Enthousiasmos

Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm. - Ralph Waldo Emerson

Great achievements in any area of life are reserved for enthusiastic people; people that are excited by the prospects of every action they take. People ready to roar like hungry lions at the sight of a prey- the challenges facing them.

High achievers understand that enthusiasm alone can give a person all he has planned for in any endeavor. You see it in the very being of enthusiastic people - their walk is with confidence, their eyes carry fire, indeed they are possessed and every part of their body joins in the excitement. Doors open for them. When the doors don’t, their enthusiasm pushes it open. People make way for them. They go about life thinking things will go well for them- and things usually do. Enthusiastic people in trying to achieve a goal try all options. They leave no option blank and with all options shaded, the answer must be gotten.

Do what you love: can you smile, whistle, sing, hum or dance all through the time you spend doing what you do? One major problem with poor achievers is that they make a habit of doing things they have no ounce of love for. I love to write so I do it every day!

Take a look around you: one of the things that characterize our environments is people like us. If you have a poorly developed personality, you will resent people that are either better than you or those that seem to be catching up really fast at you. On the other hand if you are on the path to success, the presence of these people will serve as a source of blessing. You will use them as a motivation to make yourself better. They will be for you a source of the necessary enthusiasm and not competition for progress. In the journey of life, there really is no competition. Everyone is on a separate path.

Learn to be expectant: what are your expectations? Be hopeful that things will go well for you. Expect that as you progress, you will find doors open. Being expectant begins with you opening your mind to the thoughts of success. Permit them to flood your mind like water from a river that has broken its banks after a heavy downpour. Let them have control over every area of your thinking, permeating through your very being until expression of enthusiasm is found on the outside. Once your thinking is aligned with expectation, you will begin to be expectant. It is that easy.