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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.

Maxwell Maltz

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Maxwell Maltz
Age: 86 †
Born: 1889
Born: March 10
Died: 1975
Died: April 7
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