How to Live on 24 Hours a Day

And without the power to concentrate—that is to say, without the power to dictate to the brain its task and to ensure obedience—true life is impossible. Mind control is the first element of a full existence.

And habits are the very dickens to change! Further, any change, even a change for the better, is always accompanied by drawbacks and discomforts.

We are obliged, by various codes written and unwritten, to maintain ourselves and our families (if any) in health and comfort, to pay our debts, to save, to increase our prosperity