A genuine sense of interest

In this article: Developing and sustaining a sense of genuine heartfelt interest in everything we do is the path of mastery, meaning and confidence. It also increases the odds of actually succeeding, but does not guarantee it--nothing can.

It's easy to fake interest for a while. We meet someone and for the sake of the conversation [the business contact] we pretend to be genuinely interested, or we are for a while, but soon the interest fades.

We start a new job, hobby, social activity, project and it's interesting for a while, but soon the glamour and interest fade, or we become bored.

And another way of talking about the act of continuing to do something after we have lost a sense of genuine heartfelt interest, is reluctance... reluctant participation.

And to the degree that our participation in anything we do, is reluctant, is to the same extent we cause for ourselves, psychological pain, misery and mistrust.

The most profound mindset shift possible, is the one we make from some degree of reluctant participation, to a sustained wholehearted genuine interest in everything we do.