Takeaways from Robin Salzer

In this episode, Jason and Suzu discuss their best takeaways from our interview with Robin Salzar.

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Jason Hardin  0:03  
Well Thank you. And hello, once again, we are back with another episode of Life of a boss to podcast. I am Jason Hardin. And this show is all about personal development. And we have a great show today and also wanted to introduce my baby Suzu Sinay. She's in the studio with us. Hello. How are you doing, Jason? I'm actually great. Oh, wonderful. Wonderful. Yes. That's why I feel wonderful. I just stepped into the studio and I'm ready for the takeaways. I'm glad. And as she already said, we'll be doing takeaways today avoid interview from Robin Salzer, successful Restaurateur, He's now retired, living a beautiful life. And we want to show others how he got there. And really the mindset because that's what starts to be successful. It starts in the mind, if you can't

Jason Hardin  0:59  
develop good habits, good. Rituals, yeah, discipline, all that is not going to happen. I don't care what else you try to do. You can't buy success. You have to be creative. And out of thin air and it starts in the mind, and that being said, today, we're going to go through our takeaways from the interview, and do you want to start.

Suzu Sinay  1:21  
Should I start sure you memorize your takeaways.

Jason Hardin  1:23  
I know everything. Yeah, I know everything. already. I'm

Suzu Sinay  1:27  
looking for his . I'm Like you memorized them.

Jason Hardin  1:29  
Yeah. Well, I don't like doing notes too much. Because it feels like I don't know what I'm talking about. Seriously, like, when I'm up for office, any type of debate form I used to don't have notes, because I don't like reading. Yeah, while I'm while I'm talking while I'm engaged. I hate reading. So that's why I was authentic. Exactly. To me. It might not be you know, some people are great at it. But for me, it just doesn't carry over, well. Yeah, yeah. So anyway, do you have a would you like to start?

Suzu Sinay  1:58  
I will, I will start. So the first takeaway is a quote from Robin. And

Suzu Sinay  2:07  
I'll give you a six word formula for success to think things through and then follow through. I had to go back and I had to figure out which six words of this was the formula. But it's just think things through and then follow through. And that is a recipe for success. What does that mean to you? So I can't really say it was follow this recipe or formula. But because thinking things through for me,

Suzu Sinay  2:35  
I can overthink way too easily. So I kind of for me, it's getting that inspiration. Yeah. And then following through on what inspired me,

Jason Hardin  2:45  
that's good. That's good. For me. It's more like visualization. For me. Like before I do anything, it can be a project, or it can be as simple as cooking something, but I have to see it first. I go through it all in my head. And then I do it. If I don't see it. I won't even act on it. Yeah, you don't even know where to start. Exactly. It's like a world map. I know. I'm not just gonna start and whatever happens, I usually try to see the end result before even start.

Suzu Sinay  3:12  
Yeah, yeah, I don't always do it that way. But then again, I don't always follow through on those things that I can't visualize. So

Jason Hardin  3:19  
no, but you do follow through on a lot. So on the stuff you follow through on what do you do beforehand?

Suzu Sinay  3:25  
I guess I do have some some type of, I'm visualizing something, I do have a starting point. That's all I need. I don't need a lot more. It's all the in betweens, I just need a jumping off point, like starting point.

Jason Hardin  3:37  
So you don't ever have to see the end to start. No, well, that's good. We're all wired differently. And in however, or whatever gets you to take action is good.

Suzu Sinay  3:51  
Because then I set expectations for myself. And not to say I don't want to succeed. But if that's the whole point of why I try, then I'm I can be disappointed and I don't enjoy my journey.

Jason Hardin  4:06  
Oh, and one thing you have to do is enjoy the journey. Because if you don't enjoy the process, you won't appreciate the result.

Suzu Sinay  4:15  
Exactly. Yes. I love the way you said that. Oh,

Jason Hardin  4:19  
my first takeaway that I got from Robins interview was people don't remember what you people only remember what you finish. Oh, yeah. Remember what you started with a lot of false starts. And that's so important to me because I love to execute. And things don't mean anything to me. Unless it's executed. Yeah, you know, unless I see that final result. You can go through 90 days of some and if you don't get it done that to me it's almost like a 90 day wait so nine days mess. Because I know a lot of people that start a lot of projects

Suzu Sinay  4:55  
or talk about starting a lot of things don't even get to start. Yeah, talk a lot and then after While you're like, anymore,

