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

The text argues that mental energy is the foundation of personal and business efficiency, asserting that vivid mental images and the prevailing mental setting mobilize reserve forces and sustain persistence. It examines how to produce a mental second wind, develop initiative and endurance, and transform latent reserves into sustained productive effort. It analyzes psychological and physiological causes of waste and offers practical diagnostics and techniques to economize effort, balance work and rest, and correct sensory or attentional defects. Guidelines and rules for conserving mental capital and organizing cooperative thought processes complete a program of applied methods for increasing long-term effectiveness.