3 Reasons You Need a Walkout Song

It's not a perk reserved for athletes, entertainers, or politicians, Everyone needs a walkout song.

Granted, you'll be cueing up your own walkout song. Your big entrance will mostly be mental. You'll be the one cheering yourself on when it plays. But so what. You still need a walkout song and here's why:

1. First and foremost, it pumps you up.

It's that beat that you can help but move to. It makes you want to go for a run when you'd rather sit on the couch. It makes you feel like a crowd of thousands is awaiting your entrance. You're not about to let them down.

2. It touches on something timeless about who you are.

You keep going when times are tough. You remain true to who you are no matter what. Faith, perseverance, transcendence--that's all you.

Your walkout song reminds you that you've been here before and you'll crush it again. Anyone who's seen what happens on the dance floor when the DJ plays "I Will Survive" by Gloria Gaynor knows what I mean.

3. It keeps things light when the pressure's on.

You're about to be interviewed for the job you've had your sights set on for years. Dozens of people signed up for the session you're leading at the conference. You're about to facilitate a contentious meeting.

Whether it's excitement or anxiety, a walkout song helps you see beyond that moment and reminds you that this is only temporary. All the other times you played that song in your life, you emerged from those circumstances, too.

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Your walkout song can feel every bit as electrifying as when NY Mets pitcher Edwin Diaz exits the bullpen to Timmy Trumpet's "Narco." (If you haven't seen that, check out the link below.) Imagine throngs of people standing, dancing, and cheering when you play your walkout song.

Even though it's just you, that's all that matters.?