Embrace The Suck Blog
I like a good deal and I’m sure you do as well.
I have a friend who is like a bloodhound when it came to finding deals! I mean she is obsessed with getting one. I actually don’t think she has paid full retail once. LOL
Deals are everywhere and we think they drive sales and they do...
We all want to get back to “normal,” whatever that means now.
Honestly, normal wasn’t very normal in the first place so, let’s look at this as a plot twist!
This time around is your opportunity to do things better than you did before. COVID-19 isn’t your fault, but...
As competition gets tougher and profits seem to slip slowly away, you need to analyze your data more than ever.
In fact, the bars and restaurants that fail to capitalize on their data will find themselves in hot water. It’s been happening for a while—you just haven’t...
The secret can be summed up in just four words: Join a Mastermind Group!
What is a Mastermind Group?
Napoleon Hill is often credited with being the originator of Mastermind Groups, but the truth is Mastermind Groups have been around much longer.
Hill had a straightforward definition:
The...
Day in and day out you are dedicated to the grind. You breathe in stress and breathe out hospitality. You get knocked down one day and get back up the next. Welcome to the world of restaurants and bars. It can be a brutal lifestyle if (and it’s a very big if) you allow it to control you.
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Rules, rules, and more rules. Do this. Don’t do that. Does it seem like you spend most of your day like a babysitter at work telling the team more of what not to do? Welcome to management by numbers.
You’ve probably seen that list of rules in your restaurant, and each one has a number...
“You’re obsessed!”
If someone said that to you right now, how would you feel?
Uneasy? Pissed? Shocked? Relatively pleased?
The word obsession gets a bad rap. Granted that obsession can be destructive if taken to extremes like anything. However, when it is focused like a laser...
So, what is your title? Are you a manager or a leader?
Before you jump on the “I’m a leader bandwagon”, we should have a talk. You might be suffering from Leadership Delusion. It’s fairly common in this industry. We have a lot of preconceived notions about what a leader...
How has this year treated you and your restaurant? How has your quest to find staff been?
If you are like the majority of restaurants, it’s been a big challenge. Here’s the bad news, it’ll probably will not get much better in the coming year.
But don’t get all sad about...