How To Stand Out By Dr Rob Yeung Book Review

Posted on October 4, 2015 by Catherine Balavage

Many self help books are dense and uninspiring. How To Stand Out has a lot going for it and is far from dense and uninspiring, it is easy to read and absorb, with pull quotes and actual quotes helping you along. Psychologist Dr Rob Yeung knows what he is talking about and covers everything from the science of standing out and tips to be more memorable. The book is full of great advice and will leave you with the ability to stand out and become someone who is not only noticed, but remembered. Good book.

How to Stand Out is written by psychologist Dr Rob Yeung and draws on extensive research and scientific studies to explore the body language and speaking techniques that help people stand out and get noticed. Whether readers want to impress a date, socialise more easily or get noticed at work, this book will help them develop skills for personal and professional success.

How to Stand Out: Proven Tactics for Getting Noticed is available here.

About the author

Dr Rob Yeung is an organisational psychologist at consultancy Talentspace, where he runs leadership development programmes for executives, as well as training workshops on topics such as presentation skills, confidence, teamwork and personal productivity. He has a Ph.D. in psychology from King’s College London, is a chartered psychologist and an Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society. He is the author of over 20 books and a familiar face to television, having appeared as an expert psychologist of programmes ranging from ITN, CNN, BBC News and Big Brother. He is a regular guest on BBC Radio 2 and has been quoted in publications ranging from the Financial Times, The Sunday Times, GQ, Men’s Health and Red.

Published by Capstone.

New book by leading psychologist uncovers the science of standing out

What is it that makes some people stand out? That star quality that gets them promoted again and again, or asked out on date after date? What helps them get noticed at work, at a party, in life?

Drawing on extensive business school, university and employer research, psychologist and television expert Dr Rob Yeung explores the body language, winning words and confidence-building techniques that have been proven to help people become more successful.

The book provides practical advice illustrated by scientific studies and interviews with executives, entrepreneurs, TV producers and people from all walks of life who share their stories, their worries and tips for making the most of themselves.

How to Stand Out tackles:

The ‘confidence con’ – how people are often successful despite being afflicted by anxiety and doubt, with examples from sales professionals to singer-songwriter Adele.
Superstar speakers – the verbal tricks used by CEOs to prime ministers and how one badly worded email cemented the downfall of one of the most successful companies of the 21^st century.
Persuasion through body language – the latest research on how non-verbal communication influences people’s decision-making, even who they think should run the country.
Creating an ‘i-deal’ job – why enjoying work is a must have for performance in work and life and a proven programme for boosting not only your enjoyment but performance.

Both rigorously researched (with full notes referring to original academic research) and entertaining, this book will help anyone who wants to make more impact personally or professionally by teaching them to be more engaging, entertaining and persuasive.

Follow Rob: @RobYeung

Re-ignite your love of Cinema with The IMAX with Laser experience at Empire Leicester Square

Posted on October 3, 2015 by Kesh

Remember the days when going to the Cinema used to be a welcome treat, watching the latest Blockbusters and then discussing them with everyone who managed to book in advance…? Of course, I may be referring to Titanic in particular when I mention this, but long gone are the days when this was the culture. With our tech industry improving and developing every year, it’s no surprise that as consumers we have become impatient and demanding. The advanced speed at which film releases become available to viewers and huge factors such as piracy, have become major contributors to the dip in cinema attendance, so it’s important the movie technology industry do everything they can to improve and enhance our cinema experience.

Enter IMAX with Laser. Dubbed ‘The Future of Movie Technology’ IMAX have set out to maximise your experience of film with brighter images, sharper contrast, more colours and double the sound. Launched at the beginning of this month, IMAX with Laser really does fully immerse you into film. It is designed to fill IMAX’s largest screens and will draw you into the action like never before.

Technically, advances have been made in the following areas;

Brightness has been enhances by a laser light source which provides more brightness than a xenon bulb and allows IMAX with more lifelike images. In short it will allow you to enjoy a film with unparalleled brightness in both 3D and 2D.

Contrast can be altered in post production and for us means that we will see much more detail in the image and a heightened level of realism will make you forget you are watching a movie.

The Colour scale has been expanded offering a much more vivid and realistic palette that has never been explored onscreen and with all IMAX with Laser screens dressed in all black everything, this helps you to fully immerse yourself into the imagery.

