Our Self Image, Strongly Held,

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.

See Yourself Reacting To Threats, Not By Running Away Or Evading Them, But By Meeting Them, Dealing With Them, Grappling With Them In An Aggressive Intelligent Manner.

Your Most Important Sale In Life Is To Sell Yourself To Yourself.

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.

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.