Your business life is EXACTLY like Professional Wrestling

Your business life is EXACTLY like Professional Wrestling - by Jack Johnson

In the Professional Wrestling world everyone has a "gimmick" or a role to play. You have the same deal in the workplace. Sometimes you are the good guy. Sometimes you are the bad guy.

You have to deal with a large crowd of people. Some of the people actually get mad enough to kill you.?

What works in one town, one night, might not work at all in the next town, the next night.

It is good to form a stable or forge an alliance with others until someone decides to break off and become a solo star.

You perform fewer high risk moves when you get older.

A lot of people do not understand why you do what you do for a living.

You can conduct yourself a certain way at work?but you don't try this at home.?

Some of your greatest presentations excite some people and greatly offend others.

You need a good supply of chairs.

If you are a manager, it is acceptable to scream at some of the people?but you just want to applaud others.

A great cosmetic look and the way you enter a room is important.

You might not understand why something is popular with people?but you know it is good for business to give the people what they want.

Losers have to leave town sometimes.

When you are right on the cusp of closing a deal someone pulls out a foreign object or runs in and messes things up.

The rulebook is ignored at certain times. During those times, no holds are barred.?

If a guy walks in with a bald head, he means business.

Your cash flow is just like a wrestling card. Both are "always subject to change".

No matter what you try to make some people go away they just keep coming back.?

You have to work with people from all walks of life but you all have the same goal. No one wants to get hurt.

Other people's crazy is your normal.

A working knowledge of how things work in Japan and Mexico is very helpful.

No matter how big and powerful you get there is always someone bigger.

Sometimes you are the big strong guy that walks down the ramp with the beautiful girl. Other times you are the clown that taps out quickly.

Things you swore you would never do, you end up doing just to keep a job.

You repeat popular catch phrases and go through certain motions only because you know some people respond favorably to those things.

If a guy walks in wearing suspenders, you know that guy is a bad guy.

As you slowly extend your hand to shake hands on a deal you should look around the room for approval.?

You get older and slower, but realize you still have box office value so you let a younger tag-team partner take the hard bumps and do most of the leg work. You tag in at the end and close the deal.

Some people will always question how legitimate you are.

The most important thing to remember in your business life and the pro wrestling world is if your current gimmick is not working anymore you need to change it before it's too late.