Enthusiasm is what makes the difference between reaching our goals and giving up before we
get started. Thomas Edison said, "If the only thing we leave our kids is the quality of
enthusiasm, we will have given them an estate of incalculable value." Edison's research
laboratory burned to the ground when he was 67. As the fire consumed his world-famous
"invention factory," Edison told his children, "Kids, go get your mother. She'll never see another
fire like this one." Edison knew that enthusiasm is the best antidote for tragedy, and it's the most
powerful weapon to use in the war against procrastination.
