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Enthusiasm

Enthusiasm

enthusiasmĕn-thoo͞′zē-ăz″əm

noun

  1. Great excitement for or interest in a subject or cause.

It’s really amazing what you discover when you read books printed almost a century ago. I was reminded of this while reading “How I raised myself from failure to success in selling”, by Frank Bettger. One of the first things he talks about was how adding enthusiasm to whatever he did drastically changed his life.

Truthfully it’s difficult to achieve anything great without first being enthusiastic about it. This applies to getting in shape, having better relationship, improving your finances or raising a family. Being ho hum all the time will not make you fun to be around and basically just gets you through the day.

Here are two thoughts from Steve Jobs whom I admired greatly, “The only way to do great work is to love what … Read more