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9 Quotes By Maxwell Maltz That Will Change How You Think

You change your life when you start thinking differently

Victor Mong
6 min readJul 19, 2022
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The way you think about yourself and life, in general, can have a significant impact on how you live your life and what you achieve.

Dr. Maxwell Maltz was the author of Psycho Cybernetics, one of the books that changed my life.

Dr. Maltz, a psychiatrist and plastic surgeon, had discovered that while some of his patients recovered their self-esteem and confidence after surgery to fix certain parts of their bodies, such as their faces, noses, and so on, others did not.

He realized that what makes people feel insecure and unhappy isn’t their physical appearance. Instead, it had to do with the way they think about themselves.

You’ll feel better about yourself and your circumstances if you change the way you think. Your thoughts affect your emotions and behaviors.

Even though Dr. Maxwell Maltz passed on in 1975, his ideas continue to inspire millions long after some of which I share here.

“The unhappiest of mortals is that man who insists upon reliving the past, over and over in imagination — continually criticizing himself for

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Victor Mong
Victor Mong

Written by Victor Mong

I write about human potential, building a life you want & mastering your mind || info.victormong@gmail.com

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