As I travel around the country I have stayed in some wonderful hotels – some have great views, some not so great. I thought it would be funny to take pictures of the view from my hotel room and post them on Facebook. To my surprise, people enjoy the photos and my comments!

Some of the views can be quite stunning, like the view from my room in San Diego when I attended the National Speakers Association Annual Convention. Ocean, sail boats and an aircraft carrier. Then there was the view I had in Olympia Washington –  just a shrub outside my window.

So what’s my take-away on hotel room views? While some may be wonderful and some rather dull, I try to look at each in a way that provides a positive outlook. And I do this by using the two simple words that many of you have heard me speak about in my presentation “…YES AND.”  It’s amazing to me that these two words can change your view from frustration to opportunity.