A short motivational speech by Donald Burns directed at restaurant owners, arguing that one can run a profitable restaurant without sacrificing personal happiness or life balance. Burns urges listeners to prioritize themselves, stop settling, and make a conscious decision to pursue happiness now.
You can be successful without destroying yourself. You can run a profitable restaurant and still have life. But it's not going to happen until you wake up and decide that you matter just as much as your damn restaurant. I can tell you happiness isn't some far off dream. It's a choice. It's a decision. And here's the thing. It's about time that you made it. So I'm asking you, are you happy? If the answer is anything less than a yes, it's time to make a change. It's time to stop settling. It's time start living.
If your restaurant only works because you work 80 hours a week, it doesn't work.
