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The only cure is to reconstitute the programme, and to attempt less.
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“The only cure is to reconstitute the programme, and to attempt less.”

Arnold Bennett

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How to Live on 24 Hours a Day
Date
1908
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When a schedule becomes oppressive, Bennett recommends reducing the plan rather than allowing the plan itself to dominate the person it was meant to help.

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How to Live on 24 Hours a Day, “Dangers to Avoid.” Bennett is warning against becoming enslaved to an over-ambitious personal programme; “attempt less” is adjustment advice, not a general rejection of ambition.

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