The Spirit of the coffee house is something that can only be created by the people who work there and the Guest in which it receives. It doesn't even need to be " Third Wave". Actually I am even unsure if it really matters about the Quality of the coffee as long as there is passion put into the each cup and friendliness passed on with a smile. And it makes me very sad when I see the Spirit of a coffee house starts to die.
As you see, I used the word Guest instead of the word customers.... Every coffee shop can have customers. However its not the customers that keep the coffee house alive. Its the Guest and the people the receive those guest. The employees of the coffee house. When you treat people as guest they will want to come back again and again, they will want to bring their friends. When you treat your employees as trust worthy knowledgeable people, they will also become your guest. It becomes a safe place.
Now lets talk about "Third Wave".
At one point in and time in my life I was really into the whole "Third Wave movement". I saw it as a way to educate people about coffee, where it comes from, how its grow, and what makes each bean special. Now I see "Third Wave" as some think they know it all hipster that scoffs at the idea of drinking coffee anyway other then its purest form.
I will Rant about "third wave" later in another blog... so keep posted! :D
Back to the spirit of the coffee house.
Now onto the Staff of the coffee house. The staff is like a little family, and really this is true about any place you work. So if everyone in this little family treats each other with respect, the guest will pick up on that and in turn will treat other guest with respect, be friendly. And then something beautiful happens, when guest and staff speak freely with each other as friends, the spirit truly is formed!
When it dies.... When the spirit of the coffee house dies, the guest and staff can see it. The guest no longer feel as if its their safe place, and the staff no longer cares if the guest are comfortable with each other. The smiles fade or fake off, and the magic that happens inside each cup becomes dull. There can be many reasons why the spirit dies, however the biggest reason the Spirit dies is to many changes at once. If the coffee house changes values, it must be slow. If the staff changes, it must be done gently. If the ways of coffee making changes, it must be consistent. If all this happens at once, the spirit is broken.
Which makes me sad.
"Why does it make me sad?" You might ask... well it makes me sad because, of what coffee means to me and those around me. For some its warmth, for others its energy, maybe both.
Warmth and Energy make up the happy spirit in any ones life not just a coffee house.
However, the Spirit of the coffee house can be brought back, with time, the right people in place and a smile on every ones face.
Until next time.... Happy sipping!
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Monday, April 16, 2012
Thursday, April 12, 2012
Babbles around Trust, Change and Control.... with knobs.
Babbles around Trust, Change and Control.... with knobs.
As I am sitting here trying to make a list of things I would like to get started today for the rest of my week to smooth by gracefully and happy. Gracefully happy is where I am in this moment. It’s a feeling of wonderfulness. Trust is one of those big words. Trust is a funny thing ya know. It's a word that gets twisted and tangled in so many mix matched way. I think my whole life lesson is about trust, and changes, and control. The Trust, changes and control are ways to give you the ideas of which way you chose to see your life and what you are like.
But as I sit here with just a few moments of time to myself. Moments I really never get, because I refuse to get into at a healthy frame of mind. Possibly it's because I don't trust myself enough to have a good time and feel good about myself. I am either letting someone else change my knobs or I am adjusting the control with the wrong knobs myself.... possibly a little of both.
Think about it... just for a moment picture your body as a bunch of knobs, some go up /down, some go round and round. others go zig zagged. You get kinda nauseous just by thinking about how the knobs look, but then you are to see they are labeled with how your life is. Maybe you set the happy meter on medium," Yep nothing wrong with medium! " you say to yourself.
But what you are forgetting is that happy meter is connected to other knobs and switches. And those knobs and switches are connected to not just your happy meter but your moody one, your toes your hair, inside and out. All of YOU! So when something goes rock bottom the happy meter gets tugged on a little. In life you have to find ways to turn those knobs before someone else comes along the way and turns them for you, by tricks of judgment, guilt, blame, fear, denial, anger, lust, and possibly love but love in the wrong way. Sometimes its OK to let someone else turn your knobs if you trust them enough to give them your control , however they also have to realize that even if they are allowing you to control their knobs that doesn't mean they are letting you change them.
