The Secret of My Success…

“Think of it, I hold the world in the palm of my hand: Run a comb through my hair, head on out for some new foreign land; and all this could seem like a dream out the door, with everyday people, face down on the floor”

Ordinary people think and behave in ordinary ways. Extraordinary people think and behave in extraordinary ways. To the leader, there are always new lands to be conquered, new rewards to be had. This leader conquers new opportunity like an army conquers new lands, while those wrongly in their path find themselves on the floor, not knowing what hit them.

“I always said I could make it and be who I am; there's a new look in sight, what a change for the new modern man. With all this it seems, like I'm dying for more; the streets are on fire, never seen it before. It's like the sound of electric guitars.”

You need not to be “just one of the people” to “leader” means shifting your paradigm: The fundamental worldview which you have needs to coincide with the principles of success. Not just “You,” but (in the colloquialism of the latest shift in the Internet) “You 2.0.” The energy of success fuels more success; sometimes it can be intense: Like the sound of electric guitars.

“Worlds collide and hearts will be broken, over and over it's the same every day—How can I say what has never concerned me: The secret of my success is I'm living 25 hours a day.”

Every challenge worth undertaking, each fight worth fighting, has casualties. Worlds will change—you can either be an agent of change in the changing world or you can allow the changing world to control you. If you want to win—if you want to succeed—be ready to put the time and effort into it.

“It's amazing to me, what a fool will believe to get by: With a change of your mind, I can live, I can fly.”

This line of the song is filled with some amazing quotes: “It’s amazing to me, what a fool will believe to get by.” In my experience, so many people will rationalize the comfort of their existence: Instead of stepping outside their comfort zone, pushing their limits a bit in order to get to that next great place. If you change your mind, change your life, change the construct of how you view the world and your place in it you can not only live and survive, but you can thrive, succeed, and fly!

“The harder they come, the harder they fall; I never say maybe and I go for it all—Just like the sound of electric guitars.”

Momentum. Inertia. An object in motion will tend to stay in motion: The bigger they come...the harder they fall. If something is worth doing, it is worth doing completely. As intense as it might be, just like electric guitars.

“With nothing to show, just sweat from my soul; my heart's on the line and I'm dying to go. Look at us now, [going to] make it somehow; hold on to me baby, can't hold me down.”

Success is the product of sacrifice and other things. A leader often puts pieces of himself or herself into the formula of getting to the goal—and you often build up momentum on your way to the goal. Success begets success because the successful person has indoctrinated themselves how to think the right way—the way to win.