There are many benefits to acting more enthusiastic. Acting more enthusiastic can help you enjoy better health, have a more positive attitude, and reach your goals in life. You may also notice that acting more enthusiastic helps you get along better with others and enjoy better relationships in your life.
By acting more enthusiastic you can create an emotional and mental state that encourages better health and a more positive attitude. By acting more enthusiastic you are telling yourself, “I feel good about this,” or “I am happy about this.” When you believe these things, your body reacts in ways that create the very feelings you are trying to convey by acting so positively.
Acting enthusiastic can also help you reach your goals by making it easier for you to work toward them. If you believe there is a light at the end of the tunnel, it’s much easier to keep going until you reach that light. Believing that everything will turn out well makes it easier to put effort into reaching your goals.
Acting enthusiastic can create a positive reaction from others around you. When people see that you are happy and optimistic they tend to react in a similar way, which allows them to enjoy a happier outlook as well. This may also help them be more successful in reaching their own goals and enjoying better relationships
A lot of people are timid about expressing enthusiasm. It’s often considered a sign of immaturity or silliness. But there are many benefits to acting more enthusiastic than you feel:
1) It will make you feel more enthusiastic.
2) You’ll have more fun doing whatever you’re doing.
3) People will enjoy being around you more, and giving you more of what you want.
4) If your enthusiasm is contagious, people around you will enjoy whatever they’re doing more as well.
5) You’ll learn faster and better by seeing everything through a lens of excitement and possibility, rather than fear or loathing.
6) You’ll become skilled at the subtle body language that conveys enthusiasm – the little gestures and facial expressions that signal interest, connection, and joy in conversation and other interactions. This skill will serve you well in every social situation for the rest of your life.
7) If you can generate so much excitement about something that it spreads to others (which is a real skill), then even if what you’re excited about doesn’t come true – as is often the case with startups – then there’s still value in having done it. I would go so far as to say that there is value in
There are some obvious benefits to acting more enthusiastic. Those around you will be happier, and you will be happier too. People will also assume that you are more competent. They will assume that you know more than you do, and assume that you can do more than you actually can.
The flip side of this is that if you act less enthusiastic, people will think that you are less competent. They will assume that your ideas are less important or less interesting than they really are, and they will assume that your skills are not as good as they really are.
This means that the amount of enthusiasm you show with your body language has a big impact on how much others respect and trust the things you say and do.
If someone is happy to work hard for a long time when they’re excited about something, why don’t we deliberately act like we’re excited about everything? It’s good for us and it’s good for those around us.
You’ve heard it before: energy is contagious.
Well, it’s true!
If you’re feeling down or lackadaisical, your colleagues will pick up on your mood and be less likely to want to collaborate with you.
So how do you change this? How can you communicate with more enthusiasm?
The good news is that acting enthusiastic can actually make you more enthusiastic! And there are three simple tips to help you act more enthusiastic and become more engaged in the process.
First, smile. Smiling not only makes you look friendlier and more approachable, it also makes you feel happier and more confident. And if you don’t feel like smiling? Fake it ’til you make it. Put a pen in your mouth horizontally and hold for a few seconds — the muscles used for smiling are the same ones used when holding a pen in your mouth this way. The results may not be perfect, but people will respond better to your frown upside-down than right-side up.
As a manager, I like to hire people who make me look good. Here is a trick you can use to make yourself look like you are more enthusiastic than you really are:
When someone asks you how you are doing, try saying “Fantastic!”
This works because it is unexpected. It makes people curious about why exactly you are so great. And then when you tell them that your family’s all healthy, your team’s doing well, your project is coming along nicely, and you’re enjoying the weather–well, that does sound pretty fantastic.
Saying “fantastic” when asked how you are is a way of showing enthusiasm for life in general. Enthusiasm is infectious. By expressing enthusiasm for the world around us, we create enthusiasm in the people we talk to.
Most people are able to fake enthusiasm pretty well. After all, we’ve been doing it since childhood.
What’s hard is expressing real enthusiasm. As I write this, I have a big smile on my face and my eyes are wide with excitement. It feels great! I feel like anything is possible!
As adults, we rarely let ourselves be this enthusiastic. We’re too worried about looking silly or being judged by others. We don’t want anyone to think we’re crazy or weird.
But the benefits of enthusiasm are strong enough to overcome these obstacles. Let me list a few:
– Enthusiasm is magnetic. People like to be around energetic, excited people because it feels good to them too. They’re more likely to hire you, date you, and befriend you if you display enthusiasm.
– Enthusiasm improves your mood and confidence. When you feel like anything is possible, you become unstoppable. You can accomplish anything you set your mind to when you’re feeling that way, so why not feel that way more often?
– Enthusiasm helps your relationships with others. When someone shares something exciting with us – a personal success or a new discovery – it’s fun for us to get excited for them and cheer them on in their endeavor
I used to be the most boring person in the world.
I was raised by parents who were very reserved and serious, and I learned to be reserved and serious as well. I did my work, took care of business, and was a pretty good student. But I was never really enthusiastic about anything.
And then at some point I had an experience that changed me. I went on a trip with someone who was naturally enthusiastic about everything. It didn’t matter what we were doing, he’d find something interesting about it. He’d get excited about things like the way the shadows from trees moved in the wind, or some new kind of chewing gum he found in a store, or what a particular person’s shoes looked like.
It seemed weird at first, but after a while it kind of rubbed off on me. And then when we got back home, I noticed myself getting more excited about things.
It also made me realize how much other people weren’t like that. Most people don’t get excited very often, especially not about things that are going on right now. They usually only get excited when they’re talking about something that happened in the past (like their vacation). Or they get excited when they’re talking about something that hasn’t happened yet (
