Stress relief that actually works in restaurants #LeadershipTools #StressRelief #RestaurantSuccess

23 Jan 2026 · 2 min

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This content was created by Donald Burns. This content was uploaded by Donald Burns. This is a YouTube video titled "Stress relief that actually works in restaurants #LeadershipTools #StressRelief #RestaurantSuccess" (created 2026-01-23T03:01:04+00:00). The excerpt is a short English conversation between two speakers (labelled SPEAKER A and SPEAKER B) discussing stress-management techniques relevant to restaurant leadership and personal wellbeing. Topics covered include baths, workouts, breathing techniques, box breathing, a practice called priming, meditation apps, and the TIERC method; SPEAKER A frames their role as a coach supplying a toolkit of practices and shares a personal anecdote about decluttering unused items. The content appears to be an informal coaching/discussion segment aimed at helping restaurant professionals manage stress.

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So how do you guys deal with stress?
My bath.
My workouts help. Yeah, my workout. If I didn't work out, I would not want to be around people. I'll tell you, I always make the joke. I work out for you, not for me. It's for your safety, not my safety.
And I really use a lot of. Another thing that I've learned in the program is breathing techniques, too. So I use a lot of breathing techniques.
Yeah, you got a lot of stuff in the TIERC method. You think you're just gonna learn how to run a restaurant? Nah, we're gonna give you a lot of other stuff, too, too. I always make the joke is I. I give you what you want, I get you what you want, but then I give you what you really need.
Exactly.
Yeah. And, like, we do a box breathing. We do an exercise called priming. We have meditation apps we share with people and stuff like that. We have lots of tools in the toolkit. My job as a coach is to give you more tools. And you're. The thing is for you to do is, like, just look at that tool and say, does this apply to me? If you like the tool, keep in your toolbox and then use it. If it doesn't apply to you, you don't think you'll use it. It's useless. Just toss it aside. It's like. It's like those people who collect keep the boxes after they buy some that are never going to use again. And like, this fills up a closet, and they're just empty boxes that they're never going to use. I have to say I'm guilty of that. I'm so guilty of that. When I moved to the new place here, I purged out, like, I could not believe how many boxes of stuff I had that didn't have anything. There's just an empty box. I'm like, man, I got like, 40 boxes here of stuff I need to. It was horrible. Might need it someday. Yeah, that's what I thought. It's like.
There'S always a possibility, right?
No.
That'S funny.