver and serve as a promise to new as well as existing customers.

Salon branding is more than just the products and services you offer. It is the experience you will give your customer each time they walk in.

What is Salon Branding?

Salon Branding is the identity you carve for your business which makes you different and unique from your competitors. It entails many things including the color scheme, graphics, fonts, the way you communicate with your clients, the kind of experience you offer and the tone of voice you use.

In this guide, we aim at discussing the importance of salon branding, tips to create an audience persona, the difference between branding and marketing, and how you can position your salon to attract your ideal clientele.

Our step-by-step guide is a one-stop, comprehensive solution for new salon owners as well as existing ones who wish to create a consistent brand for themselves across all mediums and verticals.

Real Life Use Case

We will use our fictional Salon named “Nicks & Cuts” to walk you through the exact steps you need to follow to improve your branding game. Make sure you follow them in the given order only.  Here is a Salon Branding Template you can download and edit to suit your business needs.

Salon Branding Template Word Doc: Salon Branding – Template by MioSalon

Salon Branding Template PDF Version: Salon Branding PDF – Template by MioSalon

7 Brilliant Ways to Build your Salon Brand Identity

The way you present your brand is the most valuable asset of your company. Think of your brand as a person. Your clients are going to judge its personality and appearance before they decide to do business. Thus, it’s quite natural that you would want your salon to be that person who people like and admire. Here’s a fool proof recipe you can follow to build a stellar brand for your salon:

1. Know your Target Audience
2. Create your Target Audience Persona
3. The Art of Visual Storytelling
4. Define your Competitive Advantage
5. Integrate your Mission & Vision Statements
6. Scale your Online Reputation
7. Select your Tone of Voice

1. Know your Target Audience

Even before you set foot into the salon branding game, it is important to understand who your ideal clients are. You may be tempted to sell your products and services to everyone. However, in the real world, this seldom happens. Here are few questions you will need to ask yourself:

1. What does your Salon specialize in? What are its strengths?
2. Is there a particular problem/concern you solve with your treatments?
3. Do your customers relate to what you offer?
4. What points do your clients have in common?
5. What are your services and prices? Do your potential clients align with them?
6. Who do you consider your competitors?
7. Where is your ideal client located? Are they city-dwellers or do they live in the suburbs?
8. What do you personally identify with?

Once you have an answer to the above questions, check what each of these clients have in common. Delve deeper into their age, demographics, gender, lifestyle, purchasing power, location, job patterns, etc.

This will bring you immense clarity on who your perfect client is. However, that’s not all. The second part of building your salon brand identity is creating a client persona.

2. Create your Target Audience Persona

Attracting the right clientele is an important part of running a successful salon business. The best way to go about it is by creating a target audience persona. A persona is a representation of your most common target customer.

It’s up to you how many personas you want to create. However, we recommend creating not more than four personas. The goal of your research is to prioritize a customer’s problems and solutions. Understand why they need to avail a particular treatment/service from your salon.

When you start locating issues and finding solutions for them, you will be well on your way to finding your “ideal client”. When you create a persona, get as specific as you can. Every persona you create should have the following:

1. Photo
2. Name
3. Description
4. Problem

When you look into the data you’ve gathered, you will get essential insights on who your target group is. Here’s an example of a target audience persona you can create for your salon:

Ideal Target Audience Persona for a Salon Business:

This is Anita. She is a 25-year-old graphic designer living in Mumbai, India making 5 lakhs per year.

She enjoys socialising with her friends, which means at least once a week she would want to visit a salon to pamper herself and get her hair and nails done.

Her goal is to find an affordable salon, close to where she lives where she can go for all her beauty needs.

She gets her hair blow dried and nails done quite often. She’s having a difficult time finding a salon which offers high quality services and at the same time is affordable.

After you have created a fictional representation of your customers, distribute this data within your salon. Let the main people associated with your brand familiarize themselves with different personas. Ask yourself if any of these personas match your salon personality and its ethics?

Once you mix your ideal client profile and salon personality, you have your brand. At this stage you know who you have to cater to and how you will have to express yourself through visual means such as name, logo and colors.

