Tokyo’s Ugliest Mama-san’s Two Rules for Business Success as She Laughs All the Way to the Bank

Her story reads like an against-all-odds made for Hollywood script.

At 18 she tried to get a job as a hostess at one of Tokyo Ginza's hot night clubs.

"Do you have any idea where you are?"

"You'd be better going off going home, dear."

When she did finally get a job, customers complained

"Why do I have to spend time with a dog."

She agreed with the customers that she did look like a dog….and began to do two things: concentrate on

1. selling her personality

2. making sure her customers enjoyed themselves

Ugly Mama-san learned that her customers would rather chat and drink with someone interesting than sombody who is beautiful but boring.

It worked…a better club hired her and soon customers started requesting her.

At 28…she opened up her own club and baffled tax authorities.

"How'd you make so much money when you are so ugly?"

She now has three clubs, a Japanese restaurant and a massage parlor that will open up in Hawaii.

Her book "Busu Mama-San Bijiness Seiko Hosoku (The Ugly Mama-san's Rules for Successful Business)" has even become a best-seller.

Ugly mama-san says, Even if it's a bit embarrassing to reveal so much of myself, I do it because it apparently inspires lots of my customers to realize that they can live an open lifestyle like I do. Normally, my customers have to pretend to be something they're not when they go out to work, but they know when they come to my club they can just be themselves."

What are you doing with what God gave you?