Welcome to the show. I'm Jordan Harbinger. As always, I'm here with my producer Jason to

the Phillipo. Now I'm not much of a reality television guy, not even a little bit, but when I got

the chance to interview the one and only John Taffer of Bar Rescue, I was definitely into it.

While on the surface it may just look like John yells at people and then repaints their bar,

I know there's something deeper going on. In many episodes of his show, I see John working not

just to change the business, but the people in the business. And that's why he's a great fit for

this show. So in this episode, we'll explore why John believes that success in business always

hinges on the human factor and why we should always hire for personality. We'll also discover

why John and myself ruthlessly critique our own work and how this routine ego-beating has been

crucial to each of our success. There's a lot in this episode about how we can get honest with

ourselves so that we're better equipped to deal with the challenges our lives throw our way.

And John's delivery is so charismatic. It's worth the listen for that alone. And if you want to know

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and it's over at jordanharbanger.com slash level one. All right, here's John Taffer. Well, I'm fascinated

by the break him down to build him up style of bar rescue. I gotta say though, where did you learn

to do that? Was your dad like that? You know, my mother was great at tearing me down, but not very

good at building me up. Okay. So maybe, you know, sometimes you do things in life because they weren't

done to you. So maybe I just recall what it was felt like not to be built back up again that made

me do it. I wish I had a better answer for you, but it just seems to come natural to me. Yeah.

I have the kind of personality where I want to leave you in a better place. You know, I don't

want to leave you weakened. So if I knock you down, that's contrary to my personality actually.

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