Motivation: The Stories That Drive and Break Us
Pot Luck Food Talks: Kitchen Stories From Behind the PassShow Notes
🎙️ EP175 — The lie we call motivation. We worship the grind and romanticize the 16-hour shift, calling it passion, discipline, excellence. But what if motivation is just a story we tell ourselves to survive, and sometimes a lie we cling to while it quietly grinds us down?
🎧 Topics Covered in This Episode: 🔥 What Is Motivation? 🧠 Stories We Believe 🍳 Flow State 🥶 Burnout 🧘 Monk Mentality 📊 Excel vs. Dish Pit 👑 Ego & Image 🍽️ The Perfect Bite 🪓 The Abusive Chef 🪞 The Story We Tell Ourselves 👀 Who Are You Alone? 🤝 Leading with Energy
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More from Pot Luck Food Talks: Kitchen Stories From Behind the Pass
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🎙️ EP207 — The better you are at keeping a broken kitchen running, the less reason anyone has to fix it.
🎙️ EP206 — It shouldn't be two teams: the kitchen and the floor win or lose the same service together.
🎙️ EP205 — Better restaurants often pay less, and nobody teaches cooks about finances: why are so many of us struggling to make good money?
🎙️ EP204 — Low pay, long hours, starting at the bottom: are kitchens only built for cooks who start young, or is there an advantage to starting at 30, 40 or 50?