Pod Crashing Episode 498 Build Or Break From Daniel Lubetzky Creator Of The Kind Bar

0:00One of my favorite podcasts on arrow dot net ARROE dot net is foodie paradise. It gives me the opportunity to share and break bread with the biggest names in the kitchen. Restaurants are wherever food is prepared foodie paradise only on arrow dot net ARROE dot net enjoy your exploration. Hey, thanks for coming back to the conversation. Let's do some pod crashing episode number 498 is with Shark Tanker Daniel LeBetski Daniel, I got to tell you something right from the very beginning here on how your podcast has been effective with me and today was one of those days where Microsoft looked at me and said, Who are you again? And I swear to the holy Bible that I your podcast has helped me over the past two to three weeks in the way of understanding how that there is no real such thing as failure that you can grow from it. So your podcast is very active and I just think this is so weird that this is happening today. Thank you, Aram. It's a bless to be with you and I am looking at the logo of your show.

1:02You look like a superhero, not a superhero. How about a super connector? Somebody who believes that the that the guest or the client is first before when you know, because that to me, that's where productivity begins is that I have to understand who my client is first. Do you believe in that theory? I very much believe and figure it out of kind that you have to always understand that you have to be a servant to your consumers to your people and if you do that, then you figure out when I was starting my first company, I was making so many mistakes and that's by the way what builder break the new podcast is about about what lessons you can draw from your setbacks. But in my first company, I just wanted to grow and sell and I had a good mission, but I didn't understand what you said that you really need to be thinking, what does my consumer want and how can I develop a long term relationship to really serve them and do what they mean and what they want? Once you figure it out, it's how you launch time and turn it into something special. One of the things that I've learned from you from these several years is the fact that

2:04people aren't happy to see me, they're happy that I see them and I picked that vibration up from you because you do see them first and then we grow forward instead of me going, oh it's me, it's me, it's me, it's me, it has nothing to do with me, it's about them. I love you saying that and I would just like to say that it's hard for a lot of us as human beings to remember that it's putting them first because my father was very good at this, wherever we're at the dinner table, he always thought about us. I as a former CEO of kind and all these things, my ego can get the best of me very, very frequently, but when I am at my best is when I remember that I love humanity and I love other people and when I look at their eyes, they give me energy and I can inject a little bit of kindness and make their journeys better and that's when you're all of us end up elevating ourselves and what's really cool about Builder Break the Podcast is that you get to meet some of the most extraordinary builders from Matthew McConaughey to Mark Cuban,

3:04from Kendra Scott to Kevin O'Leary and see other stories like you've never heard before and they open up and show with you their tools for how they overcame some of the biggest setbacks and turn them into fuel to help them win. Well look at Danny Myers, my God, here's a man that's in the restaurant industry which is really up, down, up, down, up, down. It's like, I don't know how the people in the restaurant industry keep their cool, dude. Well, and Danny Myers got an incredible journey and he tells you about like when he was studying his first restaurant, how he didn't work out and all the things that happened, but not just that. What he did to turn it around, why were the lessons? And ultimately he is the guy that found the Shake Shack which is now a global success story. So move, we're back with Daniel Labecki from Shark Tank and now the brand new podcast build or break. He's coming up next. Oh, this is a great conversation and I'm so glad that you're part of it. Daniel Labecki from the new podcast build or break, but you know him from Shark Tank

4:06as well as the kind bar. You brought it McConaughey and I swear to God I'm looking at him more as a global leader than just that guy. Hey, all right, all right, all right. He's more to him than just that. Matthew McConaughey is in my opinion one of the most beautiful human beings I've ever met and destined to help in Sparrows in so many ways, not just with movies, but with his philosophy, with his writing. And in my conversations with him, he tells me a story about how when he was a kid, he's mom and turn him into context from little Mr. Texas and he won the trophy and all his life. He thought he had won little Mr. Texas. And when he was writing his book, Greenlight, he looked at the photo and he looked at the little inscription and it says runner up. He didn't win. He was runner up and he goes to his mom says, mom, what is this? Oh, that's okay. Don't worry about it. You were my winner. And he talks about how her believing in him and giving him so much love and telling him

