Maximizing Mental Potential: Insights for Both Men and Women

By Indrajeet Nayak and Daniel Martinez

Unleash Your Mental Potential

In "Maximizing Mental Potential: Insights for Both Men and Women," authors Indrajeet Nayak and Daniel Martinez delve deep into the realm o

• Language: English
• Publisher: Daniel
• Release date: Feb 9, 2024
• ISBN: 9798869178657

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Chapter One - Mental EFFICIENCY

THE APPEAL

If advertisements can be said to possess any merit--and a journalist is certainly no one to dispute that proposition--the American nation is quickly approaching levels of physical efficiency not seen since Sparta itself. All American newspapers and monthlies publish ads from physical-culture specialists, who claim they can make your organs work like an unbreakable 60 horsepower motorcar. Recently I came across a book by one of these specialists which attempted to show how perfect health could be achieved through dedicating just half an hour a day for specific exercises. Advertising costs skyrocket due to these campaigns which take over every aspect of public life - this includes sports. Therefore, they must bring in considerable business. A great many individuals must be concerned with the inefficiency of their bodies, and seek ways to improve it. We see this same trend here in England; indeed it seems to be increasing. Muscles are expanding too, as we see an increase in physical fitness among men. If you enter their bedroom early enough in the day, you may witness them lying on their back on the floor, standing on their heads or swinging clubs around in search of physical efficiency - as happened to me! I recall once having pursued such goals myself. I lay on the floor, my delicate epidermis barely separated from the carpet by only thin garments, contorting myself according to fifteen diagrams on a large chart (believed to be the magna charta of physical efficiency) each morning after shaving. Within three weeks my collars no longer met around my prize-fighter's neck; my hosier saw incredible profits; and I realized I had gone far enough with physical efficiency.

Strangely enough, it had never occurred to me to dedicate a quarter-hour a day after shaving for mental efficiency. Our bodies can be complicated things--sometimes in disarray--yet culture can bring order out of chaos. Minds of average individuals are often much more complex, not less chaotic but perhaps even more susceptible to influence by culture. We compare ourselves with the gentleman shown in physical efficiency advertisements and murmur This will never do. And we worked to build up the muscles in our arms so they could be displayed (via frock coat) to women at afternoon tea. But we may not realize that our minds contain muscles and apparatus, which may not function efficiently enough; some being atrophied while others starved of nutrients; etc. One man of sedentary occupation went for an extended walk on Easter Monday, only to feel so worn-out by evening that he could barely eat. Realizing his body has suffered due to his neglectful lifestyle choices, this event caused shock. So much so, that they immediately set about taking steps towards remedy. He may walk to work, play golf or perform post-shaving exercises; but after an extended sedentary course of newspapers, magazines and novels, take your mind for a hike through some scientific, philosophic or artistic subject matter. What will he do then? Stay out all day long until he collapses in exhaustion in the evening? Unlikely. Studies show that when they start feeling fatigued after just quarter of an hour, most return home immediately rather than wait to feel their second wind and return later on. Will he express genuine concern that his mind has fallen into disarray and urge that something must be done about it? Not likely; more likely than not he'll just accept the status quo without shame or even profound regret. Have I made my meaning clear?

Without much poignant regret; regret is unavoidably caused by realizing one has mental deficiencies which may, with minimal difficulty, be remedied. That vague regret spreads like smoke from our pores as soon as we realize we need help in order to function more effectively in life.

Knowledge exists everywhere and especially among those nearing midlife; those near this threshold recognize an immense abundance of knowledge from which none will ever become their own. They step outside their orderly homes on a starlit night, experiencing dimly the incredible vastness of heavens. Yet an unnerving small voice whispers: though they have read in newspapers that the Pleiades has 50 thousand stars, they cannot even locate them in the sky! How would they like to understand the significance of the Nebular Theory, perhaps one of the most comprehensive theories!? Years pass quickly; with 24 hours available in each day and only 6 or 7 being productively used; an impulse, effort or system may suffice to gradually cure one of their mental laziness, increase muscle tone and prepare them to embrace all that knowledge and sensation have to offer them! Regret is not felt strongly enough: these individuals do nothing and remain passive as life passes them by - as though passing along an endless table full of delicacies without reaching out their hands to grasp any. Do I exaggerate? Are most of us not struggling with an inexplicable feeling that our minds have become like the liver of an advertisement--sluggish and that there is no plausible excuse for their malady, including incompetence, time pressures, opportunities and means?

Why doesn't someone with experience in mental efficiency come forward and demonstrate how we can use our minds more efficiently? No one here means quacks; many physical efficiency specialists who advertise heavily are genuine experts with real results to offer us. If a course of treatment can be developed for the body, then perhaps we could also enact one for our minds and realize some of our collective ambitions regarding making use of that marvelous machine that lies dormant within us all. We all seek to better ourselves, to add knowledge and sophistication to our lives. Who wouldn't welcome the opportunity of studying something so they won't die regretting never having lived fully?

Not having knowledge about anything! What prevents people from knowing more is not lack of desire; rather it's the absence of will-power--not just will-to-start, but will to carry through; and mental