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Your present negative beliefs were formed by thought PLUS feelings. Generate enough emotion, or deep feeling and your new thoughts and ideas will cancel them out.

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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
Ideas
Thoughts
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Deep
Emotion
Cancel
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Generate
Feeling
Formed
Belief
Plus
Feelings
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Thought
Negative

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