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If you want a confidence, act as if you already have it. Try the as if technique.
William James
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William James
Age: 68 †
Born: 1842
Born: January 11
Died: 1910
Died: August 26
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The world is all the richer for having a devil in it, so long as we keep our foot upon his neck.
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