Mike Kinney: A pro wrestler's guide to confidence
Mike Kinney: Önbizalom-fejlesztő pankráció
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izzadt, tetovált,
and is quickly body-slammed to the mat.
és hirtelen a szőnyegre vágják.
wanted for me?"
to the question, surprisingly,
all over our living room,
aki körbeszökdelte a nappalinkat,
wrestlers from TV.
a kedvenc pankrátora a tévéből.
a little bit of Hulk Hogan,
and he was Andre the Giant.
és ő volt Gigászi Andre.
and say things like, "Dad ...
ilyeneket mondtam neki:
world heavyweight champion."
and very calmly say,
és nagy nyugalommal azt válaszolta:
to be my retirement fund."
befektetésemnek tekintelek."
jött minnesotai kisvárosunkba.
to my little town in Minnesota.
come to my town before.
early in the morning the day of the show,
kimentem az arénához,
to see if I could spot some wrestlers
hátha megpillantok pár pankrátort,
mint ahogy hangzik.
who the wrestlers were,
and intimidating,
és félelmetesek voltak
and Zubaz and fanny packs.
és vicces övtáskájukkal.
rájuk hasonlítani?
was who are these people,
set up the wrestling ring.
felállítani a küzdőteret.
to show me some wrestling moves.
mutassanak pár fogást.
and kick me -- hard!
every couple of months that year,
városunkban egy-egy estére,
next day, they were gone.
wrestling training camp
a pankrációs edzőtábort,
hogy írassanak be.
I was a high school senior by day
hogy nappal végzős gimis voltam,
pankrációs műsorban.
audiences by night.
hanging on my bedroom wall.
lógott a hálószobám falán.
választására került sor, –
a wrestling name at the last minute
Ventura már foglalt volt –,
was already taken --
pólóból és terepnadrágból állt,
and camouflage pants
how to develop my own persona yet,
"Papa Gator" across the front.
for his retirement someday.
majd a fia fogja támogatni.
karrierem kezdete után,
time that can be.
even if it was for just a second,
még ha csak rövid időre is,
almost immediately.
visszatértem a pankrációhoz.
and my dad, you know?
nappal apám elhunyta után.
of my dad passing away.
I needed to be there.
on the scene a long time
how I was holding up.
what I'm doing."
"Azt sem tudom, mit teszek."
for his own match,
saját meccsére,
direction of my life.
are just themselves, but "turned up."
önmagukat adják, csak felturbózva.
find the traits within themselves
of who they become in the ring.
who didn't know who he was
miért pankrátorkodjak tovább.
at some of the other wrestlers,
How can I ever be like them?"
Hogy lehetnék olyan, mint ők?"
I didn't have to be like them.
hiszen nem is kell olyan legyek!
What did it mean to be me?
mit jelent önmagam lenni?
like some of these guys,
olyan kidolgozott atléta, mint ők,
hogy jól érzem magam a bőrömben?"
as: comfortable with my own body?"
wearing these little trunks
magát ilyen kis mezben
and camouflage pants,
at drawing cartoons,
its own unique design and color,
who made his buddies laugh
aki megnevettette a pajtásait,
hundreds or thousands.
vagy ezreket magával ragad.
as scary as some of the others.
olyan ijesztő, mint a többieké.
jókedvvel vonultam be az arénába.
I walked into the arena.
egyre javultam.
and sing his entrance music
unforgettable to the fans.
felejthetetlenné tett a rajongóknál.
those things about me --
a kis jellegzetességeimre,
to be a man's man like my dad was.
karaktert szeretnék, mint az apám.
of a man's man than a cowboy?"
a cowboynál?" – gondoltam.
"Cowboy" ... Gator ...
I couldn't come up with anything.
gondolkoztam, de nem volt ötletem.
flipping through the channels,
an Entertainer of the Year award.
country énekesről:
turning myself up
önmagam alakítását,
my dad was around to hear.
organization in the world,
szervezete felkért,
of Monday Night Raw.
on the road were finally paying off.
és megtett utam beérett.
entrance ramp on live television --
a WWE Raw megnyitón...
I didn't get to wrestle,
hogy nem verekedhetek,
any kind of call from the WWE.
keresnek meg egyenesen a WWE-től.
is what got me there.
alakításom juttatott oda.
security guard I could.
a close-up on TV that night.
akit közelről mutatott a kamera.
pro wrestlers in the world,
of mine as a kid.
and learn from them,
with the WWE wasn't ideal.
nem volt ideálisnak mondható.
version of myself in the ring,
maybe once a month in Minnesota
egyszeri minnesotai fellépésről
all over the United States
pankrációs fellépéseimen
my wife and I found out
those two events are completely unrelated.
volna lenni a családommal.
from professional wrestling
has been turned up,
de Gator bennem maradt.
of myself every day.
énemre a mindennapokban.
through this entire journey.
támogatott ezen az úton.
she does not like pro wrestling.
some part of Gator Magraw in here,
Marlow részben bennem él.
to discover themselves
és iker fiaink kibontakozását,
and steel chair shots to the head.
she's had to remind me
a gyerekeim focimeccsén?
at my kid's soccer games?
nyilvánvalóan szabálytalankodtak.
that my dad wanted something
sokkal értékesebbre vágyott.
to reach their fullest potential.
kihozni a legjobbat.
perfect idea of how to be great,
nemcsak jó teljesítményt jelent,
for what makes you different
a különlegességeinket,
for the world to see.
hogy a világ fölfigyeljen rájuk.
don't like wrestling, either.
tehetsége, amit fejleszthet,
unique talents that can be turned up
Steve Jobs, ha kifejlődik.
makes him become the next Steve Jobs.
they're great at art,
tehetségük fejlesztését,
you have the ability to do
to put yourself out there.
in front of an audience,
vagyunk a közönségtől,
pankrációkon kevesebb volt."
I've wrestled in less."
to come to your town
nem kell eljöjjenek a városukba,
to be the real you --
version of yourself.
come from our parents.
toward our true selves
kell fordulni, igazi önmagukba,
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Mike Kinney - Business development supervisorUPS's Mike Kinney plays a crucial role in helping customers reach their full potential.
Why you should listen
Mike Kinney is a UPS Business Development Supervisor. As an independent professional wrestler and promoter for ten years, starting at the age of 17, Mike Kinney developed a process to create a fictional character for the wrestling world. He discovered more about himself than he bargained for as he translated those lessons into his everyday life after leaving the ring.
Kinney earned his BA in English from Minnesota State University, Mankato and his MBA with the University of Phoenix. He is a veteran of the Army National Guard and began his UPS career in 2007.
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