Your most important sale in life is to sell yourself to yourself. Maxwell Maltz More Quotes by Maxwell Maltz More Quotes From Maxwell Maltz Happiness is native to the human mind and its physical machine. We think better, perform better, feel better, and are healthier when we are happy. Maxwell Maltz feel-bettermindthinking To change a habit, make a conscious decision, then act out the new behavior. Maxwell Maltz cyberneticsdecisionchange I am a firm believer in 'negative thinking' when used correctly. We need to be AWARE of negatives so that we can steer clear of them. A golfer needs to know where the bunkers and sand traps are - but he doesn't think continuously about the bunker - where he doesn't want to go. His mind glances at the bunker, but he DWELLS upon the green. Maxwell Maltz greenmindthinking Successful people are able to rise above crises by relaxing no matter what the external situation. Their belief in themselves, the strength of their self-image is impenetrable armor, which protects them against shattering events. Maxwell Maltz successfulselfpeople Do not say to yourself, 'I am going to act this way tomorrow.' Just say to yourself - 'I am going to imagine myself acting this way NOW - for 30 minutes - today.' Maxwell Maltz actingtodayway What is opportunity, and when does it knock? It never knocks. You can wait a whole lifetime, listening, hoping, and you will hear no knocking. None at all. You are opportunity, and you must knock on the door leading to your destiny. You prepare yourself to recognize opportunity, to pursue and seize opportunity as you develop the strength of your personality, and build a self-image with which you are able to live - with your self-respect alive and growing. Maxwell Maltz destinyopportunitydoors Within you right now is the power to do things you never dreamed possible. Maxwell Maltz psycho-cyberneticscyberneticsright-now Within you right now is the power to do things you never dreamed possilble. This power becomes available to you just as soon as you can change your beliefs. Maxwell Maltz changepowerinspirational The 'self-image' is the key to human personality and human behavior. Change the self image and you change the personality and the behavior. Maxwell Maltz behavior-changekeysself-esteem The biggest secret of self-esteem is this: Begin to appreciate other people more; show respect for any human being merely because he is a child of God and therefore a thing of value. Maxwell Maltz self-esteemmotivationalchildren Your nervous system cannot tell the difference between an imagined experience and a 'real' experience. In either case, it reacts automatically to information which you give to it from your forebrain. Your nervous system reacts appropriately to what you THINK or IMAGINE to be 'true. Maxwell Maltz realmotivationallife Our self image and our habits tend to go together. Change one and you will automatically change the other. Maxwell Maltz famous-basketballself-esteemtogether We, whoever we are, must have a daily goal in our lives, no matter how small or great, to make that day mean something. Maxwell Maltz goalmattermean If you wait until circumstances justify your thinking pleasant thoughts, you are likely to wait forever. Maxwell Maltz waitinghappinessthinking A step in the wrong direction is better than staying on the spot all our life. Once you're moving forward you can correct your course as you go. Your automatic guidance system cannot guide you when you're standing still. Maxwell Maltz businessstepsmoving Self-improvement is the name of the game, and your primary objective is to strengthen yourself, not to destroy an opponent. Maxwell Maltz selfnamesgames A human being always acts and feels and performs in accordance with what he imagines to be true about himself and his environment. Maxwell Maltz cyberneticsenvironmentimagine We are built to conquer environment, solve problems, achieve goals, and we find no real satisfaction or happiness in life without obstacles to conquer and goals to achieve. Maxwell Maltz determinationbusinessmotivational Your automatic creative mechanism is teleological. That is, it operates in terms of goals and end results. Once you give it a definite goal to achieve, you can depend upon its automatic guidance system to take you to that goal much better than "you" ever could by conscious thought. "You" supply the goal by thinking in terms of end results. Your automatic mechanism then supplies the means whereby. Maxwell Maltz givingmeanthinking Happiness isn't something that happens to you. It is what you yourself do and determine upon. Maxwell Maltz psycho-cyberneticscyberneticsdetermine
