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Episode 49 – Focus On the Now with Eva Ballarin

March 31, 2020PodcastConquer OnLine Summit, Donald Burns, Embrace the Suck, Eva Ballarin, Leadership, masterminds, Outstanding Mindset, podcast, Restaurant Coach, restaurant masterminds, restaurants, The Restaurant Coach, Virtual Restaurant Summit, Your Restaurant Still Sucks, Your Restaurant Suckstherestaurantcoachpodcast

Welcome to a very special edition of the restaurant coach podcast. This coronavirus pandemic has really crushed not only the world, but the restaurant industry. Thousands of restaurants have closed permanently already and only the very strong will survive. In order to survive you are going to need to dig down deep in channel some inner strength that you may have not thought you had before. But you do, how I know this? Because you’re listening to this podcast. That makes you different than the average restaurant owner or operator. You want to grow you. You want to learn. You want to be better. You want more from yourself and your restaurant. And I’m here to give you that. On today’s show, I am very honored to have a dear friend of mine Eva Ballarin on the show. Eva is an international speaker, analyst, and hospitality lecturer who focuses on strategy. She is based in Barcelona Spain and speaks around the world helping restaurants maximize their potential through strategic innovation. So let’s jump into the episode.

Contact Eva: www.evaballain.com

Resources:

FREE Webinar: The Coronavirus Action Plan for Restaurants

https://www.therestaurantcoach.com/offers/aom4LoRW

Coming Soon: CONQUER: The C-19 Restaurant Online Summit – 3-days, 17 speakers, 24 sessions…FREE access. Featuring: Eva Ballarin, Ramon Dios, Kelley Jones, Andrew Freeman, Brian Duncan, Doug Radkey, Darren Manzari, Bo Bryant, Juliette Gust, and many more!

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Episode 48 – How to Become Unshakable

March 29, 2020PodcastDonald Burns, Embrace the Suck, Leadership, masterminds, Outstanding Mindset, podcast, Restaurant Coach, Restaurant KPI Mastery, restaurant masterminds, Restaurant Success Summit, restaurants, The Restaurant Coach, Your Restaurant Still Sucks, Your Restaurant Suckstherestaurantcoachpodcast

Welcome to The Restaurant Coach Podcast! This Coronavirus Pandemic has shaken up the restaurant world across the globe! To get you through this, you are going to have to dig down deep inside yourself and summon those superpowers you have let become dormant over the last few weeks or maybe even years.

This is episode 48, and today you need to hang on for a rough ride (which means be prepared for a few F-Bombs to be dropped) because we are going to have a talk about unleashing those superpowers I just mentioned. How to stop playing small so you can break free from where you are to getting the restaurant and life you know it can be. Especially now! You are going to need to get primal if you want to not just survive, if you want to thrive. If you are listening to this podcast, I know you want to succeed. How do I know this? Because you are listening to THIS podcast, you are a badass. So time to stop whining about what we lost, it’s gone—time to focus on what we can gain from this. Opportunity always comes after set back. You can’t see it now…but, believe me, it’s coming and those that are ready to grab it will win! Now, Please let me be clear that I don’t use expletive language to insult or put people down. I use it to break certain behavioral patterns to get you to wake up and pay attention. You’re listening to this podcast because you want more. More time. More money. More life! To do that, we have to get raw, real, and Relevant. I don’t want you wasting another day not moving your restaurant and your life forward, even if it is just a little. So, I will challenge you. I will push you. I will drop a few select words so you can wake the fuck up. My first business mentor sat me down and told me that I sucked at building a business, and he was right. I knew how to run a restaurant. But there is a big difference between running a restaurant and building a brand. And if you don’t think so, then you and I must talk! So, my passion and mission is to shake you out of the comfort zone you are in so you can have it all! Okay, enough of my rant for the day…let’s dive into the topic for today’s show…

A few years ago during one of the meetings of a mastermind group I was in of restaurant consultants and entrepreneurs, one of the members said a word that really got me thinking. They said that you had to be Unfuckwithable. I just love that word. Now for this episode I want you to change that to Unshakable!

Want to schedule a call on how to set your restaurant up with a solid comeback plan for the new post C-19 economy that will be created?