Jason Hardin  5:02  
yeah, exactly. It's just an idea. And then some people start something and don't finish it. And then they have all this clutter. Yeah, they have clutter, whether it be physical clutter,

Suzu Sinay  5:11  
that either they didn't want it, they don't even want to finish it, but they can't let go of it. It's

Jason Hardin  5:16  
like, almost like a hoarder mentality, you know, and I like that because you have to have the end result, for it to even matter to me, you know, I'm, that's the only way I get things done. It's the only way I actually try to start things with it like it like, bringing us back to the last point is starting things with the end in mind. And if we never get to the end, I get upset that I even started it, you know,

Suzu Sinay  5:42  
you want to measure, you want to have some measurement of whether you succeeded with what you had envisioned.

Jason Hardin  5:46  
Exactly. And on top of that, it's what bills that influence. Because my brand in my city or in my industry is a finisher, you know, people deal with me, not because they like me all the time. But because they know I'm a finish. I know it's gonna get

Suzu Sinay  6:04  
some good ideas, but because you executed Exactly. And I

Jason Hardin  6:07  
have a lot of ideas, believe me, there's, there's so many ideas that don't get finished. But those are the ones that have let go, you know, those are the ones I'm not proud of. Those are the ones that I I don't take any credit for. Yeah, I take credit for the things that I actually get done, you know, if if started on it. Now, I don't want credit for that, you know that that's not an accomplishment to me. But the things that actually get finished and done and, and in the callin in the book. That's what I'm part of. And I appreciate it. That's what Robin said. Because it's true. People don't remember, you start in a project people don't remember a good idea. That was just an idea. People remember a bad idea that got done. Yeah, somebody could

Suzu Sinay  6:46  
take that good idea and run with it. And they would have every right to

Jason Hardin  6:50  
exactly. For those that have great ideas and no finishing. You don't get mad or somebody else runs with it be happy. Yeah, as a matter of fact, the waste exactly what they say. The richest people. Cemetery.

Suzu Sinay  7:07  
Yeah, that's the most valuable piece of property. Yeah. Because

Jason Hardin  7:11  
all the good ideas died with them. Yeah. So there's no more good ideas than in the cemetery. Yep. Anyway, what's your next segue?

Suzu Sinay  7:19  
Um, so my next one? Well, it's actually some of the failures. What are the stepping stones for for success versus failures for success? So he was just talking about like, the first one he mentioned was a failure to anticipate. Another one is failure to communicate, failure to collaborate, failure to innovate, don't want to take these one at a time failure to pre solve problems, problems, and failure, failure to motivate. So these were ways that people can basically fail if they don't focus in on these components. Yeah.

Jason Hardin  7:57  
And what I got from that is, that's how to become unsuccessful. If you're doing things and you don't have those key points in mind, if you're if you fail to communicate fail to all those things. It's like, what are you doing it for? And those that, to me is a recipe for failure. You know, it's not the fact of not trying, it's not trying with the right ideas in mind. Yeah. Also,

Suzu Sinay  8:19  
learning from the failures. So you can turn these failures into, you know, ways that you can learn to succeed. Absolutely. So it's just perspective. Yeah, yeah.

Jason Hardin  8:30  
Well, equation opportunity. Yes. And if you don't see the opportunity in what you've failed at Yeah, and correct it then, then it is just that it's a failure? Mm hmm. Okay, what was next?

Suzu Sinay  8:41  
Okay. This is the last one that I have. And it's another quote. And when somebody would mistreat me, I didn't mistreat them back. I just didn't have time for them.

Jason Hardin  8:49  
Oh, wow. That's it. That's some boss shit!

Suzu Sinay  8:55  
takes a lot of maturity. It takes a lot of humility. Yeah. Yeah. Not Want to get back at somebody because they did something for you. You know, they hit me. So I'm gonna hit them back. And, you know, they, you just yeah, you need a lot of maturity. Yeah. And, you know, I think he had the maturity pretty young. And I think, honestly,that, that perspective, and that mindset is probably a lot of what also helped him to succeed.

