"Enthusiasm is excitement with inspiration, motivation, and a pinch of creativity"
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Enthusiasm, in Bo Bennett's framing, isn't a personality trait you either have or don't; it's a manufactured compound. The line reads like a recipe because that's the point: as a businessman and self-help entrepreneur, Bennett pulls a feeling down from the clouds and puts it on the workbench. "Excitement" is the raw spark, the part that sells. But he immediately disciplines it with "inspiration" and "motivation" - terms that smuggle in purpose and follow-through, the two things mere hype reliably lacks. The "pinch of creativity" is a telling modifier: not a radical reinvention, just enough novelty to keep the engine from stalling.
The subtext is a quiet rebuke to the performance culture of positivity. If your excitement keeps fizzling, maybe it's not because you're broken; maybe you're missing ingredients. That's comforting, but also strategic. It shifts enthusiasm from temperament to technique, implying it's trainable, coachable, and therefore marketable - the kind of emotion that fits neatly into productivity frameworks, keynote slides, and startup lore.
Context matters: coming from a contemporary business figure, the quote sits inside an economy that rewards visible energy. Enthusiasm becomes social currency, a signal to investors, managers, audiences. Bennett's definition tries to separate durable drive from disposable buzz, while still honoring the reality that, in modern work life, emotions aren't just felt - they're deployed.
The subtext is a quiet rebuke to the performance culture of positivity. If your excitement keeps fizzling, maybe it's not because you're broken; maybe you're missing ingredients. That's comforting, but also strategic. It shifts enthusiasm from temperament to technique, implying it's trainable, coachable, and therefore marketable - the kind of emotion that fits neatly into productivity frameworks, keynote slides, and startup lore.
Context matters: coming from a contemporary business figure, the quote sits inside an economy that rewards visible energy. Enthusiasm becomes social currency, a signal to investors, managers, audiences. Bennett's definition tries to separate durable drive from disposable buzz, while still honoring the reality that, in modern work life, emotions aren't just felt - they're deployed.
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