Energy is that mysterious something that has the power to do work—to get
results.
We can’t see energy, we can’t smell or taste it, we can’t hear it, nor
is it anything we can feel. But its results—we perceive them everywhere.
The heat in our homes and bodies is the result of energy. The light that
guides us by night and that brightens our daytime is the result of
energy. The electricity that turns motors and carries our messages is
another name for that indescribable something—energy.
But one of the greatest sources of energy is the human mind. Each one of
us has within himself tremendous possibilities. We can work with our
hands, or we can work with our heads. The choice rests largely with
ourselves. And the difference between a hundred thousand dollar a year
man and a ditch digger is from the ears up. Can one indiscriminately
convert himself between these extremes? I don’t know. It is claimed,
however, that the average person uses only one-tenth of his inherent
mental ability. And I am satisfied that the curse of the age is mental
laziness. How far the ditch digger can rise, I believe depends wholly on
how great an effort and sacrifice he is willing to make for his
advancement.
Every properly guided effort for advancement does, eventually bear
fruit. Move right up front in the forerank of Musicians! You can, for
your effort is properly guided.
Exercises 4, 7, 27, and 28 comprise this week’s work.