A Journey to Self-Empowerment and Personal Development
August 19, 2022
Every aspect of your presentation to the world, including clothes and makeup, can make a difference in how others perceive you. Fair or unfair, your fashion and beauty products signal the type of person you represent. They indicate the role you wish to portray in your current life. This habit of categorizing is convenient for humans to fit you into their concept of reality.
Choose a Hairstyle that flatters Your Face and Fits the Role.
A hairstyle must fit the image you wish to convey. Often, a shorter hairstyle will appear to lift the features of the face. If you choose long, flowing hair, you should be sure not to keep touching it. This habit can be very distracting.
Your Voice is Your Calling Card
Your speech affects your presentation, as is your diction and the sound of your voice. Here is a quick video to give you some hints about improving your voice: Check out this video to learn some helpful tips: Three Tips On How To Improve Your Speaking Voice
Your physical representation includes fashion and cosmetics, hairstyle, voice, and the way you walk. Your hand gestures, posture, and smile send unconscious messages to everyone you meet. It is called body language for a good reason.
Body Language Accounts for 50 to 70 Percent of All Communications
In his book Silent Messages, Professor Albert Mehrabian concludes that 55 percent of communication occurs through body language. People intuitively and instantaneously develop a perception in the first moments they see you, and body language builds, confirms, or dispels those impressions. Forbes Magazine
The World is a Giant Playhouse
I agree with Shakespeare, who said,
“All the world’s a stage,
And all the men and women merely Players;
They have their exits and their entrances,
And one man in his time plays many parts….”
I view the world as a giant playhouse, and we are all acting out different roles in this ongoing movie called life. You may play your part in a drama, a comedy, an adventure, or perhaps you’re in a dull, repetitive existence that doesn’t please you. The question is, What are you going to do about it? And what do fashion and beauty products have to do with the larger picture of success or failure?
Changing Jobs May Mean Changing the Way You Look
Through my many years on the planet, I have experienced a variety of positions in different companies and organizations. Over time, I would become tired of a job (a role I was playing) and began imagining what I wanted to do next. It felt like I was studying for a new role, and I pretended I was trying out for a part in a TV show or movie.
Watching movies and paying attention to the actor’s demeanor, clothes, and makeup was part of my preparation. I read books about successful women and studied their behavior. A variety of classes prepared me for the type of job I wanted. I interviewed people in that role and learned the details and activities they handled. I understood the type of work that was expected in that position. And I wore the fashion and cosmetics I thought would be pleasing for the role I was about to play.
The Number of Jobs Became Extreme
Some jobs I held included a hostess in a hotel restaurant, followed by a better-paying job as a waitress, which meant I wore a uniform from that company. I served as an appointment secretary in a hospital, cashier in a bank, and media manager in an ad agency. These outfits were usually a blouse and skirt or slacks.
I enjoyed being the editor of six weekly newspapers in the San Gabriel Valley. That position led me to become a chief copywriter in an ad agency in Los Angeles. I moved to the Monterey Peninsula and became Executive Director of the Seaside Chamber of Commerce. These positions required a change of clothing and cosmetics into a more sophisticated jacket and slacks or skirt or a knit outfit.
My next position was Sales Manager for the Lodge at Pebble Beach. That position required a uniform of a navy suit. After five years in heaven (Pebble Beach), I created a public relations company in the San Francisco Bay area. I enjoyed PR consulting for an interior designer, a realtor, a hospital, and a software developer. I wore clothes and makeup that were a little more flamboyant with print blouses and colorful scarves.
Through a series of miracles, I became the first woman VP and part-owner of two high-tech firms in succession in Silicon Valley. My Fashion and cosmetics didn’t change much. Perhaps, they were a little more expensive and chic as I traveled to Europe or the East Coast to sign up corporations.
A Journey into Self-Empowerment
Throughout my career, I had studied and observed how our beliefs led to thoughts that activated emotions, which led to actions. Those thoughts, emotions, and actions helped to create our reality.
I used my experience and observations with the “Infusion Integration Technique” to write an award-winning book, Ending the Battle Within, and became a motivational coach and seminar leader. I was invited to teach in Japan, Hong Kong, Australia, Bali, Europe, and across the U.S.
My clothing and cosmetics shifted to soft colors, creams and white, and more flowing outfits to fit that role. The point is Anything Is Possible!
Why should fashion and beauty products mean anything to you?
Why should fashion and beauty products mean anything to you? Do you need to prepare for an imaginary acting role in a movie or TV show? No, you don’t have to follow my suggestion. Yet, it is a fun way to make changes.
What do acting, beauty products, fashion, voice, posture, gestures, and smiling have to do with real life?
Putting on “The Glamour” is using the ability to raise our vibrational frequency. This exciting and often illusory attractiveness shines our inner light outward. One of the most rewarding ways to be creative and demonstrate self-expression is to lift your spirit and shine! Enjoy the play!
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