The next-generation Sound System features built-in image calibration and audio tuning features. The most amazing thing we heard from the team behind this revolutionary technology is that attention to detail is paramount. Even after release, IMAX with Laser will make sure the film is never compromised over time by including an industrial camera next to every projector screening one of their films, this will monitor thousands of system components ensuring optimum performance for every showing.

Today we can be extremely grateful that we can probably experience most new releases at the drop of a hat from our computer screens but there is nothing quite like that full Cinema Experience. Personally, I can remember every detail of my first experience of an IMAX film about 17 years ago watching an underwater film in IMAX 3D. Today, watching the various trailers in IMAX Laser in both 3D and without, has something of a revolutionary feel about it which would be extremely difficult to replicate outside of an IMAX cinema. No amount of talking about IMAX with Laser will do it justice but what can be assured is that you will not be disappointed. Prepare to be blown away and immersed into the world of film.

IMAX with Laser can be experienced at the Empire Leicester Square IMAX in London, which is the first cinema in Europe to have this system installed. With more cinemas to introduce this in the pipeline, hold on to your seats. Bookings can currently be made for The Walk, Crimson Peak, SPECTRE and Star Wars: The Force Awakens here:

http://www.empirecinemas.co.uk/imax/t5

JUSTIFIED: THE FINAL SEASON Three Copies To Giveaway | Competition

Posted on October 3, 2015 by Frostie

Witness the epic conclusion to the modern-day police drama when JUSTIFIED: THE FINAL SEASON debuts on DVD Oct 5 from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. Timothy Olyphant returns one last time as U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens, a man who attempts to bring law and order back to Harlan County. Based on Elmore Leonard’s short story, “Fire in the Hole,” this critically acclaimed series from Sony Pictures Television and Bluebush Productions comes to a head in the series’ final hours with a standoff between Raylan and his longtime enemy, Boyd Crowder, played by Walton Goggins (Sons of Anarchy). JUSTIFIED: THE FINAL SEASON never lets up with its gun-slinging action and renegade style of justice.Available as a three-disc set, JUSTIFIED: THE FINAL SEASON will include all 13 episodes, plus a behind-the-scenes featurette called “Hollywood to Harlan,” giving fans an inside look as to how the writers of Justified did research in Kentucky for the final season.JUSTIFIED: THE FINAL SEASON features an extraordinary ensemble cast, including Olyphant, Nick Searcy (Hawaii Five-0), Jere Burns (Bates Motel), Joelle Carter (Castle), Jacob Pitts (Person of Interest), Erica Tazel (The Office), Walton Goggins (Django Unchained) and more.JUSTIFIED: THE COMPLETE SERIES is also available on DVD October 5, just in time for must-have Christmas gift lists. The box set will include the full 78 episodes with all previously released bonus material, including deleted scenes, commentary with cast and crew and extensive featurettes.

We have three copies to giveaway. To be in with the chance of winning this fantastic prize, follow @Frostmag on Twitter or Instagram, or like us on Facebook. Alternatively, sign up to our newsletter. Or subscribe to Frost Magazine TV on YouTube here: http://t.co/9etf8j0kkz.Then comment below saying what you did or email frostmagazine@gmail.com Competition finishes end of November.

George Clooney And Casamigos Founders Host Party Launching Cindy Crawford’s Book ‘Becoming’

Posted on October 2, 2015 by Corinne Tuddenham-Finn

Last night, Thursday 1^st October, saw the founders of Casamigos Tequila, Rande Gerber, George Clooney and Mike Meldman, host the official London launch of Casamigos Tequila and Cindy Crawford’s new book ‘Becoming’ at The Beaumont Hotel, Mayfair, London.

“Brought To You By Those Who Drink It”, the best-tasting, smoothest tequila was shared and enjoyed amongst friends of the founders, as well as leaders in British film, music, business, fashion, art and literature. The who’s who of London were hosted at The Beaumont Hotel in Mayfair for 250 guests in celebration of the launch of Casamigos Tequila in London and Cindy Crawford’s personal and professional evolution as one of the world’s most iconic supermodels.

Attendees observed never-before-published photographs from Cindy’s private collection and heard untold stories from the book, whilst enjoying a selection of bespoke cocktails created with the award-wining Casamigos Tequila, including the Casamigos Three Amigos, Casamigos Old Fashioned and Casamigos Sour.

Cindy Crawford dazzled in a black and white structured Victoria Beckham dress and was seen catching up with the fashion pack Giancarlo Giametti and Mario Testino, laughing about the good old days.

