Jun 1, 2026 · 18 min · 9 segments
### **#555 - Profit is a Skill** **\*\*\*\*\*** **The Restaurant Opening Bootcamp** will save you tens of thousands of dollars in costly mistakes. Run by restaurant coach, **Chris Hughes**, this…
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Most restaurant owners that I talk to, whether it's at trade shows or conferences or on sales calls that I'm taking for people who are interested in the P3 Mastermind, most restaurant owners out there talk about profit like it's luck, right? "Well, uh, w- we, we had a good month." "Wow, that's great." Or, "Man, look at what happened." Or on the other side, "Well, I, I mean, I don't know what happened.
The, the numbers just didn't work out." Or, you know, "I guess the margins just aren't there." As if profit is something that happens to you.
Profit is something you target at the beginning of the period and you do a series of things.
Profit is the most important thing in your business because it allows you to survive and thrive and help your community and provide jobs and feed people and all of that.
Profit is the most important piece of your business and I promise you it is a skill.
[upbeat music] There's an old saying that goes something like this: "You'll only find three kinds of people in the world, those who see, those who will never see, and those who can see when shown." This is Restaurant Strategy, a podcast with answers for anyone who's looking.
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Most restaurant owners that I talk to, whether it's at trade shows or conferences or on sales calls that I'm taking for people who are interested in the P3 Mastermind, most restaurant owners out there talk about profit like it's luck, right? "Well, uh, w- we, we had a good month." "Wow, that's great." Or, "Man, look at what happened." Or on the other side, "Well, I, I mean, I don't know what happened.
The, the numbers just didn't work out." Or, you know, "I guess the margins just aren't there." As if profit is something that happens to you.
Profit is something you target at the beginning of the period and you do a series of things.
Profit is the most important thing in your business because it allows you to survive and thrive and help your community and provide jobs and feed people and all of that.
Profit is the most important piece of your business and I promise you it is a skill.
[upbeat music] There's an old saying that goes something like this: "You'll only find three kinds of people in the world, those who see, those who will never see, and those who can see when shown." This is Restaurant Strategy, a podcast with answers for anyone who's looking.