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Unthaw and become more natural.

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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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Change your mental imagery, and the feelings will take care of themselves.
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You make mistakes. Mistakes don't make you.
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Why not imagine yourself successful?
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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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We simply must get it through our heads that holding a low opinion of ourselves is not a virtue, but a vice.
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The most delightful surprise in life is to suddenly recognise your own worth.
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Worry is one of the most destructive scourges of mankind.
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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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Get into the habit of laughing too many of us have forgotten how to laugh. As people grow older, they sometimes forget that they ever laughed. It is a part of their childhood that they can no longer remember.
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Admit your mistakes but don't cry over them. Correct them and go forward.
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Often the difference between a successful man and a failure is not one's better abilities or ideas, but the courage that one has to bet on his ideas, to take a calculated risk — and to act.
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