The Blog
Clarity in writing.
Field notes from twenty-plus years of coaching independent restaurant owners. What works. What doesn’t. What the noise is hiding.
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Why Common Sense Is a Myth in the Restaurant Business
Do you ever walk into your restaurant and think to yourself, who's the idiot not doing their job? It just takes common sense, right? While it’s frustrating when people don’t do the job you want them to do, I want to share with you why common sense is a myth in the restaurant business.
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Ditch the Excuses and Take Your Restaurant Business to the Next Level
In this episode of my podcast, The Restaurant Prosperity Formula, I will explain the common excuses I hear restaurant owners make and the damage they’re doing to their restaurant business and how to get out of your own way if you’re letting excuses get in your way.
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How Do I Work Less in My Restaurant Business
Do you wonder how you can work less in your restaurant business? It’s a common question I get and it has many layers. But for the purposes of this video, I want to explain how the restaurant owners I coach work fewer hours in their restaurants but are still there as much as they want.
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Restaurant Success: Expectation vs Reality
Before you opened your restaurant, you had a romantic idea of what life would look like and then you actually opened it. Unfortunately, for most restaurant owners, the expectations don't equal their reality. But it can! Let’s talk about restaurant success: expectations versus reality.
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How to Use a Growth Mindset to Run a Successful Restaurant
In this episode of my podcast, The Restaurant Prosperity Formula, I share with you how resilience and gratitude can be practiced daily to bring you a growth mindset and how this is your springboard to restaurant success.
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Top 10 Restaurant Accounting Terms You Need to Know
Does looking at your restaurant financial statements give you a headache? Do you ever wonder what some of the terms your accountant throws at you mean? Let's cover the top 10 restaurant accounting terms you need to know as a restaurant operator.
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Why Restaurant Management Checklists Are the First Systems I Teach
Restaurant management checklists are the first system I teach in my group coaching program for restaurant owners. I get pushback on it, but there is a very important reason why, and I explain in this video.
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3 Restaurant Business Principles Owners Get Wrong and How to Fix Them
After coaching thousands of restaurant owners since 2003, I have found three restaurant business principles operators get wrong that are getting in the way of having a life outside the restaurant. In this video, I explain what they are and then explain how to fix them.
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How to Start Planning for a Recession in Your Restaurant Business
With the restaurant industry feeling the impact of inflation, in this episode of my podcast, The Restaurant Prosperity Formula, I'm getting ahead of what's nearly inevitable: recession. Let's review how the lessons of the past should be inform what you do next in your restaurant business.
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What Does Inflation Mean for Your Restaurant Business?
Inflation in the restaurant business feels like it could be the knockout punch after the one-two combination that started in 2020. First the restaurant industry was hit with business restrictions and then the Great Resignation and now inflation. Let's talk about what you can do about it.
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