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Man maintains his balance, poise, and sense of security only as he is moving forward.

Maxwell Maltz

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Maxwell Maltz
Age: 86 †
Born: 1889
Born: March 10
Died: 1975
Died: April 7
Author
Physician
Playwright
Psychologist
Surgeon
Writer
New York City
New York
Men
Maintains
Poise
Insecurity
Forward
Balance
Security
Moving
Sense
Cybernetics

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You can do only one thing at a time. I simply tackle one problem and concentrate all efforts on what I am doing at the moment.
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When you're not goal-striving, not looking forward, you're not really living.
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Your nervous system cannot tell the difference between an imagined experience and a ‘real’ experience.
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Get yourself a goal worth working for. Better still, get yourself a project.
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Times will change for the better when you change.
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Happiness is native to the human mind and its physical machine. We think better, perform better, feel better, and are healthier when we are happy.
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People who say that life is not worthwhile are really saying that they themselves have no personal goals which are worthwhile. Prescription: Get yourself a goal worth working for. Better still, get yourself a project. Decide what you want out of a situation. Always have something ahead of you to “look forward to” — to work for and hope for.
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Do not say to yourself, 'I am going to act this way tomorrow.' Just say to yourself - 'I am going to imagine myself acting this way NOW - for 30 minutes - today.'
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You will act like the sort of person you conceive yourself to be.
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Your automatic guidance system cannot guide you when you're stalled, “standing still”.
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Low self-esteem is like driving through life with your hand-break on.
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Thus man of all creatures is more than a creature, he is also a creator. Man alone can direct his success mechanism by the use of imagination, or imaging ability.
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If you make friends with yourself you will never be alone.
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You make mistakes. Mistakes don't make you.
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As soon as the error has been recognized and corrections made, it's equally important that the error be forgotten and the successful attempt remembered and dwelt upon.
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Plan all you want for the future. Prepare for it. But don't worry about how you will react tomorrow, or even five minutes from now. Your creative mechanism will react appropriately in the 'now' if you pay attention to what is happening now.
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Mental pictures offer us an opportunity to practice new traits and attitudes, which otherwise we could not do. This is possible because again - your nervous system cannot tell the difference between an actual experience and one that is vividly imagined.
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Your nervous system can't tell real failure from imagined failure.
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Failure feelings - fear, anxiety, lack of self-confidence - do not spring from some heavenly oracle. They are not written in the stars. They are not holy gospel. Nor are they intimations of a set and decided fate which means that failure is decreed and decided. They originate from your own mind.
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