Sounds great huh? Change your life by unseen knobs you and maybe a few others might know how to make those knobs work for you. Now: my reader, you are thinking
“ OK she is a little batty today”, but that is only because I am trying to open up to a new idea of thinking. Lets just say these knobs are in fact real. and I know where they are might not openly say that.
So with that being said, look around you and see what makes you want turn that Trust knob up, so you to maybe live in Gracefully Happy.
Maybe its covered up and hidden and you try to blame it on you not doing something that you felt like you should be ….and then you become upset with yourself and those around you...
It's all really just about Trust, Trust yourself and let go of what you didn't/did do when you were not trusting yourself.
Anyways Here is my thoughts on knobs.... which all rooted from me sitting down to write my what am I go to do, to make myself feel Gracefully happy!
Until next time: Trust-Change-Control all in positive ways. Laugh~Smile~Hug.
everything in the world is a possibility if you believe in it enough.
As I am sitting here trying to make a list of things I would like to get started today for the rest of my week to smooth by gracefully and happy. Gracefully happy is where I am in this moment. It’s a feeling of wonderfulness. Trust is one of those big words. Trust is a funny thing ya know. It's a word that gets twisted and tangled in so many mix matched way. I think my whole life lesson is about trust, and changes, and control. The Trust, changes and control are ways to give you the ideas of which way you chose to see your life and what you are like.
But as I sit here with just a few moments of time to myself. Moments I really never get, because I refuse to get into at a healthy frame of mind. Possibly it's because I don't trust myself enough to have a good time and feel good about myself. I am either letting someone else change my knobs or I am adjusting the control with the wrong knobs myself.... possibly a little of both.
Think about it... just for a moment picture your body as a bunch of knobs, some go up /down, some go round and round. others go zig zagged. You get kinda nauseous just by thinking about how the knobs look, but then you are to see they are labeled with how your life is. Maybe you set the happy meter on medium," Yep nothing wrong with medium! " you say to yourself.
But what you are forgetting is that happy meter is connected to other knobs and switches. And those knobs and switches are connected to not just your happy meter but your moody one, your toes your hair, inside and out. All of YOU! So when something goes rock bottom the happy meter gets tugged on a little. In life you have to find ways to turn those knobs before someone else comes along the way and turns them for you, by tricks of judgment, guilt, blame, fear, denial, anger, lust, and possibly love but love in the wrong way. Sometimes its OK to let someone else turn your knobs if you trust them enough to give them your control , however they also have to realize that even if they are allowing you to control their knobs that doesn't mean they are letting you change them.
Sounds great huh? Change your life by unseen knobs you and maybe a few others might know how to make those knobs work for you. Now: my reader, you are thinking
“ OK she is a little batty today”, but that is only because I am trying to open up to a new idea of thinking. Lets just say these knobs are in fact real. and I know where they are might not openly say that.
So with that being said, look around you and see what makes you want turn that Trust knob up, so you to maybe live in Gracefully Happy.
Maybe its covered up and hidden and you try to blame it on you not doing something that you felt like you should be ….and then you become upset with yourself and those around you...
It's all really just about Trust, Trust yourself and let go of what you didn't/did do when you were not trusting yourself.
Anyways Here is my thoughts on knobs.... which all rooted from me sitting down to write my what am I go to do, to make myself feel Gracefully happy!
Until next time: Trust-Change-Control all in positive ways. Laugh~Smile~Hug.
everything in the world is a possibility if you believe in it enough.
Monday, April 2, 2012
Quote: Self- deception by The Arbinger Institute
"Self- deception is like this. It blinds us to the true causes of probmles, and once we're blind, all the "solutions" we can think of will actually make matters worse. Whether at work or at home, sells-deception obscures the truth about ourselves, corrupts our view of others and our circumstances, and inhibits our ability to make wise and helpful decisions."- The Arbinger Institute
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