Mantra (file under awakening)

So I’ve been reading a lot this year. I would say that I’m reading a book every three days. Most of them are food related but others are related to becoming a better man, a better lover, a better friend and true to myself a better cook (can’t quite call myself a Chef and even when I can I think I’d rather be thought of as a cook). I’ve been reading everything from James Joyce’s “Ulysses,” to The Dalai Lama, Osho and Einstein just to name a few. You know a little light reading. At any rate, it really does feel wonderful to be on the path that I’m on. Life is revealing to me that the universe works in wonderful ways and that I am more than just a cog in the wheel of my life. I am the wheel. So let’s roll!

At the start of each day I write a note at the top of my notebook. For example on April 12th I wrote; “Love is my teacher, passion my guide and life my resource and I AM THAT!” These Mantras are a great way to frame my day and direct my mind in the right direction.

I’ve started tracking everything at work. I track the products that come in, the weight, whether they were of good quality or just so so (not that it happens but when it does I send it back to the supplier). I’ve started tracking the yields of the stocks that I make as well as the demi that is produced. By tracking all this I am able to get a good idea of whats needed in the future based on the knowledge that I have of the seats in our restaurant and the number that are filled for service. This is absolutely invaluable to me and the mission that I have.

I have also started paying attention to things such as product weight as it relates to the portion costs. L and I were having a conversation about it in relation to cheese. I was cutting the cheese (lol) for a cheese platter to be served at brunch. Looking at it he said that I should cut the cheese differently as the sizes I was cutting would force the customer to take my big size whereas if I cut it smaller they would take two or three but that was roughly equivalent to the size that I was originally cutting. It might make a four cent difference on that particular piece of cheese. But when you are cutting two thousand pieces. It all adds up. And this is something that I need to become more aware of. If you want to own your own restaurant you need to have a perfect understanding of where every dollar goes. Even if it is one cent at a time.

So here is my two cents for each of you today brought to you by none other than Osho; “Any human being who is becoming independent of conditionings, of religions, scriptures, prophets and messiahs, has arrived home. He has found the treasure which was hidden in his own being.” I have found the treasure inside my own being by accepting what was inside me all the time. I have become the man I always wanted to be. Are you willing to look inside your being?

Dream big and inspired. I will be back with more in a few minutes.

A la prochaine

SDM