 | Julian Lincoln Simon - 2000 - 248 sider
...by habit in the brain. . . . Keep the faculty of effort alive in you by a little gratuitous exercise every day. That is, be systematically ascetic or heroic...other reason than that you would rather not do it. . . ."6 (I go along with James on the latter point, however, only if the ascetic or heroic act is valuable... | |
 | John S. Mackenzie - 2005 - 493 sider
...every day." He adds, " Be systematically ascetic or heroic in little unnecessary points ; do eYery day or two something for no other reason than that you would rather not do it," as a stimulus to the development of character ; so that, like Rabbi Ben Ezra, we may * welcome each... | |
 | William James - 2007 - 709 sider
...offer something like this : Keep the faculty of effort alive in you by a little gratuitous exercise every day. That is, be systematically ascetic or heroic...not do it, so that when the hour of dire need draws nigh.it may find you not unnerved and untrained to stand the test. Asceticism of this sort is like... | |
 | Christopher Bergland - 2007 - 406 sider
...Practice Ritual and Routine. Consistent Behavior Do every day or two something for no other reason than you would rather not do it, so that when the hour...you not unnerved and untrained to stand the test. WILLIAM JAMES The key to creating good habits is to develop personal rituals and routines that become... | |
 | Theron Q. Dumont - 2007 - 285 sider
...ascetic or heroic in little, unnecessary points; do every day something for no other reason than that yon would rather not do it, so that when the hour of dire...you not unnerved and untrained to stand the test. The man who has daily inured himself to habits of concentrated attention, energetic volition, and selfdenial... | |
 | Paul Gordon Stoltz, Erik Weihenmayer - 2007 - 305 sider
...only comfort and expect greatness. Sometimes you have to take on the unpleasant. William James said, "Do every day or two something for no other reason than that you would rather not do it." We all have to train for the life we want to live. SUMMIT FIVE. PACK LIGHT, PACK RIGHT 181 doing what... | |
 | 1911 - 208 sider
...by the death of her mother. Keep the faculty of effort alive in you by a little gratuitous exercise every day. That is, be systematically ascetic or heroic...find you not unnerved and untrained to stand the test . . . The man who has daily inured himself to habits of concentrated attention, energetic volition,... | |
 | 1965 - 734 sider
...business. — RALPH WALDO EMERSON Keep the faculty of effort alive in you by a little gratuitous exercise every day. That is, be systematically ascetic or heroic...you not unnerved and untrained to stand the test. — WILLIAM JAMES Your Bookshelf on Review EDITED BY BENJAMIN FRANK, PH.D Department of Sociology,... | |
 | John Maccunn - 288 sider
...effort alive in us by a little gratuitous exercise James' ascetic everyday." That is, as he explains, "do every day or two something for no other reason...may find you not unnerved and untrained to stand the test1." It is advice which may not come amiss to those whose lot is cast in circumstances where there... | |
 | 1910 - 454 sider
...little gratuitous exercise every day. Be systematically ascetic or heroic in little unnecessary points, for no other reason than that you would rather not...you not unnerved and untrained to stand the test." VI. Since habit has a physiological and a psychological basis, it must be co-extensive with all the... | |
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Keep the faculty of effort alive in you by a little gratuitous exercise every day. That is> be systematically ascetic or heroic in little unnecessary points, do every day or two something for no other reason than that you would rather not do it, so that... 
