When Danny Meyer announced that he was opening a restaurant in jazz club in the flat iron called Blue Smoke, he asked you to be the assistant general manager. He really wasn't as excited about that opportunity as you were. Not only was he not excited, he maybe quit. One of the many, many ways that I've benefited from his intention was that he was surgical in helping me solidify the foundation of my career. "He insisted I work in every position all the way up"