What Stone Cold Steve Austin Taught Me About Blogging?

I grew up watching wrestling. Even though I don’t have time and interest in watching it nowadays, I used to be a wrestling buff in my teenage years. Hell, when wrestling came on; the whole family dropped everything we were doing and gathered around the TV to see the action.

Even though most of the things that happen in popular wrestling federations like WWF (WWE), WCW, ECW is all preplanned and is purely for entertainment; there is something about wrestling that really intrigued me when I was a kid; particularly due to wrestlers like Steve Austin.

Stone Cold Steve Austin aka The Rattle snake, 3:16, Superstar Steve Austin – is my favorite wrestler of all times. For those of you who don’t know him or are not a wrestling fan; he is a retired professional wrestler and an American film and television actor. Before being a professional wrestler, he also played American football in college for a little while.

His wrestling career skyrocketed in the 2000s as he stood out as one of the most popular superstars in entertainment wrestling. To tell you the truth, one of the reasons why he became so popular is because he was a disrespectful booze drinking SOB, an antihero, who repeatedly defied his boss and other wrestlers.

Okay, I could go on and on about Austin’s career like he has been the wrestling champion 19 times and starred in movies like Damage, The longest yard etc, TV shows like The Bernie Mac Show and so on. But, I want to stop getting carried away and focus on what lessons I learned from him about blogging (O:

So, here we go;

Personality:

Steve Austin is one of my favorites because of his persona; trademark beer bash, popular catchphrases really sets him apart from his competition. He may not have been the baddest or the most skillful wrestler out there but because of his personality, he was able to distinguish himself from the wrestler’s crowd.

Now, how does that help me in blogging?  He always reminds me of how important personality is in order to stand out of the crowd in the ever crowded blogosphere. Watching him while growing up instilled the thoughts in me that personality is something that can be evolved and developed regardless of the past situations. I learned how to blog with personality from him and that it is never too late to work more on my blogging personality as well as in my everyday life.

Watching Austin evolve his personality from a regular wrestler into a force to be reckoned with, helped me realize how important it is to work more on my personality as it plays a huge role in my success – both online and offline.

I have seen Austin, before he started doing any of that stone cold stunner or the beer bash; before he became the superstar and then how he turned out to be the badass taught me that personality is the key to not only build up my self-esteem and confidence but also dictate success in my career.

Attitude:

Stone Cold’s attitude as the ruthless SOB is what set him apart from his competition. He frequently reminds me of why I need to blog with an attitude – not just with any attitude but with the attitude to succeed.

Attitude and personality sort of goes hand in hand. The attitude brings out the swagger which is very instrumental in climbing the echelon of success. Stone cold reminds me that everyone, including myself, is born to be a winner. It is just that if we fail to use our unique traits that set us apart from the rest, as soon as possible, it is hard to find success.

Attitude is the very thing that helps us become successful in every endeavor we engage ourselves in…even blogging! Attitude is the foundation that is going to help you crush you competition. You see, the T-shirt portraying 3:16 wouldn’t have been the highest selling merchandise in WWE history if it wasn’t for stone cold’s attitude.

Teamwork and networking:

Even though Austin defied his superiors and feuded with his bosses, early in his career, he strongly believed that he needed to teamwork to form an alliance with other wrestlers in order to survive.

He didn’t become the king of the ring as soon as he started wrestling. He started out as a tag team partner to various other wrestlers as he truly understood that teamwork is going to help elevate him to the higher grounds.

Teamwork is another main lesson I learned from Stone Cold. He made me understand the importance of teaming up with others and networking with the right people to find success.

Never give up no matter how hard the adversity:

Throughout his wrestling and personal career, Austin was marred by injuries to his knee, back, neck and triceps. Even during matches, he bled heavily, was put in submissions but he didn’t give up. Broken neck, temporary paralysis etc. didn’t stop him from giving someone his finishing move – the stone cold stunner. Often times, he even defied his doctors suggestion and wrestled, which I really don’t think was a good idea..haha..

Anyway, never giving up is without any doubt the best lesson I learned from the wrestling legend. So, here is a video to show a tribute to the superstar. Enjoy!

The legacy of Stone cold Steve Austin has bestowed the thoughts in me that no matter how ordinary we think we are, we can polish our traits and behaviors and shine through. We can transform our personality and aim to succeed in any aspects of our lives.

Hell Yeeaahh!…Just like Stone Cold would have said it!

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Here’s to your successful online endeavor!

-Adam Paudyal.

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