Today: E is for Enthusiasm
Opportunities come the way of people who show they are keen to help out and keen to take action. Enthusiasm, or keenness, or general positivity makes you a much nicer person to be around (provided, of course, it is balanced by groundedness and giving space for other people - no one likes people who are so manically enthusiastic that they take up all the oxygen in the room. )
If you need help in being more positive, energised and enthusiastic, try the Improv game "Yes And"with a friend. You tell a story, taking turns to add a sentence. Each time, their sentence begins with "Yes and ...". That's it. Try it. Try it with yourself if no-one else is around.
There's no chance to block ideas, be negative or critical, it gets you into a positive, accepting mindset, and all that positivity is positively energising.
When I did performance improv with Short and Girlie, I always got there early for warm-ups, and always tried to do a round of "Yes and ..." with each of the players on the evening, especially those I didn't know well. It really helped to put me into a creative, lively mindset.
And of course - being positive, aware, alert to opportunities, listening to those around us can all help us be alert to opportunities, and generally make us luckier.
Tomorrow, the letter F!
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