{"id":112,"date":"2008-05-01T18:59:00","date_gmt":"2008-05-01T18:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bluetablepainting.com\/blog\/?p=112"},"modified":"2008-05-01T18:59:00","modified_gmt":"2008-05-01T18:59:00","slug":"youre-the-important-thing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bluetablepainting.com\/blog\/2008\/05\/youre-the-important-thing\/","title":{"rendered":"You&#8217;re the Important Thing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_XxdgU-mVbm0\/SBoU6pk7QFI\/AAAAAAAAASA\/YEmXQbtoQ1g\/s1600-h\/live+long+and+prosper.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5195488117950988370\" style=\"CURSOR: hand\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_XxdgU-mVbm0\/SBoU6pk7QFI\/AAAAAAAAASA\/YEmXQbtoQ1g\/s320\/live+long+and+prosper.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div>I have now cleared my Inbox.<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div>I am never too busy to talk to a client. I am always biting my nails that a BTP customer will have a good experience.<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div>So, when I mention that I&#8217;m working a long day to clear the Inbox, don&#8217;t be shy about contacting me. I&#8217;m not too busy.<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div>Blue Table Painting is more than making money. For me, it&#8217;s a chance to get to know people. It may sound strange but I want to grow old with my clients. I want them to shed a tear when my children get married, or in forty years when my funeral arrangements are being made.<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div>I have decided to NOT grow the business beyond a certain point. It&#8217;s got to be a fun, enjoyable, personal experience to be worth it.<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div>Soooo, when I mention the full Inbox, that&#8217;s by way of apology\/explanation and not a &#8220;closed&#8221; sign!<\/div>\n<div> <\/div>\n<div>When you call, and I pick up you become the &#8220;Important Thing I have to do Right Now&#8221; and NOT an interruption.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have now cleared my Inbox. I am never too busy to talk to a client. I am always biting my nails that a BTP customer will have a good experience. So, when I mention that I&#8217;m working a long day to clear the Inbox, don&#8217;t be shy about contacting me. I&#8217;m not too busy. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-112","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.bluetablepainting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.bluetablepainting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.bluetablepainting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.bluetablepainting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.bluetablepainting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=112"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.bluetablepainting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.bluetablepainting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=112"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.bluetablepainting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=112"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.bluetablepainting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=112"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}