 Hello everyone and welcome to today's webcast, The Power of First Impressions. Today is all about making impact with your style and your personal brand. And we have heard in the past that people can actually make their first impression within seven seconds. So what can we do to actually change that and make sure it reflects our personality and who we actually are? Today we're joined by image style expert Annie Sophia, how are you today? Hi, wonderful Sarah, wonderful to be here. Hi everyone. Thanks everyone for joining. Today is exciting for us. It's the first time we've actually had props in the studio, so thank you for bringing these in. They look lovely and I can't wait to get to them. Me too. So first of all, let's get started. Why do first impressions count in your eyes? So we're all visual creatures and whether we like it or not or know it or not, we all judge. It can be positive or negative, but this is a fact. So with first impressions, we have only a limited time up to seven seconds to make that first impression with impact. That's quite scary. And put our best foot forward to give ourselves the advantage of having a great first impression. Now you've worked in the corporate world for a long time. So you understand the rise of this whole concept of personal brand and how everyone's talking about it now. And when it does come to creating our personal brand, no matter which industry we're in, it is very important. So how does first impressions and image play into your personal brand? Great question. So first of all, personal brand is made up of many elements. So this is encompassing your passions, your vision, your values, superpowers, presentation and your personality. So what it is is it's almost like three mirrors. One mirror is how you perceive yourself. Another mirror is how you are perceived. And the third mirror is your authentic self, your truth, your personal brand. So if you look at all these elements, they all take a lot of time and years in fact to really work on each one, really giving yourselves a real clear aspect of trying to work out what your passions are, what your vision is. But I believe the most important element of personal branding is presentation. This is something that can be immediately used to make an impact and to show your true self and your brand. So what then is the quickest and easiest way to be able to present your inner confidence and also your outer presentation and that is your image. And then from there, I believe that what you wear, the clothes you wear, the wardrobe you keep is a choice that you can make every single day that can make that first impression with impact and be able to express who you really are on the inside. So it's really about we know what we want to convey and how we want people to perceive us. So how can we dress appropriately to make that happen? Because all those other elements of branding obviously can take a long time for people to see, can't they? Yes. Whereas your wardrobe is something and the way that you present yourself is something that can be done almost immediately. Just on that, I want to give people some context and also some examples. Now, when we think of image, I think of style, I think of wardrobe like you just said. So what is who are some people out there that you think have a great style or even just a style that is consistent? Yes, great. So what we've got here is some examples of public figures, Australian public figures that you may recognize that have a strong personal brand through presentation. So if you look here at the first example, Kate Blanchett, Everyone can say that she's got a great style. She does have a great style and the thing is though is it's her consistency across all surroundings and environments. So whether Kate is out shopping, whether she's on the red carpet or with her children, she's always carrying that style that I would say is timeless, is sophisticated, elegant, it's very clean. So that's Kate's personal brand through presentation in a consistent way. So and we look at the second example. I can look at this one for a while. Yes, he is easy on the eyes, isn't he? So with Hugh Jackman, we could possibly come up with the words of a bit rugged but polished, urban but professional. He's got that edgy, urban look about him and but he also can ramp it up to a more polished look depending on his environment. But see if you look at the examples, he's still got that consistent personal brand. He's presenting in a consistent way. So that's why Hugh Jackman's a great example. Another one who is quite consistent with her look as well, Clovermore. Yes, our newly re-elected Lord Mayor of Sydney, Clovermore. She's an excellent example because we could come up with the star words for her as bold, colourful, professional. But there's actually a real standout feature about Clover that makes her a great example. And that is that she has a standout accessory that she always wears and that is her choker necklace. Yes. She wears it in every situation even when she's walking the dogs. Yeah. So because she has that consistency around this presentation and image, therefore people trust her, people expect that from her. Therefore she has a really strong personal brand. Great. And this one, I think we can all agree that this one is consistent as well, depending on whether you love it or love it. Exactly. And I'm getting hungry just looking at Matt Preston and the thoughts of MasterChef coming up. But with Matt Preston, again, he's got something similar to Clovermore and that his signature piece of clothing is his cravat. So he wears that again in all situations. He also has, if you would agree with me, a dapper style, traditional, a very bold and flamboyant. So even when he's on the farm, he's still got that sort of gentlemanly dapper look about him with pops of colour as well. Yeah, it's always sort of there in the background and I think this takes me back. I was currently reading Naomi Simpson from Red Balloon. Her book, Live What You Love, and she talks about when she first started her career, she used to think of describing words about herself and how red is her colour and how you see her on Shark Tank or even Red Balloon. It's all red, the logo is, but what she wears reflects her