The Six-Figure Server: How to Maximize your Money and Make a Killing in the Service Industry

by Justin Winston Gosnell

Smart, funny, and straight to the point, The Six-Figure Server is a primer on how to get out of the weeds, tap into a six-figure headspace, skyrocket your service skills, and make YOU the server everyone asks for by name.A $25K server treats their work like a gig; a $100K server treats it like a great job.After hustling for years at a packed turn-and-burn beachside restaurant in a popular tourist town, I took a good, hard look at my serving skills and faced the I wasn’t great at my job. Worse, by always angling to be the first cut and skipping tables to extend my breaks, I had left thousands of dollars on the table every year. That realization led to a six-figure transformation to my serving career. And now I’m sharing the strategies, tools, and mindset you can use to embark on your own six-figure path—all while keeping your body, mind, and soul intact (and paying your taxes on time).Drawing from my decades in the business, I offer a fun, fresh, and occasionally unconventional collection of tricks, tips, and techniques for tapping into your six-figure potential and making way more money than you are now. I’ll show you how ● Work out exactly what you need to do to earn $100K this year. ● Work out exactly what you need to do to earn $100K this year. ● Make sure your guests walk away feeling impressed (and happy to leave a 30% tip). ● Become valuable as f*ck to your boss, your coworkers, and everyone else on the team. ● Get the shifts you want by taking the shifts you think you don’t want. ● Upsell your tables without feeling like you’re selling your soul. ● Take advantage of seasonal shifts, gamedays, and holidays—including giving up everyone’s favorite date night to earn an extra $900. If you’re ready to level up, become the MVP of your staff, and add a zero or two to your income, The Six-Figure Server will show you the way.

201 pages, Kindle Edition

Published June 13, 2021

About the author

Maryland-based musician, long-time bartender, and bestselling author Justin W. Gosnell has spent most of his adult life in the music industry, all the while tending bar to keep the bills paid.

Over the years, traversing the bar scene has been like second nature to Justin -- learning about the serving industry and its patrons as he went. One random night at work during the "music off-season", Justin had an epiphany.

As he begrudgingly served another shot of Fireball to a customer who had no idea what the word "tab" even meant, he realized it wasn't their fault. After all, where does one learn everything there is to know about how to navigate the bar experience?

At that moment, Justin's idea for his first book - "21 and Up: The Ultimate, Practical, No-B.S. Guide for Entering the World of Bar Life" - was born. Almost 4 years later, that idea came to fruition, with his second book - "The Six-Figure Server: How to Maximize Your Money and Make A Killing in the Service Industry" - following shortly after.

Steeped in his unique first-hand experiences in the serving industry, Justin distills valuable insider insights into no-B.S., easy-to-digest guides that get readers results -- whether that means transforming into a smooth-operating, smart-ordering bar whiz from the moment they turn 21 or skyrocketing their $25k serving gig to a $100k career.

Reviews

[Wendy Persson · Rating 4 out of 5]

Learned a few things... But most of it was really basic obvious stuff.