Q How do you stay so enthusiastic - you always appear positive and motivated, are you on something?

A What a lovely question. Thank you for your comments. Yes I am on something. I am high on enthusiasm. Enthusiasm is in plentiful supply, it is free for all and it happens purely by choice.

"Motion creates emotion" is the creed for enthusiasm. Some people dream of being successful, some of us wake up and get busy!

Has this ever happened to you? You are looking for something in your shed. It is not where it is supposed to be. It was under a pile of old rags and paint bushes. Before long the brushes are hung up, the rags in a box marked 'rags' and 'stuff' is where 'stuff' should be. Your shed is more organised than ever before and all because you got started.

People say "I will start exercising when I have more energy" or "I will do X when I feel more like it"... and they never feel like it. The truth is you will only become enthusiastic AFTER you have started. The secret to enthusiasm is getting started. It was once said that "you cannot build a reputation on what you are GOING to do". So decide what you want to do and do it NOW. Pretty soon people will begin to think you too are "on something".

Updated: 10:37 Monday, March 04, 2002