Sometimes I wonder what makes some people more enthusiastic than others about certain things. Enthusiasm is a very different thing from passion and I would not like to talk about the things one is passionate about! Is it an urge to get something done which drives the first category of people? Or is it because of some incentive? Or is it because of some obligation imposed by some other person? This question has always puzzled me. I admit, I belong to the second category of people. I am almost always unenthusiastic about anything. I certainly don't like to do things which I am not interested in...
As a child, I'd always hated studies! Except for mathematics, I don't remember having opened any book, except on the eve of the exam day. And when forcefully made to study, under the obligation of passing the exam, I would try to read a few pages, but would all asleep within no time! If not asleep, then the mind would wander around to some far away place. Luckily, my academic record was not so poor, and I managed to successfully carry this attitude through, although, with a steady decrease in performance. Having said this, I've observed other people, who though not interested in a particular subject, have still successfully managed to study it. How they managed to motivate themselves is still a mystery to me. Ofcourse, competition is one factor which has the potential to motivate people. I have actually seen myself self motivated during competition. But as soon as I entered college, the feeling of competition was lost. I've never found a way to regain the feeling of competition in any field. Can it be because I made some wrong choice somewhere? Or is it something to do with work life? Or something to do with social life? Or is it a combination of the above? Or is it because of some other unknown reason? These are some questions definitely worth pondering on...
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