Maxwell Maltz

It takes 21 days to develop a habit.

Maxwell Maltz

Life is a series of problems.

Maxwell Maltz

Conscious effort inhibits and ‘jams’ the automatic creative mechanism.

Maxwell Maltz

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

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.

Maxwell Maltz

If you can remember, worry, or tie your shoe, you can succeed with Psycho-Cybernetics!

Maxwell Maltz

It is an old psychological axiom that constant exposure to the object of fear immunizes against the fear.

Maxwell Maltz

Take the trouble to stop and think of the other person’s feelings, his viewpoints, his desires and needs. Think more of what the other fellow wants, and how he must feel.

Maxwell Maltz

The lucky of successful person has learned a simple secret. Call up, capture, evoke the feeling of success. When you feel successful and confident, you will act successfully.

Maxwell Maltz

To really ‘live,’ that is to find life reasonably satisfying, you must have an adequate and realistic self-image that you can live with. You must find yourself acceptable to ‘you.’

Maxwell Maltz