COPYRIGHT 1914
BY THE APPLIED PSYCHOLOGY PRESS
SAN FRANCISCO

CONTENTS

ChapterPage
I.[MENTAL SECOND WIND]
[STICKING TO THE JOB]3
[THE LAGGING BRAIN]4
[RESERVE SUPPLIES OF POWER]5
["BLUE" MONDAYS]6
[HOW TO STRIKE ONE'S STRIDE]7
[THE SPUR OF DESIRE]8
[HOW TO RELEASE STORED-UP ENERGIES]9
[THE LAWYER WHO "OVERWORKS"]10
[EXCITEMENT AND THE HERO]12
[ENDURING POWER OF MIND]15
II.[RESERVES OF POWER]
[MAN'S POTENTIAL AND KINETIC ENERGIES]19
[HOLDING THE TOP PACE]20
[GENIUS AND THE MASTER MAN]21
[MENTAL EFFECTS OF CITY LIFE]22
[NEW-FOUND ENERGIES EXPLAINED]24
[QUICKENED MENTALITY]25
[FAST LIVING AND LONG LIVING]26
[PROFESSOR PATRICK'S EXPERIMENTS]27
[RATIO BETWEEN REPAIR AND DEMAND]28
[PYGMIES AND GIANTS]29
[TRANSFORMING INERTNESS INTO ALERTNESS]30
[HOW THE MIND ACCUMULATES ENERGY]31
[THE THRESHOLD OF INHIBITION]32
[HIDDEN STRENGTH]33
[GIVING A MAN SCOPE]34
III.[THE INITIATIVE ENERGY OF SUCCESS]
[SOURCES OF PERSISTENCE]39
[IMPORTANCE OF THE MENTAL SETTING]41
[IDEAS ALL MEN RESPOND TO]42
[HOW TO EXALT THE PERSONALITY]43
["GOOD STARTERS" AND "STRONG FINISHERS"]44
[STEPS IN SELF-DEVELOPMENT]45
[SAVING A THOUSAND A YEAR]46
[LOOKING FOR A "SOFT SNAP"]47
[DRAWING POWER FROM ON HIGH]48
[THE MAN WHO LASTS]50
IV.[HOW TO AVOID WASTES THAT DRAIN THE ENERGY OF SUCCESS]
[SPEEDING THE BULLET WITHOUT AIMING]53
[WHY MOST MEN FAIL]54
[THE SUCCESSFUL PROMOTER]56
[THE HUMAN DYNAMO]57
[COOL BRAINS AND HOT BOXES]58
[MARVELOUS INCREASED EFFICIENCY HANDLING "PIG"]59
["OVERLOADED" HUMAN ENGINES]60
[SCIENTIFIC MANAGEMENT OF SELF]61
[PHYSIOLOGICAL CAUSES OF WASTE]62
[TESTS FOR SENSORY DEFECTS]63
[MENTAL FRICTION AND INNER WHIRLWINDS]65
[PROMINENT TRAITS OF GREAT ACHIEVERS]67
[WHY A MAN BREAKS DOWN]70
[HOW TO ECONOMIZE EFFORT]71
[HOW YOUR MENTAL CAPITAL IS DISSIPATED]72
[CONQUERING INDECISION]73
[WHY "CHRISTIAN SCIENCE" WORKS]74
[HOW TO RELEASE PENT-UP POWER]75
[PROPER RATIO BETWEEN WORK AND REST]77
[DETERMINING YOUR NORM OF EFFICIENCY]79
V.[THE SECRET OF MENTAL EFFICIENCY]
[WHERE ENERGY IS STORED]83
[BODILY EFFECTS OF IDEAS]84
[IMPULSES AND INHIBITIONS]85
[TRAINING FOR MENTAL "TEAM-WORK"]87
[RUST AND THE "DAILY GRIND"]88
[IDEAS THAT HARMONIZE]89
[FIVE RULES FOR CONSERVING ENERGY]90
[BUSINESS LUCK AND "BLUE-SKY" THEORIES]94
[DEVICES FOR COMMERCIAL EFFICIENCY]95

Chapter I

MENTAL SECOND WIND

Sticking to the Job

Are you an unusually persevering and persistent person? Or, like most of us, do you sometimes find it difficult to stick to the job until it is done? What is your usual experience in this respect?

Is it not this, that you work steadily along until of a sudden you become conscious of a feeling of weariness, crying "Enough!" for the time being, and that you then yield to the impulse to stop?