brand, her personality and also the company as well. So I think it's very interesting how consistency really is key and that can play a big role over time with people who you're working with or trying to impress for some reason, can't it? Exactly. It makes you stand out. It makes people remember you. Yeah. And from that then, what we can do is look at the keys of a successful personal brand. I've come up with the three C's, so it's easy to remember. Great. The first C is clarity. We must have clarity about the brand that we want to express, the style, the image that we want to express. The second C is consistency. We must be consistent by presenting this image at all times in all environments like Cape Blanchard, like Hugh Jackman, doesn't matter where you are, just having that consistency at all times, which therefore brings you to the third C, which is certainty. Therefore, we bring about a sense of certainty, not just within ourselves, which will bring us inner confidence and we can trust ourselves a lot more, but also it teaches others to trust value and respect you by being certain. People trust people, people like people, if they have a level of certainty about them. Definitely makes sense. And in terms of creating our personal style in the registration process, we spoke about the three-step formula of how this all works. And before we get into that, I just want to encourage everyone out there to get a piece of pen, a piece of paper, sorry, and a pen and to start writing this down, because this is invaluable and I think if we just talk about it, you're going to forget it as soon as it's over. So definitely make sure you write this down and then start asking other people about it and start to develop your own style. The thing I really like about this and is the fact that we can take this away and it's actual things that we can put into place today, isn't it? That's it. It's all about action steps, everyone. It's all well and good talking about personal branding and presentation and this and that. But unless we can walk into our wardrobes this evening and be able to really pick out something that expresses our personal brand, then... What are we doing here? So the first part of it is personality. So what's this all about? Obviously personality, we know what it all means, but how does this play into our wardrobe and our presentation? Yeah, so personality is the first step of the three-step style formula. So to create our personal style, to develop and to express it, we need to look at the first step, which is personality. So what are three words that describe your personality that you can think of that describe yourself? Often it's good to ask the loved one or a good friend or even your work colleague. What and keep it positive? Yes, that's it. Yeah, try to go for positive words. So words that really describe you and so perhaps I can ask you, Sarah. Yes, and I have had to think about this one because I think it's one of those questions. If you are asked on the spot, it can be a little bit confronting. But judging by this list, the three that I came up with, passionate, sociable and also engaging. So they were all those three words. If I had to choose three from that list, that would actually define my personality. That's great. And I couldn't agree more, everyone. She's definitely those three words. So I mean, if I look at the list myself, I would definitely say enthusiastic, creative and passionate. Definitely. I would agree with those. Oh, good. That's wonderful. And if anyone, like I said, write them down, but go to the Ask a question tab if you like and let us know what yours are. I think it's good to share this information as well. Even if we can't see you, it's always good just to confirm it by typing it into that box and then part of the discussion. Okay. So step one, we've got those three words and that's our personality. Now let's look at environment. What does this mean? So let's think of three environments that we spend most of our time in on a day to day basis. Okay. So when we look at it on a whole, we could be working nine to five in the office, perhaps client facing sales, meetings, networking, drinks, events, if you do a lot of events, job interviews, obviously these shift over time. But what are the three environments that you're in mainly at the moment? Yeah. So looking at this, I would say office. Obviously, and I think a lot of people within this event would also agree. Yes. Dinners and weekends. So I think for me personally, we're at that stage where a lot of people a lot of friends are getting engaged or having weddings. So those weekend events that are perhaps a little bit more formal. And then also being active, going out, having lunch with friends. And I don't know if you're going to talk about the whole active where I go here and how that impacts your personality. But try not to do that. I would say if I just speak personally. Oh, it's so interesting you say that, Sarah, because I actually did a workshop recently for a group of women from a personal training club. And the workshop was from active where to effortless flair. Oh, we want to we wanted to try and shift them out of the active where and get them, you know, rocking their hot bods in something other than the Lycra. Yeah. And I think it is that mentality. If you are at certain that's why I think it's important to talk about your environment because if you are in certain environments do dictate what you might have to wear, but you still need to let your personal personality shine through and throughout the registration process. A lot of you actually said, you know, you might your personality and what you might want to wear might be different to the dress code that's at your organization. So for example, we had a conversation about this and the whole, you know, what is smart casual for a lot of people and a lot of organizations on the creative side are taken into back a bit and then a little bit less less formal and more casual. So what does that mean as well? You're not like that in that environment. So I think there's a lot to be said about environment and how that plays into it. You're spot on and in fact, that's the thing is I work closely with companies and I talk to the managers and they have an