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You make mistakes. Mistakes don't make you.

Maxwell Maltz

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Maxwell Maltz
Age: 86 †
Born: 1889
Born: March 10
Died: 1975
Died: April 7
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Physician
Playwright
Psychologist
Surgeon
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New York City
New York
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A healthy strong ego, with plenty of self-esteem, does not feel itself threatened by every innocent remark.
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Another cause of confusion, and the resulting feelings of nervousness, hurry, and anxiety, is the absurd habit of trying to do many things at one time.
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It is an old psychological axiom that constant exposure to the object of fear immunizes against the fear.
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True success and true happiness not only go together but each other enhances the other.
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Adopt the motto: It doesn't matter who's right, but what's right.
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When you're not goal-striving, not looking forward, you're not really living.
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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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