Overcoming 'MENTAL INERTIA' ; The Key to Endless Possibilities.

Inertia is a state of rest or comfort or motionlessness of a body, thing or figure. The word mental is of it's own relating to the mind or an intellectually gratifying process. Hence putting these words together refers to a mind which is in an arbitrary nondevelopmental state. It refers to a mind which has not advanced his intellectual faculties as a result of the tediousness in doing so. It is a mind which believe that complacency is an easy way to success. The very thin line that separates an ignoramus from an intellectual is the phrase "Mental Inertia".

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Employing science briefly, Inertia is based on the mass of the body in that state of rest. Hence, everybody or everything posses a particular mass, from a heavy duty caterpillar to an object as light as a paper. Also, science teaches us that the force that must change the arbitrary state of any body at rest is relative to the inertia or mass of that body or thing. Therefore, it will take a greater threshold of force to move a heavy duty machine like the caterpillar compared to moving a lighter material like a paper.

From the above analogy, we can relate it to the very topic of discussion. In as much, inertia can be categorized based on mass, hence Mental Inertia can also be categorized based on the mental state of an individual.
Take for instance, the Mental Inertia of an ignoramus is much more, compared to that of an intellectual. The amount of information an individual possesses relatively determines how much more information would be required to advance that individual.

Mental Inertia can also determine the individual's ability to adhere to new information. In some people, the rate at which they adhere to developmental information is quicker compared to others. An individual who has informed himself and is very willing to learn is said to have less mental inertia compared to another individual who is not knowledgeable and has vehemently refused to get knowledge.

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The very shift in the era of life from the early men to the present 21st century had been the constant willingness of men to overcome the mental inertia that came their way in the bid to advance.
"Man from birth is a tabula raza" as quoted by an ancient philosopher. The term 'tabula raza' is translated as 'empty slate', a state of nothingness of the mind. At this state, man's Mental Inertia is at its peak, but gradually, said that a mind that stops learning or overcoming Mental Inertia, so to say, is mentally stagnant and would start dying.

In our world today, there are differences in economical, social and living standards of different people at different places. This could be as a result of so many factors such as nature's influence, sociocultural backgrounds and so on. Amongst the factors that have led to the state by which people or nations find themselves, the place of mental development finds its relevance at a top rank.

The Advent of automobile from the 18th century was the unquenchable desire of man to overcome the mental inertia that retarded them from inventing and utilizing the automobile. It is often said that an automobile that is left unserviced for a long period time would develop complications, so also would a mind left without development would greatly plunge into a very static and depreciating mental state.

The need to overcome this very weight that opposes our mind cannot be overemphasized. The only way to being developed is to develop. Sometimes and on most occasions, the path to development is filled with torns and thistles that takes the form of challenges and difficulties and there are few who had dared, who dare and will dare to walk these paths.

We are limited by the extent of our thoughts; and our thoughts is a function of how far our minds can reason or can get to process information. A man's mode of operation is the tangible representation of the intangible, meaning that a man can only act based on the extent of his thoughts. Human wants that doesn't include that of the search of mental development.

In the world of the mind, so many have explored it's strata and are still exploring, while others haven't even journeyed through the very first.
We need to open our minds to the impossibilities because in time to come, those impossibilities will metamorphose to becoming dying possibilities, where only the tenacious in the quest for development will achieve. The invent of new technologies is an evidence that some persons have refused to be satiable or complacent with their current states of information.

What is the way to overcoming Mental Inertia?

Many have asked this question in one form or the other and have gotten answers but many are yet to ask this question. It will be tragic not to ask this question and even more tragic not to embark on a quest to finding the answers. The answer to this question is "Self Development". As short as these words, it encompasses the very force that overcomes mental inertia for life.

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Self Development covers every area that certifies enhancement of an individual. As it is said in the holy book of the Christians, "As a man thinks in his heart, so he is". As stated earlier, correlating with the just mentioned phrase, man is a function of his thoughts. The outward operation of man is the inner (mind) operation of man. Since everything a man reveals is a result of what he thinks, then self development is the key. From behavior, to movement, to speech of an individual springs up from the mind, so the mind and invariably self must be developed.

The word "Inferiority Complex" is a state of the mind that informs an individual, first in his mind, that he is not up to others be it in any form or he is not worth some certain things and this very thought translates into the visible dimension. Hence, a psychologist can tel when a person has these issues and that is why to get the individual from this state, there has to be mental reshuffling.
The state and frame of mind of an individual influences his acts. Researches have been carried out to show that a person is a product of the information that he has acquired for a long time.
As afore mentioned, information is not a built-in mechanism, but a tedious process of acquisition. I would categorically say that an ignoramus who has decided to embark on the quest of getting knowledge would in time become an intellectual. There is no saying to what extent the mind can reach, all it takes is taking a step.

In conclusion, the human race which is a function of individuals would become better, successful, healthier when everyone sees the need to solve this issue of Mental Inertia. When I get informed and self developed and you get self developed as well, every other person gets self developed, then our collective Mental Inertia is overcome and then possibilities would be the order of the day. The motto "knowledge is power" would no longer be a clichè but the very reality of the human race.

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