Editor’s Note: Today we’re excited to present a post from Jeremy Adams. Jeremy is the President/CEO of Prestige Food Trucks, which is the world’s leading custom food truck manufacturer. In his current role as President/CEO, Jeremy manages dozens of employees, interacts with clients, and maintains a healthy relationship with all of his business partners. Since Prestige, Jeremy has launched many other successful companies.
To become a food truck owner, one has to, of course, come up with a business plan, raise the money to buy a food truck, take care of all of the permits, find a thriving location, etc.
Those are obvious things that one must to do become a food truck owner (and they are easier said than done).
However, we are about to highlight three more steps to become a food truck owner, and these steps will help you make your food truck dream a reality.
Why do you want to become a food truck owner in the first place?
While, yes, the food truck industry is booming and it is a very trending industry for aspiring cooks, why do you want to own your own mobile kitchen?
This is the most important thing you need to ask yourself, and it’s crucial that you are honest with yourself. After all, if you don’t want to become a food truck owner deep down, then you are going to waste a lot of time, money and effort, especially if you do become a food truck owner and realize it’s not the dream job you really wanted.
Figure out your why and then let that fuel you every single day. Motivation only lasts for so long, but if you really want something bad enough, then you won’t need a daily dose of motivation.
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No matter what you want to be in life, the only way you are going to achieve success is by being consistent. It’s great if you work at your goals for 10 hours on any given day, but if this is going to lead to burnout, then it’s not worth it.
Consistent hard work. That is the key to making any dream come true.
It might sound like basic advice — being consistent, that is — but it holds truth no matter what you are trying to achieve. You are not going to make your dreams come true overnight. Likewise, you are not going to join the food truck industry overnight (at least not with your own food truck business). The ingredient that is going to get you there is being consistent.
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Not everyone has the luxury of spending all of their time working on their goals. However, if you want to stay hungry and get closer to making your food truck dreams come true, then you should incorporate this strategy: Try to do something every day that will get you closer to your dreams.
This could be anything, from creating your business plan all the way to trying out new recipes in the kitchen.
A big reason why so many people fail to become what they want to be is that they run out of fuel (because their why is not strong enough) and life happens. Life will happen over and over again, which is why you need to force your goals into your life in the form of taking action. Even if it’s only for 30 minutes a day, we encourage aspiring food truck owners to do something — anything! — that will get them closer to their dreams.
Eventually, you will be where you want to be — you just have to continue to work on your goals and never give up.
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This post was last modified on May 27, 2018
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