To achieve prosperity in your restaurant, you have to follow a very specific formula made up of leadership systems, training, accountability and taking action. In this latest episode of my podcast, The Restaurant Prosperity Formula, I talk to Brian Mueller, owner of The Blue Coast Burrito in Cookeville, Tenn., which is a part of a small growing franchise system.

Brian has recently transitioned from a general manager to owner. We’ve been working together to keep his business thriving during the pandemic. Brian was already a seasoned hospitality professional, but he quickly learned that managing a restaurant is one thing. Running a successful business as an owner is a whole other challenge.

This is a great conversation between the two of us as Brian breaks down his transition from manager to owner, how he’s learned to make that shift, the resources he’s used and his appetite for continuing to build a successful restaurant.

Tune into this conversation, he shares how he's transformed his life and business in just a short six months through:

• Understanding his role in the business
• Breaking away from old habits
• Trusting others to get work done

Brian also shares the secret to his success, which includes how he has time off each week, how he can depend on a bigger bank account and the prospect of a second store, all during a pandemic.

If you were set to have a great 2020 and everything went sideways for your business in March 2020, Brian’s story is a great one for you. He had the best two or three months at the start of 2020, things going through the roof, when all of a sudden the world literally changed. Brian tuned into some important cash flow webinars I did, then took what he had, the knowledge he had, combined it with what I was teaching and got to work making sure his business could continue to operate. He got over the idea that things had always been done one way and decided to start trying new things.

If you’ve wondered what a coach can do for you and the growth of your restaurant, Brian’s experience is a great one to listen to. He also talks a lot about shifting responsibility to his employees and bringing his daughter in to play a key role every restaurant owner needs: the implementer, the person that gets stuff done.

Thank you to Brian for sharing his experience. I hope it inspires you and encourages you to honor your love of your restaurant.

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Links mentioned in this episode:

• 3 Principles of Restaurant Success
• The Catering Coach