Your Life and Restaurant
Your Life and Restaurant
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What I Learned From a Successful Restaurant Owner in Mexico
On my recent trip to Mexico, I got the chance to talk shop with a successful restaurant owner. We talked about how he runs his restaurant, manages his employees, tracks individual performance, and other restaurant related ideas.In this e...
Your Maximum Capacity Is Not Your Sustainable Capacity
Just because you can handle a certain workload doesn't mean you should build your life around it.In this episode of Your Life and Restaurant, I reflect on a pattern I've noticed after another busy summer at the restaura...
Does the Business Need Me or Am I Just Proving Something?
After more than 20 years in the restaurant business, I’ve realized that the work ethic that helped me become successful can also become something that’s hard to turn off.In this episode, I talk about the brutal 12-week summer grind, the ...
From Employee to Owner: My Best Restaurant Advice
Imagine one of your employees becomes a restaurant owner and asks, "What's the most important advice you can give me?"That's the question I answer in this episode.I share the lessons I've learned from operating a family restaurant...
Stop Hoping, Start Checking: Why Restaurant Systems Beat Good Employees Every Time
Every restaurant owner has experienced it: you open the next day only to find that the roll-ups weren't finished, the beer wasn't stocked, side work was missed, or someone forgot an important closing task. The first instinct is often to blame t...