Does a small trait like enthusiasm reign over bigger traits such as money, power and influence? I do believe that enthusiasm beats money, power and influence. I believe that it’s the most important trait that you need to have when you’re trying to achieve those things. In my mind, you need to have enthusiasm or to be enthusiastic about what you want to do if you want to succeed. Having enthusiasm leads to money, which leads to power and then influence. Enthusiasm determines what you feel about what you’re doing and determines how much you get done. If you’re writing a paper and are not enthusiastic at all, it’ll take longer to do so you won’t have it done. On the other hand, if you feel really good about writing a paper, you could have it done in a couple of days. If you think about big name celeberties, athletes, or musicians, they are enthusiastic about what they do and what they did to get to where they are, so they have a lot of passion about it and they love it. To conclude, I do believe that enthusiasm does beat money, power and influence because if you’re not enthusiastic about what you want to do, you won’t be able to achieve those things.