Episode 10 - Slow Down to Speed Up: What Brittany Blackman Learned After Selling the Business She Built

The hospitality industry is changing.We are here to raise the standard.𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑮𝒍𝒐𝒃𝒂𝒍 𝑯𝒐𝒔𝒑𝒊𝒕𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝑪𝒐𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆 is a worldwide community for hosts, property managers, boutique hoteliers, and hospitality professionals who believe exceptional guest experiences still matter.Join the community:👉 The Global Hospitality Collective Community -- https://www.theglobalhospitalitycollective.com/🎟️ Explore the STR Hospitality Summit -- https://www.theglobalhospitalitycollective.com/summit🎓 Join the Hospitality Certification Movement -- https://www.theglobalhospitalitycollective.com/accreditation🎙️ Listen to the Global Hospitality Collective Podcast -- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJnN6PiYthC2LPuLW4IasQg45tj4Wl6x1Hosted by Jodie OdlinSubscribe for:𝐇𝐨𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐞𝐬𝐀𝐢𝐫𝐛𝐧𝐛 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐭-𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐦 𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬𝐆𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐁𝐞𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐝-𝐭𝐡𝐞-𝐬𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐬 𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐑𝐚𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐇𝐨𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬, 𝐓𝐨𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫.--------------------------------------------------------------------Brittany Blackman spent 14 years in the vacation rental industry, working her way from property manager in Destin, Florida to operations manager, and eventually founding her own company, Breathe Easy Rentals, in 2020. Three years in, she made a decision most people are too afraid to make: she sold the business she built to sell, and walked away. Not because it failed. Because she finally got honest with herself about what she actually wanted.Now, through her consulting company Discover Freedom, Brittany works with STR operators, property managers, and business leaders to help them find the heartbeat of their business before they optimize anything else. Her message is simple and hard at the same time: you have to know who you are before you can build something worth keeping.In this episode, Brittany and Tanya cover:Why being great at something doesn't mean you're supposed to keep doing it, and how a pros and cons list, personal coaching, and deep self-reflection helped Brittany finally make the callThe coach she met at a pirate festival in Tampa who helped her understand she had been living by everyone else's definition of successWhy so many hosts can talk about AI, KPIs, and revenue management, but can't answer the question: "What does hospitality mean to you?"The question Brittany gives clients to cut through the noise: "If your business wasn't serving people tomorrow, what would be missing?"Why your values only work if you know what order they come in, and how that clarity guides every hard decision in businessHow positive reinforcement, not corrections, is what actually fuels a team and keeps hospitality alive through every layer of your operationWhy even your cleaner needs to understand the vision, and what happens to your culture when they don'tHer core message to every operator at any stage: slow down to speed up"If you don't know who you are and why you put your feet on that cold floor every single morning, and it gives you energy, passion, and love that nothing else can give you externally, you're not doing what you need to be doing."If you've ever felt your light dimming in a business you used to love, or if you're building something and realize nobody on your team can actually answer what hospitality means to you, this episode will make you stop, think, and get back to what matters.Resources + Links:Hospitable Hosts Sisterhood Edition - Chapter 5Wheel of Life ExerciseConnect with Brittany Blackman:Website: discoverfreedom.lifeLinkedIn: @BrittanyBlackmanInstagram: @discoverfreedom.lifeFacebook: @discoverfreedom.lifeConnect with Tanya Rooney:Instagram: @TanyaRooneyMNFacebook: @TanyaRooneyTanya's Properties:www.yyhmn.comAirbnb Host Profile