Creating audience personas for your salon branding process

3. The Art of Visual Storytelling

Now that you have defined the base of your brand, next you would have to breathe life into it. You need to give your Salon business a certain personality which your target group can resonate with. Communicating with your clientele is all about visual storytelling. Even before you decide your salon branding design elements, focus on the building blocks including:

Typography: As the name suggests, typography refers to the font or type you choose for your logo and brand material. Typically speaking, there are four fonts that work wonders for a salon brand including Serif, Sans Serif, Italic text and Screen. If you want to give your salon a reliable, traditional style, opt for Times New Roman or Garamond while Franklin Gothic in Italics looks great to create a luxurious and modern look. Whichever font you choose, make sure it perfectly illustrates your brand.

Colour: The colours you choose have a psychological effect on your employees, clients and prospects. It can seriously affect your audience’s perception of your brand. Colours like red and orange make your brand come across as young, friendly and fun while black and white make it look classic and elegant.

Fast-food chains such as Dominos and Burger King also use colour psychology in their logo to attract the target group and induce hunger pangs. For example, YLG Salon have very cleverly used purple, orange and green in their logo to create a feminine, feel-good atmosphere. It’s eye-catching and instantly makes the customer want to try out their products and services.

Form, Shape & Images: Talking about logo creation, you also have to look at form and shape. For example, a logo with round and smooth edges will speak differently to the target group than one with tapered or square corners. Based on how you perceive your brand image, you can use circles, ovals, ellipses, rectangles and triangles in your logo. Vertical and horizontal lines would be ideal for a salon that caters to the male clientele.

visual story telling ideas for your salon branding

4. Define your Competitive Advantage

Imagine someone asked you “How your Salon is different from your competitors”? What would you say? If you’re confused or not too sure, read on to find out how you can figure out your USP (Unique Selling Proposition).

Early in the salon branding process, it is important to define your competitive advantage and who you are. It is your USP that will make your salon stand out from the rest and give your customers the reason to keep coming back.

Your USP will also be the backbone of your marketing in the long run. Without a unique point, you’re just another salon or spa in the neighborhood.

To help your business grow, here are few tried-and-tested techniques you can use to chalk out the USP of your brand:

Firstly, understand your customers and list a few reasons why they’ve chosen your Salon over your competitors. Is there a particular problem you solve? Do you have the best hairdressers in town? Is there a service your salon is exceptionally good at? You can perhaps conduct a survey to gather such details.

Do a SWOT analysis. Ask yourself what the strengths of your Salon are? Do you have knowledgeable staff, treatment expertise, no wait time for appointments, affordability or do you leverage on technology for your daily salon processes?

Finally, once you feel like you’ve found a USP, maximize, communicate and market it to your clients and prospects. It should be at the back and front of every business decision you make. It is an integral part of your brand personality too.

Once you know what uniqueness you bring to the table, work towards creating vision and mission statements that will be your guiding light throughout.

How to find your Salon competitive advantage to multiply your salon branding ideas

5. Integrate your Mission & Vision Statements into Branding

Every salon owner envisions something they want to achieve with their brand. This aim or declaration usually takes the form of a vision and mission statement of a salon. During the salon branding process, it is necessary to define your short-term and long-term goals.

You need to have a clear idea about where you want to see your Salon in the next five or ten years. When you have your intent crystal clear, it is important to combine it into your brand communication.

While crafting a salon vision and mission statement, you must ensure that the right message is being passed on to your prospects whether they’re connected to your brand directly or indirectly.

Also, at the same time, it should be unique and authentic, and something that will motivate and inspire employees. It plays an important role in your overall business development.

Integrating your Salon Mission & vision statement into your Salon Branding

6. Scaling your overall Online Reputation

As a salon owner, managing your business is no mean feat. While you need to create positive word-of-mouth for the Salon offline, you need to build a strong online reputation too. Through your social media pages, customers often get the first impression of what you offer. Therefore, you need to ensure the reputation of your salon is maintained on Facebook, Instagram, Google, Pinterest and every other online channel.

Since customers check reviews online before they book with you for the first time, controlling negative feedback is of paramount importance. The best way to build a positive reputation for your salon online is by getting salon software that will filter out negative reviews and only show positive reviews to new as well as existing customers.

