DAY-DREAMING TO SUCCESS.

Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 78, 3 April 1926, Page 21

DAY-DREAMING TO SUCCESS.

how to obtain your castle in spah*. PSYCHOLOGIST'S TIPS. Dr. Bernard Hollander propounded the theory that day-dreaming is a means to success in an address at the Eoyal Sanitary Institute, London, last month. He spoke on "The Mental Qualities that Make for Success in Life," and his address was the first of a series of lectures oh practical psychology, arranged by the Ethological 'Society. "Day-dream ing," said Dr. Hollander, "is a source of inspiration and of creative thinking when done at the right time, in the right place, and by a welltrained mind, But, indulged in without such self-control, it remains 'dreaming' only, and disorganises the personality. "If you must dream, dream constructively, with a direct aim and you may some day live in a real castle, not a 'castle in Spain.'" Potted Wisdom. Some .. : Dr. Hollander's axioms in regard to success were:— To be successful a man must have a thirst for knowledge, at any rate in his own department. It is the man gifted with common sense, not the man gifted with special capacities, who succeeds in commercial undertakings and material prosperity. Lack of success is sometimes due to lack of imagination, which enables cs to see ourselves in the place of others. There are men with magnificent intellect, but no emotional stimulus to e_ert it; others have poor talents, but are moved by cert ainirnpulses which enable them to" turn their abilities to good account and achieve success in life. A head filled with knowledge is like a full barrel —not of much use until it dispenses it 3 contents. People often fail because they do not take pains with their character, as they would with their bodies. They seldom keep themselves in moral training. Ambition is the greatest motive power to industry and achievement. Bad luck is usually only bad judgment; that is incomplete and imperfect knowledge of the circumstances. To succeed you must master your moods and cultivate manners. So-called etiquette is a social custom established for the prevention of tactlessness. "Many people," the lecturer said, "dream of the future for the first half of their lives and of the past for the second half. In this way they lose both halves and their lives are embittered with regrets for *w__t might hare been.'*?