Check Your Baggage

Bad days are inevitable. Days where we don’t feel like doing the work, don’t want to smile, don’t feel like being friendly. How we feel is a part of our experience for sure, but how we feel doesn’t have to dictate how we show up. 

How we choose to show up when we don’t feel like it highlights the difference between a professional and an amateur. The professional makes a commitment and honors it—they show up for their guests and team whether they feel like it or not. The amateur does the work only when it suits them.

The professional is generous, the amateur is selfish. The professional is an adult, the amateur is childish.

We all have baggage. Some days it feels heavier than others. But no matter how much baggage we’re carrying, choosing to be a professional requires we check it at the door.