The 128 most classic philosophical essays in the world

Chapter 61 The Enthusiasm of Life

[United States] Napoleon Hill

Enthusiasm is a force that, along with confidence, turns adversity, failure, and temporary setbacks into action.

Enthusiasm is to a positive attitude and your success process what gasoline is to a car engine.Enthusiasm is the driving force for action.

Just as you can use a positive attitude to control your thoughts, you can use a positive attitude to control your enthusiasm so that it can be continuously injected into the cylinder of your mental engine and sent out by definite purpose in the cylinder. A spark ignites and explodes, pushing the piston of confidence and personal aggressiveness.

Enthusiasm is a force that, along with confidence, turns adversity, failure, and temporary setbacks into action.The key to this change, however, is your ability to control your thoughts, because if you're not careful, your thoughts can shift from positive to negative.By controlling your enthusiasm, you can turn any negative performance and experience into a positive one.

Enthusiasm motivates your subconscious mind as much as a positive attitude does.

When your conscious mind is full of enthusiasm, and your subconscious mind is also imprinted with an impression, then your strong desires and plans for achieving them are unwavering; when your awareness of enthusiasm becomes blurred, Your subconscious mind still has a rich vision of success and will rekindle the spark of enthusiasm that was left in your conscious mind.

A man without enthusiasm is as powerless as a watch without a winding."Enthusiasm is an absolute requirement for success, effectiveness, and competence," said a theology professor.

The word "enthusiasm" is derived from the Greek, which means "God is in your heart". A person who lacks enthusiasm can't win anything.

In order to make you passionate about your goal, you should focus your thoughts on this goal every day, so that day after day, you will have a high degree of enthusiasm for the goal and be willing to dedicate to it.James said: "Emotions may not be controlled by reason, but they must be controlled by actions." Positive attitudes and positive actions can increase the level of enthusiasm. You must set a goal worth pursuing for your enthusiasm. Once you direct your enthusiasm toward success, it will move you toward your goals.

True passion is passion that comes from within, and discovering passion is like getting water from a well. You have to operate the pump to get the water out, and the water just keeps on flowing.You can have passion for anything you know or do, it's a sign of a positive attitude, it will naturally develop from thoughts, feelings and emotions, but more importantly you can summon passion from within whenever you want .

Enthusiasm is really powerful!When this power is unleashed in support of a definite purpose and continually replenished with faith, it becomes an irresistible force strong enough to overcome all poverty and unsatisfaction, and you can impart this force to anyone people who need it.This is probably the greatest work you can do with your passion, to spark the imagination of others, to stimulate their creativity, to help them connect with infinite wisdom.

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As a spiritual trait, "enthusiasm" shows a positive and enterprising spirit.It is a necessary condition and a must-have attitude for doing things successfully.

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