Get Your Food Truck Business Unstuck In 4 Simple Steps

There are times of the year when a food truck owner simply has too much to do. You may buckle down and focus, or like many people, you may get overwhelmed and freeze up. Running a business, especially a food truck business, is hard work. From time to time, vendors working on their businesses, find that they hit a wall or they get stuck. So how do you get your food truck business unstuck?

Whether you have been in business for a year or five years here’s how to do it yourself. The next time you are stressed out by how much you need to accomplish, take these four simple steps.

Get Your Food Truck Business Unstuck In 4 Simple Steps

Make a list. Write down everything you need to do on a piece of paper. Include everything from coming up with a new inventory system to speeding up your ticket times by 2 seconds.
Do the quick hits. Take 15 minutes, no more, to do the fastest things on your list. Use a timer to keep you focused. If you need more time to do a task, look at your calendar and setup a day or days that you can start these tasks.
Turn off distractions. Now spend 35 minutes focused on the tougher things on the list with your phone and email alerts switched off.
Take a break and repeat. Take a 10-minute break and start again. Before long, you’ll have crossed enough off your list to restore your calm. Please Note: Don’t add to your stress by taking a 10-minute break in the middle of a busy shift.

This simple formula will help get you unstuck by helping your brain work in the direction of your true goals. Once you know what has caused you to get stuck, you can find solutions to prevent it from happening again.

The Bottom Line

Vendors who are ready to get their food truck business unstuck have reached a point where it’s become unbearable to stay where they are. They’re more afraid to stay there than they are afraid of what comes next. This is a powerful feeling that you need to remember because it will help to keep you from getting stuck again.

Have you found other ways to get your food truck business unstuck? We’d love to hear your tips. Share your thoughts in the comment section below or on social media. Facebook | Twitter

By Richard Myrick|2018-07-29T09:07:54-04:00Jun 29, 2018|Growth|

About the Author: Richard Myrick

Richard Myrick is an architect by degree (Lawrence Technological University, Southfield, Michigan) who began his career in real estate development and architectural planning. In September of 2010 he created Mobile Cuisine Magazine to fill an information void he found when he began researching how to start a mobile hotdog cart in Chicago. Richard found that there was no central repository of mobile street food information anywhere on the internet, and with that, the idea for MCM was born. Richard also wrote the "Running a Food Truck for Dummies" available in bookstores everywhere and Amazon. You can reach out to Richard by email at: [email protected].