I was privileged to have the opportunity to speak with the industry-defining Dushan Zaric.  We discuss how he took the craft of bartending and hospitality and made it a modern wisdom tradition.  How this informed the extraordinarily unique work culture of Employees Only as not only a nurturing family-oriented environment, but an academy of self-mastery for its staff.  And that covers maybe 6 of the 100+ amazing minutes of our chat.  So many incredible stories and philosophies forged from a life of passion, deep self-exploration and hardship transmuted into powerful insights.  So fortunate to have him share some of that goodness with me.  

A Few Episode Highlights:

:: The energetic exchange of hospitality - how to make it an energy-increasing experience rather than an energy-decreasing experience. 

:: The bartender as the modern shaman and the huge responsibility that every type of today's server has to society. 

:: How the quality of the server’s internal state determines the quality of the experience they create. 

:: The profound inner silence of being “in the zone”:  how to live in your most natural, fluid, adaptive state.   

:: How the same service script can be performed with very different intents to yield totally different results. 

:: The art of approval: how to transform someone’s life by being the person they almost definitely don’t have in their lives.  And how simple this really is. 

:: Just forgive: the importance of keeping relationships clean in a highly-networked lifestyle. 

:: Techniques to use before work: from breathing, to meditation, to visualizing how you want the day/night to look. 

:: Stories of crisis and loss that shape you personally and professionally...and how to really grow from them.

All Roads That Lead To Dushan:

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