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Be Enthusiastic

April 30, 2007

How do you explain to an 8 year old who has little interest in the DISCIPLINE of playing T-ball that all things being EQUAL (and they hardly ever are) that the difference in his playing versus another boy is how much zeal or enthusiasm he shows the coach. Guess what. It doesn’t stop with the eight year old laying T-ball. Enthusiasm will serve us all the way through life. In fact, it will serve us more and more the older we get because we get more and more “unexcited” as age pursues us.

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“Enthusiasm is the highest paid quality on earth”. Frank Bettger

Don’t you just LOVE to see a person who is excited about what they are doing (unless their enthusiasm threatens your world). Most would rather employ someone who has a little less talent but is excited about life and their job than to hire someone who knows a bit more but turns people off. We are still in the “customer service” business. One’s “bedside manner” still accounts for much today. Corporate “goodwill” is still a valuable asset! This in no way condones incompetence or says do less than you are capable of doing.

“The simplest man, fired with enthusiasm, is more persuasive than the most eloquent man without it.” Franklin Field

There is a confidence that we build in our co-laborers when we smile! There is a determination that we pass on when we enjoy what we’re doing. There is a saying that if you have to choose between one who has a right head and a wrong heart or one who has a right heart and a wrong head, choose the latter! We can see the consequences of choosing the former by looking to William Jefferson Clinton. He’s a great politician who could manage politics very very well, but the heart? Only God knows but we here in America know the results!

“No person who is enthusiastic about his work has anything to fear from life.” Samuel Goldwyn

“Enthusiasm is the greatest asset in the world. It beats money, power, and influence.” Henry Chester

You can take enthusiasm too far. You can make many mistakes in your enthusiasm, but are you learning as you go? Remember, you can also make mistakes in slothfulness as well. As a kid, we learned that the faster the top would spin, the more STABLE it was. It was only when the top slowed down that it began to wobble and eventually topple over. Many more people have wobbled and toppled over in life than have crashed and burned. Or, as the Jesuit priest has said, “It’s much easier to say WHOA than it is to say GIDDYUP.”

“In things pertaining to enthusiasm, no man is sane who does not
know how to be insane on proper occasions.” Henry Ward Beecher

Who would you want to go on a vacation with: slug or a road runner? Who do you want to spend eight hours of your day with? Someone with a song in their heart, rhythm in their step, and a swagger in their gait or one who complains, moans, and is generally just dissatisfied with most everything in life?

You know the answer and it’s the same answer that your employer would give. Enough said? Your next promotion might be an “enthusiastic lifestyle away”.

“If you want to be enthusiastic, act enthusiastic. Then inner enthusiasm will follow.” William Ellis

Written by Ernie · Filed Under How to Get Promoted 

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