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Self-improvement is the name of the game, and your primary objective is to strengthen yourself, not to destroy an opponent.

Maxwell Maltz

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Maxwell Maltz
Age: 86 †
Born: 1889
Born: March 10
Died: 1975
Died: April 7
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To change a habit, make a conscious decision, then act out the new behavior.
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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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See yourself reacting to threats, not by running away or evading them, but by meeting them, dealing with them, grappling with them in an aggressive intelligent manner.
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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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The un-happiest of mortals is that man who insists upon reliving the past, over and over in imagination - continually criticizing himself for past mistakes - continually condemning himself for past sins.
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Adopt the motto: It doesn't matter who's right, but what's right.
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Ignore past failures and forge ahead.
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Study the situation thoroughly, go over in your imagination the various courses of action possible to you and the consequences which can and may follow from each course. Pick out the course which gives the most promise and go ahead.
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True success and true happiness not only go together but each other enhances the other.
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A human being always acts and feels and performs in accordance with what he imagines to be true about himself and his environment.
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Times will change for the better when you change.
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We are injured and hurt emotionally, Not so much by other people or what they say and don't say, But by our own attitude and our own response.
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Happiness isn't something that happens to you. It is what you yourself do and determine upon.
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Your nervous system can't tell real failure from imagined failure.
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Why not imagine yourself successful?
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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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If you make friends with yourself you will never be alone.
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