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Members can work in library-style cubicles or relax and socialize
with other members—a modern home from home.

In practice

• Design the space carefully and functionally—emphasize style

    and comfort, and use soft furnishings and room dividers to
    absorb sound, ensuring your being space remains convivial
    and relaxed.

• Provide opportunities for both socializing and relative privacy

    within the space.

• Consider raising revenue by selling advertising in the being

    space. While you should not allow advertising to compromise
    the aesthetic feeling, sophisticated, cutting-edge, and carefully
    placed adverts can enhance customers’ perceptions and be
    useful.

• Even if you do not wish to have a being space as your primary

    business venture, you can incorporate some of the principles
    into your business to entice potential customers.

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