 At the end of a shift, most restaurants lose the one thing that could save them money: the truth about what just happened. In episode 156 of the Restaurant Prosperity Formula podcast, I break down the five questions every manager should answer before they clock out, so cost leaks, hospitality break...
 Have you ever walked into your restaurant and spotted 10 things wrong before you even had your coat off? In episode 155 of “The Restaurant Prosperity Formula” podcast, I dig into a mistake I see independent restaurant owners make over and over: trying to fix the entire restaurant at once instead of...
Most restaurant owners don’t struggle because they lack systems. They struggle because the systems they worked hard to create slowly fall apart after rollout. In this episode of The Restaurant Prosperity Formula Podcast, I dig into the real reason restaurant systems fail and why creating a checklist...
What does it actually take to be a true restaurant professional? In this episode of “The Restaurant Prosperity Formula” podcast, I challenge the idea that success comes from motivation or talent and instead reveal a harder truth: it comes from commitment. Drawing on a demanding week of speaking enga...
If there’s one number that quietly determines whether a restaurant thrives or struggles, it’s restaurant prime cost and most owners misunderstand it from day one. In this episode of The Restaurant Prosperity Formula, I take a different approach by sitting down with my AI assistant, Alex, who asks th...
Running a restaurant can feel like constantly trying to hold chaos together with duct tape and adrenaline. In this episode of “The Restaurant Prosperity Formula” podcast, I challenge a belief many restaurant owners have: that their business struggles because they don’t have enough systems. The real ...
What if the reason you feel overwhelmed in your restaurant isn’t the hours you’re working but the decisions you’re avoiding? In this episode of “The Restaurant Prosperity Formula” podcast, I challenge the belief that being busy is the problem and instead explore how unclear priorities, avoidance and...
You can’t win by trying to fix everything in your restaurant at once. You have to develop a plan, and you have to have patience. To offer you, a restaurant owner, some ways to go about it, I sat down with Lyn Askin, a certified EOS Implementer. In this episode of “The Restaurant Prosperity Formula” ...
 If you’ve ever started a year full of optimism only to find yourself buried under half-finished projects and mounting stress, this one is for you. In this episode of “The Restaurant Prosperity Formula” podcast, I dig into why so many restaurant owners feel overwhelmed despite working harder than ev...
If you’ve ever had a powerful “aha” moment about why your restaurant feels out of control — only to find yourself right back in the chaos a week later — this episode is for you. In Part 2 of a two-part series focused on your inner game, I move beyond awareness and into execution, breaking down why i...
Most restaurant owners spend their days obsessing over food cost, labor and sales — but what if the real driver of chaos isn’t on your P&L at all? In this episode of “The Restaurant Prosperity Formula” podcast, I pull back the curtain on the inner game that shapes every decision you make as a leader...
If you’ve ever hired someone because you needed a body to work in the restaurant and then paid for it for months, this episode will feel uncomfortably familiar. In episode 140 of “The Restaurant Prosperity Formula” podcast, I sit down with Dwight Crain, managing partner of Eleserv, to talk about the...
