How to call a person who is truly passionate about his work? What gives him such a "charge" that allows him to do exactly what he has chosen, and to follow exactly the path he has chosen? How does he manage to be true to himself, even if there are various obstacles along the way?.. The beggar Paul Gauguin, the "idle reveler" Mozart, the violent revolutionary Jean Paul Marat … You can call them fanatics and madmen, or you can admire their genius, which simply does not let them live a quiet, ordinary life. In general, initially these people were driven by nothing more than enthusiasm.
On wings
In the world of philosophy and literature there is more than one meaning of the word enthusiasm. It makes no sense to dwell on each of them in detail, but from an everyday point of view, looking at this concept and understanding "what it is eaten with" does not interfere.
It's not for nothing that a person who constantly thinks about what haunts him is called obsessed. Of course, this is not the kind of obsession that holy water, prayer and the cross helps in the fight against, but a completely different one. A person, especially a talented one, is captured by some idea, and it seems to him that when he brings it to life, something will happen.something that will be talked about for years, or even centuries … In other words, enthusiasm is inspiration. It happens that a person gets down to business as if reluctantly, as they say, without much enthusiasm, but then, as the appetite comes with eating, there also comes the confidence that the chosen path is the only right one. After the business is completed (and it can only be completed with success), the enthusiast feels like a winner. As a matter of fact, he is the winner, because he overcame his own "can't", "won't" and "don't know".
Enthusiasm and motivation
Learn another foreign language? Learn a new discipline? Conquer the top of the mountain, go on a solo trip, or just learn how to plant seedlings correctly? Each task is a kind of challenge to itself. And enthusiasm is the motor that keeps a person constantly in action.
The most interesting thing is that enthusiasm is often contagious. Although, here everything depends both on the charisma and the ability to convince the "obsessed" person himself, and on how much the second person can be influenced. Next to the concept of enthusiasm, there is often the term motivation. In short, motivation is a more conscious and deliberate enthusiasm. That is, enthusiasm is if, for example, a person draws a picture simply because he wants to draw it. But when he draws, because he knows what he needs this picture for, this is already motivation.
Target
In a word, if there is inspiration andthe energy to do what you have planned immediately, you should pull yourself together, stop and think: what, in fact, is it needed for? There are many examples in history and literature when irrepressible enthusiasm broke the life not only of the hero himself, but also of his entourage.
Each of us has a wonderful state of mind when we want not only to "embrace the immensity", but to throw out our energy somewhere, to do at least something that would bring significant benefit - if not to the whole world, then even for family members. The most important thing here is to throw all of yourself into the most difficult task, which takes a lot of time.
Proper enthusiasm
Enthusiasm is energy and motivation. It happens, of course, that you absolutely don’t want to do any work, and the usual “must” is not enough here. In this case, the classic way of arousing motivation helps. In a word, you just need to turn on your imagination and imagine what will happen if, for example, you finish writing this program, and then a few more … You can make good money, and save some of this money for a trip or some nice purchase. Simply put, it is better and more correct to work with motivation than with such a controversial concept as enthusiasm. The synonyms of this concept make you think: excitement, ardor, frenzy, frenzy … It is much easier to achieve the goal if you act calmly and deliberately.
