Too right alf. Enthusiasm is an antidote to complacency or boredom. To psyche yourself up so that your level of alertness is elevated is not difficult if you have some imagination. You need to call on your own specific well of resources that give colour to your every undertaking. That might sound vague, but it is such an individual, personal exercise that if you can't devise your own method, then you need to find someone who is skilled as a motivator and can imbue the genuine mind states that guarantee a pilot always on the qui vivre.