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Forwarded this? ↓ Subscribe, free! Repertoire Tickets We help build your Repertoire, so you can do your best work Hey Reader, Happy 2025! I hope this is your best year yet - would love to know what you're working on...send me a reply with a quick one-sentence response? Regardless, let's get into an idea I'm really excited about... Ticket #005 πŸ’Ό Career Recipe vs Repertoire It's really exciting to get a new recipe. Especially one that works. Guests enjoy it, you can replicate the results, you...
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some "career advice" for 2025

Forwarded this? ↓ Subscribe, free! Repertoire Tickets We help build your Repertoire, so you can do your best work Hey Reader, Big updates coming in 2025, which I'll share in the coming weeks! For this week's Ticket, I wanted to go deeper on what I shared with one of you folks the other day. If context helps, this chef: Is currently a sous chef at a 2-Michelin star restaurant in NY Labeled themselves a "ambitious and confused cook" Feels overwhelmed by options with their contract ending soon...
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wtf is a Chef Side Quest?: Ticket #003

Forwarded this? ↓ Subscribe, free! Repertoire Tickets We help build your Repertoire, so you can do your best work finish reading this in: 5 minutes Hey Reader, We've got some fun promos for Black Friday coming up later this week for Total Station Domination, as well as some bonuses for those of you that have been Punching these Tickets! Make sure you're getting involved and sharing your thoughts below the Ticket (by selecting an answer) so we can include you in the early heads-up and bonus...
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What's the Opposite of Optimized? Ticket #002

Forwarded this? ↓ Subscribe, free! Repertoire Tickets We help build your Repertoire, so you can do your best work finish reading this in: 4 minutes Hey Reader, We're back with week 2 of our new format: Tickets ! As a reminder, these are quick-to-read insights that you can use right away. I won't necessarily give you "the answer", but rather propose a different way to think, inspired by what I'm learning. The best part? This becomes a conversation when you πŸ‘Š "Punch" your Ticket every week -...
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Something new for you...Introducing: Tickets

Forwarded this? ↓ Subscribe, free! Repertoire Tickets We help build your Repertoire, so you can do your best work finish reading this in: 4 minutes Hey Reader, New format - excited to try this! Introducing: Tickets Quick-to-read insights that you can use right away. I won't necessarily give you "the answer", but rather propose a different way to think, inspired by what I'm learning. The best part? This becomes a conversation when you πŸ‘Š "Punch" your Ticket every week - you do so by answering...
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5 Rules to Not Get Fired, Joshua Skenes Returns, & Talkin' in the Walk-In

The Repertoire Newsletter Where hospitality professionals get curated news and impactful lessons Forwarded this? πŸ’Œ Subscribe! Hey Reader, Heads up: we're gearing up for bringing group-focused learning back to Total Station Domination! Gonna be honest with you: as much as I believe in TSD as a program, it takes a combination of effort & time to see the transformation at work. And that's the point, right? We teach systems and habits, it's never been about cheap tips or hacks. But when personal...
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How to cook for 500 without face-planting

The Repertoire Newsletter Where hospitality professionals get curated news and impactful lessons Forwarded this? πŸ’Œ Subscribe! Hey Reader, I spent the last week in San Francisco, helping to put on a 500 person seafood event. It was the largest budget event I've ever been apart of, and the second largest from a guest count perspective. Total seafood flown in: 1,100 lbs πŸ¦€πŸŸπŸ¦ The guests in attendance were tech founders, owners of 9-figure product companies, and most notably, the Crown Prince of...
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I called out David Chang πŸ‘€

The Repertoire Newsletter Where hospitality professionals get curated news and impactful lessons Forwarded this? πŸ’Œ Subscribe! Hey Reader, Yes, we did get a new look - thanks for noticing! 😎 I also got to thinking...we're going to experiment with omitting the long "monologue" at the beginning of these newsletters for a few weeks. Reason being: including a 1,500-3,000 word "article slash blog post" at the start of your newsletter causes a few problems: It's a pretty big obligation to write one...
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Chefs, Not Everything Needs a System

09.2024 Edition Editor: Justin Khanna Hey Reader, I'll just flat-out say it: not everything you do needs a system. Let me explain... Before diving in, allow me to make a couple of things clear: I won’t spend time trying to persuade you on the importance of valuing, creating, or implementing systems. Having worked in organizations where systems are integral, I've first-hand experienced the benefits. This piece is for those of you who expressed interest in the topic in the last newsletter....
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