Career Goal Setting:
Nothing Great Was Ever Achieved Without Enthusiasm

Try to make enthusiasm central to your career goal setting. Enthusiasm is infectious.

Often those around us catch that sense of passion, causing a multiplying and magnifying effect.

Of course whilst being enthusiastic is highly desirable, having an enthusiasm is something entirely different.

It’s far easier to love what you do (see Do What You Love ), if you can apply an enthusiasm to your career.

When properly developed and applied, an enthusiasm can get you a long way. However this knowledge and passion must be in an area of value to your work, otherwise it’s really a hobby.

Think about developing a specialism relevant to your work. Preferably one which inspires you.

So what are you enthusiastic about?

In his book: The 80/20 Principle: The Secret of Achieving More with Less, Richard Koch makes some suggestions relevant to happiness at work.



The key to developing a career built around your enthusiasms is knowledge. Here are 4 tips to help you put your enthusiasms to work:

1. Passion for enthusiasms is the key to becoming an accepted leader or authority in your area;



2. Try to find or define your niche by writing down all the things that enthuse you;



3. Try to learn more than anybody else about your niche;



4. Commit yourself to keeping ahead in your chosen area.

When thinking about your career development, consider the importance of enthusiasm. Becoming an acknowledged leader in a field which enthuses you may make you a happy worker. Don’t forget though, fostering your colleagues’ passions, wherever possible, could also make you a happy manager.

Spare a couple of minutes to watch Tom Peters stressing the importance of enthusiasm and passion in business....

In the words of Ralph Waldo Emerson: “Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm!"

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