Last month, when my head started to sizzle (fried egg, remember?) my mentor suggested I find a theme song to energize and empower myself as an awesomepreneur.
Each year, he chooses a new theme song to boost his mindset and guide his business. I was all over this musical “assignment.” I turned up my virtual boombox and began searching for the song to strengthen my heartwork.
But–why stop at a theme song a year? What about daily theme songs, project theme songs, teammate theme songs? (Must be the Activator in me.) I began collecting theme songs for different days, goals, and colleagues–songs that soothed my sizzlin’ egg brain and gave me the courage and confidence I needed to keep moving forward.
Music moves us, makes us more human. Choosing a theme song brought my work to life and gave it more meaning. Awesome.
Wanna listen? Here are the 10 greatest hits from the Awesomepreneur soundtrack, starting with the official 2012 RKA theme song. (I’ve been listening/desk dancing as I type.) Now it’s your turn. What are you blasting in your boombox this year?
My friends from high school
Married their high school boyfriends
Moved into houses in the same ZIP codes
Where their parents live
But I, I could never follow
No I, I could never follow
I hit the highway in a pink RV with stars on the ceiling
Lived like a gypsy
Six strong hands on the steering wheel
I’ve been a long time gone now
Maybe someday, someday I’m gonna settle down
But I’ve always found my way somehow
By taking the long way
Taking the long way around
Taking the long way
Taking the long way around
I met the queen of whatever
Drank with the Irish and smoked with the hippies
Moved with the shakers
Wouldn’t kiss all the asses that they told me to
No I, I could never follow
No I, I could never follow
It’s been two long years now
Since the top of the world came crashing down
And I’m getting’ it back on the road now
But I’m taking the long way
Taking the long way around
I’m taking the long way
Taking the long way around
The long
The long way around
Well, I fought with a stranger and I met myself
I opened my mouth and I heard myself
It can get pretty lonely when you show yourself
Guess I could have made it easier on myself
But I, I could never follow
No I, I could never follow
Well, I never seem to do it like anybody else
Maybe someday, someday I’m gonna settle down
If you ever want to find me I can still be found
Taking the long way
Taking the long way around
Taking the long way
Taking the long way around
