I got caught in slow city traffic behind a big pickup truck. The truck driver was slowing down for everyone who wanted to turn into our lane from the side streets.
I was furious. This driver thought they were being the nicest person on the planet by letting everyone in…but being nice to all those people meant he had to slow the rest of us down.
He was not being nice and friendly and considerate to me.
If the driver slows down, the people behind are mad. If the driver doesn’t slow down to let people in, the side street people are mad.
Sometimes you’re going to have to be ok with being the truck driver.
***Artists especially hate being the truck driver. That’s why you need to hire a good manager. But sometimes you’re just going to have to choose which people you’re going to piss off (for now) and keep on down the road.
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