Ralph Waldo Emerson once said that, "Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm." Average achievements maybe but nothing great has succeeded without enthusiasm. For someone to achieve their goal what ever that goal is, that person needs to have enthusiasm or it will not be achieved. Less than complete enthusiasm for your objective will have you stopping and starting and making 'busywork' because you don't really have your heart in the endeavour so you procrastinate. You will more than likely do a half-hearted attempt and you won't achieve the success that others achieve when they put their whole heart into their project.

Most of us won't have the greatness of Leonardo da Vinci but what we do accomplish will be much easier if we do it with enthusiasm. The ancient philosopher Terence said, "There is nothing so easy but that it becomes difficult when you do it with reluctance."

If you ever wrote an essay and didn't enjoy it then you probably weren't enthusiastic about it so it was a chore. The same with writing a letter, if you put some enthusiasm into your writing it is so much easier to do and it will turn out to be something you look forward to doing.

My last article mentioned showing interest in others. This interest is more surely to be aroused by showing enthusiasm in learning about others. You need to start by listening to what others are saying and be enthusiastic
about their interests. Wilson Mizner ( an American playwright, raconteur, and entrepreneur ) once said, "A good listener is not only popular everywhere, but after a while he knows something!"

Lorayne feels that, "one's incentive in everyday living ---the goals one sets for himself-- is closely related to enthusiasm." What is said about enthusiasm, is "usually also true of incentive." He firmly believes about enthusiasm and incentive, "that these things are self-controlled and must originate in the mind." For as he says, there isn't much success if there is no incentive. People either set up goals that don't match their abilities or they don't set up any goals at all.

Lorayne believes and I would agree that so often we are told that we should do the 'best that we can' and don't worry about being any better. Lorayne believes that we should not settle for that and that we should strive for even more than our best. Lorayne feels that we should, "set your goals just
a bit farther than what you believe to be your best. Believe that you can do it and you probably will!"

He believes, "that many people keep themselves from success by their own short-sightedness; their easy-to-attain goals; and their attitudes of "I can't" do this or that." J. A. Hadfield (Lecturer in Psychology) stated, "Common experience teaches that, when great demands are made upon us, if only we fearlessly accept the challenge and confidently expend our strength, every danger or difficulty brings its own strength."

As Lorayne continues in the same theme, "Circumstances may back you up against a wall and all seems lost --but it may be the best thing that ever happened to you."

The human body and mind are actually miracles, "When put in the position of having to do something, one usually does, either physically or mentally."

There is more to this chapter than one sitting will take. I will finish this part with the story Lorayne told of a mother's ingenuity.

The family was poor and their daughter had yet to be married. Upon meeting a wealthy young man who showed an interest in the daughter, the mother came up with a plan. She invited him to dinner and cooked a beautiful turkey indicating it was the daughter who cooked it.

As the daughter carried the turkey into the dining room she tripped and the bird went flying across the room. Everyone was aghast but after a moments thought the mother with amazing inspiration said, "That's all right, my
dear, just take that bird back to the kitchen, and bring out the 'other' one!"

 

Submitted by: Pat Downing
Copyright 2008 Pat Downing. All Rights Reserved. Duplication permitted only with copyright and  content unaltered.

Simplicity in Traffic Exchange advertising is one point of contention but what about the Timers?

We all use them in various modes in the TEs we support for credits. But what about the amount of time that you think best suits your time frame for surfing?

There are a few holdouts that still allow you to choose the amount of time you want your ad displayed, and then there are TEs that push the limit and you get to surf on seven-second timers.

One of our members commented that they will not join any TE that only allows 3:1 surf ratios for free members. To hopefully quote them correctly, it takes too much time to build a credit base for their advertising.

If you are like this person, would you consider a 3:1 surf ratio IF the timers were say seven seconds or even 5-6 second timers?

When you surf say seven or even more sites in tabbed browsing, what is your chance of seeing what is being advertised? Fact is, what is the chance of someone seeing your advertising in that short time frame?

The industry could be making these timer reductions to match the fast-loading splash and squeeze [Lead Capture Pages] that are becoming a lot more common as Marketers understand showing affiliate pages just does not work in TEs.

More to the point, TE owners may be forcing a reluctant market to use splash and squeeze pages in order to make their profit margin soar as membership lists decline in active promoters because they want more bang for their subscriber buck.

Then there is the argument for dial-up vs. broadband where timers actually work to force slow loading pages. Then again that does not always work. Broadband can and does support 10-second timers

For every surf timer change demand there will be a winner and perhaps a lot of losers. What do you think? How do surf timers count in your opinion?

Fran Klasinski-warriorlady
Mentoring you with common sense
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