Cooking is a skill, just like any other. If you make your breakfast often enough, you'll just get to the point where you <i>know</i> when and how to do everything you want, and when to throw your plans out the window. The people who serve you at restaurants were pretty darned incompetent when they first started. The good ones, especially at a short-order environment, know when and how to mix things.<p>Try shredding your potatoes instead of slicing them, next time (or use sweet potatoes/yams!). Don't bother boiling them. When shredded, the potatoes cook faster, and you get a nice difference in texture. Later, you can start experimenting with a bit of cheese (cheddar is always good) and even pouring the scrambled eggs in with the shredded potatoes (which, with a bit of cheese, can be very good).<p>For an alternative approach, try chilaquiles (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chilaquiles" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chilaquiles</a>), which is super easy to make and I regularly make it for 6 - 8 people (it requires a dozen or so eggs to make it at that point).