“You see things; and you say ‘why?’; But I dream things that never were; and I say why not?” – George Bernard Shaw
Greetings Blog Family,
Eyes have the tendency to restrain your abilities. Only trusting what you see has the habit of holding back much of your creative energy. When you enter a project with the belief that the outcome is doomed to failure because it has never been done or it is difficult at best, you severely limit your chances for success.
It is my opinion this is because you cut your enthusiasm, the eternal elixir of life, from the process. Enthusiasm is like electricity and can push you over and through obstacles that you are sure to face. These obstacles may be knowledge based, which you will gladly put in the study hours necessary to be proficient in an area of you are enthused about the outcome…or the possibility.
Enthusiasm doesn’t flow into a project or a venture if your beliefs are tempered. Tempered by assumptions of the possible or what is in the current reach of your abilities.
You have to see beyond these circumstances and into the possible. Granted that your reality may not seem favorable. Granted your situation may not be idea or perfect. Granted you don’t know any coding languages and have never worked with WordPress. You cannot continue to be a hostage of your circumstances.
The quote talks of dreaming of things that never were and asking why not, can you answer that question? Why can’t you do and accomplish what you set out to do? Why not?
As long as you know, you have to establish an effective position and work to ensure its success. That work could be learning a subject, writing pages of material, working long hours, it could require a monetary investment, it could be something totally unforeseen.
Yet with enthusiasm about something, you will willingly take on all challenges….to achieve your dreams.
Yeahhhh motivation dude, get that enthusiasm and take a big leap!
I agree man, enthusiasm can bring you to places you never though were possible and will open new doors/opportunities. I mean, we’re all seeing it happening, right?
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If you don’t have the Enthusiasm for the things you do then it must be hard to do them. I know if I’m not too Enthusiatic about doing that particular thing then its just a long darwn out process of completing it.
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Oh I love that quote. You’ve chosen one of my favorite quotes. Very insightful as usual from Fred “the Master of Motivation”… I figure enthusiasm comes from passion so each of them could never be taken off the equation.
But then, why not?…;)
Yan
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Yeah boyeeeeeeeee, it’s all about going for it! I love your quotes man! I’m missing the Monday Motivational Videos though sucka! GET ON YO JOB!
I know you been working hard though. This one hits home man, because if you have that mindset then things that come up are only challenges and not road blocks, you’ll find a way to get through it because your eyes are on the end result.
Good stuff.
@ Ben – That’s right, Froggy! We are watching it all unfold in front of us for real. That was part of the motivation for this post and why it was so easy to roll out.
@ Bruno – I don’t even know how things get done without enthusiasm.
@ Yan – You are right about Passion and enthusiasm, neither can be removed. They are critical. Clever ending, my friend!
@ Joe – Alright Sammich Man, calm down about the videos, lol. I got a plan of action for that. We all been working very hard lately because our eyes have seen the other side of our goals.
Let’s keep pushing!!!
I’ll hit you with some of my personal favourites on this one, Freddie.
“Most people spend more time and energy going around problems than in trying to solve them.”
“One of the greatest discoveries a man makes, one of his great surprises, is to find he can do what he was afraid he couldn’t do.”
“Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal.”
“I am looking for a lot of men who have an infinite capacity to not know what can’t be done.”
The great man, Henry Ford, said all of the above! Personally, they all ring true!
Call it a request, if you have not done so already – A Henry Ford Post??
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@ Nota – Thanks for the list and I will add them to my quotes. Yes, I have done some Henry Ford, but I have more. He flat out use to tell the truth. I found that people don’t too much like the truth, but that is alright…I am going to deliver it the best I can.
Request accepted. I will get you some more Henry Ford!
@Nota Bene: “One of the greatest discoveries a man makes, one of his great surprises, is to find he can do what he was afraid he couldn’t do.”
Aha, it looks like we all have successfully graduated from the same master of motivational, Andrew Carnegie. Think and Grow Rich is one book that has shaped the way I think and pursue whatever dream I desire in mind while putting it into action is something I’m yet to perfect.
Every success comes first in mind and then in reality. Our path to success is only limited by our own creativity ans wondering thoughts.
Love sharing quotes like these with success-minded people like you guys.
Yan
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@ Yan: Likewise Buddy! Keep em coming
I will have to check the book out.
@ Balboa: Thanks mate, I look forward to it.
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@ Yan – You are right about that book. It has definitely shaped my thinking as stated by “First in the Mind, then in Reality.” That is really something that I believe. And it just makes sense, right?
@ Nota – Don’t tell me you have never read “Think and Grow Rich”. If you haven’t, stop what you are doing and go and get the book. You are a monster without it, so if you read it….geeze!