The Trained Memory - Being the Fourth of a Series of Twelve Volumes on the - Applications of Psychology to the Problems of Personal and - Business Efficiency by Warren Hilton
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[Sidenote: _NOW!_] This is as true of bodily habits as of business affairs. The time to act upon an important matter that just now comes to mind is not "tomorrow" or a "little later," but _NOW_. What you do from moment to moment tells the story of your career. Ideas that come to you should be compared as to their relative importance. But do this honestly. Do not be swayed by distracting impulses that inadvertently slip in. And having gauged their importance give free rein at once to the impulse to do everything that should not make way for something more important. [Sidenote: _Persistence, Accuracy, Dispatch_] If, for any reason, action must be deferred, fix the matter in your mind to be called up at the proper time. Drive all other thoughts from your consciousness. Give your whole attention to this one matter. Determine the exact moment at which you wish it to be recalled. Then put your whole self into the determination to remember it at precisely the right moment. And finally, and perhaps most important of all,-- Rule V. _Have some sign or token._ This memory signal may be anything you choose, but it must somehow be directly connected with the hour at which the main event is to be recalled. [Sidenote: _Memory Signs and Tokens_] |
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