Psychology and Achievement / Being the First of a Series of Twelve Volumes on the Applications of Psychology to the Problems of Personal and Business Efficiency

As a working unit you are a kind of one-man business corporation made up of two departments, the mental and the physical.

Look where you will among living things, plant or animal, you will find that all are mere assemblages of cellular tissues.

All human achievement comes about through bodily activity.
II. All bodily activity is caused, controlled and directed by the mind

In the changing conditions of our day, one needs a better weapon than the mere knowledge of a particular trade, vocation or profession. He needs that mastery of himself and others that is the fundamental secret of success in all fields of endeavor

How many foot-pounds of energy do you suppose you annually dump into the scrap-heap of wasted effort? What does this mean to you in dollars and cents? In conscious usefulness? In peace and happiness?