He genuinely likes fixing plumbing messes, for one thing, and despite the worst recession he has seen, 'I'm still excited to get up and go to work every day, ' he says.

Motivation can be defined as an impulse to channel energy and action toward a specific goal.

The highway is frequently blocked by rockfalls, most of which can be cleared in days, but work was still in progress at Attabad in mid-March 2010.

Lawmakers could, of course, decide that there are other ways than buying up mortgages to unclog credit in financial markets.

This is designed to channel water underground at high pressure, and will go into natural-gas-drilling equipment.