It’s a burden. (Sigh!) Yes, a burden...
Finally someone understands our burden....
Eureka! At last I have the answer to what I have been wondering for decades! I knew it was just something about me!
I once thought I was doomed to mediocrity because of the strength of my convictions and now I know that it was not that at all!
My handsomality has always been my cross to bear...
Yeah, now all you incredibly handsome men are finally getting the same sort of treatment that we incredibly intelligent men have had to withstand for decades.
I find it to be such a burden to bear. ;-)
As an incredibly handsome man I eliminated all these problems and started my own business.
During the Summers I used to work with a guy who was unusually handsome. He was about as likeable as they come. Also a great baseball player.
All the girls liked him, I even discovered that my girlfriend had a crush on him.
He was Italian, well American but a Sicilian name and he had one habit which bothered me. When he was talking to you, he would get right in your face, closer than most people were comfortable with.
At the end of one Summer his parents and sister picked him up and his sister was just as pretty as he was handsome.
Nobody knows the sorrow I’ve seen...
I’m still looking for that lady that likes me for more than my looks.
But lookin IS kinda fun...
People assume you are a mimbo.
Ugly people work harder than me and that’s a fact.
Still, I use my good looks and charm to maximum effect, work 1/2 the hours they do and make more money.
But, that’s due to getting that extra 5 minute advantage ugly people forfeit.
After that, we’re pretty much on an even playing field.
Always show up early, because “Late” is a four letter word and when people demonstrate that nasty habit, I do not love it, another four letter word.
Keep meetings relevant and short. Spending 2 hours with anyone in business is stupid and doesn’t amount to anything more than a quantitative waste of time for everyone.
Quality matters.
Dress for success. I wear simple clothing. Brooks Brothers and Burberry. I look like a million bucks but, I can talk to anyone from the Janitor to the CEO and you never know if the CEO is the one pushing the broom or if the janitor is a relative.(learned that one early in my career)
Gatekeepers are for A-holes. Fact is, receptionists and assistants make more decisions in the course of a day than the CEO, who relies on their input.
Make them your ally.
Don’t objectify anyone in the organization. They are all human beings and deserve our respect, lest we receive their detestation.
Wanna work even harder? Keep pushing the latest features and how wonderful they are. They aren’t.
What is wonderful is the Benefit and Advantages your products and deliver. Focus on that. It is quantifiable, features are not.
Demystify the buying and acquisition process. 95% of people forget this crucial step.
Help them understand what happens after signature, order acceptance and delivery. Their responsibilities and yours.
Lastly, how will they recognize and measure how your offering improves a business process or reduces costs or both.
Get back to them at the appropriate time and confirm expectations against results.
Great! Referrals and recommendations. Get em... Easy money.
Then it’s back to cold calling, looking good and having money for the honey....cuz why else you working?
I wouldn’t know.
Pretty much any interviewee perceived by the interviewer as a threat will not be hired.
I never had that problem.
I’ll post a serious response to this. Flame away.
I am not terribly handsome (too rugged and have a broken nose), but I am reasonably handsome, tall, and extremely athletic. For reference, I’ve been pictured in “men’s fitness” type magazines. (And not in the “before” pictures, either, but action shots of me doing athletic things.)
My wife would not take me seriously as a suitor because she assumed I would run around on her and she did not think she was pretty enough (wrong!).
A lot of girls who thought I was “hot” would not date me (I later found out) because I made them self-conscious about their bodies.
So, I believe this.
I guess that means that being plain or even down right ugly is an advantage.