Michael Phelps is an enthusiastic swimmer. He had to be, in order to get onto the U.S. Swim Team. Phelps swam even on the days that he didn't feel like it. His coach remarked that those days were "money in the bank". He trained with passion. He trained with enthusiasm!! He also had lots of natural ability and great genetics for swimming.

Mike Phelps made it look easy. He went on to win EIGHT GOLD MEDALS at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing!! This happened because he set his mind on a goal then passionately swam after it for well over a decade! I was glued to the TV set in my room throughout the Olympics, because I couldn't get enough of watching Phelps' ENTHUSIASM in action on the Olympic stage. He's a real inspiration to me.

If you decide to blog, you need to find something that you are passionate about, some subject that really gets your juices flowing in a big way! You need to blog just like Mike Phelps swam at those epic Beijing Olympics!!

Write in a style that effectively gets passionate enthusiasm across to your readers! Explain the different ways that a successful blogger writes to arouse strong emotion in her readers. Use pictures if you can to further arouse your readers' emotions. Push their buttons! Do whatever it takes to get your points across!

When your blog posts exude enthusiasm and passion, you'll be well on your way to becoming a successful, A-List blogger!! Your readers will come back for more! They'll know they want to! They won't even be able to help themselves! They'll hit the subscribe button so fast that you'll wake up the next morning to find another hundred subscribers on your FeedBurner button!! They'll be begging for more revelations in your comments! You'll have 'em eating out of your hand!

I'll be delving into some of these topics in future articles here at HubPages. Stay Tuned.

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J. D. Ebberly's Lifestream