I am in Frankfurt Germany working. Yesterday the driver of the car that picked me up to take me to the office greeted me with - “step into my living room.”

Later as I was working with the client, a hospitality company, I noticed a goal written on the wall - “Treat them as a guest in their own home”. I flashed back to what the driver had said to me and realized he treated me like he was inviting me into his home.

I always appreciate when I am traveling how gracious people are in general as long as I also am gracious. Then I observe how often in an office setting we forget to treat ourselves the way we welcome others.

We generously offer tea, we want to make people comfortable, and we extend ourselves.

And then we get our own coffee/tea and barely drink it as we get involved in our day, we sit at the computer for hours and forget to stretch or breathe, we forget to pee, and often we start our day often in a rush forgetting to take time to first to settle in.

I am giggling to myself thinking when I get home I am going to open the door to my office and say something like - Welcome to your living/working room and how can I serve you today. I love the idea of treating myself as the guest.