Are you living each day through your restaurant as you had originally envisioned before you opened it? Is your restaurant fueling your dreams and you passions or is it sucking the life out of you?

Most business owners including restaurateurs work an insane amount of hours. Why so little financial and emotional payback then?

The answer is you are probably not doing the work of a leader. As Michael Gerber says you are working IN your business and not ON your business. There is a big distinction here.

When was the last time you took some time aside to work on the systems of your business. Have you streamlined every process from your host to the back of the house, from
food costing to marketing?

If you are like most business owners, the answer is no. You probably wake up, go to work and start doin'it, doin'it, doin'it until you drop from exhaustion at the end of the day.

If you want things to change, you have to have the courage to change them. You have to be willing to risk <a href="http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2007/10/25/weapons-of-mass-distractions-and-the-art-of-letting-bad-things-happen/">letting small bad things happen</a> for the greater good of transforming your restaurant to something that adds value to your life, not takes away from your life.

Stop being a fire fighter, start being a leader and spend some time ON your business. You will be glad you did!