Scaling your Salon's online reputation through salon branding

7. Select your Brand’s Tone of Voice

In order to build a strong brand image, consistency is key. From your website to your marketing collateral, maintaining a uniform brand is necessary. If you fail to do so, it can confuse the customers and make your brand seem less reliable and professional.

In the quest of creating a brand style, selecting a tone of voice is equally important. If you have a large team working with you, make the brand rules clear to them initially so that there are no inconsistencies later.

Across all the content you publish, your brand should sound the same. Before establishing a voice and tone for your brand, examine your target audience personas.

If your target group mainly consists of millennials and working professionals, a fun and casual tone of voice would do while if they are a mixed bag of college-going girls as well as married women, opt for a voice that would appeal to both the groups. It should be something that is enthusiastic and respectful.

For example, the tone of voice of a men’s salon or barber shop would be different than that of a salon that only caters to women. Truefitt & Hill India being a premium grooming salon for men has kept their brand voice respectful and royal.

On the other hand, unisex salon, Jean Claude Biguine uses a mix of a formal and casual tone of voice in their brand communication.

How to select your Salon Brand's tone of voice

So, after completing the above mentioned 7 step process, you will have your brand new plan to setup and initiate your Salon Branding.

Salon Branding Template Word Doc: Salon Branding – Template by MioSalon

Salon Branding Template PDF Version: Salon Branding PDF – Template by MioSalon

7 Step Process to Build your Salon Branding

The way you conceptualise and execute your salon branding ideas distinguishes you from your competitors. It helps you instill a sense of trust in your customers and makes them feel rest assured that they can trust you with their hair and skin. If you want to thrive in the competitive beauty industry, carving a brand identity and adopting new ways of doing business is essential.

MioSalon is a one-of-a-kind salon software built to suit your beauty business. From appointment scheduling to automated marketing, client management and bookkeeping, the beauty salon software is a one-stop solution to make your brand look unique and different, and give it the competitive edge it deserves.

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A man has been charged with numerous counts of recording intimate images without consent after hidden cameras were discovered in two units at Pyrmont, NSW Police say.

On Tuesday (13 November 2018), one of ten residents of a unit on Bunn Street, Pyrmont, discovered a camera hidden in a digital alarm clock in the bathroom of the premises.

Police from Sydney City Police Area Command were contacted and attended, allegedly locating two further hidden cameras in the unit.

About 1.35pm yesterday (Friday 16 November 2018), police attended the location and arrested the 49-year-old man who manages the unit.

The man allegedly made further admissions regarding hidden cameras in another unit in the same complex.

Police executed a search warrant at that unit, locating a hidden camera, hard driver and other external devices.

Police allege the man had possession over 50 videos depicting intimate images of occupants of the two units, which had been filmed without their knowledge.

He was taken to Day Street Police Station and charged with 11 counts of record intimate images without consent.

He was granted conditional bail to appear at Downing Centre Local Court on Wednesday 19 December 2018.

Inquiries continue and further charges are likely.

Anyone with information about this incident is urged to contact Crime Stoppers.

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Robin Williams ' widow Susan Schneider Williams revealed that the actor wanted to 'reboot his brain' as he struggled with his health prior to his death.

In a recent interview, the graphic designer has opened up about her late husband's inner battle as medics tried to get to the bottom of his disorder.

Speaking about the upcoming documentary Robin's Wish, the late star's wife admitted that the couple knew there was more to Robin's diagnosis prior to his death.

She also opened up about the heartbreaking moment the couple were ordered to sleep in separate beds by doctors.

The Mrs Doubtfire star had been battling Lewy body dementia, which is a brain disease that affects thinking and movement.

However, doctors misdiagnosed the actor and in August 2014 Robin took his own life at the age of 63.

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It wasn't until after his suicide that Williams' family learned the extent of his health struggle.

Speaking to Today 's Hoda Kotb, Susan admitted the couple knew there was more going on with his health battle.

She said: "Robin and I knew there was so much more going on. Robin was right when he said to me, 'I just want to reboot my brain'. "

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"In that moment, I promised him that we would get to the bottom of this. I just didn't know that would be after he passed."

As doctors tried to get to the bottom of his disorder, doctors ordered the couple to sleep in separate beds as Robin struggled with insomnia.

"He said to me, 'Does this mean we're separated?'" Susan told the presenter.

