The Lavish Life: Lavish "Climbs" to New Heights

Nicole, Kellie, April, and Erika

We had our annual meeting last week at Hangar 18 in Riverside, a local rock climbing facility; representing our theme for 2011..."Climbing to New Heights." That's exactly what Lavish is doing, and the outreach, networking, dedication, and motivation Samantha has been helping us all drive toward will certainly give us the opportunities to achieve this goal.

Jenga, representing Team Building
and the foundation of Lavish

Our team leaders, Sam, Nicole, Sarah and Cecy worked hard putting together our numbers for 2010, revamping our foundation in policies and services, and we all came up with new goals for the new year. It's always nice to see what we have done over the last year with physical evidence to look at so we can see our possibilities and what kind of goals will make progress, but are still attainable at the same time. Friends, be excited for what 2011 will bring, the same Lavish environment, but with more opportunities, better services, and a lot of networking and promotions for you to enjoy!!

A huge part of what makes Lavish different than other salons is how we focus on working together. There isn't a huge amount (but definitely a healthy amount ;) ) of competition between the girls because we largely focus on the "team" aspect of our business. My favorite part of this meeting, personally, was the personality test we took to differentiate how we all think, perform, and accept gratitude from one another. We all learned how to interact with each other, which will greatly improve our teamwork that makes us so strong.

Salina, Cecy, and April

I know you must be thinking at this point where the rock climbing comes in other than as the archetype from which our meeting stemmed...well, we definitely got our workout on and had some friendly competition in this sport that most of us had never even attempted before. I honestly didn't go into it thinking that I'd have a good time climbing up a wall that seemed like it would be really hard and all I would get out of it was a sore body and muscles I didn't know I had. I was wrong. The LG's split up into 3 groups and learned the basics of knot tying, belaying, and climbing...then came the contest. All around the structure were different climbing courses that went straight up to the ceiling about 50 feet up, with color-coordinated rocks according to difficulty. Luckily we were allowed to use any rock to make our way up the fastest to grab our assigned colored envelopes with puzzle pieces. 12 envelopes altogether, and 13 exhausted LG's made for a close finish but we all had a great time realizing the adrenaline and athleticism that came out in all of us "girly-girls" ;) Check out some of the photos from our day, you might be inspired to climb to new heights yourself!