Enthusiasm
“Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.” Ralph Waldo Emerson
I believe enthusiasm is contagious…and absolutely necessary to be successful. It is a sign of hope that leads to positive outcomes! I love the story below because it is so something I would do!
The Georgia Bulldogs, a popular college football team, hated losing. They
really did. And they hated the Florida Gators as well.So you can imagine how much they would hate to lose to Florida.
So when it came time for Georgia to play Florida, Georgia coach Mark
Richt told his team that the team was going to create enthusiasm like
never before.
They were going to celebrate so much after their first touchdown in that
game that they would get a penalty for excessive celebration.
If the team didn’t create enough enthusiasm after the first touchdown of
the game to warrant excessive celebration, they would be doing a lot of
early morning running as punishment afterwards.
When Georgia scored its first touchdown that game, the entire Georgia team
got off the bench and celebrated on the field. That enthusiasm pumped up
the team and the crowd and gave them the psychological edge in that game.
Georgia 42
Florida 30
Nothing quite like enthusiasm indeed.
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