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After going over each chapter in Salon Success during Mrs. Smiths English class I can say that I’m glad to be done with this book. The first unit is about life skills. Within this unit there are four different chapters which are, Redefining Character, Understanding Ourselves Along With Others, Communicating With Confidence, and Planning for Success. The second unit is about your relationship with your clients. This unit has two chapters which go more in depth with Building a Clientele, and making sure your guest has an experience they want. Mrs. Smith has created many different assignments to go along with the different chapters. Fortunately Mrs. Smith was nice enough to Create slide shows. The Salon Success textbook is not one I would choose …show more content…

This chapter focuses on respect, integrity and commitment. Salon Success guides us as it explains why each of these skills are important. Salon Success states how these are critical personal keys to success. Stylists are more likely to become successful without chaos by using these skills. The first skill recognized is Respect. Personally respect is a huge thing in today's society. It’s hard to respect others if you can’t respect yourself. On page 7, Salon Success states that “ Once you choose to respect yourself and figure out how to do it, you will naturally treat others with more respect as well.” I feel more connected to this chapter, because If you respect yourself you're more likely to have respect for the people around you. When you choose to respect something you are choosing to accept it. Society today has a hard time accepting what is around us, which makes it hard for others to respect one another. Respect is something that I think goes along with commitment. Commitment doesn't mean you have to stop what you're doing and only focus on one thing. You can be committed, and dedicated to multiple things. Salon Success quotes Roslene Glickman “Obstacles are what we see when we take our eyes off our goal”(20). I don’t agree with this quote because I’m working on achieving my goal of becoming a stylist. Not only am I committed to my goal, but I have my family, and work to focus on as well. I don’t look at my job, or my

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