"That was a really shocking moment. When your best friend, your partner, your love — you realize that there's a giant chasm somewhere, and you can't see where it is but that's just not based in reality. That was a hard moment."

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The iconic comedian's legacy has left many generations of viewers inspired by Robin's work.

Recalling what Robin wanted his legacy to be, Susan told Entertainment Weekly : "Without missing a beat, Robin said, 'I want to help people be less afraid.'"

The documentary Robin's Wish takes on that task in a collection of interviews that detail the star's final days as well as his battle with the neurological disorder.

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Help! I've tried everything but I can't find the right person for my job?

If you're feeling this way, you’re not alone! H

Yes, the recruiting process can feel like a slog – especially when you’re trying to run a business at the same time. It’s distressing for candidates too. In fact, 73% say that the job search process is one of the most stressful things in life!

Loads of small business owners jump into hiring without spending enough time upfront thinking about why, what, and who they’re looking for.

Fear not.

Whether you’ve been burnt by the hiring process 🔥 or you simply can’t find a suitable applicant, here are some things you can do to maximise your chances of finding the right person for the job.

Go back to the very beginning and ask yourself this question: ‘Why do I need to fill this vacancy? It’ll help to inform every subsequent decision you make. Including what tasks need to be done and what skills are needed to do them.

It sounds flippin’ obvious – but as the interview process can last weeks – it’s easy to lose track of why you started on this path in the first place.

To turbocharge your business 🏎 you might need to hire a new employee to:

  • Free up more of your own time, by giving some of your tasks away
  • Keep up with customer demand, so you can take on extra work
  • Diversify your offering, to move into new, exciting areas
  • Fill a skills gap, to achieve something you just cannot do today

It could also be a combination of any of these reasons above. Or, you may need to replace a member of staff.

Whatever your ‘why’ – remember that this what you want to achieve by bringing in somebody new – so have it in mind, every step of the way.

Jot down the skills, experience, qualifications, and behaviours you want your newbie to have. This might be a humongous list at first, but that’s okay.
To cut it down ✄,underline the five things that represent your ‘absolute yes’ criteria. This is what you won’t compromise on – although you might have done in the past. Anything more that your applicant has to offer is a total bonus. 🎉
Figuring out what you want them to achieve for you in the first six months, will also shape what you look for in a candidate – and provide super material for interview discussions.

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Download my FREE Hiring Workbook here, which helps you to identify exactly what you need.

Have you ever settled for less in a candidate?

Identifying your deal-breakers is as important as having a wish-list. In other words, the things that would cause you to automatically reject an applicant. Do this from the outset.

These could be behaviours. For example, if punctuality is mega important to you and essential for the advertised role – but the person is late for the interview – that might be enough for you to turn them down.

Lack of experience might also be a show-stopper for you. For example, if you only want to hire somebody that’s worked in a particular sector.

Decide upfront what your deal-breakers are – and stick to your guns. Remember, these represent the things you simply won’t compromise on.

Stop right there! ✋

Don’t be tempted to copy and paste old job adverts. If you don’t put maximum effort into creating a compelling job advert, you won’t attract the talent that’s right for your business.

Guess what? Your ideal employee is out there. But they need to know your vacancy exists and be persuaded to apply.

Start by putting yourself in their shoes. 👢 Do a bit of research, and suss out where they’re likely to be looking for jobs, and what they’re likely to be looking for. Have a peek at what your competitors are doing to entice people to their business.

Recruitment is a two-way thing – so you need to work hard to sell your role to potential candidates. What does the job actually involve? Why is it an important role? What are you offering beyond the salary? What does it feel like to work at your place?

Research shows that the top 5 things job seekers look for, before accepting a job offer are: salary, commute, work-life balance, benefits, and career opportunities. Are these things plain to see in your job advert?

Put thought into where you advertise your vacancy. You don’t have to spend loads to get your advert in front of the right people.

Check out my blog on how to write a GREAT job advert, that converts your ideal people into employees.

As mere mortals, we all have an unconscious bias that can rise to the fore during the hiring process – potentially leading you astray – so you end up making the wrong decisions about candidates.

An unconscious bias is your automatic prejudice, shaped by all your worldly life experiences. It’s when you have a natural penchant for a person – and as a result – you might make a quick, irrational decision about them.

