Forever is a Long, Long, Long, Long Time!

 They say life is a battlefield


I say bring it on


If you wanna know how I feel


Live it till it's gone


I'm just saying that what don't kill


Only makes you strong


If you don't recognize what is real


Then forever is a long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long time

Some things never change

Here we go again


Feel like I’m losing my mind




Shake it up, let it go

I don't care anymore


Just go numb


You never know … until you let go


Let's go numb



I can feel you now



Keep on doing the same old thing


And you expecting change


Well is that really insanity


Or just a losers' game


I only trust in the things I feel


Some may say that's … strange


You better recognize what is real


Cause forever is a long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long time

Some things never change

Here we go again


Feel like I’m losing my mind




Shake it up, let it go

I don't care anymore


Just go numb


You never know until you let go


Those of you that have been following Simply Amazing! for a while know I often gain inspiration from song lyrics. These are the words from the hit song “Numb” sung by the artist Usher. And they are inspiring and insightful at the same time.

The message in these lyrics is amazingly powerful – don’t wait until later to chase your goals or your dreams because it just might be too late. Try to let your body and mind be numb to the potential for failure and focus instead on how incredibly amazing success will feel when you achieve the goal.

See, here’s the thing. Achieving success requires a winner’s mindset. It’s not about luck. Or who has the most money. Or fate. Winners take risks while knowing the consequences. Yep, that’s right – RISKS. Winners have indeed been losers in the past and have learned many lessons from those experiences. And they will most certainly be losers again at times in the future. That is just how it works.

And they know that winning requires the willingness to try things that might just scare the hell out of them. They allow themselves to let go. And they trust themselves like never before. But most importantly, even before the game starts, in their minds they visualize themselves as winners. It takes going numb to really feel it.

So, I ask you to try something with me for just a moment. Of all the things you really want in your life or in your career or in your business … of all those things, what one goal would you go after if you knew there was no consequence of failure? What one significant achievement do you want more than anything else and you are willing to step over the line for it? What is it? If thinking about it makes you uncomfortable, hooray!! You are on the right track.

I bet – I just bet – it is a goal that has been with you for some time. Well, it is time to go numb and begin defining why this “thing” is important to you and the benefit you will realize by getting it.

You may never know how it will feel unless you allow yourself to let go and try … unless you give yourself permission to step across that “line” into the scary zone … unless you believe in what previously was the unbelievable.

Please, think the unthinkable and inside of it you will find a “you” that is way cool. And probably damn amazing as well!

Goals aren’t easy – what would we learn if they were? Not much. As one NASCAR driver says, “If winning were easy, all of the losers would be doing it!” Rock on dude!

Embrace the dream, find motivation to stay excited about it and then define the actions to make it possible. The only way to find out if it will work out is to just do it. Go numb – it feels absolutely amazing!