Schedule a call with me: www.therestaurantcoach.com

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Episode 47 – What Restaurant Success Looks Like with Eric Cacciatore

January 22, 2020PodcastDonald Burns, Embrace the Suck, Eric Cacciatore, Leadership, masterminds, podcast, Restaurant Coach, restaurant masterminds, Restaurant Unstoppable, restaurants, The Restaurant Coach, Your Restaurant Still Sucks, Your Restaurant Suckstherestaurantcoachpodcast

This is episode 47 of The Restaurant Coach Podcast, it is the cure for the common restaurant. I am a believer that success leaves clues and patterns. If you are a savvy operator, you’ll keep you eyes open to these clues much like a detective works a case, piecing together the common thread to solve the mystery. I can tell you that will 100% certainly that restaurant success is not rocket science, it’s people science. The Restaurant Freedom Formula™ is my signature roadmap that can help you break free from your restaurant running you. How would more profits and more time for what matters to you change your life. I talked to a restaurant owner the other day who is a single father trying to turn around his struggling restaurant that does close to $2M in sales and get his profits are slipping away to almost nothing. I hear these stories all the time and the sad part is that his solution is to throw more hours into work hoping that things turn around. Working harder is not the answer. It’s working smarter. You have heard the common saying that you need to work on your business and not in your business. Well, how exactly do you do that? You need a roadmap that will develop the three pillars that all successful restaurants understand: Culture, Systems, and Strategy. You are invited to book a 1:1 call with me personally to discuss where your restaurant is now, where you want to be in 90-days, and let’s create a plan to get you there. Just go to my website at www.therestaurantcoach.com

Remember that it’s the people that make or break a restaurant. And the man who can help shed some insight into those people problems is Eric Cacciatore, the host of the popular restaurant podcast Restaurant Unstoppable! Eric has interviewed over 690 people for his show and has traveled over 50,000 miles in two last few years meeting people and sharing their stories. I have been honored to be a guest on Eric’s podcast a couple times and In today’s episode I turn the tables around and I get to interview him! There are quite a few gold nuggets in this episode so let’s jump into the interview….

Show Notes:

The Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fuck

Episode 177:Octavio Mantilla

Episode 613: Horst Schulze

The Joe Rogan Experience

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Episode 46 – Don’t Settle For Average with Fred Langley

January 5, 2020PodcastDonald Burns, Embrace the Suck, Fred Langley, Leadership, masterminds, Outstanding Mindset, podcast, Restaurant Coach, restaurant masterminds, Restaurant Success Summit, Restaurant Systems Pro, restaurants, The Restaurant Coach, Your Restaurant Still Sucks, Your Restaurant Suckstherestaurantcoachpodcast

Welcome to The Restaurant Coach Podcast, it is the cure for the common restaurant. My mission is simple: to help independent restaurants move from the Valley of Mediocrity and ascend up the mountain of success to the level of becoming outstanding. For restaurant owners that means more money, more time, and more happiness. How is that possible? You start by not having your restaurant run you. We’ve all hear the advice that you need to work on your business and not in your business. Well, how do you do that? Schedule a call with me personally to discuss where your restaurant is now, where you want to be in 90-days, and let’s create a crystal clear path for you to get it. What’s the catch? You just need to head to my website at www.therestaurantcoach.com and schedule the call.

Now with that said, today I am joined on the show by restaurant expert, chef, fellow Coach, and software developer Fred Langley from Restaurant Systems Pro. This is a badass software system that will really help any independent restaurant add more to their bottom line! It’s the one platform that I recommend to all of my coaching clients. It will save you time so you can see more money in the bank. And who doesn’t want more money in their bank account? Fred has a fascinating background and story so let’s jump right into the conversation.

Book recommendation by Fred: Atomic Habits

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Episode 45 – Your Leadership Superpower with Brian Duncan

December 31, 2019PodcastBrian Duncan, Donald Burns, Embrace the Suck, Leadership, podcast, Restaurant Coach, restaurant masterminds, restaurants, The Restaurant Coach, Your Restaurant Still Sucks, Your Restaurant Suckstherestaurantcoachpodcast

Welcome to The Restaurant Coach Podcast! It is the cure for the common restaurant! This is episode 45 and today I am joined by my good friend, restaurateur, and wine god…and also the happiest man I know: Brian Duncan.

