...wants to do in order to find out more. He should then be given the opportunity to do. James says that it is not in the moment of their forming but in the...effects that resolves and aspirations communicate a set to the brain. The quantitative experiments should be selected not for their disciplinary value...

...future success in the desired direction. Another maxim is to seize the very first possible opportunity to act on every resolution you make, and on every emotional prompting you may experience in the new direction. It is putting resolutions into action that starts up the new paths in the brain. Prompt...

...undoes more than a great many turns will wind again." 3. "Seize the very first possible opportunity to act on every resolution you make, and on every...aspirations communicate the new 'set' to the brain." 1 "" It is evident that real assimilation of knowledge is 1 James, Talks to Teachers, pp. 67-70. See...

...occur till the new habit is securely rooted in your life." Third, "Seize the first possible opportunity to act on every resolution you make, and on every...in the direction of the habits you aspire to gain." At a concert where a great singer is appealing to the emotions, at church under strong preaching, or...

...James, in stating his third rule for the formation of habit, says, "Seize the first possible opportunity to act on every resolution you make, and on every...in the direction of the habits you aspire to gain." 2 The writer has usually rephrased it for his pupils, — " Practice and create special opportunities...

...single slip undoes more than a great many turns will wind again. " (3) Seize the very first opportunity to act on every resolution you make, and on every...in the direction of the habits you aspire to gain. " (4) Keep the faculty of effort alive in you by a little gratuitous exercise every day. That is, be...

...emotional prompting you may experience in the direction of the habits you aspire to gain." He says: "It is not in the moment of their forming, but in...aspirations communicate the new 'set' to the brain. . . . Every time a resolve or a fine glow of feeling evaporates without bearing practical fruit is...

...undoes more than a great many turns will wind again." "3. Seize the very first possible opportunity to act on every resolution you make, and on every...in the direction of the habits you aspire to gain." "4. Keep the faculty of effort alive by a little gratuitous exercise every day; do every day something...

...will are to result. He italicizes the following maxim : " Seize the very first possible opportunity to act on every resolution you make, and on every...in the direction of the habits you aspire to gain." He says: "It is not in the moment of their forming, but in the moment of their producing motor effects,...

...results into actual practise. ' ' Seize the very first possible opportunity," advises "William James, "to act on every resolution you make and on every...in the direction of the habits you aspire to gain." To choose intelligently between our complex and conflicting desires we must avoid impulsiveness. In...