Life does not always run smoothly and many a step taken with the best intentions in the world does not turn out as well as expected. Even under ideal conditions, in the midst of our modern social and economic system, we are faced with problems day after day that call for specific decisions. Some of them involve only minor adjustments, others necessitate drastic changes or complete reversals in habitual behavior. But whatever the need our feelings or emotions of the moment definitely influence our actions and greatly affect our final decisions.
To be able to meet conditions as they arise one must be prepared for them. But unfortunately many an individual is handicapped from the start. Whether it be due to environment, to personal make-up, to conditioned reflexes, to preconceived notions, to lack of self-reliance or to emotional instability, many of us cannot face realistically the every-day problems of life.
We look for a way out and seek to escape the pending changes or the new responsibilities. We try to ignore them, to submerge or to suppress them, and that often marks the beginning of a complex or a neurosis.
The Chinese are great believers in preventive medicine and we, too, may find it advantageous in days to come to utilize the vast resources of modern medical science and mental therapy to keep us physically, mentally and emotionally fit at all times.
This book has two main objectives. 1st. To reach those who are advancing in years and are gradually growing tense, discouraged, easily upset or emotionally disturbed without knowing why. 2nd. Those who are already beset by fears, worries, anxieties, frustrations or mysterious ailments and want to help themselves.
Table of Contents
The First Hour - Who and What Are You? The Second Hour - How Many Of "You" Are There? The Third Hour - What Is Your Physical Condition? The Fourth Hour - Are You Set In Your Ways? The Fifth Hour - How To Change Your Habits The Sixth Hour - Make Memory Work For You The Seventh Hour - What Is Your Psychic Age? The Eighth Hour - What Price Temper And Grudges? The Ninth Hour - Put Your Own Aladdin Lamp To Work The Tenth Hour - How to Open Your Eyes And Ears The Eleventh Hour - How To Add To Your Enjoyments The Twelfth Hour - How to Keep Your Mind Open The Thirteenth Hour - How to Make "Today" Count The Fourteenth Hour - How To Banish Inner Conflicts The Fifteenth Hour - How to Overcome An Inferiority Complex The Sixteenth Hour - How to Dissipate Fear The Seventeenth Hour - How to Eliminate Needless Worry The Eighteenth Hour - How to Combat Frustration The Nineteenth Hour - How to Lessen Nervous Tension The Twentieth Hour - Learn How To Relax The Twenty-First Hour - How to Cope With Grief The Twenty-Second Hour - How to Benefit by Discontent The Twenty-Third Hour - How to Live With Yourself The Twenty-Fourth Hour - How to Combat Loneliness The Twenty-Fifth Hour - How to Make Time Your Friend The Twenty-Sixth Hour - How to Increase Retirement Pleasures The Twenty-Seventh Hour- How to Gain And Retain Friends The Twenty-Eighth Hour - How to Cultivate Cheerfulness The Twenty-Ninth Hour - How to Look For Happiness The Thirtieth Hour - How to Generate Spiritual Belief The Final Word - The New Look