“My 78-Year-Old Boss Took Me to a Park and Said, ‘As of Today, You No Longer Work for Me.’ I Froze, Thinking He Was Firing Me After Years of Loyalty… Then He Offered to Keep Me Only on One Condition. What He Said Made Me Walk Away in Tears.” 
I had worked for Mr. Richard Bennett’s company for seven years.
When I first got the job, I was twenty-four, had almost no experience, and was so nervous that my hands shook during the interview.
Richard was already in his seventies then. Everyone in the company was a little afraid of him.
He never yelled. He never insulted people.
But one look over the top of his glasses was enough to make you immediately wonder what you had done wrong.
Over the years, I became his personal assistant.
I knew his meeting schedule, his clients’ names, and even which mornings were
