How the Restaurant Business is like Running a Marathon

I was speaking to a guest and they compared us to a person running a marathon, not a sprint, a marathon. They gave me the same advice that they would give a world-class runner, and I want to share it with you:

1. Don’t waste energy – to make the long haul we have take the right actions and not waste energy foolishly.

2. Look down the road and what is coming – like any good runner we should have our heads up looking at the road ahead.  The idea here is that we can avoid any obstacles and take corrective action before we hit any bumps that might slow us down.

3. Focus on the positive - I personally have never run a marathon but I get this on the most.  A Marathon is long and hard. The reference was on staying upbeat. If you are negative and always complaining, you only get more of that. If you’re positive and look on the brighter side you will only get more of that. What you focus on expands! We all need to focus on the good.

Even though a lot of us may not be runners, I think we can take a lot away from this.

This article provided by Jonathan Munsell, Restaurant Success System

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