Losing enthusiasm is something you see a lot. Enthusiasm literally means possessed by god. If you look at little children, it seems like they are always possessed (by a god). They are always enthusiastic. They are excited about their toys, about a drawing, about what they see, about everything. They are totally in that divine energy of enthusiasm.
What's actually happening? You can also look at inspirare. In Latin, inspirare means to blow in, so it's the kind of blowing in of the mind. If you're very enthusiastic, you sort of blow that energy into others.
People get inspired by enthusiastic people.
Some people don't have that. In some people, that inspiration and that divine energy is completely extinguished. It is very difficult to get that energy back in. So then you have to be super enthusiastic to inspire those people.
It's hard to achieve this success when you throw a full tank of enthusiasm at it, though. Then that step, the difference, between your energy and their lack of energy is too big. Then you have to massage it in a little more slowly. You have to build up your enthusiasm slowly, so to speak.
If you look at entrepreneurs and the success of entrepreneurs, they are enthusiastic people. Unfortunately, there are also entrepreneurs who have learned something cool and want to pass it on to people, but they are not enthusiastic enough.
For example, they are afraid and if you feel that fear or act fearful, you can never be possessed by that divine energy. The fear inhibits and is the door that keeps the energy closed.
When you no longer feel that fear, you can actually get excited and do.
If you're super excited about what you do, you don't feel fear. That's just impossible.
Only when you have that enthusiastic feeling, that energy, can you inspire people.
Of course, when people come to a seminar of mine, I have to get them excited about hypnosis. And hypnosis, that's a state that doesn't actually come across as enthusiastic at all. It almost seems like people are asleep and it seems very peaceful. But after two days, people are still so excited that they go around the room like bouncing balls.
Why? Because I am enthusiastic. Because only then can you inspire people. I am so enthusiastic about the phenomenon of hypnosis that I could fill 50 days talking about it. Only then can you inspire people.
Your influence through possession
You may recognize this from your school days. That you paid incredibly close attention to some teachers because those teachers were so enthusiastic about their subject. History and economics were suddenly fun.
My teacher would come up with oranges and then ask why we didn't grow them because they wouldn't be edible. "So we import them," then I followed up with a whole lesson on import and export. That still stuck with me even though it was more than 20 years ago.
He did all this crazy stuff and he was so excited about the economics profession that I had a high grade. My son had exactly the same thing the other day. Everyone had a good grade for German. He also thought he would get a good grade, but suddenly he had a five. What was different now? The teacher, he had gone from an inspiring teacher to an uninspiring teacher.
The teacher is incredibly influential.
Even when you are an entrepreneur in front of a group, your enthusiasm can make a big difference. Why does one entrepreneur have a thousand clients and another one. It may have to do with marketing, but even then the question is: Is it enthusiasm? Do you like it? Do you want to be in the room with that person?
When I look at personal development, for example, these are cool guys who are successful. Of course you also have haters, but they also have a lot of people who love it.
With enthusiasts, it's always fun to be in the room.
It also works to get people in the room with them.
This is what I sometimes miss about people. Your own enthusiasm, your own obsession with your product. Your own possession of your field.
I know people who are so excited by numbers that they get you excited yourself. Before you know it, you're studying math.
That's the kind of people you want to be in the room with. Quite apart from what people say, you can often get that from a book, too.
That's also how I went to see Tony Robbins, which was really great. But there was much more in his book. Still, you leave there with a lot of energy. Why? Because he is enthusiastic and everybody is enthusiastic.
Be a little more enthusiastic about yourself, about what you do, that way you inspire people.
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Easy ways to become possessed
Now you may ask, but how do I become more enthusiastic? How do I become possessed by what I do? Research shows that nature can be incredibly inspiring[1]. So, do you feel like you need to generate some enthusiasm to share something about your projects and get people hooked? Then a walk in nature, or at least out of town, can do wonders for you.
Another nice thing to improve your enthusiasm is to find out what you are actually helping people with[2]. Helping people is incredibly good for your well-being, this is because it can give you energy. So take a look at what you are helping people with through your work and start talking about that.
Ultimately, one of the reasons I am so excited about hypnosis is because it can be a solution for many people to overcome problems. So what problem are you helping to overcome?
In addition, it is helpful when you are in a social environment that supports you. People who tell you all the time that something can't be done inhibit you. By gathering people around you who think with you and who understand your enthusiasm, you can become even more enthusiastic. They are like the oxygen that makes your fire burn harder.
In addition, the state of hypnosis can also help you improve your creativity. For example, if you are writing a text, the state you are in can help you make connections more easily and thus find creative solutions[3].
Find your block that is blocking your possession
Don't these simple ways help you still become possessed by what you do? Then the archetypal Dutch credo "just act normal, you'll be crazy enough" may have caused you to find it difficult to show your enthusiasm.
Not at all convenient if you want to inspire people to do something.
So when did that child in you who got excited about everything become a inhibited person? This is something you can find out with hypnosis. There are several techniques for this.
In fact, hypnosis can also be used to solve problems.
For example, you can use socratic conversation. In this conversation, while you are in hypnosis, the why question is repeated several times to get to the core of why you are afraid to express something. This allows you to find a blocking belief such as "everyone thinks I'm stupid when I act enthusiastic."
Next, you can ridicule such a blocking belief. You can repeat it in a weird little voice, while hopping around and pulling on your ears. The goal is for it to make you laugh.
Another way to remove a belief that is blocking you from becoming truly enthusiastic is with regression. With regression, you go back to the first moment when you felt that showing your possession of something was not right.
Generally, these are moments in your childhood, because that is the period in your life when you learn how life works and how you are "supposed" to function in it. Then in your mind you start doing something with that moment. You are going to use your imagination to change the moment. You can put your adult self in it or you can empathize with other people who were present at that moment to see how you interpret the moment with your current knowledge.
This can make the moment in your mind completely different already, allowing you to easily release the blocking belief and then making it easier to show your enthusiasm about certain things.
Who knows who will ignite and inspire you all 😊.
Which technique you can best use is different for everyone. A hypnotherapist will help you find the way that works best for you[4].
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Sources:
[1] http://i-rep.emu.edu.tr:8080/jspui/handle/11129/185
[2] https://www.jstor.org/stable/1311345
[3] https://psycnet.apa.org/record/1980-00285-001
[4] https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00029157.1984.10402571
