I’ve just had the most homoerotic experience, if not of my life, then certainly of the past 14 years.
I paid a man, much younger than me, to massage, caress, and pinch me. He did his job dutifully for almost exactly a half hour.
I won’t lie to you. I was massively relieved at the end of it. And with the transaction over, I couldn’t wait to get away.
So I handed the young man the equivalent of about $7, wrote my name on the obligatory covid-tracking sheet, and ran the hell out of the barber shop.
It never occurred to me to get a professional shave until today, but I’ll try anything once. And to be honest, I was chuffed with myself for going through this experience.
Only thing is, the shave wasn’t very good.
I realized it once I got home and checked in the mirror. I looked like a disheveled computer science professor I once had — smooth cheek on one side, five o’clock shadow on the other, uneven bits of stubble under my nose, tiny blotches of blood everywhere.
There was nothing left to do but get out the trusty Sensor Excel and do the job right myself.
So why is this relevant to you?
Probably no reason. Except in the unlikely case that you are an entrepreneur, or want to become one, but the thought of hiring people and managing them gives you the runs.
In spite of all the outsourcing porn and the advice about focusing on your most valuable 20%, the fact remains that you are still probably the best person to do many jobs around your business.
Sure, that can be a terrible limiting factor. But some business owners go surprisingly far by being a one-man band.
And in any case, if you hate the idea of recruiting, hiring, training, and keeping employees happy, then you might not have any choice.
If this side of your personality is truly ingrained, then better accept it and figure out how to live with it.
As business coach Rich Schefren likes to say, “Put your shaving goals ahead of your massage goals.” No, I got that wrong. “Put your business goals ahead of your personal development goals.” That’s right.
But if you want to do things by yourself, you’ll need to get some good advice. I can’t help you with shaving. But for marketing and copywriting advice, you might like my daily email newsletter. You can sign up for it here.