Produced by David Clarke, Sankar Viswanathan, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Million Book Project) Applied Psychology INITIATIVE PSYCHIC ENERGY _Being the Sixth of a Series of Twelve Volumes on the Applications of Psychology to the Problems of Personal and Business Efficiency_ BY WARREN HILTON, A.B., L.L.B. FOUNDER OF THE SOCIETY OF APPLIED PSYCHOLOGY ISSUED UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE LITERARY DIGEST FOR _The Society of Applied Psychology_ NEW YORK AND LONDON 1920 COPYRIGHT 1914 BY THE APPLIED PSYCHOLOGY PRESS SAN FRANCISCO CONTENTS Chapter I. MENTAL SECOND WIND STICKING TO THE JOB THE LAGGING BRAIN RESERVE SUPPLIES OF POWER "BLUE" MONDAYS HOW TO STRIKE ONE'S STRIDE THE SPUR OF DESIRE HOW TO RELEASE STORED-UP ENERGIES THE LAWYER WHO "OVERWORKS" EXCITEMENT AND THE HERO ENDURING POWER OF MIND II. RESERVES OF POWER MAN'S POTENTIAL AND KINETIC ENERGIES HOLDING THE TOP PACE GENIUS AND THE MASTER MAN MENTAL EFFECTS OF CITY LIFE NEW-FOUND ENERGIES EXPLAINED QUICKENED MENTALITY FAST LIVING AND LONG LIVING PROFESSOR PATRICK'S EXPERIMENTS RATIO BETWEEN REPAIR AND DEMAND PYGMIES AND GIANTS TRANSFORMING INERTNESS INTO ALERTNESS HOW THE MIND ACCUMULATES ENERGY THE THRESHOLD OF INHIBITION HIDDEN STRENGTH GIVING A MAN SCOPE III. THE INITIATIVE ENERGY OF SUCCESS SOURCES OF PERSISTENCE IMPORTANCE OF THE MENTAL SETTING IDEAS ALL MEN RESPOND TO HOW TO EXALT THE PERSONALITY "GOOD STARTERS" AND "STRONG FINISHERS" STEPS IN SELF-DEVELOPMENT SAVING A THOUSAND A YEAR LOOKING FOR A "SOFT SNAP" DRAWING POWER FROM ON HIGH THE MAN WHO LASTS IV. HOW TO AVOID WASTES THAT DRAIN THE ENERGY OF SUCCESS