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Tip Of The Week #6
This week's tips come from Shake Shack's Daniel Meyer. He spoke on NPR's "How I Built This" and shared key insights to his success. Check out our read below.


TIPS TO GROW YOUR FOOD BUSINESS
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Facilitated by Basil Udo · Dec 11, 2023 · 1 min read
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Tips Of The Week
Top performers have six emotional skills present:
Kind optimism
Curious intelligence
Work ethic
Empathy
Self-awareness
Integrity
“I don’t hire unless I see these skills”
“Stop complaining about problems. The people who do best in business are not the ones who have the least problems; it’s the people who solve their problems better and do it with better people.”
[shared from his grandfather]
- Daniel Meyer, Shake Shack
About Shake Shack

Credit: Jay Davis for NPR
This weekend, I checked out the NPR podcast "How I Built This with Guy Raz," where he interviewed Daniel Meyer, the founder of Shake Shack. He discussed his journey and the decisions that led him from opening his first restaurant at 27 to eventually founding the Union Square Hospitality Group and Shake Shack.
To check out this episode, click here for the Spotify link.
..I don’t hire unless I see these skills.