A stupid, simple moment:
After weeks of disputes with my employer over commissions, I asked for a sit down meeting to settle my cost formula once and for all. He had without warning deducted for three "new" cost charges and planned more.
As we sat down in the conference room, he said "We don't really have anything to talk about. I decide things here." It was as if a light switch went on. He was right. We had nothing to discuss. I resigned on the spot. I had not gone to work that day planning to quit but I walked out unemployed and absolutely certain of my next steps. I sold my apartment, moved to Maine, found work here, just bought my first house...all because he had nothing to discuss with me.
It was all so obvious and simple in that one moment. The funnhy part is that he was so angry about my walking out that his hands shook and he couldn't read my resignation letter without laying it flat on the table. He still owes me over $1000 in commissions - a small price for freedom.