Jason Hardin  9:18  
Yeah. And speaking of his maturity growing at a young age, for those that don't know, Robbin started out as a dishwasher, at an IHOP at 16 years old. Yeah. By the time he was 23, he owned that IHOP

Suzu Sinay  9:35  
but not just from working at I hop he did a lot of. Yeah, you know, multiple different ways of income. Yeah, it wasn't just

Jason Hardin  9:44  
he envisioned owning that IHOP, yes, but he had to work other places. Yeah, to save money to get that IHOP and I think that was one of the most inspirational things I got from him is his work ethic. And that's what I wanted to talk about. One thing that really stood out to me is that every time that Robbin had a problem, he didn't really pay for the answer. He didn't really go find the answer. He's worked harder. Yeah, he out worked. Every single problem he had now was really trying to get the secret to success. During the whole interview. I'm like, Okay, what was that? Was that an investment? One? What was it? It was that every time he had a problem, he out worked the problem. It didn't take being a genius. He didn't take a college degree. It didn't take other money that he didn't have. It took his own intuition, his own action. Yeah. And he turned that into solution to a problem.

Suzu Sinay  10:39  
Mm hmm. Yeah. And taking making some hard decisions. Like when he said that he worked, you know, when he became a franchise owner. He had to hire he had to fire. Yeah, yeah. All of his friends. Yeah. Except for one person. That can't be easy.

Jason Hardin  10:56  
No. Especially when he said he transitioned from employee. Yeah. On Sunday to the owner of the restaurant, Monday. Yeah. And you're 23 you got people that are in their 40s and 50s. Working for you. So you have seniority, you have a lot of personalities and egos that you have to manage. And

Suzu Sinay  11:14  
people might have just tried to make it work and didn't see like try to skip that hard step of letting go of everybody, you know rehiring new people.

Jason Hardin  11:22  
Yeah. And he learned, he transitioned very well. He kept the point, the one person that was respectful, and they helped him, you know, make it happen. And he let go of everybody else eventually, you know, and I appreciate your that level of maturity came at such a young age. So you have to be willing to make those hard decisions. You know, you can't just go making everybody happy. Yeah, it's like, that's not part a success. Success is what it is. Yeah. And it's doing what needs to be done. So another thing that I appreciate what Robbin said, was, he never missed a payroll. Yeah, you know, and one thing that I guess it was after the interview, and we spoke, he told me that he would, you know, he was actuallt you know, doing pretty bad, you know, like, like, financially he didn't have it all like, you think when you get a restaurant, it's super like millions. Yeah, especially IHOP, or his restaurant when he owned Robin barbecue. But people don't see the struggle of having to pay everybody on your payroll, and Robin told me, he would drive his pickup truck on the way home. And he would pick up bottles and cans, you know, as a side hustle. But he would pick a bottle in cans to help to help support links and income so he can help pay his employees and he never missed a payroll. And that sacrifice, yeah. And people don't understand it takes sacrifice. Robbin sacrificed college years, sacrificed, partying sacrifice, money and going out he sacrifices 20s to build the lifestyle that he has today. And just being at his house a few weeks ago. I can tell you he has a pretty good lifestyle. Seriously if you're hanging out at his mansion at the San Raphael neighborhood. It's just It's just ridiculous. What he has created by sheer hard work. It wasn't handed over to him. he wasn't a trust fund baby. You know, he didn't get he wasn't gifted a IHOP he wasn't gifted a million dollars. He didn't like somebody didn't die and leave him with a bunch of money that he did something with. He created it from nothing. But that's something where that nothing was his work ethic. And that's what I appreciate more than anything else.

Suzu Sinay  13:43  
I do too. Yeah. It's a great interview. I really enjoyed it.

Jason Hardin  13:46  
Yeah, I enjoyed it too. And Robin kept saying it could have went on for hours. And the way he talked to you, it definitely could. Yeah. And one thing I want to touch on is Robbins ability to be diverse, you know, he, he's, yes, he's a white guy. I'm gonna just go ahead and say he's a white guy, but he has awards from the NAACP. A, he's been on the board of NAACP, so he works with everybody. And he didn't cut anybody out to get to where he is. And I think a lot of us think that we have to, I guess be, I don't know, evil in a way or, or selfish in a way or choose one side or the other. Yeah. And, and the cool thing about Robbins we don't have the same beliefs in everything. You know, for those that don't know, we debated each other. I think it was last year in the electorial ways in Pasadena because we supported different candidate so he doesn't just agree with everybody and that's one thing I respect about Robins that a lot of people expect us not to get along because they think I'm from this side and he's from that side. I support this candidate and he's supposed that candidate and we're not supposed to get along, but the coolest thing is that I get along with Robin, way better than some people that vote the way I do. And that's because we can see and listen to each other struggles and stories and all that we don't just, and I can see his reason for voting the way he does. And he can see mine. So it's all about understanding and that was the key to his success was he can interact with everybody.

