Welcome back to my channel my dear elegant ladies!
This video is a special one
because if you are a loyal follower or if you religiously watch all m
videos on my youtube channel, you know I have been hinting about a certain
announcement happening in August.
Now those who are following me on Instagram
and especially those who are watching my Instagram stories have received a little
bit more information. I actually do recommend that you follow me on
Instagram and especially watch my stories because that's the place where
you really get to know me, where you get to see more of my personal life because
here on YouTube are more about education and teaching you about high society and
elegance and how to be a lady in general.
And for those of you who are brand new
to my channel, my name is Anna Bey and I run an online finishing school called
School of Affluence.
If you're interested in doing a transformation with your lifestyle, join
www.schoolofaffluence.com
Now, what is this exciting announcement
that I have been talking about all summer but I have not revealed it up until now?
This video is finally my revelation video and I'm so excited to
share this with you because unfortunately, I had to keep it a secret
for various reasons.
We were not allowed to speak about where we were, so this was
to protect ourselves and protect all the individuals that was there.
So most of you probably know that I am here to teach you how to become a better version
of yourself, how to do a transformation, how to invest in you and really live up
to your fullest potential possible.
Now I am a person, I don't like to not walk my talk.
Number one, everything that I teach I have experienced myself, I have done
this journey of transformation myself. So you know the things that I share with
you are actually things that I have tested, things that I've learned,
things that I've researched, analyzed, even though I have been leveling up
for so many years myself and also accomplished all my lifestyle goals that
I have set for myself. I do not stop investing in myself and especially
because I do want to be a role model for what it is that I teach.
I don't want to be a teacher who doesn't walk her talk. So for me, it's really important that I
am always on my best game, even with you and especially with what I teach.
So what I do is that I always stay researching high-society, elegance, etiquette,
networking, dating all the fields where I teach, I research everything.
I have great sources for information. I do the walk myself, I have done it in the past and
I'm still doing it but I also invest in education. And even for me, it's been so
important to invest in myself, especially so that I can help you ladies further.
So this leads me up to reveal what it is that I've been doing all summer long,
well, almost.
Ladies, for six weeks this summer,
I went to a Swiss finishing school and it was quite an incredible experience.
Now some of you might wonder what is the finishing school and the why Swiss?
Now, finishing schools used to be very common in the past but unfortunately a lot of
them have closed down. And there were very big in countries like the UK but
especially Switzerland where a lot of the elites finishing schools were stationed.
So what a traditional finishing school offers a woman is
of course, a transformation to become more ladylike, to teach her etiquette,
to teach her how to run a household and basically prepare her for life as a wife.
This might sound a little bit old-fashioned and maybe that's why a lot of finishing schools
have closed down because there wasn't really a need for them anymore,
especially after feminism really took a big stance in our society.
But as you know, I have an online finishing school. But my school has a bit of a twist to it
because I focus on teaching women high society skills
together with of course, transformation like they do in a traditional finishing school
and I add a lot of touches to it that has to do with networking, dating, behavior and so on.
Whilst traditional finishing schools, they teach you more
the role of being the woman of the house basically. But for me, it was very
important to go to a traditional finishing school to understand what it's
really about and of course, so I can learn more and enrich my education.
But what's even bigger news is that I have now a
Diploma in International Etiquette and Protocol.
Meaning, I'm certified and I'm now able
to teach you on etiquette and many of the topics that I learned at the finishing school.
This will, of course, affect all of you positively. Because in the past,
I didn't really want to speak too much about etiquette because I'm the
type of person, I don't like to teach things that I'm not a hundred percent certain about.
And etiquette is something that you really need to know
the right and correct things because there's a lot of misconceptions about etiquette out there.
And now, I can really create more content about these topics for you
but it will also benefit future students of mine who will join my school in the future.
Now, I'm not going to talk too much about my experience at this
finishing school because I'm a person who believe in discretion and that's
actually something I'm going to do a separate video about.
Because when you are surrounded in high society and especially with very, how can I say,
high profile people, affluent people, you need to lead with discretion ladies,
it's very important. But I'm going to do a separate video on this topic.
And the reason why I don't want to talk too much about my experience at this finishing school is
because of the privacy aspect of it. The school itself which I'm not mentioning
by name, because they're a very private school, they're very careful so I want to
respect the privacy and I don't want to talk too much.
And at the same time, I mean, I have so many anecdotes about the school and my experience there.
And also you know, as a respect for the students there, I'm going to keep most of it
for my own memories. But I can tell you one thing is for sure,
that my experience was very positive. I met some incredible people there,
a lot of lovely people, I must say. We were only girls so it was proper like
boarding school style and that was actually a bit of a challenge for me because I am,
you know, I'm a woman who is 33 years old now and it was difficult to go back to
having rules and it was difficult living somewhere else away from home.
Well, I have a business to run and my home life and studying Monday to Friday from
8:30 in the morning until 7:30 in the evening with almost no breaks,
so that was pretty intense like it was quite challenging.
I'm not going to lie, I did not expect that it was going to be so difficult but it was actually quite difficult.
I think probably what was the most difficult for me was not having my routine
because I'm a person who must have my routine, my morning routine,
my evening routine and especially, my training routine.
And I was not able to train over there because of the intense schedule that we had and because
the school was located on this beautiful hill. Well, I'm not going to complain
about the fantastic views and surroundings that we had that really got me spoiled.
But unfortunately, when you live on a hill, that means that just
going out for a power walk or a jog is not that easy because you live on a
hill and it's so steep, you can barely walk up and down in the middle of summer
when it's boiling hot and you know, it's steep and very tiring.
So training was out of the question and that was very hard for me,
I need my balance.
If you watch my Instagram stories, you know exactly what I'm talking about.
But once I left the school, I really understood that I really appreciated
everything that I learned there, all the teachers that I had were amazing and
I hope to meet them again. And also, I just left having a different perspective to things.
There was a lot of things I already knew but it's always good to be
validated in the knowledge that you have. But of course, I did get a lot of new
perspectives too and I felt quite enriched leaving there.
Now, some of the things that we learned was, of course, etiquette.
We had a lot of etiquette lessons, we learned a lot about protocol,
about how to receive important people, we learned about cultural differences, cultural etiquette.
We learned how to be a great hostess so we had many table decoration classes,
many floral art classes. We had lessons like enology where we learned about wine.
So there was a lot of interesting things that I learned and a lot of things will
of course, be passed on to all of you ladies who are following me, who are my students.
I'm so excited to have this experience with me because I know how much it's
going to benefit you all.
Not everybody may afford going to a Swiss finishing school
because it is a very expensive experience.
But for me as an educator,
it's very important to invest in this because I believe to walk my talk and
to always be on top of my game, regardless if I'm here educating you or from
somebody who is in the beginning of her levelling journey.
So think about the importance of education and investing in yourself
and that's actually where I want to leave you.
I hope you have enjoyed this video
and please do watch the rest of my content here
because I have loads of interesting videos for you
about high society and how to be a better version of yourself.
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