Scientific Management of Self

The "human dynamo" is a man who long ago learned the lesson ofscientific management of his own mental forces. He does one thing at atime, and does it the best he knows how. He directs the whole power ofhis mentality to the one problem and solves it with accuracy anddispatch. There is no more of a "load" on his "gray matter" than thereis on that of the fretting, fuming, finger biting fritterer, but everypound of steam is spent in useful work.

Look at the victim of St. Vitus' dance. There you have an illustrationof wasted energy. And it is mental energy, for every muscular movementrepresents the release of thought power. The mental lives of most menare equally aimless. They are lives of ceaseless activity producingnothing.
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