expectation of how their staff look and they look at the dress codes and they want them all to, you know, wear this certain level of dress for their company. But then I talk to the staff themselves and they feel a bit stifled that they're not able to express their personality because things are on the dress code that they're allowed to wear. For example, so it's about, you know, I'm the sort of in between person negotiating between the two's to make sure that everyone's happy. So environment plays a massive part. Okay. So once we figured out our environment and from Susan just on her personality, we're looking at logical, passionate and reliable. Oh, lovely Susan. We'll show you how to actually get that impact. Yes. Some of the wardrobes and now style personality. Now this is, I think everyone, people I know might have a different perception of themselves as opposed to what other people think. Do you usually find that? Oh, absolutely. I have a questionnaire for all my clients and I ask them, you know, what are your favorite features about yourself or least favorite or what do you like about the style you're expressing or dislike? And the positive, the what do you like about yourself and your personality and your style personality is often just a word or two and for what you don't want or what you want to change is often a paragraph. Wow. Yeah. So it really, it tells me that a lot of people struggle with looking at their best features and their most positive aspects and often that's why, for example, it's good to ask other people what they, how would they would describe you because often it's not the case that we feel that about ourselves. So it's great to get opinions from others. Yes. They could be completely different to what you think. Exactly. And that is the perception area of how you're perceived and how others perceive you in the personal branding that we talked about and displaying our personal brand and our authentic self is that all we need to remember is that if we're, if we discover and if we take time to really work on what is important to us and then we then learn how to express that then you're not going to please everyone. Yes. So they might still have a perception of you that's you know, not ideal, but the thing is as long as you know, you were putting your best foot forward that you're expressing your true self. And I think that's interesting and before going, before talking about this webcast and we spoke to each other, we started talking about the personality that's step one and I started to look at it and think of the three words to describe me and then realize that half my wardrobe is black. So am I really showing that personality? So for me, it was a bit of an eye-opener. It's like, oh, well, myself, I think that about me, but what I'm wearing might say a few different things. I couldn't agree more and we had this wonderful conversation everyone and look at Sarah today. She's rocking the pink. Exactly. Give it a bit of a world. Give it a bit of a world. But it'll be interesting when we ask Sarah her style words because there might be a reason why she wears a lot of black and for example today, it looks like that she's expressing more of her passion and her vibrancy. So that's why. Yeah, chosen this option. Yes. Yeah, it might have something to do with hanging around with me too. Maybe, yeah. I am the color queen. Yes. As we can see here, which we're getting to in a moment. So when it goes to style personality, there's a few words. So we want you to write down three different words that represent your style personality and here's some that I prepared earlier. Great. We have a classic, elegant and groomed and I think you're right that does play into the black side of things where I think of style icons and who I would like to imitate and I have to look at those words. However, I do need to find the fine balance between step one and step three. Don't know. That's a good point and also there is a misconception that elegant and classic words like that is only monochrome only black, white, beige. It's elegant is more of a style and also groomed obviously. So I mean, I'm sure you all agree that at Sarah is expressing all of those style words and also her personality through the jacket she's wearing. So I couldn't I couldn't ask for a better example of this three step process. I'm glad we've got a Pali as well. So bold, effortless and professional three words that work really well. Wonderful words. Yes. So hopefully you've written down step one, step two, step three. Now we need to go into what that all means. So we'll just stay on that slide for a moment because we want to see your clothes rack now. Lots of examples here about how you can express your personality through those three steps. So first of all, what are you going to show us? Yeah. So bring it all together. So this is why it's so good the three step process because it is breaking it down. Yeah. So looking at your three columns and then your three words from each, let's choose one word from each column and now let's walking to our wardrobe and see how we can take one step to express this today. So if you don't mind me standing up to get a bit more room to dive in. So if we had the word, for example, classic and perhaps yet polished and then something like measured or refined and perhaps evening drinks. So after work drinks, we can add a lovely tailored blazer here with some lovely piping. The thing is today it's not about color psychology colors. It's not about dressing for body shapes. What it purely is is showing examples of different items that can represent your personal brand and your personal style. One thing I love as well is here for the men online today and lots of men in our office have actually gone this way. The happy socks as well. So I just show that there the different personalities that you could represent through these as well. Exactly Sarah. And the thing is with these happy socks is this is where you can let your environment shine. So yes, you are a day in the office, but if you love sailing or you love flamingos, which these socks have flamingos on it, you can wear some happy socks that represent that. And I also have a flamingo scarf here while we're on the topic. Why not? So if this