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Career Challenge or Failure

Chris mad the mistake of working for a company that did not share the same values. When you’re coming up, and developing your skills as a professional, take time to find a restaurant/cafe that shares the same values.

Knowledge bombs

1. Which “it factor” habit, trait, or characteristic you believe most contributes to your success?

   • Jared: unfailing passion.
   • Chris: organization.

2. What is your biggest weakness?

   • Jared: Getting ahead of himself and being too positive.
   • Chris: Too analytical. Overthinks everything

3. What is one piece of advice you have for leading others?

   • Understand where your people are at and go to where they are.
   • Help them make sense of where you want to take them and the business.

4. What’s one question you ask or thing you look for during an interview? 

   •  Ask, “What was the last purchase you made for yourself was?”
     1. How people spend their money tells you much about them.
   • Ask, “Who do you look up to in life and why?”

5. What’s a current challenge? How are you dealing with it?

   • Opportunity outweighing the manpower.
   • Help your people make a career path within your business.

6. What’s one thing (besides food) your restaurant does well and separates you from other restaurants?

   • Service

7. What’s one book we must read to become a better person or restaurant owner?
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   1. Rework
   2. Creating Magic: 10 Common Sense Leadership Strategies from a Life at Disney 

8. What’s one piece of technology you’ve adopted in your restaurant and how has it influence operations?

   1. Strada AV Espresso Machine
   2. Momentum Dash for Chrome

9. With all the knowledge you have now if you could go back in time and give your past self one piece of business advice, What would it be and why?

   1. Don’t undervalue yourself and your ideals
   2. Don’t wait to get yourself educated.
   3. Start searching for your whys now

10. What is one question you think should be added to this interview?

• Q: How do you balance your mental and physical health while running a business?
• A: Develop a very strict morning routine.
  • Use lists (chrome has an embedded list)
  • Meditate

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