Suzu Sinay  15:26  
Yeah, he's a true people person he is

Jason Hardin  15:29  
and, and it amazes me how some people don't like him. And I can see why. But just like people don't like me, you know, I can see why they might like me how abrasive

Suzu Sinay  15:40  
see that about themselves? I can understand, because I can understand why somebody wouldn't like me. Yeah,

Jason Hardin  15:44  
like, you think you're perfect. You got to

Suzu Sinay  15:48  
understand that you have things about you, you know, characteristics that maybe somebody doesn't like, yeah. Okay.

Jason Hardin  15:55  
And it's perfectly fine. Even if you think you're a good person, and people hate them hate, do not do something. And that's the point. It's being polarizing. Yeah, to be great. You're going to have people that love and hate you. And I was taught a while ago that there's no money in the middle. If you're trying to please everybody. Yeah, yeah, I can't please anybody,

Suzu Sinay  16:19  
and you're gonna be kind of a sellout.

Jason Hardin  16:21  
Yeah. But you will be a sellout. And you will never be selling out for the right reason. Because you're not going to be authentic. And he goes back to being authentic. And one thing I can say about Robin, is he is totally authentic. Robin is totally himself. He says what he wants, he says what he feels. But one thing I respect this is another takeaway is that Roibin and takes action. You know, he does run the hot meals program, he does give 100,000 free meals to the people of Pasadena who cant afford it. And him with the help of the late great Walter Jackson made that happen, but I appreciate him because he takes action. There's a lot of people with a lot of opinions. There's more opinions. Then there are assholes, you know, there

Suzu Sinay  17:08  
are a lot of opinions.

Jason Hardin  17:11  
And, and he actually does stuff. There's people that say they believe what I believe in and can identify with everything I say, but take no action, help nobody, you know, bring no good to the community. And I don't really care for that that much. Yeah, but if you're a supporter of the Trump, or the mayor we have and all that, but you do things and you make things happen for the community and you and you're a catalyst for change. I can respect that. You know, cuz you're doing something. And that's what it comes down to. What are you doing? Not, what you believe in now, not what you care about? Not, not who you're voting for. But what are you actually doing? And that's what I respect about Robin. Anything else? That's it? Well, that I'm not gonna say that's all of our takeaways. Because I have so many because, like I say, this was a great interview, because this man has done a lot with so little. And that's what our show is about. He had the right mindset. And like I said, he didn't have all the intelligence. He didn't have the degrees. He didn't have the money. He had the mindset. Yeah, it's that mindset that makes you successful. That's why we're doing this show because it's all about personal development, because personal development, it's all about developing the right mindset. Anyway, that's our show for today. Oh, I love you. So but that's our show for the day. We had a great interview with Robin and look for him on the show pretty soon, you know. And one thing about me, you want to follow him go to follow him on Facebook. He doesn't have like a business that you want to come out now. Go ahead.

Suzu Sinay  18:51  
That was one more takeaway was what he shared at the very end how he offered to help anybody Oh, yeah, that blew my mind. I was like, Did he really say that?

Jason Hardin  19:01  
Oh, yeah, yeah, if you want Yes phone number. He told me I can give his phone number anybody who so if you want to connect with Robin and Facebook is enough. Now it's Robin Salzer S-A-L-Z-E-R, on Facebook. He he Facebook's often, very often. I think he's older than 60. But he doesn't look at you know, he's very athletic the brother always invites me to his house to play basketball. And for those who don't know, he has everybody at his house, you know, this brother has congressmen in city council member he even had Rodney King at his house to play basketball. So like I said, he's really a community person. He's really a people person. But like I said, I don't see what nobody likes him. Lot of people that don't like him don't like it, but I can see the jealousy I can see. I can see. You know, I can see what people hate on me. And if you can't see that, then you're blind. But no way man love the interview. And if you guys want to get in touch with him, please send them a friend request on Facebook. He will accept He will answer you if you have some questions. And if you have more questions than that, or if you really want to get in this world, contact me. I'll give you his phone number. I will. I will give it he said I can give it so I will give his personal number and you can bother him all you want. Alright, anyway man, I love y'all man. Keep checking into the podcast. We're out two days a week. Every Monday and every Thursday check out new episodes and check out lifeofaboss.net and I love you. Peace, peace.