I keep seeing these funny articles in different magazines like “What does Carrie Underwood listen to?” or “What’s on Matt Lauer’s IPOD?” It struck me as kind of funny until the other day when someone asked me, “Melanie, what do you listen to that helps you have a success mindset?
For me, it happens in multiple ways. I’m a big proponent of creating a success environment that pulls you towards your goals. I can’t always be with my mastermind so I find ways to create that energy with or without them. Listening to audio programs helps!
Two of my favorite audio programs right now are:
- David Neagle’s Art of Success CDs. David is a very powerful wealth accelerator and has a way to teaching the Law of Attraction so it actually works!
- Zig Ziglar’s Closing Secrets. I love how he tells stories to help build rapport and connect with your prospect.
- ULTIMATE Wealth & Success Circle CDs. I actually do listen to my own CD series…I hear things from my monthly wealth experts that I often miss the first time.
I’m also a BIG music person and I have over 10,000 songs on my IPOD. I’ve got the monster big 80 G video IPOD and even though it’s a bit large I love it. I take it everywhere…in the car driving errands, to the gym or when I walking on my treadmill at home and even on planes or any time that I’m just chilling out.
Because music is so important to me, a cool song can get me hyped up and back on track too. Here are a few of my recent favorites:
- My new favorite song by Natasha Beddingfeld, “Pocketful of Sunshine”. I’ve been listening to this on french fry days. The days when things are getting a bit frustrating and you are wondering if it would be easier to just go tend the counter at McDonald’s.
- “New Soul” by Yael Naim. I love this cool little song that explores what it must be like to figure out how to be human and deal with each other’s idiosyncrasies.
- “Clumsy” by Fergie. I don’t know what it is but I just love her…maybe because she has such a smokin hot body and she has over come a lot of bad influences from her past. She has a real spiritual side to her which I like.
- Anything disco…I know, I know…but for some reason it just makes me want to dance and that lightens my mind immediately.
I also have all of my meditation CDs and the Goal-Setting and Procrastination Release tools from my ULTIMATE Success Generator loaded up. I listen to a track from these every morning to set my day in the right direction.
So what’s on YOUR IPOD that gets your head in the right place? What gets you motivated and ready for action? Feel free to share by posting your comments here.
Maggie Says:
July 11th, 2008 at 8:00 pmVisit Maggie
And I thought I was one of the last to love disco. I absolutely l-o-v-e it. Really energizes me and gets me going. This is how much I live to love disco… 2 years ago I chaired and created an event to benefit the Alzheimer’s Association. It was the Disco Inferno Dance Party. The theme was “Make this a Night to Remember” (song) and platform shoes and leisure suits were preferred. We had the Best Farrah Fawcett Flip hairdo contest; Best Leisure Suit; and Best Couple to Hustle. The Farrah Fawcett winner received “Gee Your Hair Smells Terrific” Shampoo that I found online.
We “danced the night way”… and made it a “night to remember”.
Maggie Keenan
Melanie Benson Strick, The Entrepreneur’s Success Coach Says:
July 15th, 2008 at 11:03 amVisit Melanie Benson Strick, The Entrepreneur’s Success Coach
Yeah Maggie, thanks for sharing the disco love.
A couple of my favorites:
“Born to Be Alive” by the disco kings and “I Feel Love” by Donna Summer. My first disco experience (at 14 I snuck into an “18 and up club” with a friend” caused me to fall in love with dancing forever.
Would love to hear more poeple’s disco fav’s!
Laura Says:
August 13th, 2008 at 3:56 pmVisit Laura
Melanie, just wanted to share with you something that I thought you would like. I just emailed your 101 ways list to my assistant and asked her what ideas it sparked for additional tasks she could be doing. So I basically delegated figuring out what to delegate! Haha
Karen Says:
August 13th, 2008 at 5:39 pmVisit Karen
HI Melanie,
Just discovered you through Christine Kloser bonus package and I’m already a fan. This blog let me know we’re in synch, as I’d recently sent an email to my clients noting that music can be a great motivator to keep one on track. Most recently, I downloaded Jordin Sparks, “One Step At A Time” which has bounce and the words remind us to take it slow(ly).
Peace and joy,
Karen
Melanie Benson Strick, The Entrepreneur’s Success Coach Says:
August 13th, 2008 at 10:25 pmVisit Melanie Benson Strick, The Entrepreneur’s Success Coach
Hi Karen, glad to find another wonderful connection! Laura, love that you have delegated delegating more! Very innovative!
Welcome to the blog and look forward to hearing more from you!
Melanie
Iren Huszar Says:
August 19th, 2008 at 4:54 pmVisit Iren Huszar
Hello!!!
and I have the soundflavour.com too and didn,t bear well with it. How Greit Surprize!!! I am also Ernone Horvath anyway, I wanted to tell you, that my destiny found you like a similer soul and spirit. I am also very eager to music, just on the similar way like YOU. How Glad I am to meet you!!! You can imagine how much we have to tell to each other. How can I hear your CD? I am very curious about it. Where are you living? I am from Hungary. By and greetings and enjoy your days. God Help you and Bless you.
Maggie Keenan Says:
August 22nd, 2008 at 9:46 amVisit Maggie Keenan
OK- i am taking this discussion back to your disco fav question above. My disco favs are:
1. Any and all of the BeeGees (you should be dancing…)
2. Boogie Oggie Oggie - A taste of honey
3. Brick House -the commodores
4. Disco Inferno - the tramps
5. Double Dutch Bus
6. Last Dance - donna summer
7. Heaven Must have been Missing an Angel
8. Anything Evelyn Champagne King and Chaka Kahn
Great link to all disco songs:
http://www.disco-disco.com/disco/discotheque.shtml