Nick Khan Hates People Who Claim They Are Tired

Nick Khan is the president of WWE and a board member at TKO. Since joining WWE’s leadership, he has worked closely with Triple H and other executives to drive rapid growth and tighten operational discipline.

Khan’s ideology is straightforward. He believes in normalizing high demand, minimizing excuses, and keeping communication lines open. He dislikes phrases like “I’m tired” or “I’m busy,” and sees them as unproductive in a high‑performance environment where everyone is presumed to be working hard.

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Speaking in an interview with The Varsity, Nick Khan said hearing “Hey, I’m tired” or “I’m busy” drives him “crazy.” He framed these as weak openers that don’t move work forward.

He also criticized out‑of‑office auto‑replies, arguing that if someone is emailing, they likely need an answer, and his leadership team is expected to be reachable at all hours.

Nick Khan thinks productivity comes from eliminating performative busyness and fatigue from being discussed, and instead, focusing on taking action and being clear:

“I just don’t understand why any human would do that. So basically if someone emails you, typically it’s because they need a question answered or they need something, so you want that person. By the way, it’s in our hiring practice and Chris Legentil, who is not only our head of comms but our head of talent, Chris is never an out-of-office guy…If you call Chris Legentil at 3 am, he’ll answer first ring and say, ‘Hey, What’s up?’”

“In addition to out-of-office email replies that drive me crazy, the ‘Hey, I’m tired.’ That drives me crazy. Everyone’s tired. The ‘Oh I’m so busy’, I read an article years ago, I’m busy is really a way of saying I’m important so assume everyone is busy…No out-of-office replies here, no I’m busy, and no I’m tired,” he added. [h/t Cultaholic]