In this essential episode for restaurant entrepreneurs, Matthew Mabel reveals why your post-vacation return is the most critical business opportunity of the year. Restaurant owners often fall victim to "habits" - the ownership equivalent of store blindness that prevents managers from seeing operational details. This episode explores how vacation creates a unique window to break free from automatic behaviors, implement new strategies, and drive meaningful restaurant business growth. Matthew shares four actionable steps to harness your fresh perspective for profit optimization, sales enhancement, and entrepreneurship breakthroughs. Perfect for independent restaurant owners seeking to escape routine thinking and accelerate their business success through strategic habit disruption and fresh operational approaches.

Key Topics Covered

• Understanding "store blindness" and how restaurant owners develop similar habit-based limitations
• The love-hate relationship with habits in restaurant entrepreneurship and business operations
• Four essential action steps to maximize your post-vacation business breakthrough potential
• How to resist automatic behaviors and challenge established restaurant management routines
• Strategies for involving your team in fresh perspective initiatives and operational improvements
• Connecting vacation insights to concrete restaurant profit and growth opportunities

Resources Mentioned

• Website: www.surrender.biz
• Free initial consultation available

Connect with Matthew Mabel

Matthew works with owners of successful, independent, multi-unit restaurants to improve:

• Profit growth
• Sales optimization
• Guest count increase
• Unit expansion
• Employee engagement
• Brand loyalty

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