5:11that he was little Mr. Texas gave him self confidence and he talks about how you need to tell your own stories that are going to help you overcome those setbacks and continue your life. And every one of the people that have been on Builder Breaker, we have dozens of extraordinary interviews with some of the most incredible musicians and actors and filmmakers and entrepreneurs and builders. Everyone had horrible things happen in their lives. But how they got back from it, what they learned from it, how they used that as a springboard for success is really inspiring. Well, see, this is the reason why I daily deep frag. What I do is I take my entire day and it's like doing an air check session and radio. I go back and I say, okay, why didn't work? What can we do to make it better? Do you deep frag as well? Were you break things down so that you can have an identity of what that little piece of bread is that's on the path? I'm going to start using the word deep frag. I've never heard that but I love it. Yes, I do very much. I'm a very big believer in self reflection and analysis.

6:15I don't do it as disciplined as you. I'm like last night, I had a very stimulating, very, very challenging dinner and I couldn't sleep well, which is not great, but I was processing so many things and they're writing notes. That's not the best path, but one way or another, every single day I'm reflecting, every single moment, I'm like criticizing myself. It's a little bit exhausting. I'm sorry, but ultimately, and it's very, very important that you learn the toolkit for how to separate that from yourself worth, that on one side, you're forgiving of yourself, particularly when things are not going well, develop the toolkit for you to love yourself and appreciate yourself for just doing the best you can for treating others with dignity and respect. That's all you can ask from yourself and that's enough. That is literally what life is about for you to be a kind human being, that's what matters. And then separately, constantly stretching yourself for growth, analyzing what you could have done better without letting impact how you feel about yourself.

7:16One of the things that I've always cherished about you is your honesty and that kind bar because I work at a grocery store because I do love watching people and consumers buy things. I don't know what the sickness is, but I love it. And the one thing that I've heard most about that kind bar is trust. That's what people have in that bar. They know what they're going to get. They know there's something in the opposite side. There's no questions ever. So for you to build that trust, that takes a hell of a man and that's you. What's fascinating, Arrow, about kind and the brand kind is literally what you said. A brand is a promise and a great brand is a promise well kept. We did that kind. We're very, very consistent about delivering something that was tasty, healthy and socially responsible. And I guess what? I didn't do that all along at the beginning. The 10 years prior to launching kind, I kept making mistake after mistake after mistake with my first company. And I drew the lessons from those mistakes and from those errors.

8:16And in Builder Break, I traced back to some of those mistakes that helped me learn those mistakes to ultimately create kind into an iconic brand. And I go on interview some of the most extraordinary people. Tomorrow we dropped the first three episodes with Chris Paul Kendra Scott and Kevin O'Leary. We talked a little bit about all of their lessons. You know on on Shark Tank, Mr. Wonderful, Kevin O'Leary. Have you ever seen him cry, Arrow? I'll tell you what, he's been on my show and he shared it here. But I sat there and I thought, okay, is he acting or is it real? And I went with, I believe it because yeah, he's got emotion. He's a real guy. If you listen to his interview on Builder Break, you will discover a person with so much deeper than you imagine, just an extraordinary person. And he talks to you, he opens up because what I like about Builder Break is we're creating an environment where people can be vulnerable and share their stories to inspire millions

9:21about their journeys. And Kevin, like he got very emotional. I've never seen him get as emotional and as open and as vulnerable as he did. And it was really beautiful. And I do think that part of life is being comfortable putting yourself in uncomfortable positions. And that's what Builder Break teaches you from inspiration from many other amazing stories. I'm so proud that you did this podcast and you've got to come back anytime in the future. The door is always going to be open. It is about that listener. It is about that consumer and you get it and I'm just so proud of you. Thank you, I really appreciate it. I hope to meet you one day. You be brilliant today, okay, sir? Thank you, Iro.