Ask questions! Even if you think you know all the answers, never stop asking questions. There is nothing worse than someone closed off to learning and growing. I have also learned though, before you ask the question, investigate for yourself first. Teaching yourself will help you ask more educated questions.

Hillstone's management training program was the perfect fit for me and was also a turning point in my career. The company moved me around so much. I had to learn to adapt to new environments, new people and CHANGE, which has been incredibly useful throughout my career. I can be thrown into any restaurant and start working instantly; all I need to do is assess the space, ask the right questions, and insert myself where I can be most effective.

Alex Campbell, the General Manager of Mister A's, once told me,"Not a lot of people are good at what we do. If it comes easy to you, you like, and you are good at it, you are already ahead of the game." I was in college at the time, so I finished my business degree and took everything I had learned in school and applied it to the restaurant business. I have loved what I do ever since.