But before we jump into the conversation let’s talk about potential…your potential. The number one thing that will change your restaurant, change your life, change your money, change your relationships is you must raise your standards. Your restaurant and your life right now is a reflection of what you tolerate. Are you happy with that? If yes, that’s great! If your are not, you have to raise your standards and keep them up there. We all start out when we open our restaurant with high standards and as we get beat down from life and negative energy vampires we slow start to lower our standards until we lose who we are and what we stand for. We compromised and sold out. Well, it’s time to take it back. Time to get the restaurant and life you know you are capable of. Time to turn all those things you know you should do into a must do. You know what I’m talking about: you should workout, you should eat better, you should get more sleep, you should cost out your menu, you should fire that low performer on your team. You should and should and should all over yourself every single day. It’s time to stop shoulding and start doing.

You know that you should work on your business instead of in your business. So, how exactly do you do that? It starts with a conversation. Go to my website www.therestaurantcoach.com and schedule a call with me personally. We’ll discuss where your restaurant is now, where you want to be in the next 90-days, and I’ll give you a crystal clear plan to get it. You just need to take a little action and schedule a call. Now, let’s jump into my conversation with Brian Duncan and what is your superpower to getting the restaurant you want!

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Episode 44 – Why Service Sucks with Kelley Jones

December 25, 2019PodcastDonald Burns, Embrace the Suck, Food Halls, Kelley Jones, Leadership, podcast, Restaurant Coach, restaurant masterminds, restaurants, The Restaurant Coach, Your Restaurant Still Sucks, Your Restaurant Suckstherestaurantcoachpodcast

Welcome to The Restaurant Coach Podcast! It is the cure for the common restaurant! This is episode 44 and today I am joined by legendary restaurateur Kelley Jones of Kelley Jones Hospitality in Las Vegas. But before we jump in, allow me to go on a little rant about leadership. Leadership is the ability to put others before yourself. It is the ability to see potential in others and help them raise their standards so they play at a higher level. So many managers call themselves leaders when in fact they are just followers. They just maintain the status quo and don’t push the edge to move the brand forward. You need a true leader in your restaurant. If you are not that person, it’s okay to admit it. It’s not okay not to do anything about it. I know plenty of restaurant owners that should not be the leader of their organization, yet they refuse to step aside and allow a true leader to take the reigns and build the brand. If you are an owner, you don’t have to be the leader. You can just be the owner! I also know plenty of restaurant owners that have realized that their strength is not running the restaurant. Entrepreneurs are wired differently. Most are great at the startup stuff. They suck at the teamwork stuff. Sometimes the greatest thing you can do is admit you are not the best person for a job and then replace yourself.

You have probably heard many times that you need to work on your business instead of in your business. So, how exactly do you do that?

It starts with a conversation. Go to my website www.therestaurantcoach.com and schedule a call with me personally. We’ll discuss where your restaurant is now, where you want to be in the next 90-days, and I’ll give you a crystal clear plan to get it. You just need to take a little action and schedule a call.

Now, let’s jump into my conversation with Kelley Jones and why Service Sucks in America!

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Episode 43 – Enlightened Leadership and Restaurant Economics with Craig Shelton

December 16, 2019PodcastAeon Consulting, Craig Shelton, Donald Burns, Embrace the Suck, James Beard, Leadership, masterminds, mental models, Outstanding Mindset, podcast, Restaurant Coach, restaurant masterminds, restaurants, The Restaurant Coach, Your Restaurant Still Sucks, Your Restaurant Suckstherestaurantcoachpodcast

James Beard Award Winning Chef, Consultant, and Contrarian, Craig Shelton stops in to share some insight into what the restaurant industry is missing: enlightened leadership, group-think, and why the economy is hurting the restaurant industry. Craig is brilliant and talking with him always opens my eyes to look at the world with a deeper perceptive.

“A contrarian strategy is often the winning move.” – Craig Shelton

Books recommended for enlightened leadership:
The E-Myth
Getting Things Done
Extreme Ownership
Human Sigma

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Episode 42 – 6 Steps to Set Your Restaurant for Success in 2020

December 5, 2019PodcastCulture, Donald Burns, Embrace the Suck, Leadership, masterminds, Outstanding Mindset, podcast, Restaurant Coach, restaurant masterminds, Restaurant Success Summit, restaurants, The Restaurant Coach, Your Restaurant Still Sucks, Your Restaurant Suckstherestaurantcoachpodcast

Welcome to The Restaurant Coach Podcast, it is the cure for the common restaurant. Soon, the end is coming. Well the end of the year and like it or not 2020 will be here! Right now you are most likely making big plans and promises to yourself that 2020 is going to be your year! You are going to finally stop playing small and conquer your market.

