Is your face Affect your business???

by gammon
10 replies
Hi,All warriors.
First,let me introduce me.
My name is He Yao Hui,but I always use my lucky name Gammon Wu online.
Because some one said that name is fix my birthday,and can bring me lucky.
(hope it is true,but some time I Dont agree it!!Let me tell you my story about the influence to my business of my face.)
I am 27 now and I am a lawyer of china since I was 23.
For a business( no matter what kind) the most important thing is clients.For the start of my career ,I send out the Business card everyday ,every hour ,I dont want to miss any chance that can bring me clients.
I told all my friends that I can litigate any case for them.
I made many flyers and hired a pretty college girl to send it out once a week on sunday.
I pay for old men to let them stay at the police station and the hospital when they found someone need a lawyer ,they give them my business card.
This were all the works I had done for my first month since I became a lawyer.
So for the second month ,I got a few calls.I am so happy and meet my clients,there are 5 that month.But no one convert to my real client.
I confuse :confused:
why they didnt hired me?The price!!Yes,Must is the price!I said to myself.
So I cut down my price for 50%( this is the lowest price for the lawyer fee in rule,So I cant cut down any more)
Then the third month.there are even more client 23!!!Amazing for a biginner!!
So I meet all of them and offer them the lowest price in the industry.What I got?Nothing!( Just a job for a Divorce agreement)
I was mad!!!
So I asked the client ( the one hire me for the Divorce agreement) why he dont hire my for the whole case just the Divorce agreement.
what he said??Your face's looking is too foolish!!
What ????????????
So From then I change all me online Photo to Bruce Lee.A famous actor!!
#affect #business #face
  • Profile picture of the author KabirC
    ...never heard of anyone having this problem.
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  • Profile picture of the author Wordpress Genius
    Lol! Are you serious? This remind me of the text "How can you face your problem if the problem is your face?". I think it's not the face issue you have here but rather it's how you exhibit confidence and professionalism. Did you get the Divorce agreement in favor of your client?
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  • I thought you looked familiar!...:rolleyes:
    Have you tried wearing glasses? (it works for Sarah Palin )

    Though I will agree...if you look like this, it may not help your Law Practice -
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  • Profile picture of the author adbash
    Maybe face and voice is really important in your business. Have you got more clients as Bruce Lee?
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  • Profile picture of the author FormerWageSlave
    "Does your face hurt?"

    "No, why?"

    "Cuz it's killing me!"
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    grrr...

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  • Profile picture of the author WillST
    OK, this thread is hilarious!
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  • Profile picture of the author Big Gee
    i want to see the face that had to be changed. I've actually considered this to be a problem for myself. I naturally do not look like a nice person.I have to mentally remind myself to smile otherwise I look like I'm mad and looking for a fight which is just the opposite fro me. I had a shaved head and long goatee forever. I figured I would let my hair grow out a little and trim the goatee until I build my client base. Can't scare clients into hiring me.....or can I...<evil laugh>
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  • Only thing my clients look at...are their page 1 rankings....

    James
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  • Profile picture of the author laurencewins
    I am not sure if this is a serious or a funny thread.
    I would rather deal with an ugly sincere person than an handsome dishonest one.
    Your abilities are what matter. If people don't want to deal with you because of your looks, that is their problem...unless your look is essential such as in modeling or acting.
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  • Look in the new 10/11 issue of Reader's Digest -
    There is a story of a soldier named Sgt. Bobby Henline, whose face was badly burned and disfigured by an IED explosion in Iraq. He was the only one of five who survived. He lost his left arm below the elbow as well...
    He needed his sense of humor just to face every day for months of recuperation.

    4 years later...Do you know what he does now ?

    He is a stand-up comedian! He jokes about it every night in his act!

    (From the article), when he and his wife go out to dinner, and his wife is asked how she likes her steak - He answers, "Well-done, like her men."

    The point being...he has turned his negative situation into an incredible positive by bringing it right into focus, and it is very cathartic not only for him, but for his audience as well...
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