Enthusiasm

My new Best Friend is Tom Peters. Buy any of his books you will know what I mean.

In his latest book he writes about Dog Days

You might think given my language ... that I am always "up". A walking WOW

But no: I do have totally crappy days when I can barely get out of bed. On those days I force myself up and go on long rambles with my dogs. For me, dog experience beats even the best psychopharmaceuticals.

Then ... I get on with it. I force my all-down self back into the fray - not to 'finish a project' or 'prepare a speech', but to transform a project or a speech into a (potentially) transforming experience for someone else.

My greatest fear is that I will not have done the stuff that mattered. That I won't have made the world ... a little better place.

So between my dogs and the possibility of producing 'experiences that matter' (that scintillate), I muddle through. And a funny thing happens: When I re-ignite my enthusiasm, other folks invariably respond in kind.

Message: Enthusiasm begets Enthusiasm