Random comments:
Retire/retirement (GoodScount, Biekervi) don't wait for retirement, be happy today. Maybe I'm a dull guy, but can't think of anything I'd rather do than what I do today.
Yield Management (Arks, Gillum) I'm not against the idea, maybe I'm just lazy. Perhaps too many years of using pencil and paper and not changing rates. I tend to look at rates based on what I'd be willing to pay, I'd have to drive home before paying the rates I see some places ask. On the flip side, if it isn't worth what I ask, then that's a room that I don't have to clean. Rates have to depend on the type of property, style of operation, financial position, place in life, one size can't fit all.
Feeling sorry for folks (Gillum) too many folks like that over the years have made me more of an old grump. Every time I've tried to be helpful folks brought their problems with them and made it my problem.
(Biekervi) We're all going to be different and probably change as time passes and we age. Ritzy guests or everyday guests, many rooms or a few, an employed staff or mom & pop does everything? Maybe a bit of what do you expect from life and the business?