Your Creative Career

8Pressure of Growth

I walked up to a crepes vendor at a local market wanting to buy one of his dessert crepes. I noticed him handing a crepe to the person ahead of me and was planning on ordering the same one. As I was ready to place my order, the vendor said “I’m sorry but we’re closed.” I looked at my watch and did indeed see that it was 6 p.m., exactly when the market was closing. I looked around and there were many other food vendors hustling; some booths still had the line of customers waiting to place their orders, others were pouring beer and scooping ice cream but the crepe vendor was closing for the day, refusing to make another crepe and saying no to my $10 bill that would come with the transaction. I didn’t ask or negotiate. I looked ...