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A consultant answered an ad to work with a businessman.
At the interview the proprietor said that his business wasn't going well.
He was losing money.
He was worried about it, but he didn't have time to both worry and do the work that was necessary to save the business.
He wanted to just devote himself to the business and pay this consultant
to do all the worrying about quality control, about payments due,
about profit and loss ratios, about anything at all that needed worrying.
He was willing to pay generously for the consultants time.
They settled on an annual fee of $75,000 plus a liberal expense allowance.
The consultant agreed, but said,
"If you're in such trouble, where are you going to get the $75,000 to pay me?"
The businessman said, "That's your first worry!"
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