Pig Wrestling: The Brilliantly Simple Way to Solve Any Problem… and Create the Change You Need

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In October 1950 “Time” magazine printed an instance from Ching: [11] 1950 October 23, Time, The Administration: Come & Get It, Time Inc., New York. (Online Time Archive at time.com; accessed March 4, 2016) Ricochet was inaugural champion, with his reign being the shortest at 125 days. Anthony Gangone has the most reigns at two, with his second reign being the longest at 1,374 days. In a 2014 episode of the Discovery Channel series MythBusters, the Build Team investigated the difficulty of catching a greased pig, both with and without technological assistance. Pig Scramble Is Fun, Profitable". Ludington Daily News. 22 September 1950 . Retrieved 6 October 2009.

Kreikenbohm, Philip (August 18, 2017). "HOG High Intensity 6 - Event @ NYC Arena in New York City, New York, USA". Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database . Retrieved July 14, 2022. Pig Wrestling promises a powerful approach to problem solving delivered via a 'fable'. The fable is in fact a not-very-interesting and over-long story about a man known only as the Young Manager, who, at the behest of the Santa-like Barista in his company's building, wanders round various departments getting lectures from colleagues (they get names for some reason). The advice is based on ideas that will be familiar to anyone who has read a few pop psychology books - confirmation bias, reframing, that thing about the flies etched into urinals to make men piss more tidily. Kreikenbohm, Philip (May 16, 2014). "HOG High Intensity III - Event @ New York City, New York, USA". Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database . Retrieved July 6, 2021. Defeated Latin American Exchange ( Hernandez and Homicide) in a tournament final to become the inaugural champions.

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a b Sullivan, Erin (4 September 2006). "Pasco: Pig catching rubs some the wrong way". Tampa Bay Times. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016 . Retrieved 10 October 2019. Dear Quote Investigator: A popular metaphorical adage warns individuals not to engage with disreputable critics. Here are two versions:

Unwittingly we craft narratives and stories that lead us to simplistically frame our view of the problems that we face. Kreikenbohm, Philip (October 21, 2017). "HOG Glory Of War - Event @ NYC Arena in New York City, New York, USA". Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database . Retrieved April 7, 2022. We say we’ve tried everything, but we haven’t otherwise the problem would be solved! Here is our “in a nutshell” summary of the pig wrestling process and how we can apply it to our own lives.Our brain is very good at catastrophising and even making things up! This is summed up perfectly in this quote from Winston Churchill… a b c Kreikenbohm, Philip (April 15, 2022). "HOG Tribulations - Pay Per View @ NYC Arena in New York City, New York, USA". Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database . Retrieved July 14, 2022. Have you ever had a problem, business or personal, that you don’t seem to be able to find your way around? Everyday life throws up plenty of them and sometimes we end up going around in circles while tearing our hair out trying to come up with a solution. These can be as seemingly insignificant as an inconsiderate neighbour or more challenging like a difficult colleague at work. Pig Wrestling: The Brilliantly Simple Way to Solve Any Problem… and Create the Change You Need by performance coaches Pete Lindsay and Mark Bawden could well be the assistance you’ve been looking for. Children too young to compete in pig wrestling may compete in a greased pig chase, the object of which is to hang onto a greased pig for a certain amount of time. In 1994 a Usenet discussion system message attributed the saying to the famous playwright George Bernard Shaw who had died decades earlier in 1950: [14] 1994 April 7, Usenet discussion message, Newsgroup: alt.quotations, From: Khaled Mardam-bey @westminster.ac.uk, Subject: Re: DON’T ANNOY THE PIG. (Google Groups Search; Accessed July 8, 2017)… Continue reading

The adage evolved in a multistep multi-decade process. An interesting precursor was in circulation by 1776. QI has a separate article about that saying: Don’t wrestle with a chimney sweep or you will get covered with grime. House of Glory was featured in an MTV news article. [2] The promotion has run shows in New York and Toronto. [3] [4] Current champions [ edit ] Championship Look into your crystal ball into the future when the problem is solved. How would I know this is no longer a problem? By taking time to determine and define what a solution looks like we can focus on getting there.The pig pen allegory uses the idea that the pig enjoys being wrestled with because the more you wrestle with it, the dirtier it gets. Throughout the book the different characters the young manager meets reveal different parts of the pig pen diagram, equipping him with a logical and thorough way to work through his ‘pigs’. The book is helpfully illustrated with frequent summaries and recaps so you can absorb the information.

I’ve personally taken a lot from reading the book - “none of us have unlimited time or energy, so what matters is how wisely we put to use the time and energy that we do have” & “the questions that we ask define our reality” were key takeaways. Pete: This can be a pride issue as well. For example, if you feel like you argue with your partner constantly, and you feel like you’ve tried everything to solve this with no results, you might be stubbornly holding on to this idea that it’s a constant struggle rather than a circumstantial one. Ask yourself, do you argue in the middle of the night? Probably not, because you’ll be asleep. During the day you’re both likely to be at work so you can’t argue then. If you go through this process of elimination, as silly as it may seem, you may find the problem only with a very specific recipe, for instance after work in the kitchen when you’re cooking together. Stop obsessing about how you are going to solve this problem, and start focusing on how you’ll know it is solved. How would you know that the problem is no longer present? What would you see once this problem was solved? But not only that, keep it concise, filter out the ‘nice-to-haves’ and focus on the ‘need-to-haves’. Recognise there are times when a problem is not a problem You know, if you wrestle with a hog you will become dirty, no matter whether you or the hog should gain the fall. The label “maxim” and the phrase “long known” signaled that the saying was not constructed for the letter; instead, it was already in circulation. This simpler adage differed from the modern version because it did not mention the contentment of the swine.Rawlinson, Kevin (17 October 2019). " 'Greased piglet' Boris Johnson could pass deal, says David Cameron". The Guardian . Retrieved 10 June 2022. Kreikenbohm, Philip (December 17, 2016). "HOG VI - Event @ NYC Arena in New York City, New York, USA". Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database . Retrieved July 6, 2021. As of November 26, 2023, there have been twelve reigns between ten champions and one vacancy. Ken Broadway was the inaugural champion and shares the record of most reigns with Anthony Gangone at two. Broadway's first reign was the shortest at <1 day as he had to defend it the same night he was awarded it and subsequently lost it. TJP's reign is the longest at 727 days. Kreikenbohm, Philip. "HOG Nine - TV-Show @ NYC Arena in New York City, New York, USA". Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database . Retrieved July 20, 2022.