Enthusiasm

Enthusiasm, I once heard that there are three ingredients when combined will produce success in any field you are interested in being successful in. One is Talent, one is Hard Work and last is Enthusiasm, you only need two of these elements to be successful as long as one of them is Enthusiasm. Enthusiasm of a scene inspires you to try harder, it can often manifest itself as an emotional response. Without Enthusiasm you will have no spontaneity and the work will become labored,
with Enthusiasm your work will become joy.  Many people want to take better images, how are you going to achieve this without Enthusiasm of what you are photographing. As I have said before, how well do you know your camera, if the technical side of the camera gets in the way of your Enthusiasm do something about it.
There are 3 steps to getting better images.
One, the initial capture.
Two, processing.
Third the print/ the finished image.
Most of us have to work on the Hard Work element, rather than the Talent, we need to understand how our camera works and know what we need to do with the camera to get the results we want. 
"Prior and proper preparation prevents 'p'-poor performance!" a quote from the Natural horseman who I studied for 7 year, Pat Parelli. Understand your equipment so it does not get in the way of your image.