By Michael Partnow
Lessons learned from the Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest:
- Find your niche no matter how obscure or different. We each have our own thing or super power that makes us unique.
- Loyalty – Joey Chestnut the reigning Champion and 16 time winner understood his self-worth and went to a vegan competitor. A “no-no” with Nathan’s. While he built his brand and loyal following with Nathan’s, he left to a company who paid him for his value.
- Push yourself – Joey Chestnut ate 76 hot dogs in 10 minutes. Clearly pushing himself and his body.
- Expand yourself and always look to expand your knowledge – Joey Chestnut has done this literally via his stomach but also holds the following records.
* Hard-boiled eggs: 141 in 8 minutes
* Glazed donuts: 55 in 8 minutes
* Pulled pork sandwiches: 45 in 10 minutes
* Taco Bell softshell beef tacos: 53 in 10 minutes
* Krystal hamburgers: 103 in 8 minutes
* Twinkies: 121 in 6 minutes
* Chicken wings: 413 in 12 hours
* Big Mac sandwiches: 32 in 38 minutes
* Tamales: 102 in 12 minutes
* Grilled cheese sandwiches: 47 in 10 minutes
* Ice cream sandwiches: 25.5 in 6 minutes
* Pepperoni rolls: 43 in 10 minutes
Michael S. Partnow is the Head of Wealth Management at JIFFY.ai. JIFFY.ai’s intelligent automation platform enables enterprises to build business applications that run their processes end to end. Using cognitive capabilities such as intelligent document processing, AI, RPA, ML and advanced analytics, these apps learn and adapt to changing situations impacting the business landscape, and even mimic human thinking and actions intelligently.
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