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Success Quote by Bo Bennett

"Enthusiasm is not the same as just being excited. One gets excited about going on a roller coaster. One becomes enthusiastic about creating and building a roller coaster"

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Bennett is drawing a hard line between consumption and creation, and he does it with a neat little swap of verbs that carries the whole argument. “Gets excited” frames excitement as something that happens to you - a passive spike of feeling triggered by an external thrill. “Becomes enthusiastic” suggests a chosen identity, a longer burn you step into. The roller coaster metaphor is calibrated for modern work culture: lots of people love the rush of outcomes (the launch, the applause, the metrics), far fewer love the engineering, tedium, and risk that make outcomes real.

The subtext is a quiet critique of spectator mentality, especially in a startup-and-hustle era that sells “passion” as a vibe. Excitement is cheap, instantaneous, and often performative; it pairs well with scrolling, hype cycles, and motivational content. Enthusiasm, in Bennett’s framing, is directional. It attaches to process: planning, iterating, problem-solving, taking responsibility when the first design doesn’t loop correctly.

As a businessman, Bennett is also smuggling in a leadership lesson. Teams built on excitement burn hot and fast; teams built on enthusiasm tolerate the unsexy middle - the meetings, the setbacks, the boring competence. The quote works because it flatters the reader’s ambition while challenging their self-image: do you want the ride, or do you want the work that makes rides possible? In a culture obsessed with feeling inspired, Bennett argues for the more durable emotion: commitment disguised as energy.

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APA Style (7th ed.)
Bennett, Bo. (2026, January 15). Enthusiasm is not the same as just being excited. One gets excited about going on a roller coaster. One becomes enthusiastic about creating and building a roller coaster. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/enthusiasm-is-not-the-same-as-just-being-excited-139834/

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Bennett, Bo. "Enthusiasm is not the same as just being excited. One gets excited about going on a roller coaster. One becomes enthusiastic about creating and building a roller coaster." FixQuotes. January 15, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/enthusiasm-is-not-the-same-as-just-being-excited-139834/.

MLA Style (9th ed.)
"Enthusiasm is not the same as just being excited. One gets excited about going on a roller coaster. One becomes enthusiastic about creating and building a roller coaster." FixQuotes, 15 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/enthusiasm-is-not-the-same-as-just-being-excited-139834/. Accessed 4 Feb. 2026.

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Bo Bennett

Bo Bennett (born February 16, 1972) is a Businessman from USA.

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