With the passing of time, the freshness that is so demonstrative by a newbie begins to erode.  Your enthusiasm needs replenishment, or you may be in danger of burning out.  A new business or innovation needs a constant re-infusion of enthusiasm to sustain the excitement of those first days. 

If you have designed a business plan or goal chart, celebrate each milestone as it is conquered.  You may wish to include a concrete list of rewards for yourself, and follow through with these rewards of self-praise.  Resist the temptation to forego the reward or to delay it until a loftier goal has been reached.  These rewards will become the fuel that will feed your inner vision.  They will help you develop a success-oriented mindset, one that sees abundance and money as a good thing, and accepts success as an integral part of your life.  Diligently revise your plan so you can stay focused.  What you focus on expands, so endeavor to focus on every success and to applaud those who have also been successful.  "What saves a man is to take a step. Then another step," wrote Antoine de Saint-Exupery, pilot and author of "The Little Prince."

Diligence ensures that you keep this energy level at the high mark.  Identify successful processes that your competitors use, and carefully watch your mentors.  Imitate their success so that you understand how to modify it to suit your desires.  Samuel Johnson said, "What we hope ever to do with ease, we must learn first to do with diligence."

Be sure your diligence is directed with focus.  It will do little good to persist in actions that do not result in moving you toward your goal.  Consistently evaluate every process you develop to assure that it is purposeful.  When you discover actions that result in spinning wheels, replace them with systems that work.  Do this constantly, and it will keep your business fresh, while producing effective results.  The words of Ernest Hemingway make this point clear:  "Never mistake motion for action."