was someone's star word of bold, maybe flamboyant like the Matt Preston, and this is a great example of flinging on the flamingo. Yeah. So what you briefly mentioned color. So if I do wear something as bold as or as bright sorry as this pink, what does that tend to represent or is color something we should just avoid and just go for these three steps? Yeah. Great. Great question. It's interesting this one. What I love about this is it's the bright neon pink, but it's also quite a gorgeous tailored shirt and it's actually 100% pure silk. So it's got it's still got that elegance about it. Yeah. This is a great shirt because a similar shirt was purchased by one of my clients and it's because she was wearing a lot of corporate wear, but she actually got invited to go to Silicon Valley to meet all the heads there and she wanted to express some Polish professionalism, but she wanted to be a bit quirky a bit out there to meet all the tech heads. So this is a perfect example of a great shirt for her and then what you can do is you can add a lovely black blazer on top. If you need to sort of create a little bit more classic Polish professionalism where you can still have your little neon pink popping out there. So this is great that you can layer it up and make it work for you depending on the environment. See that? That's quite lovely, isn't it? Yeah, that black does turn it down. Yeah, exactly. So another example and this is where we can get quite creative is I had a client that her word was polished and one of her personality words was inspiring. Okay. So what does that have to do with a top like this? It's I if you look, I don't know if you can see it up close. It's got sort of glistening little sparkles. So when we look at that, that's quite for me quite inspiring. Quite it's glistening. It's polished like polished silver. It's glistens in the sun. So in a way you can really let your imagination go regarding how you can express your personality and your style personality through the clothes you wear and you could easily add a silver necklace just to add a little bit more sparkle. I think I really like the idea of that signature piece. Like you said now looking back people I know people I have known even one of my childhood friends, her mom, she is a nurse so she has to wear white all the time but she does she dyed her hair gray a long time ago and she really embraces it but orange is her signature thing. So every time I see her whether she's come home from work or whether she's out there's something orange on her and it's like her signature piece which I think is great if you do want to express a little bit of personality when you might not be allowed to if that makes sense. That's great. Yeah, exactly. And that's a good point is you know what is one thing that we can express and you can dial it up or dial it down for the occasion. What are you known for and it can shift and change for example with myself I only wear I love I've got about 20 Mac lipsticks I'm a makeup artist as well so I've got a little treasure trove which I've bought along a few today but that's my thing at the moment but that could shift and change soon but I've almost made that my signature piece like Clovermore and her choker necklace and what about yourself Sarah do you do you feel like you have a signature piece or you more shifting and changing depending on the environment I don't really think I have I think one of my less like the opposite of a signature piece is I don't wear a lot of jewellery if that makes sense so I'm sort of the opposite which I think plays into you know my style personality a bit I don't really like the over the top jewellery that I find I just don't feel comfortable in it so I've made a decision not to really wear and I'll just wear studs or something like that that's great I don't know if that's part of it yeah and in a way that's a really good point is that it doesn't necessarily mean we have to add things like what was it Coco Chanel or someone said about you know elegance is getting dressed and then removing one thing something away from that yes so and that's the thing we don't need to put more and more things on to express our personal personal style it's about choosing one or two things that really stand out and letting them talk what about the men all the gentlemen we can't leave the men no and you know I work with a lot of men and I just admire a guy that actually makes a decision to make this a priority yeah because it it really as we've discussed about first impressions and it also this is all an extension of your personality so why not show it off so with the men I'm finding in Sydney especially that dress codes at work have become a lot more casual yes so what are great ways for men to be able to be smart casual at work and still show their personality so we've got the the Navy chinos so they're great as a base and these chinos are a little bit more adventurous mustard yes love mustard they're all the rage and then pairing it with a shirt we could go for the plain blue and that's great or you can add a little print as well see the little dots here so a great thing for men is to be able to express their personality through their shirts through their socks and through a variety of other things with men there's obviously a more limited amount of wardrobe pieces that you experiment with but in a way that makes it even more exciting because you have limited choice but you can really make the most of each piece also I think it's important for men to invest in pieces that last because we want to make sure they're quite robust but also if men have limited choices then it's best to invest in those key pieces and make them last for example we've got these lovely Edward Green shoes that cost us more fortune over here but they're beautiful suede brown right lovely hand gesture I might even join you as well so these are great because a small fortune but get them rehealed every few years and they will last you you know 10 20 years even I don't know people can't it's not a suede is it yes so it's a little bit less formal than your typical leather exactly exactly and I think especially for a lot of men as well because you think in a lot of workplaces you've got casual Fridays as well so you