This is how it can play out into the recruitment process…

  • You let one positive or negative trait totally rule your thinking. For example, if the candidate looks or reminds you of somebody you know, like, or respect – they’re gonna make a fantastic first impression on you, causing you to overlook humongous gaps in their skillset or qualifications. This is called the halo effect.
  • You’re tempted to hire somebody, just because they’re ‘like’ you. For example, they went to the same college as you, or support the same football team. This is called affinity bias. 🏈
  • You look for qualities in a candidate to confirm your own stereotypes. For example, if you believe it would be better for a man to fill your forklift truck driver vacancy – you might unknowingly, try harder to find fault in female candidates applying for the same job. This is called confirmation bias. 🚚

Have you been guilty of any of these in the past? It’s worth being aware of your own bias. Make sure all your applicants go through exactly the same selection process – and prepare your interview questions in advance. Get somebody to give you a hand looking through CVs and doing interviews. That way, you’ll come to a more balanced view about an individual.

  • You’re not alone if you’ve failed to recruit the right person for the job 📊
  • Go back to the beginning and really think about why you need to fill your vacancy. This will shape all decisions after that❓
  • Figure out what you really want and what you really don’t want, and stick to this throughout the process 📝
  • Put yourselves in the shoes of potential candidates when you’re creating your job advert. Then use that insight to shape what it says, and where you post it. Recruitment is a two-way thing, and demands loads of effort to attract the right person for the job 🌟
  • Keep a check on your unconscious bias and take steps to rein it in!
  • And finally, make sure you invest time in giving them a super duper induction process, to help them settle in and hit the ground running.

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An office wall adorned with personal keepsakes

When I walk into a house, the first things that grab my attention are the signs of life; clues as to who lives there and what kind of lives they lead. I am nosey, but I know that I am not alone in this. I have heard of people viewing properties on the market with no intention of buying, but to satisfy their intrigue for a building or the history of its occupants. Our human race is a curious species.

Every house can have its own personality, a reflection of its free thinking occupants. Everybody has a story to tell, and we have the power to create our own special atmospheres by personalising our spaces. This is what sets our homes apart from each other, making them interesting not only to us, but to visitors as well. The secret is, to put our personalities out in the open. This is what makes the difference between stepping through the doorway of a home and finding it warm and welcoming, or cold and clinical.

Sentimental possessions play a large part in transforming a house into a home. Displaying your personal artefacts and all they represent will bring positivity into a space, making a focal point. Memories of happy times can be kept alive for you, and can be shared with others. This is also an extremely affordable way to create a focal point in any room.

There is something a little sad about family albums or scrapbooks squirrelled away on a dusty shelf, safe but forgotten about for most of the time. When I visit houses I am always drawn in by the photographs out on display and the stories they tell. I had a friend whose entire kitchen wall was covered in polaroid and photo booth snaps, collated over the years and covering at least a decade of her personal history. I never tired of looking at that wall, and always found something new I hadn't spotted before. In the same way, my son used to spend long periods of time scrutinising an old screen I collaged with movie memorabilia.

The personal collections on display in my home include not just family photographs, but pictures drawn by my children when they were small, even self portraits drawn on balloons, now shrunken but still smiling back at me. I display my sons first pair of green jelly shoes - works of art in their own right, now complemented by his not-so-miniature cowboy boots brought back from Texas by his grandparents. Everything from trinkets passed down through the family or acquired on the market, to travel mementos and the lines on the wall charting the growth of my children, all play an important part in making our home real.

Collage is another way to collect material together to make a bold and entertaining statement. I cover large areas with images in my home as well as for commission. I did this for the excellent Soulshine Cafe in Bridport, where I was presented with a pile of maps showing places travelled by the owners and asked to incorporate them into several collages to be installed in the building. Maps make brilliant coverings for walls or furniture, steeped in the intrigue of places you aspire to visit, or have already been to, providing the opportunity to add the bus and train tickets you brought back. Memorabilia are a great way to get the ‘you’ into a space: Pieces of fabric, cinema or festival tickets, stamps, postcards, recipes, whatever holds special memories for you.

You could choose a place in your home where people gather, or identify a neglected space you would like to make more of: a stairwell, or even the downstairs loo, and let your creativity run riot! Find space where everyone's personality can be celebrated and children can be allowed the freedom to express themselves without worrying about scratched paint work.

