October 26, 2026 · 1 min read · by Liz Cook
“He who can, does
That line goes back to a 1903 play by George Bernard Shaw: “He who can, does. He
who cannot, teaches.” People have used it ever since to say teachers are just the ones
who couldn’t make it.
I get why it sticks. Nobody wants to pay for advice from someone who isn’t doing the
work IRL.
But I’m still tattooing, and I co-run three studios. I’m still heavily involved in
manufacturing. I live and breathe tattoo culture, and I’ve always tried to leave it
better than when I came into it. So what I teach comes from what’s working for me right
now, not only from my past 23 years.
I still pay coaches myself, because it gets me to my goals faster. So who’s mentoring
you now? If the answer is nobody, that’s the gap.
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