The great and the good from Hollywood’s finest directing pedigree were in attendance, including Joel Silver, Mike Figgis and Eric Fellner, all seen catching up with fellow director George Clooney, Mr Selfridge star Jeremy Piven and Downton Abby actor Allen Leech.

VIP attendees included: George Clooney, Rande Gerber, Michael Meldman, Cindy Crawford, Lewis Hamilton, Mario Testino, Giancarlo Giametti, Joel Silver, Laura Bailey & Eric Fellner, Allen Leech, Jeremy Piven, Noel Gallagher & Sara McDonald, Hermione Norris, David Furnish, Mike Figgis, Rosey Chan, Tamara Beckwith, Sir David Tang, Melissa Odabash, Amber Nuttell, Ali Spencer-Churchill, Plum Sykes, Jeremy King, Matthew Freud, Ben Elliot, Tim & Malin Jeffries.

The Casamigos Tequilas were flowing throughout the evening, with guests savouring the aromatic beverage served in delightful mixes, such as Casamigos Three Amigos, Casamigos Old Fashioned, Casamigos Sour and Casamigos Reposado on the Rocks.

The invited guests dined on mac & cheese bites, buttermilk fried chicken with Louisiana remoulade, grilled zucchini with ricotta, steak tartare on poliane bread, chocolate brownies, red velvet cakes and grilled cheese sandwiches.

About Casamigos Tequila…

Brought To You By Those Who Drink It. Privately owned by George Clooney and long-time friend, bar and restaurant mogul Rande Gerber, and Discovery Land Company CEO & founder Michael Meldman, tequila-filled nights with friends is how Casamigos was born. Launched in the UK in March 2015, these small batch, ultra-premium tequilas are made from the finest hand-selected 100% Blue Weber agaves grown in the rich red clay soil and cool climate of Mexico’s Jalisco Highlands for a minimum of seven years. Casamigos Blanco is crisp and clear, with subtle hints of vanilla and a smooth finish, Casamigos Reposado is smooth and clean with hints of caramel. Casamigos Añejo is aged 14 months and has a beautifully pure and refined complex aroma, with soft caramel and vanilla notes.

Casamigos is available in the United States, Bahamas, Canada, Hong Kong, and the UK, and has garnered the highest accolades from the spirit industry’s most well respected authority figures. Awards and ratings include the highest rated gold medals from Los Angeles International Spirits Competition, the San Francisco World Spirits Competition, The Beverage Testing Institute, The New York World Wine & Spirits Competition, The Spirits of Mexico Tasting Competition and many more. Additionally, Casamigos was rated “Excellent, Highly Recommend” by The Ultimate Spirits Challenge, received the coveted 5 star rating from BevX Magazine, “A perfect tequila,” A rating, from Good Spirit News, named “Best Tequila in the World” by Men’s Journal magazine and Oprah Winfrey lists Casamigos as “The Smoothest, The Best.”

In the UK the brand can be found at top establishments like Nobu, Zuma, Groucho Club, Soho House, 5 Hertford St, 4 Seasons, The Wolseley, Chiltern Firehouse, Claridges, The Berkeley, The Connaught, Hyatt Regency, La Bodega Negra, El Nivel, Peyote and The Savoy.

Casamigos Tequila is available to purchase at Selfridges and online at www.selfridges.com from £62.99

About ‘BECOMING’…

BECOMING is a chronicle of American icon and supermodel Cindy Crawford’s life, in which she shares stories of her professional and personal evolution, accompanied by her most iconic images, as well as never-before-published photographs from her personal archive. Cindy Crawford looks back on a super-nova career and remarkable life. In the completely accessible, down-to-earth voice of the Midwestern girl she is, Cindy discusses the love-filled, small-town childhood that shaped both her legendary work ethos, and the professionalism for which she is so well-regarded in an often cut-throat and competitive business.

www.corinne-modelling.co.uk

@ladycdtt

corinne@frostmagazine.com

Villa Maria Private Bin Sauvignon Blanc 2015

Posted on October 2, 2015 by Amy Voce

The new vintage Villa Maria Private Bin Sauvignon Blanc 2015: Now in the UK

We are very partial to a Sauvignon Blanc at Frost, and this one is no exception. Fruity, zingy and zesty, this wine is refreshing and delicious in equal measures, with flavours of melon, passionfruit and grapefruit. Good stuff indeed.

