We love to highlight songs that offer lessons and today’s is a holiday favorite, The Little Drummer Boy.
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It’s time for another edition of Music Lessons.
Today, we’re going to talk about a song we’re sure you know. You’ve probably sung along to it.
It’s a fun song. But it makes a serious point.
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It reminds us of the old saying, “Be careful what you wish for; you just might get it.”
And the subject of this song has a lot of fame and fortune. At the risk of sounding more like John Lennon than Joe Walsh:
Imagine owning a mansion. But along with that mansion, you have so much money that its price was completely insignificant.
That’s kind of fun. But then the conspicuous consumption kicks in. You’ve never even seen this mansion. Other people tell you how nice it is.
Imagine owning a Maserati. You know – a super hot, super fast sports car. It would be nice.
Unless you can’t drive it because you’ve lost your license.
Imagine being driven around all the time in a BIGG limo.
Wouldn’t that be cool? It would.
But not if you have to lock the doors because you may be attacked by a mob of fans.
Yeah, but imagine those fans writing you letters all the time. Imagine constantly being told how great you are.
That would be fantastic. But…
…you could have all the gold records on the wall you want,
…you could achieve BIGG things,
…you could have people all around you,
…all the images of success,
…the material possessions,
…the adulation,
…and still feel loneliness.
More loneliness in fact than you’ve ever felt before. You may drown it in alcohol or drugs or some other vice.
You may come to believe that everybody else has changed. You may realize that you have too many adoring fans but too few admirable friends.
People who love you for you. And that’s it. Because that’s enough.
Preparing for fortune and fame
BIGG success is life on your own terms. For some people, that means fame and fortune. There’s nothing wrong with that.
As long as you’re prepared for it.
But BIGG success comes from serving others. As the entrepreneur of your life, you create value for yourself by adding value in the lives of other people.
And it’s not about fame and fortune. Those may come.
If you’re grounded properly, you’ll be able to handle it. If not, you’ll be like the subject of this song.
You’ll keep on going – keep trying to gain more fame and more fortune.
More, more, more. You won’t know why. But you will feel empty.
There’s little fulfillment in fame and fortune for fame and fortune’s sake.
That’s why many people choose to build a fortune without the fame. They’re the millionaire next door.
Fame without the fortune can be especially brutal. Few people can successfully navigate those rough waters.
So how can you prepare yourself for fame and fortune?
Focus first on friendship and fellowship. Let fame and fortune follow.
That’s BIGG success!
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This is our second installment of Music Lessons. Today, we’re going to look at a song by Sister Hazel.
Their tour starts today so Hazel Nuts are going gaga. Their new album, Release, has been a hit. It’s the #1 rock album in iTunes.
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But our focus today is on an older song of theirs, Change Your Mind.
Then change your mind! That’s the general message of the song. It sounds so simple, but it really is a great prescription.
The song starts out, “Did you ever think there might be another way to just feel better, just feel better about today?”
It highlights that all change starts from within. We have to think there is a better way. We have to think differently than we have before to feel better once more.
The song continues, “If you never want to leave to turn and go away, you might feel better, might feel better if you stay.”
Those may be the most powerful words in the whole song. Change your mind by deciding to stay.
When the going gets tough, the tough stay and fight. Doesn’t have the same ring as the saying we’re used to. But flight is often what keeps us from achieving our dreams.
The tough persist. They don’t give up. The tough resist the natural, human tendency to see the grass as greener on the other side of the fence.
The next verse starts with some great questions:
“Have you ever danced in the rain?
Or thanked the sun just for shining?
Or the sea?”
Then they tell you why it’s so important to ask those questions: “Take it all in, the world’s a show. And yeah, you look much better, look much better when you glow.”
Isn’t it true? When troubles mount, when a challenge looms large, doesn’t it help to just get away for a few minutes and calm down? When you experience the magnificence of nature, the issues you face seem so much smaller.
There’s a great twist in the next verse. They say: “If you’ve had enough of all your tryin’, just give up … the state of mind you’re in.”
They don’t say to give up. They say to change your mind! Look at things in a new way and try, try again!
They continue by saying: “If you’re tired of fighting battles with yourself, if you want to be somebody else, change your mind.”
Stop. Stop beating yourself up. Stop wishing you weren’t you.
You are a special person. Change your mind and show the world your gifts.
They close the song with what may be the most unusual call to action we’ve ever seen: “What ya say we both go and seize the day. ‘Cause what’s your hurry, what’s your hurry anyway.”
Get going. Do it now. But don’t get in such a hurry to reach your destination that you don’t enjoy the journey along the way. Enjoy the good times and the bad. Enjoy the people you love.
Because when you do reach your destination, when you’re living the life of which you dream – life on your own terms, you’ll look back and realize that your journey is part of the prize!
Change your mind! It leads to bigg success!
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Since we’re nearing Halloween, next time we’ll haunt you with a tale of four wicked witches that often prevent you from reaching bigg success. Until then, here’s to your bigg success!
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Today we introduced a new segment on The Bigg Success Show – Music Lessons. You really might enjoy listening because we can’t fully replicate the experience in text!
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Bigg success is life on your own terms. The five elements of bigg success are money, time, growth, work and play. Today we’ll focus on growth.
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I took a lot of music lessons in my clarinet and saxophone playing days. But our Music Lessons are different. They’re about the things we can learn from songs.
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I love the Rat Pack. One of the songs that Frank Sinatra is most known for is My Way. I’ve heard other people sing it, but never quite like Frank. It’s often thought of as his signature song, but I’ve read that he wasn’t really that fond of it.
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Most of you probably know the words. It’s about a man looking back on his life. He’s certain that he’s lived his life on his own terms. He has few regrets. He planned his life and lived it his way.
He persevered “without exemption” even when “he bit off more than he could chew.” He did it boldly and experienced all that life had to give through love, laughter and, yes, even tears. He concludes by saying he was true to himself. He “took the blows” and did it all his way.
Paul Anka, who wrote the song, said it was inspired by all the publications he read. Wherever he looked, he saw “my this” or “my that”. It was the age of the “me” generation. That’s why this great song, which we love, just doesn’t go far enough.
We’re in the “we” generation. We need to move beyond my way to our ways.
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I still want to live my life on my own terms. That’s bigg success. But I’ll reach bigg success faster if I can help you live your life on your own terms. That’s moving “our ways”.
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Picture two roads running near each other for mile after mile. Every now and then they intersect. You’re on your path to life on your own terms. I’m on my path. If we can find those points of intersection, we can work together so we both reach bigg success faster.
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Two winning attitudes
It begins with an attitude that we must possess – win / win or wait.
If we can’t work together so that we both benefit, let’s wait to work together. Our time will come.
An engaging conversation
Next, have an engaging conversation with each person with whom you would like to work. Discover what life on their own terms means to them. If they’re interested, share what life on your own terms means to you. If they’re not interested, you know you’re talking with the wrong person!
From this conversation, you’ll discover ways that the two of you might work together to reach bigg success faster.
A pilot program
Now you’re ready to do something together. Go for it and learn. What worked? What didn’t? What would you do differently next time?
Adapt and try again
“If at first you don’t succeed” doesn’t just apply to individuals. Figure out whether to zig or zag and give it another shot together.
Think our ways, not my way. Add value to your life by adding value to the lives of others. That’s how you reach bigg success faster!
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