Dog’s Don’t Bark At Parked Cars
You know what I love about YTB?
It’s Leadership.
With all the mud slinging, false claims, negative speculation, rumors flying all over the place, and emotionally charged zealots, the Founders of YTB just focus on the task at hand and never seem to be phased by any of it.
On the opposite end of the spectrum, we have critics who I wonder about since they don’t appear to find the time to put food on the table. And it’s gone way past earning a living and making money, I’m talking about physically sitting down at a table an actually putting nourishment in their bodies in the form of eating.
For these select few, all they appear to do all day long is post on various message boards, blogs, and forums about what they found and what they think about YTB…all…day…long.
So why such a vast difference in attitude and behavior between YTB Leadership and a couple of Zealots?
Dogs don’t bark at parked cars.
Simply put, YTB continues to move forward with little (if any) response to what critics and zealots have been slinging at them. Attempts to spin and twist actual events to fit the illusions of critics (more like wishes or hopes at this point) have done nothing to tear the company away from it’s main target and goal.
At the same time, an astronomical amount of focus and attention has been wasted by these critics in an attempt to tell me, you, or anyone else who is willing to listen over a company they “claim” doesn’t matter and is on it’s last legs.
An argument could be made that critics want to see the fruits of their hard work and labor, seeing the company fold up it tents or move on to another industry to pillage and rape. The goal is to rid the pariah (YTB) from Travel Weekly’s Power List, along with suppliers good graces.
I just spent the last two days up at the Home Office with leaders. I’m not necessarily talking about just Coach, Scott, and Kim here, I’m talking about Travel Agents who would put some of our traditionalist to shame, I’m talking about builders of teams, I’m talking about people who have stood tall and made something with YTB.
I found out some things over the last two days that I’m not at liberty to discuss here with everyone. What was said, for the most part was for YTB and YTB only…for now. I will be able to write about what was discussed in due time, but the company should be the one to release it, not me. You know me, I like to have documentation and without the added documentation to support what was discussed doesn’t produce what we all want to see or hear. I will tell you that I do know what to look for, and when to look for it. Be assured, that these key points will be found here and I’ll take great pride in writing about it when the time is right. (And some of it is a lot closer than you think.)
Here’s what I can tell you. YTB knows a lot more and understands a lot more than what we’ve given them credit for. I had an opportunity to talk with many of the Department Heads such as PR, IT, Compliance, Travel Services, Finance, and Operations on a one on one basis and what I thought might have been the case was confirmed by them face to face while I was up there.
The proof is in the pudding, and with what I know right now, it looks to me like much of that pudding will be splattered all over the faces of some very obnoxious and overzealous critics who will suddenly realize what I’ve been telling you for years…they don’t have a clue.
It’s going to be fun for you to watch, and extrememly gratifying for me to be able bite instead of bark.
Oh and by the way, Eran says “Hi”. (Just an inside “joke” between me and my critics. ;-P)
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