So think of all you hold close to your heart. Happy memories, hopes and aspirations. Collections that signify positivity that you want to bring forward with you in life and influence those around you. Ask what relevant messages do you want to convey to others. Get in the attic, rummage around and find your forgotten treasures. Research your family tree, stick the kids certificates on the fridge so they can remember their achievements, and acknowledge your own. Put your history on the walls and keep adding to it until your home oozes personality, positivity and love.

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✱✱Book Review✱✱ Tales from the Robbery-Homicide Division: Hidden Agenda / Web of Betrayal by Peter S. Berman

Tales from the Robbery-Homicide Division: Hidden Agenda / Web of Betrayal
by Peter S. Berman

HIDDEN AGENDA - Jeremy Hart, and LA District Attorney, is a young widower whose grief counselor sends him to a charity party to jump-start his social life. At the party, he meets Claire Carleton, a married woman who is trapped in a loveless marriage with Peter Carleton, a wealthy, abusive husband. A courtship develops, but when Peter discovers the affair, Claire confides to Jeremy that she believes her husband is planning to kill her. When Pete Carleton is subsequently found shot to death in the driveway of his Bel Air home, Detectives Jennifer Donahue and Ulysses Gibson are called upon to solve the case, and when the evidence point to Jeremy Hart as the killer he is arrested and quickly taken to trial. What follows is a search for the true story behind the killing, and the detectives find themselves struggling to keep the scales of justice in balance as they uncover more than one Hidden Agenda. This is an intense thriller where everything is in doubt until the end.

WEB OF BETRAYAL -When a British SAS officer is assassinated in Los Angeles by a member of an IRA splinter group, it is up to District Attorney Renee Marin to prosecute the killer. But before the proceedings can begin, Marin and Detectives Jennifer Donahue and Ulysses Gibson are confronted by a series of terrorist murders designed to force the release of the assassin. With the assistance of SAD Major Andrew Whitney, they find themselves caught up in a desperate race against time to unravel a series of betrayals and secret alliances that reach into the very highest levels of government. This thriller deals with the very real problem of negotiating with terrorists.

Momma Says: 3 stars⭐⭐⭐

Tales from the Robbery-Homicide Division is a boxed set of two legal thrillers, one a domestic case and the other diving into the world of terrorism. The detectives are the same in both books, but of course, the cases are vastly different as are the characters central to those cases. Both books had things I liked and things I didn't, but both are certainly interesting stories. The first book, Hidden Agenda, is absolutely brilliantly plotted as far as the who, what, where, and why, and I loved the way things happened in the conclusion. That said, there is considerable time building up to the crime, and then the story gets bogged down in the middle. The second, Web of Betrayal does have a faster pace, and it's certainly a relevant topic in this day and age, but I had trouble getting into it at first. I feel like both books were stretched out a little further than necessary, but in the end, they were both well worth the reading time. I would say anyone who enjoys a procedural thriller will like this boxset.

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Over the years I have been involved in hundreds of kitchen renovations. Some have been consultations on approving the finishes, but many I’ve designed from the initial drawings through to the last door handle being mounted. One thing I have learned is you pay for what you get. Inexpensive Asian-made cabinets fail over a short period of time. They tend to not only fall apart after a couple years of use, there is also no assurance as to what materials were used in making them in the first place. I always strongly recommend that my clients go for locally-made cabinetry or at least Canadian-made.

Thomas and Birch at 1609 Blanshard St., sources locally made and B.C. product lines. They offer beautiful full 3D renderings of your proposed new space and have full design services. They are very customer-focused and work with clients to understand their lifestyle needs. They get how families live and use their space, offering a full five-year warranty on their cabinets. I have been most happy with their customer service from initial design through installation and completion.

Thetis Cove Joinery at 820 Finlayson Arm Rd., is a cabinet company that builds your kitchen right here in Victoria using Canadian materials. Before your kitchen arrives at your house, you can go to the shop and see a physical mock-up. Any alterations then can be made in the shop before it’s delivered. The carpenter in charge of your job is the one who measures, builds and installs everything. I have been working with Thetis Cove for more than 10 years; the quality and finishing is impeccable and clients are often left speechless on installation day.