Yeah, I know you made those same promises at the beginning of this last year too. This next year is going to be different, right?

Oh, Not so fast.

You need a better plan if you want to make 2020 your best year ever for your restaurant. Those big goals are not going to happen without one. In fact, the bigger your goals, the bigger and more badass plan you need to have to ensure they happen. That’s the thing most fail to do, write down a plan and then take action each day to seeing if you are moving closer to hitting those targets. Stop trying to keep all that stuff in your head and start writing it down where you can put it into a damn action plan!

Restaurant success isn’t rocket science, it’s people science. Once you understand that (and more importantly yourself) you’ll be on your way to finally breaking free from where you are now.

Here are 6 steps you must take to set your restaurant up for massive success in the new year or any year for that matter!

WAIT! The Restaurant Success Summit Recordings

The first annual Restaurant Success Summit was November 23-24, 2019 in Tucson, AZ.

5 industry experts from around the world came and shared their insights into getting the restaurant you want! If you were there, you know how powerful the two-day conference was! If you missed it you can still get valuable information from the recordings.

To make sure you get value, I added 15 additional hours of training videos from workshops and my private education stash!

What you’ll get:

The Restaurants Success Summit Live Stream Recordings – Both Days (20 hours)
The 10X profit Series Seminar with Donald Burns & Bo Bryant
Team USA Sessions at Hospitality Innovation Planet 2019
Recording of Winning The War for Talent Webinar
The 222-page downloadable Restaurant Success Summit Workbook
Speaker Presentations Downloads

This is 35 hours of pure restaurant education that will get you closer to having the restaurant you want!

What attendees of The Restaurant Success Summit had to say:

“Truly a fascinating weekend. Every speaker brought value. Thank you!” -John Lenertz. Owner, Hickory Jack’s BBQ

“No words. An amazing experience!” – Ximena de Obaldía, Owner, El Trapiche Restaurante

“It was amazing, very informative, very educational. I know my team, and I learned so much. We are excited to execute.” -Johnny Robertson, Owner, Outlaw Grill

GET ACCESS NOW

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Episode 41 – How Food Distribution Really Works with Bo Bryant

September 22, 2019PodcastBo Bryant, Donald Burns, Embrace the Suck, Leadership, masterminds, Outstanding Mindset, podcast, Restaurant Coach, restaurant masterminds, Restaurant Success Summit, restaurants, The Restaurant Coach, Your Restaurant Still Sucks, Your Restaurant Suckstherestaurantcoachpodcast

Welcome to The Restaurant Coach Podcast, it is the cure for the common restaurant. On this episode we dive deep into pulling back the curtain behind food distributors and some ways you can get the best partnership available for your restaurant with restaurant consultant, Bo Bryant – The Restaurant Giant.

It’s a long episode, but it is SO worth it. Take notes!

Here are some tools to get you closer to getting what you want:

The Restaurant Coach™ Website

Download The RestaurantMAP™

Join Restaurant Masterminds™

Looking for a badass POS system?

Take a look at UpServe.

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Episode 40 – Watch Out for These Mental Traps!

September 4, 2019Podcast- Watch Out for These Mental Traps!, Donald Burns, Embrace the Suck, Leadership, masterminds, mental models, Outstanding Mindset, podcast, Restaurant Coach, restaurant masterminds, Restaurant Success Summit, restaurants, The Restaurant Coach, Your Restaurant Still Sucks, Your Restaurant Suckstherestaurantcoachpodcast

Welcome to The Restaurant Coach Podcast, it is the cure for the common restaurant. If you haven’t been over to my new website The Restaurant Coach™.com, I invite you to go and check it out. Also, if you seem to be stuck getting things done each month I have the perfect tool for you. It’s called The RestaurantMAP™, and it is the same system I use with my private coaching clients to get consistent results every month. You can download it for free by heading to the link in the show notes.

Today I want to talk about what is standing in your way from getting the restaurant and life you want. I know that running a restaurant is tough. Being a leader is tough. I mean that. It’s hard to get up, get motivated, and head to work trying to keep your energy high while running a restaurant. Some days you feel like you got this under control and other days you feel like your restaurant runs you.

What separates those good days from the bad days? It’s your mindset. Okay, that sounds basic and boring… but it’s the truth. You determine the success or failure of each day by the meaning you attach to each situation that pops up.