Each year the eagerly awaited newest vintage of Villa Maria’s Flagship wine, its Private Bin Sauvignon Blanc, displays the results of that year’s harvest – the most exciting but often the most challenging time of the winemakers year. Villa Maria Group Winemaker, Nick Picone, invites you to try this recently released 2015 vintage to taste the results for yourself.

Villa Maria Private Bin Sauvignon Blanc 2015, 13% abv

Vintage notes: Nick sums up the vintage in Marlborough: “We experienced it all this season – a long frost in spring, along with very strong winds followed by a perfect storm of dry, hot weather (with very warm nights) that lasted without any relief for over two months through to mid-February. The dry weather continued throughout the whole growing season and while there were some weather threats over the harvest period none ended up significantly disrupting fruit flow in to the winery. This allowed measured harvest decisions and a relatively stress free vintage for growers, vineyard managers and winery staff. Wine quality has proven to be very good across all varieties and the line- up of wines this year is one of the strongest ever.”

Fruit: The fruit for this wine was sourced from both the Wairau and Awatere valleys – the Wairau valley is warmer so the fruit contributes richness and ripe tropical flavours while the Awatere fruit provides the zingy acid structure and pungent herbal aromatics.

Winemaking: After a short period of resting on yeast lees post fermentation the wine was filtered and bottled to capture its vibrancy and freshness – the essence of quality sauvignon blanc.

Tasting notes: With vibrant aromas of fresh peas, zesty limes and freshly picked herbs this is a wine of great intensity and vitality. On the palate, juicy acidity is balanced with flavours of melon, passionfruit and grapefruit with a touch of richer herbaceous characters.

RRP: £11.25, Asda.com, Coop, Majestic, Sainsbury’s, Tesco, Waitrose.com, Morrisons, Oddbins, Budgens, Wine Rack, Nisa, Spar

www.villamaria.co.nz

@VillaMaria_UK

Handpicked Media Blogger Workshop No.1 – Fragrance | Events

Posted on October 1, 2015 by Catherine Balavage

Very exciting news for beauty bloggers; Handpicked Media are doing a series of workshops to help you up your game. The first one is about fragrance and is well worth the money. Buy before the 5th of October and tickets are £10, after that they are only £15. What are you waiting for? Buy now. The event is held at Conde Nast College.

Improve your knowledge and language of fragrance with our brilliant line up of industry experts.

Gain confidence and skill when talking and writing about fragrance through the years of experience our experts have from all aspects of the fragrance industry. With speakers from a leading luxury brand, one of the UK’s most famous beauty journalists and one of the biggest fragrance PR’s in London.

Meet Camille Goutal & Isabelle Doyen and hear about their fascinating story that takes them from Paris to NYC. Take part in a workshop with Jo Fairley, co- founder of The Perfume Society that focuses on finding out more about scent and how you can express fragrance in an engaging way to your audience. Hear from Nicola de Burlet on how to build a good relationship with a PR.

All attendees will receive a year’s subscription to The Perfume Society (worth £25) and a fragrance to take home.

When: 6:30pm – 8:30pm Wednesday 21st October 2015

*Please arrive for 6pm

Where: Condé Nast College, Soho, London

Price: £15 per person

Early Bird discount: book before October 5th for £10 tickets

The Experts:

Jo Fairley, The Perfume Society

A former magazine editor (Honey, Look Now) and journalist for a wide range of publications, Jo has always had a particular passion for writing about fragrance, and is twice winner of a Jasmine Award, the ‘Oscars’ of the perfume-writing world. Jo remains a Contributing Editor to the Mail on Sunday’s YOU magazine, The Telegraph online and writes extensively for other monthly and weekly magazines.

Jo is co-founder of The Perfume Society alongside Lorna McKay, and edits The Scented Letter, the beautiful Jasmine award winning subscriber magazine of The Perfume Society.

Camille Goutal & Isabelle Doyen

Pianist, then fashion model, Annick Goutal discovered she had a genuine gift for creating perfumes and in 1981, opened her first shop in Paris. In her workshop, she pursued her love for beautiful raw materials and soon made a name for herself thanks to the originality of her creations such as Eau d’Hadrien and Petite Cherie, which are still best sellers to this day.

Annick Goutal bequeathed her love of perfume to her daughter Camille and her lifelong colleague Isabelle Doyen, who since have become the House’s perfumers.

Nicola de Burlet, Kenneth Green Associates

Nicola is the head of press at KGA, with many years of experience working with perfume. Founded in 1990, by Kenneth Green, KGA is one of the largest distributors of cosmetics and luxury fragrances in the UK, representing over 25 brands and has won many fragrance industry awards.

