When you are going in to work every day to do a job that seems boring and routine, how do you keep going?

When business that you have started up does not seem to be going anywhere, how do you keep motivated?

When you know that you have talents that are unused and unrecognised, how do you keep at it?

In short, when faced with these situations how do you keep flame alive? The flame of enthusiasm, of interest, of pride in your work, of satisfaction of a good job done?

It is not always easy.

It is not always easy to sustain a positive attitude in face of setbacks. It is not always easy to maintain enthusiasm amidst surrounding lethargy. It is not always easy to keep working hard when your abilities are not stretched.

But you must.

You must believe, really believe, that there is something better. Because there is.

You must believe, really believe, that you yourself can do better. Because you can.

The world is full of people doing jobs more interesting than yours, more challenging than yours, more exiting than yours, better paid than yours. You have only got to look around to see that this is true. Ask yourself: 'If they can, why can't I?'.

Some are employed. Others have their own businesses. It doesn't matter which. Chose your own path. Somewhere out there there is something for you.

Don't let other people tell you what you can't do. There are plenty of people who will do that. Listen to few, sometimes very few, who tell you that you can.