SB Cafe Owner! You Don't Have to Keep Up With Others

Keys To The Shop : Equipping Coffee Shop Leaders · Oct 15, 2026 · 8m

Am I behind? This was a question I was asked by a coaching client recently. They worried that they may be not to where most people "should be" in their coaching. I have talked with thousands of people in my 3 decades of coffee and one thing that persists is the nagging feeling that you are not as good as others and that you need to keep pace with them or some terrible undefined thing will happen. Whether it is the progress you make in coaching or the growth of your cafe, your situation and journey is yours and no one else's.

Today on Shift Break we will be talking about this compulsion we…