...attention until the new habit is formed. In time the habit will come to work almost automatically. make, and on every emotional prompting you may experience...effects, that resolves and aspirations communicate a new 'set' to the brain." Keep the desired habit alive by daily exercise. As the athlete builds up...

...you wish your resolves to be firmly fixed, you should act upon them speedily and often. "It is notin the moment of their forming, but in the moment of...aspirations communicate the new ' set ' to the brain." "No matter how full a reservoir of maxims one may possess, and no matter how good one's sentiments...

...stress on instruction and the stirring of the emotions, forgetful that "It is not," as James says, "in the moment of their forming, but in the moment...that resolves and aspirations communicate the new set of habits to the brain." Expressiona! Activity in the Sunday-school There are three phases of self-expression...

...the new habit is securely rooted in your life. Seize the very first possible opportunity to act on every resolution you make, and on every emotional...in the direction of the habits you aspire to gain. — Professor William James. A FRIEND of General Grant's, in a magazine article, relates the following...

...spontaneous life and joy. (c) The third rule is: "Seize the very first possible opportunity to act on every resolution you make, and on every emotional...in the direction of the habits you aspire to gain." This rule warns us against feeling emotions and making resolutions without carrying them out into action....

...till the new habit is rooted in your life. "Third: Seize the very first possible opportunity to act on every resolution you make and on every emotional prompting you may experience in the direction of habits you aspire to gain." Shorthand is a habit-forming study. Each step in your work, therefore,...

...third maxim may be added to the preceding pair : Seize the very first possible opportunity to act on every resolution you make, and on every emotional...aspirations communicate the new "set" to the brain. No matter how full a reservoir of maxims one may possess, and no matter how good one's sentiments may...

...lapses, determination not to be beaten. "Third, seize the very first possible opportunity to act on every resolution you make, and on every emotional...in the direction of the habits you aspire to gain. . . . No matter how full a reservoir of maxims one may possess, and no matter how good one's sentiments...

...best career of mental progress." | Fourth Maxim. "Seize the very first possible opportunity to act on every resolution you make, and on every emotional...in the direction of the habits you aspire to gain." The reason for this is that only in exercising I resolutions are they really made. Then the brain cells...

...new habit is securely rooted in your life. Third, Seize the very first possible opportunity to act on every resolution you make, and on every emotional...in the direction of the habits you aspire to gain. Fourth, Don't preach too much to your pupils or abound in good talk in the abstract. Fifth, Keep the...