I have always been one of those connector-types. I'm like some wandering, traveling nucleus, always surrounded by forces that need me, that I need. We're like a ceiling fan, spin, spinning around a crowded, sweltering space and we've got to stay together to get the cool into the room. I love being the Queen, because I get to max out this level of my personality, all in the name of, well, vibe.
I was talking to a colleague, recently, and we were talking about all the different kinds of people that do what I do in all the different places in the world and it became clear. I'm not sure why other people in my position are doing what they're doing, but I know what I'm about and I know why I show up to drive the vibe home, every day. It's because I am a hub and I want to bring you people together. Around me. Over me.
I was always like this. Even as a tiny, baby Queen, I loved and adored all kinds of people. I loved variety and color, loved to mix and match us all together like swatch watches on my wrist. Throwin' a party? Can I help with the deets? Please and thank you? I just think people are so lovely when they get together. I see the way that we morph and soften to fit the shape of those around us, how we try to smile more, for the sake of each other. It touches me. People really like other people, inherently. Even when they're not aware of it. I've watched our business professional happy hour patrons befriend a traveling biker group, stopping in for a night, on their way to their next destination. I've seen housewives and mothers of three chatting up our pierced and tattooed front desk talent. It reminds me, constantly, why I'm doing this, why I love what I do.
It also reminds me to keep reminding you that I need you, that I want you and that I'm happy to have you in my world. My space is beautiful and powerful and alive. My staff is incredibly dynamic and inspired and fun. But we're not half as fabulous and fierce without you, here, beside us, urging us to smile wider, laugh louder and transform into the best possible versions of ourselves because you are here.
Remember, I am the center point, but I'm nothing without you to hold onto, encouraging me to keep turning the wheel that keeps us all in motion. Together.
I was talking to a colleague, recently, and we were talking about all the different kinds of people that do what I do in all the different places in the world and it became clear. I'm not sure why other people in my position are doing what they're doing, but I know what I'm about and I know why I show up to drive the vibe home, every day. It's because I am a hub and I want to bring you people together. Around me. Over me.
I was always like this. Even as a tiny, baby Queen, I loved and adored all kinds of people. I loved variety and color, loved to mix and match us all together like swatch watches on my wrist. Throwin' a party? Can I help with the deets? Please and thank you? I just think people are so lovely when they get together. I see the way that we morph and soften to fit the shape of those around us, how we try to smile more, for the sake of each other. It touches me. People really like other people, inherently. Even when they're not aware of it. I've watched our business professional happy hour patrons befriend a traveling biker group, stopping in for a night, on their way to their next destination. I've seen housewives and mothers of three chatting up our pierced and tattooed front desk talent. It reminds me, constantly, why I'm doing this, why I love what I do.
It also reminds me to keep reminding you that I need you, that I want you and that I'm happy to have you in my world. My space is beautiful and powerful and alive. My staff is incredibly dynamic and inspired and fun. But we're not half as fabulous and fierce without you, here, beside us, urging us to smile wider, laugh louder and transform into the best possible versions of ourselves because you are here.
Remember, I am the center point, but I'm nothing without you to hold onto, encouraging me to keep turning the wheel that keeps us all in motion. Together.
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