Having gained some relief, I sat back in an easy chair and went to sleep. An hour or so later, I woke up suddenly with the solution clearly in mind. In the weeks that followed, the correctness of the solution summoned up by my unconscious mind was confirmed at every step. Though I worked every bit as hard, if not harder, than before, my work was not attended by any weariness or fatigue. Success was now as exhilarating as failure had been depressing.
Life offers few pleasures more invigorating than the suc cessful exercise of our faculties.
It unleashes energies for additional work. Sometimes the snare is not in the problem itself, but in the social situation or so it appears. Other people somehow seem to pre vent us from succeeding. Doing a job successfully means doing whatever is necessary and that includes winning the cooperation of others. More often, the snare that blocks us is purely personal.