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Darren Anthony always knew he would be working his best when he was working for himself. It was that mentality that made him a successful <a href="http://www.lennysfranchise.com/?utm_source=1851franchise.com&utm_medium=article&utm_campaign=franchisee-success-how-darren-anthony-became-successful-with-lennys-sub-shop-2242" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Lenny&#8217;s Sub Shop</a> franchisee with two locations under his belt in the Atlanta area. &#8220;I thought I would be the best employee if I worked for myself,&#8221; said Anthony. So that&#8217;s what he decided to do. After working in finance for seven years, Anthony branched out and started looking for franchise opportunities. Anthony did his due diligence and ended up purchasing a <a href="http://www.lennysfranchise.com/?utm_source=1851franchise.com&utm_medium=article&utm_campaign=franchisee-success-how-darren-anthony-became-successful-with-lennys-sub-shop-2242" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Lenny&#8217;s Sub Shop</a> franchise. He always wanted to work in a restaurant. With a <a href="http://lennyssubs.1851franchise.com/?utm_source=1851franchise.com&utm_medium=article&utm_campaign=franchisee-success-how-darren-anthony-became-successful-with-lennys-sub-shop-2242" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Lenny&#8217;s</a> across the street from his office, it gave him the perfect opportunity to enjoy the products and learn about the brand. &#8220;I chose a sub franchise because I wanted to work more daytime hours,&#8221; said Anthony. &#8220;I have a young family and I wanted to work a typical 9-5 and have a normal lifestyle.&#8221; Although Anthony didn&#8217;t have a background in the restaurant industry, working with Lenny&#8217;s provided him the opportunity to utilize a proven system to grow his business. &#8220;Lenny&#8217;s has a proven and successful concept,&#8221; said Anthony. &#8220;They created a formula that worked and I copied it the way they knew it would work. I was also able to apply my business knowledge and ability to run a business to make it successful.&#8221; Part of Anthony&#8217;s success comes from his background in sales and working with people. &#8220;Having a sales background certainly helped me get large catering clients,&#8221; said Anthony. &#8220;A big part of our business is catering, and being able to go out into the market and being able to sell the brand to prospective catering clients helped me.&#8221; The most important lesson Anthony has learned while running his two Lenny&#8217;s Sub Shop locations is that to be successful you need to be patient and don&#8217;t stress out too much about short term issues and focus on the big picture. &#8220;Early on I was there working seven days a week from open to close and following the sales numbers very in-depth,&#8221; said Anthony. &#8220;There is no rhyme or reason to sales numbers. Some days we were up some days we were down and early on it worried me and I thought I wasn&#8217;t doing something right. It made me realize there are ebbs and flows in business and it needs to be a long-term picture.&#8221; Anthony recommends staying positive and not letting the bad days get you down. &#8220;Be even-keeled over things and don&#8217;t worry about the short term,&#8221; said Anthony. &#8220;It&#8217;s important to manage emotions and expectations.&#8221; In addition to looking at the big picture, Anthony says that franchise owners need to be present in their business to be successful. &#8220;Don&#8217;t get into this business if you just want to invest money in it,&#8221; said Anthony. &#8220;You won&#8217;t be successful unless you know what&#8217;s going on.&#8221; That&#8217;s why Anthony is at his Lenny&#8217;s Sub Shop locations seven days a week. It allows him to know what&#8217;s going on with his business&nbsp;and is he there to fix issues and talk to the staff and customers to make his stores a success.

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