know from 9 to 5 Monday to Thursday people dress a certain way then they really get to express themselves yes it would be good to see a little like you said that consistency so if you do have casual Fridays and all of a sudden you come dressed as a different person how do you sort of create that consistency throughout the week that's a great question yeah and the thing is with all of this is it is about picking one thing starting with one thing that you can be consistent in or a consistent color or a consistent piece and going from and going from there so for example with the men perhaps adding a blazer when needing to go to a meeting and here are some tie options as well I would love men to rock the ties a bit more I know in Sydney obviously we live on the beaches I know Melbourne is a little bit more dressier I find but there's so many great tie options and I wouldn't discount it guys it's interesting I had I did a workshop last week corporate workshop and one of the men said there that one of the global corporations which I won't name they actually have a leave the tie at the door policy wow yes so that's an interesting thing because we need to dress for the environment so if your clients for example you know maybe in the creative industry or something where they don't wear exactly a three piece suit and a tie then perhaps they may get a little bit intimidated or perhaps they will perceive you as something that you're not by what you are wearing so that's actually comes to another point is make sure you do your research make sure you do your research on where you are going who you're meeting what company you were going into and see whether you can align your your personal brand with that regarding the environment that you're in so making sure that you give yourself the advantage of making that first impression with impact great and I think you're right every environment is so different especially for people in I know you do a lot of work with young sales professionals as well you know when they're first getting into the workforce I think it's important that they understand their style but also the organization and industry they're entering entering and who they're actually going to be selling to because I think perception can be everything in that that situation I think that's a great point and in fact again I was told by a client who is quite senior at another global organization that the graduates came in the week before and she told me she was she couldn't believe her draw dropped to the ground because the graduates look like they're about to go clubbing they'll dressed in the tiniest little skirt yeah and the guys have no idea what they were wearing it just looked like a shambles and she said that perhaps that's up to the company yes to really make it clear from the outset what is expected of them of them with their style and how to present themselves so this is why dress codes are really important in a company you're having a dress code having a book that you give to new employees yep to show them what you know what is expected and we're not talking about you know you must wear a tie that's you know this many inches or you know fine line there's a fine line but at the same time just giving giving the tools to be able to work from regarding where they can start at what base they can start at and then building from there with your personality in your style great so thank you for showcasing that I hope that's given everyone out there a bit of an idea as to how things go with what and how you can start to represent your style before we go to Q&A and we've got a lot of questions that will ask before the event but please type in your questions now we mentioned some actionable takeaways so behind besides that three step process which I think is fabulous what are some things that we can go home and do as soon as we get home and just start fresh spring clean yes spring clean and how poignant that we are in spring so let's look at the challenge and I call it the DRE challenge see it's like Dr. Dre challenge yes exactly I was going yeah I was going to put up a picture of Snoop Dogg but I thought no no let's keep it let's keep the close thing going but let's think of the DRE and let's think of it as D ditch so what can you ditch when you walk into your wardrobe tonight that is not serving you is it that grey cardigan that's been sitting idle is it a shirt that's got a few little bits of rough worn edges that you just need to get rid of what is one thing that you ditch that is not serving you the R is replace replace it with something or replace that or replace something that is being well loved maybe you have those black pair of heels that you always wear to work that are looking bit scruffy maybe it is that that suit that you know is a little bit getting a bit old yes they're loved but it's time to replace them and then the E is embrace so what is one thing that you can embrace in your wardrobe that you either see in your wardrobe or you need to purchase that brings you closer to expressing your personal brand so that is a DRE yeah it sounds quite therapeutic and it can be challenging I think when the things there's a lot of charities out there when I do a wardrobe refresh I go and give a lot of my clothes to charities yes and it is sort of it does make the process a lot easier because I used to struggle in ditching any items from my wardrobe because oh yeah it'll come back in fashion you know it's a full circle it'll come back around but going out there and actually giving why you're actually going through this process I think is a great way to sort of handle it if you need some help like I do wonderful wonderful thing to say Sarah that's exactly it it makes a more palatable exactly when you know it's going to a good home yeah um so one thing I want to do now first of all is thank you for your amazing insights and advice I think it's been excellent we are going to go to some questions now and we've got a lot that have come through so we'll get to those if you do need to leave we do understand please feel free to complete the survey within that just let us know your feedback and what you thought about today's session and Annie you actually do this for a living within corporate