Your Life and Restaurant
Your Life and Restaurant
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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...
Leverage: Why Restaurant Owners Must Stop Doing Everything
One day a coach told me something that completely changed the trajectory of my career:"You need to stop waiting tables immediately."At the time, it sounded crazy. I was making great tips, helping the business, and even my d...
World Cup Lessons for Restaurant Owners: Building a Championship Team
With the World Cup kicking off this week, I started thinking about how much running a restaurant resembles leading a championship sports team.The best teams don't win because they have one superstar. They win because they have a clear vi...
Hire Slow, Fire Fast… Or Is That Impossible in Restaurants?
Most restaurants don’t have the luxury of “hiring slow.” When you’re short staffed, busy, and trying to survive another weekend, sometimes you just need a body on the schedule. But what happens when the wrong hire starts affecting the entire te...
What Busy Holidays Reveal About Your Restaurant
In this episode of the podcast Your Life and Restaurant, I reflect on what busy holidays like 5 de Mayo and Mother’s Day reveal about a restaurant operation.High-volume days don’t usually create problems; they expose the systems, communi...