Maxwell Maltz Quotes - Page 3

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• It takes 21 days to develop a habit.

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  Habit

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• Skill in any performance whether it be in sports in playing the piano in conversation or in selling merchandise consists not in painfully and consciously thinking out each action as it is performed but in relaxing and letting the job do itself through you. Creative performance is spontaneous and ‘natural’ as opposed to self-conscious and studied.

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  Sports, Jobs, Thinking

  Maxwell Maltz (2015). “Psycho-Cybernetics: Updated and Expanded”, p.56, Penguin

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• Worry is one of the most destructive scourges of mankind.

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  Worry, Mankind, Scourge

  Dr. Maxwell Maltz (2008). “The Magic Power of Self Image Psychology”, p.212, Jaico Publishing House

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• Emptiness is a symptom that you are not living creatively.

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  Using Your Talents, Cybernetics, Emptiness

  Maxwell Maltz (1989). “Psycho-Cybernetics”, p.145, Simon and Schuster

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• It is the job of conscious rational thought to decide what you want, select the goals you wish to achieve-and concentrate upon these rather than upon what you do not want. To spend time and effort concentrating upon what you do not want is not rational.

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  Motivational, Jobs, Goal

  Maxwell Maltz (1989). “Psycho-Cybernetics”, p.76, Simon and Schuster

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• Mental pictures offer us an opportunity to practice new traits and attitudes, which otherwise we could not do. This is possible because again - your nervous system cannot tell the difference between an actual experience and one that is vividly imagined.

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  Life, Motivational, Attitude

  Maxwell Maltz (2002). “New Psycho-Cybernetics”, p.55, Penguin

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• For imagination sets the goal picture which our automatic mechanism works on. We act, or fail to act, not because of will, as is so commonly believed, but because of imagination.

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  Inspirational, Imagination, Goal

  Maxwell Maltz (2016). “Psycho-Cybernetics Deluxe Edition: The Original Text of the Classic Guide to a New Life”, p.31, Penguin

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• You may live in an imperfect world but the frontiers are not closed and the doors are not all shut.

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  Adversity, Imperfect World, Doors

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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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  Hurt, Attitude, People

  Maxwell Maltz (1989). “Psycho-Cybernetics”, p.157, Simon and Schuster

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• Man maintains his balance, poise, and sense of security only as he is moving forward.

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  Moving On, Moving Forward, Men

  Maxwell Maltz (1989). “Psycho-Cybernetics”, p.137, Simon and Schuster

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• Fully 95 percent of our behavior, feeling, and response is habitual.

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  Feelings, Behavior, Habit

  Maxwell Maltz (2015). “Psycho-Cybernetics: Updated and Expanded”, p.71, Penguin

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• You can do only one thing at a time. I simply tackle one problem and concentrate all efforts on what I am doing at the moment.

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  Focus And Concentration, Effort, Compromise

  Maxwell Maltz, Kelli M. Gary (1983). “PRINCIPLES CRE LVG”, Pocket

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• We must have courage to bet on our ideas, to take the calculated risk, and to act. Everyday living requires courage if life is to be effective and bring happiness.

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  Life, Happiness, Courage

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• Get yourself a goal worth working for. Better still, get yourself a project.

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  Goal, Projects, Psycho Cybernetics

  Maxwell Maltz (2016). “Psycho-Cybernetics Deluxe Edition: The Original Text of the Classic Guide to a New Life”, p.82, Penguin

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• One of the reasons it has seemed so difficult for a person to change his habits, his personality, or his way of life, has been that heretofore nearly all efforts at change have been directed to the circumference of the self, so to speak, rather than to the center.

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  Motivational, Self, Personality

  Maxwell Maltz (2016). “Psycho-Cybernetics Deluxe Edition: The Original Text of the Classic Guide to a New Life”, p.13, Penguin

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• Remember you will not always win. Some days, the most resourceful individual will taste defeat. But there is, in this case, always tomorrow - after you have done your best to achieve success today.

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  Motivational, Mistake, Inspiration

  Maxwell Maltz, Kelli M. Gary (1983). “PRINCIPLES CRE LVG”, Pocket

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• The greatest cause of ulcers is mountain-climbing over molehills.

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  Climbing, Mountain, Ulcers

  Maxwell Maltz (1989). “Psycho-Cybernetics”, p.221, Simon and Schuster

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• When you see a thing clearly in your mind, your creative "success mechanism" within you takes over and does the job much better than you could do it by conscious effort or "willpower.

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  Motivational, Jobs, Effort

  Maxwell Maltz (1989). “Psycho-Cybernetics”, p.41, Simon and Schuster

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• You make mistakes. Mistakes don't make you.

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  Inspirational, Motivational, Mistake

  Maxwell Maltz (2015). “Psycho-Cybernetics: Updated and Expanded”, p.102, Penguin

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• You can always find the sun within yourself if you will only search.

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  Motivational, Positive Thinking, Cybernetics

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• When you're not goal-striving, not looking forward, you're not really living.

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  Goal, Looking Forward, Strive

  Maxwell Maltz (1989). “Psycho-Cybernetics”, p.114, Simon and Schuster

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• Your nervous system cannot tell the difference between an imagined experience and a ‘real’ experience.

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  Real, Differences, Preparation

  Maxwell Maltz (2015). “Psycho-Cybernetics: Updated and Expanded”, p.29, Penguin

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• It is well known that when Thomas A. Eddison was stymied by a problem, he would lie down and take a short nap.

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  Lying, Naps, Down And

  Maxwell Maltz (2015). “Psycho-Cybernetics: Updated and Expanded”, p.55, Penguin

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• You are embarking on the greatest adventure of your life - to improve your self-image, to create more meaning in your life and in the lives of others. This is your responsibility.

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  Adventure, Responsibility, Self

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• Develop an enthusiasm for life, create a need for more life, and you will receive more life.

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  Law Of Attraction, Enthusiasm For Life, Needs

  Maxwell Maltz (2016). “Psycho-Cybernetics Deluxe Edition: The Original Text of the Classic Guide to a New Life”, p.168, Penguin

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