"Are you happy here?"
I looked out of the window and took a breath. I couldn't lie to him.
"I'm happy here, but I also want to grow more. I want more things for myself. I am trying to sort it all out.
Then we were silent.
A few days later, he asked me to meet him at the office on the following Saturday morning. As soon as I walked in the door and saw his face, I knew what was coming.
"This is going to be the best thing that ever happened to you," he began. He fired me, then said, "It's time for you to fly."
After six years at the 55 Restaurant Group, I walked out of that office for the last time.
-Cameron Mitchell, Yes Is the Answer. What Is the Question?: How Faith in People and a Culture of Hospitality Built a Modern American Restaurant Company
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