So if you’re planning on replacing your kitchen cabinets, ask where they are sourced and made. You may be pleasantly surprised to find locally made custom cabinetry is not out of your price range.

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Friday September 8, 2017

The following is a rough synopsis of a series of programmes broadcast in the UK on BBC Radio 4 last year entitled "Oliver Burkeman is busy". The five 15 minute programmes are available until the middle of September through BBC iPlayer.

• Research shows that, compared to the past, women are doing more paid work and less unpaid work, whilst for men it is the reverse. Overall, there has been no significant change in the amount that we do!
• In the "Knowledge economy" it is more difficult to identify what has been achieved compared to, say, working in a factory. At Microsoft, whilst young staff thought they were busy, constantly answering e-mails, etc. their managers were concerned they had lost control of their workload.
• In addition, in these situations individuals start dividing their time into ever smaller slices. This leads to a growing number of unfinished tasks. Again, research shows that we find it easier to remember tasks whilst they are still current. Consequently, the brain is trying to juggle more balls and this leads to things being missed and an increased difficulty in making even simple decisions. The brain becomes overwhelmed.
• Multi-tasking: when we are switching between two different tasks it takes about 40% longer to complete them and performance drops. A Harvard MBA performs at the level of an eight year old once they start "multi-tasking" so jobs tend to go unfinished as other priorities appear. The result is that the brain's to do list increases which creates more distractions.

As you might expect, the answers are all too familiar:

• Cluster similar tasks together, e.g. answer your e-mails, etc. between sessions focused on more important or demanding issues.
• If you are focused on something, like a meeting, and arrive early, don't check your e-mails as this is likely to distract you from the subject of the meeting.
• Don't fill your day with appointments as something unexpected will throw your schedule. Add a couple of short periods for "meeting with self". Use them for that unplanned event but if nothing crops up use them for thinking, revising priorities or getting a head start on tomorrow's agenda.
• Establish a closing down routine for the end of the day. Turn off laptops, phones, etc. and start cooking dinner. Anything that tells the brain "work is over".
• The human body is very good at coping with short bouts of stress but it is not a machine.
• The way to change is not to look for things to give up but to focus on what is important to you.
• Take time off. Really. Set aside time to rest and relax. Go for a walk. It is only when you stop and think that you will get the opportunity to change things and make improvements in your life.

I can relate particularly to feeling overwhelmed, most days there is at least one occasion when I just want to sit down and cry. Listen to the programmes and see if there is anything that helps.

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Friday February 16, 2018

Our ancestors knew it, they knew that the community was there to support each other and look after their own. Now how many of us are lacking that community feeling? We are facing the biggest crisis in loneliness and mental health that we have ever seen.

People who go to work, converse all day with unknown faces via a small handheld piece of artificial intelligence. Then come home, to a screen, individually tailoring what they should watch on TV, food deliveries come to the door. They sleep, wake and go all around again, hardly really talking to another person. Or no work, stuck in the four walls with a screen or nothing for company.

How important community still is to us. To Everyone. So many of us blog about our communities that we invest in, our lifelines. It might be an online group, it might be a coffee morning, colleagues, or the people you meet at the same bus stop every day at the same time and one day you all got chatting, or people walking their dogs along the same route.

I grew up in a village, everyone had their place and value there. The village shop, church and pub, the village fair, youth club, festival celebrations, constantly bringing us together. Within our walls we ate our meals together at the table, picking over the days events. We watched TV together, shouting out at The Generation Game, repeating our favourite lines from The Two Ronnies. Together.

Now we need to seek these moments out, we need reminding that we NEED community to survive, and if we don't have the strength to do this? Then we are so easily susceptible to loneliness and mental illness. Have we come to a community time in crisis?

I have some valuable little communities outside of my own household that keep me going, support me, keep me afloat. They are Moodscope, my yoga class, my best friends who I met when my eldest was a baby, school Mums, my off road running group. When I'm well they're there and when I'm not well, they'll still be there. I also go on the Mental Health Mates walks in Leeds and find a little hub of like minded people who understand. I'll be OK whilst I've got these, I just wish the TV was better!

Which communities do you feel glad to be a part of, where can we gently seek these out if we're not feeling sociable?

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