A Little Bit of Honey

Ok, so for those of you who are big fans of Dale Carnegies book, “How to Win Friends & Influence People”, you might understand my inspiration for writing this article.

For those of you who haven’t yet had the chance to read his book, get it now and revel in the wisdom and glorious light of knowledge!

Most of it is horse sense, and the same stuff our mothers tried to tell us when we were young, but he has such a way with his writing that you learn in all over, and you learn it for good.

One of the things he continued to preach through that book, was that people are so sour these days. Everyone is arguementitive, harsh, debating, angry and egotistical.

There is no time in the day to stop and think about anyone else but ourselves, and we are always right and always the one who should be listened to.

I want to spread Dales message, but maybe in my own way.

I was recently thinking about a couple of the night life entertainment venues that I work for in the seattle area. I had recently created an online survey and sent it out to my email list and all my social networks, to see if there was any way I could improve my ability to draw new customers to my business.

There were two things that they said to me constantly. Shows are too expensive, and most people feel unsafe going out anymore. They are afraid of being mugged, or having their vehicles broken into, or that they might get tazered by a local security guard, or shot by some angry gangster in the vacinity.

I agree with them. The area needs improvement.

Because I agree with them, I desire to get their business and help in changing the scene and environment. The more they come out to that area and hang out, the less room there is for someone who is causing trouble, pan handling, or spouting off in a fight down some alley way.

The more kind hearted, fun loving people come down to those areas and brighten the side walks and venues with their smiles and friends, the less scary it gets, and the sooner it becomes a better area again.

The only problem, is that everyone is so worried about safety that they start becoming nervous, upset and angry. Which means when they come out to the area, they put of a bad vibe and instead of spreading light and graciousness, they spread suspicion and rudeness.