Dan SimonsHead into 2024 with 7 Strong Strategies to Become a More Successful BusinesspersonAs you make plans for the new year, here’s a list of my top strategies … or seeds to plant … to help each of us become more successful…Dec 29, 2023Dec 29, 2023
Dan SimonsMenopause in the Workplace: A Discussion on the Anxious Achiever PodcastMenopause is a human issue. One set of humans experiences it, and it just seems incredibly important that all humans get it. This includes…Dec 6, 2023Dec 6, 2023
Dan SimonsMenopause. MenAllPause. LeadersAllPause.Men, lemme get right to the point. I believe we need to get fluent. If something affects or will affect 49.6% of the population, we should…Aug 1, 20231Aug 1, 20231
Dan SimonsDeveloping Skills for Future Success With Restaurant WorkSummer is almost here, and with it the influx of teens and young adults behind counters, in lifeguard chairs, mowing lawns, and serving…May 12, 2022May 12, 2022
Dan SimonsWhat Predicts Success?I’ve noticed there’s this thing that seems to predict who will be successful in my restaurants. Historically, I’ve looked for the usual…Feb 14, 2022Feb 14, 2022
Dan SimonsFake It Till You Make It: Worst Idea EverI was sitting on our patio at Farmers & Distillers, on Mass Ave in DC, talking with two of our restaurant leaders. Listening to them talk…Dec 3, 2021Dec 3, 2021
Dan SimonsThe Capitalist’s Journey to Consciousness: Lessons from the Yellow Brick RoadWhen you hear the word Capitalism, are you triggered? Ready to either passionately indict, or throatily defend? The ideologues and power…Sep 29, 2021Sep 29, 2021
Dan SimonsStop the Limbo Life of COVID World. Here We Are. This Is What We Have.The virus is still here, it is still a pandemic, we remain without leadership at a federal level and none of this looks to be changing…Jul 27, 2020Jul 27, 2020
Dan SimonsWe Can’t Allow PPP to Be a Bridge to NowhereI am grateful to have received PPP monies in the second round of funding. I am grateful that I have some positive news for my salaried…Jun 30, 2020Jun 30, 2020
Dan Simons5 Leadership Lessons from CovidWorldIn mid-February 2020, I started paying attention. By March 1st, I saw the impending train wreck. From March 16th to now, I’ve learned and…May 19, 2020May 19, 2020