ABSTRACT
At the beginning of Chapter 1 I listed ten activities which I always find difficult to begin. I also pointed out that, although they might be difficult to start doing, once they’re under way they’re not so bad. Just as a car requires more ‘juice’ to start it than keep it ticking over, so your brain and body need more impetus to begin a task than to continue it. Ignition in all things demands a lot of energy. What I’m saying holds good for almost any activity, and there is a good scientific reason for it:
That which is inert wishes to remain so.
