Finding your song is not hard. Maybe this little story will help: Not long ago, I coached a 40-year-old man who worked for an asset-management company. His CEO had told him to beef up his communication skills. Well, this became one of the easiest assignments I had ever had. Early in our conversations, Roger and I started to talk about sports. It turned out that Roger had been a star on his high school soccer team. We talked about his toughest game, one that he had helped pull out of the fire to win the league championship. “What did you think about when you drove to the game?” I asked. “What did you think when you walked onto the field? Did you have a song you loved?”

“I can’t believe you’re asking me that,” he said. “I did have a song. I played it on the way to every game and sang it in my head on the field. You’re going to laugh, but it was ‘My Sharona,’ by the Knack. I loved it. It never failed to get my juices flowing.”

“That’s the answer,” I said. “‘My Sharona.’ The work you do is just another kind of game — don’t you see? You need to have the same spirit and energy when you meet with a client as you had when you took the field.”

“Wait,” he said. “You mean I should sing ‘My Sharona’? You’re kidding, right?”

“Nope,” I replied. “You should belt it out at the top of your lungs on the way to the meeting and hear it in your head when you walk in. Try it.”

I know it sounds crazy, but singing that silly song made all the difference. Roger came out of himself; he became a motivator. He energized his clients, and they loved it. Now he’s the guy the CEO goes to when she wants to clinch a deal. And he did it all by recapturing a moment in his life when he felt unstoppable and by replaying the song that made him feel that way. Looking back for those moments is probably the easiest way to find your song. (And, by the way, it should be just one song. Of course, you might love a bunch of them, but it’s important to choose just one to pull out and sing when your ego is on the line. I love Elton John’s “Tiny Dancer” a lot. But that’s not the song that lets me own the room. Only “I’m the Greatest Star” does that.)

What would it take for you to know you’re exactly the right person, at the right place, at the right time to get what you want? What song would you hear and sing when you’ve decided to be energized, unforgettable, and irresistible — and you have only 15 minutes to figure out how? Here’s what it takes: You have to find your song and sing it. Sing it for all you’re worth. Why not? This is exactly the right time for you to step into the limelight. The world has been waiting for you to knock ’em dead. So, what’s your song?