Ron Shaich: Lessons from Building Panera

Ron Shaich: Lessons from Building Panera

Ron Shaich: Lessons from Building Panera

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It’s easier to exercise every day than five days a week.

Ron Shaich: Lessons from Building Panera

This applies to habits and schedules in general

People want to feel special in a world where they don’t.

Ron Shaich: Lessons from Building Panera

Build something worthy of those who believed in you.

Ron Shaich: Lessons from Building Panera

Profit is the result, not the goal.

Ron Shaich: Lessons from Building Panera

The world doesn’t need another business. It needs a better one.

Ron Shaich: Lessons from Building Panera

Be something special for somebody. Don’t try to be everything for everybody.

Ron Shaich: Lessons from Building Panera

Too many people want the gist of things. The best want the details.

Ron Shaich: Lessons from Building Panera

Ron’s friend is a type-one diabetic. His goal is to live as long as anyone else, but he can’t control that; it’s a byproduct. What he controls is keeping his blood sugar between 80 and 180. Companies that chase the byproduct (the stock price, the bottom line) never get there because they miss what creates it.

Ron Shaich: Lessons from Building Panera

Find the companies that focus on what they can control

You want to be so good that people walk past competitors to reach you.

Ron Shaich: Lessons from Building Panera