organization so if you think there's my buzzer if you think people if you think people within your organization or your team could benefit for one of these sessions here's a little offer for people who do want to embrace it and I think making the world a more fashionable place or something that's relevant to our personality can only do good oh that's it Sarah thank you yes so I'm offering a free one-hour style audit for your company or your department so I come in have a chat to you all have a look at how your organization is presenting itself even through you know who's there on reception what are they what image are they expressing so this is a one-hour style order with a report that I will present to you or for a one-on-one a 30-minute consult so we'd love to have a chat to you I would love you to send through your images of what you've ditched yeah and yeah please keep in touch so I've got a special link anisaphi.com slash read back also I'm on social media anisaphi style on LinkedIn and Instagram anisaphi on Facebook great so some questions now so one that came through earlier how do you recover from a bad first impression that's a really great question this is the thing is that it can take hours days months years to recover from a bad first impression it really depends and that's why this is so important and to make sure that you are putting your best foot forward the thing is though all is not lost all is not lost what you need to do is read look at you know what happened we'd also know and I mean I had this issue this morning all the best laid plans can come undone I wanted to make obviously a great first impression on you all and whether you like whether I like it or not you've judged me and that's fine but I bought some beautiful Italian stockings and I had them on and then I got an enormous ladder in them and they got caught on the Manly Ferry life jacket under the seat course I did so therefore you know I obviously my priority was to make a great first impression so I ran out and got another pair of stockings but the thing is we can't control the situation but what I will say is there is one thing that you can control and that is what you wear so I really make that a priority regarding a first impression because therefore at least you are controlling and making a choice about that aspect and always be ready for the unexpected I think yes you know any you might not have meetings or you might not have to be out in the you know to see customers or something or anything in one day but just always be prepared that that might come up I think that's a good point as well that's great and Sarah Sarah and I discussed this last week there was a really a really popular post on LinkedIn regarding a man in the US with his team on a flight and they're all suited and booted with their ties and suits and he said wow it's so important to make an effort even if you're catching a flight because you never know who you're going to sit next to so he said he has he has broken deals millions and millions of dollars worth of deals just because of these off-the-cuff situations yeah but I've just suddenly come up yes never know do you and what is the impact if we don't prioritize our image do you think and that's that's similar to what we're saying before is that if you if you don't want to prioritize it then why let's look at the why there let's look at the whole personal branding elements like the passions of visions of values we all have our priorities in our life the thing is though they interweave with each other so if you're one of your priorities is to you know get that job promotion or it is to maybe meet your life partner then what what our ways that I can do what things I can do to bring me closer to that so what I'm saying though is there is one choice that we can make each day that is really simple and easy and that is how we present ourselves so I think make it a priority yeah I think just start looking at it in a way that's not this big I need to change my whole image it's about looking in your wardrobe and just choosing one thing that really resonates with you and expresses your personal brand based on those steps I think that's really exactly and branding in a less corporate environment from Susan I think we sort of touched on that by little subtle ways you know whether it's the socks or whether it is something that you know that one thing that can really help you stand down and it is your signature perhaps that's it yes and in a way it's interesting that we are becoming a little bit more casualized in the workplace so in a way that becomes even more of a gold mine and you know stepping on all sorts of things because what is appropriate it's almost too much choice yes so again looking at how we can still look polished and professional in a casual workplace so for example you're wearing the bright colored shirt but with a blazer over the top and then taking the blazer off when you're you know having morning coffee you can even do a little leopard print here as a little bit of fun but also you know keeping a heel on it with the guys you know just adding that that shirt that creates a little bit of something if you want to not stand out though that's another question is you know what if you don't want to stand out the thing is standing out doesn't mean wearing bright colors or crazy print standing out means expressing your true self standing out and making your mark that's in line with your personality and your style so if your words are you know measured logical and you know Polish professional then wow there's so many options for you to be able to express that and still stand out definitely agree well that brings us to the end and we've got one minute to go so I'll thank you again because it's been great just to hear about how we can take away these actions and actually apply them today for ourselves but also just to showcase the platform with some props I think it's the first time we've done it here so thank you so much for bringing everything in thank you everyone for joining like I said if you do want to hear more from Annie please feel free to contact her or complete the survey where you can opt in to receive more information thank 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