Krista Madden, Handpicked Media

Beauty industry expert and MD of Handpicked Media, Krista Madden has owned a successful hair and make-up agency, and is the founder of www.beautyandthedirt.com, one of the most successful independent women’s websites of the last 15 years.

Statistics From Think Tank NLA Reveal Frightening Extent of London Housing Crisis

Posted on October 1, 2015 by Frostie

Some interesting and shocking news today on the London Housing Crisis. New London Architecture (NLA), the capital’s think tank on the city’s built environment, has today announced a series of findings from their insight study into the London housing shortage. The research gathered by former Development Director at Peabody, Claire Bennie, has formed the basis of their forthcoming exhibition New Ideas for Housing. The exhibition examines London’s housing market, past and present, as well as the results of an extensive global ideas competition, set-up with the Mayor of London to tackle the shortfall.

Current statistics show that the capital’s population has now hit record numbers and is set to keep rising. It is estimated that we need 40,000 new homes every year for 20 years to deal with the current population increase and a further 9,000 a year, on top, just to catch up on the deficit. Current delivery of new homes stands at between 20-25,000 a year, this means the delivery of new homes has to at least double from its current rate.

Earlier this year, London’s population passed its previous peak of 8.6 million people, and future projections suggest there will be 9 million people in London by 2020, 10 million by 2030 and 11 million by 2050, adding nearly 70,000 people and 34,000 jobs every year.

The comparison in quality of life between homeowners and those renting properties is creating a widening gap amongst Londoners. 40-50% of all renting households in London are living in poverty whilst 40% of owner-occupied homes have two or more spare bedrooms. The proportion of 25-34 years olds owning their own homes has fallen from 59% to 36% in less than a decade and the current population figures show that 80% of all new housing is only affordable for 20% of Londoners.

A rise in renting is a common theme throughout the research with a third of all privately owned homes now rented out. Successful European models show that long-term renting can act as a possible solution, but this would mean a large-scale change across the industry in the way that housing is funded and delivered. Developers such as Argent are already looking into large build-to-rent developments that could change the way we live in the capital.

Contrary to popular belief that many of London’s developments second-homes for foreign millionaires, only 121,000 homes are recorded to be ‘empty’. However, there has been a significant growth in properties bought as investments, currently 61% of all new homes are bought with the no intention of occupying (Molior London).

80% of households bring in less than £45,000 a year and with house prices rising by 18% last year and living wages only rising by 2.1%, a revised approached to the capital’s housing market needs addressing.

Peter Murray, Chairman of New London Architecture, rallied this call for change by saying: “There is no silver bullet to solve London’s housing crisis – we need to look at lots of smaller and innovative contributions to fill in the gap left by the traditional providers”

Claire Bennie, Architect and Housing Development Specialist, and former Development Director at Peabody, commented: ‘Housing London is the pressing issue of our time: we now need to implement the best solutions from this competition without delay so that our young people can settle and thrive in this great metropolis.’

Greater London is a relatively low-density city and covers 152,200 hectares of land. If all of London’s residents were standing in a grid, they would be spaced 14m apart but if London continues to grow upwards and outwards then there is the potential to create 470,000 new homes over the next 20 years. There is currently an estimated 75,000 hectares of available space in Greater London and with the potential to create to 100,000 homes on sites as small as 0.25 hectares the density of city must improve. The NLA exhibition New Ideas for Housing will explore some of the most innovative solutions to the housing crisis and what is next for London.

Aperol Spritz Review & Recipe

Posted on October 1, 2015 by Catherine Balavage

It may be October but the weather is still sunny outside. What better excuse to have an Aperol Spritz? Aperol Spritz is undoubtedly the most widespread and commonly drunk aperitif in Italy and is now hugely popular over here. Bright orange in colour, it has a unique taste, thanks to the secret recipe, which has never been changed, with infusions of selected ingredients including bitter and sweet oranges and many other herbs (including rhubarb) and roots in perfect proportions. It is low in alcohol at 11% and has a dry and bitter taste. Perfect for those who have savoury tastes.

To make an Aperol Spritz you just mix 3 parts Prosecco, 2 parts Aperol and a dash of soda. Add a slice of orange and there you have it: an Aperol Spritz. Best served in a tumbler or large balloon glass.

Will you be enjoying an Aperol Spritz?