A few days ago, the front page of the Hamburger Morgenpost read: “Taylor is coming! The greatest pop star in the world sings – and Hamburg is going crazy.” And the paper is absolutely right. Anke and I were two of the over 57 TSD people who were there for Taylor Swift’s first show in Hamburg.

At a tender 34 years old, the 1.80m tall blonde American has every single fan on their feet for over 3.5 hours and 45 songs. However, what is almost more fascinating than Taylor Swift’s grandiose stage show, and performance are the Swifties. That’s what the superstar’s fans call themselves.

With the first note from the stage, they all are up – the seat is practically unnecessary. And not only that – they know every song and perform it as if they were Taylor herself. In one song, a young girl stands at the end of the catwalk, where Taylor walks up and down. She dances every move of the dancers and can hardly believe her luck when Taylor comes to her, hugs her, and puts her black hat on her.

My gaze often goes to our former seat neighbors, who have been standing for hours now. The girls are so passionately involved in every song that it’s almost more exciting to watch their rendition and interpretation of the song than the original. “Taylor just has a song for every situation in life,” one says to the other, beaming. And it makes me wonder: If people can put so much passion into the stories (which, at the end of the day, are the lyrics of the songs) of other people, why do they often find it so hard to generate the same joy, power, and energy for their own everyday lives? So, the question is not how I can generate the energy, but what the difference is between the things where I have it and the things where I don’t.

This is the question I would like to give you for the coming week. Where and when do you do things with absolute ease, joy, and power? What is different there compared to your relationship, your job, or your resolutions like getting slim or drinking more non-alcoholic drinks, where you haven’t yet shown the same power? Why does it work so well in one area and not in another? If you find this difference, you’ll know how to motivate yourself joyfully in the other area as well. It’s rarely a question of ability, but more a question of actual doing. Find the key to your personal ease and use it for everything that hasn’t come so easily to you so far.