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    The Secret of Mental Efficiency
    The Secret of Mental Efficiency
    The Secret of Mental Efficiency
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    The Secret of Mental Efficiency

    By Warren Hilton

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    Many a man will tell you that he does his best work in the wee watches of the morning, after tedious hours of persevering but fruitless effort. Instead[5] of being exhausted by its long hours of persistent endeavor, the mind seems now to rise to the acme of its power, to achieve its supreme accomplishments. Difficulties melt into thin air, profound problems find easy solution. Flights of genius manifest themselves. Yet long before midnight such a one had perhaps felt himself yield to fatigue and had tied a wet towel around his head or had taken stimulants to keep himself awake.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherInteractive Media
    Release dateSep 18, 2016
    ISBN9781911535270

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      The Secret of Mental Efficiency - Warren Hilton

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      Warren Hilton

      The Secret of Mental Efficiency

      Applied Psychology Series

      Published by The Big Nest

      This Edition first published in 2016

      Copyright © 2016 The Big Nest

      All Rights Reserved.

      ISBN: 9781911535270

      Contents

      CHAPTER I

      CHAPTER II

      CHAPTER III

      CHAPTER IV

      CHAPTER V

      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?

      THE LAGGING BRAIN

      Assuming that this is what generally happens, does this feeling of fatigue, this impulse to rest, mean that your mental energy is exhausted?

      Suppose that by a determined effort of the will you force your lagging brain to take up the thread of work. There will invariably come a new supply of energy, a second wind, enabling you to forge ahead with a freshness and vigor that is surprising after the previous lassitude.

      Nor is this all. The same process may be repeated a second time and a third time, each new effort of the will being followed by a renewal of energy.

      RESERVE SUPPLIES OF POWER

      Many a man will tell you that he does his best work in the wee watches of the morning, after tedious hours of persevering but fruitless effort. Instead of being exhausted by its long hours of persistent endeavor, the mind seems now to rise to the acme of its power, to achieve its supreme accomplishments. Difficulties melt into thin air, profound problems find easy solution. Flights of genius manifest themselves. Yet long before midnight such a one had perhaps felt himself yield to fatigue and had tied a wet towel around his head or had taken stimulants to keep himself awake.

      The existence of this reserve supply of energy is manifested in physical as well as mental effort.

      Men who work with their heads and men who work with their hands, scholars and Marathon runners, must alike testify to the existence of reserve supplies of power not ordinarily drawn upon.

      BLUE MONDAYS

      If we do not always or habitually utilize this reserve power, it is simply because we have accustomed ourselves to yield at once to the first strong feeling of fatigue.

      Evidence of this same fact appears in our feelings on different days. How often does a man get up from his breakfast-table after a long night’s rest, when he should be feeling fresh and invigorated, and say

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