{"id":149,"date":"2011-01-03T03:35:32","date_gmt":"2011-01-03T03:35:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hotel-lobbyists.com\/blog\/?p=149"},"modified":"2011-01-03T03:35:32","modified_gmt":"2011-01-03T03:35:32","slug":"just-say-yes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotel-lobbyists.com\/index.php\/2011\/01\/03\/just-say-yes\/","title":{"rendered":"Just Say Yes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/hotel-lobbyists.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/yes-01.bmp\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-209\" title=\"yes-01\" src=\"http:\/\/hotel-lobbyists.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/yes-01.bmp\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>If there\u2019s any rule by which I have taken aim at abiding above all things in the four years since I started my business, it\u2019s saying yes.\u00a0 One of the primary reasons I left a job that I loved was because I found myself saying no in much greater abundance than I was saying yes.\u00a0 Whether it was that I didn\u2019t have a meeting room large enough, or I didn\u2019t have the rate my client needed, or I didn\u2019t have a hotel in the city they were traveling to, the occasions of my saying yes were getting fewer and fewer.\u00a0 I haven\u2019t said no in four years.\u00a0<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>For one, there\u2019s always a meeting room large enough, the rate my clients need, or a hotel in the city they\u2019re traveling to \u2013 I\u2019ll find it.\u00a0 I\u2019m not bound by one brand\u2019s portfolio.\u00a0 But my saying yes goes way beyond my client\u2019s requests.<\/p>\n<p>Unless I have a prior commitment, I also say yes to just about every invitation to meet in person by my industry supplier colleagues.\u00a0 I say yes to just about every informational luncheon, networking reception, fundraiser, or seminar.\u00a0\u00a0 With authority I decree that the only thing I can guarantee by not attending these events is that I won\u2019t meet anyone, that I won\u2019t make that important connection, and that I may have left business on the table.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Just saying yes is as positive an attitude as one can have in business.\u00a0 People naturally want to surround themselves with positive people.\u00a0 And customers naturally want to work with positive businesses.\u00a0 If there\u2019s one thing I can attribute to quick and last success in business, it\u2019s saying yes whenever possible.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If there\u2019s any rule by which I have taken aim at abiding above all things in the four years since I started my business, it\u2019s saying yes.\u00a0 One of the primary reasons I left a job that I loved was because I found myself saying no in much greater abundance than I was saying yes.\u00a0 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2,1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.3 - 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