“All that is necessary to break the spell of inertia and frustration is this: Act as if it were impossible to fail. That is the talisman, the formula, the command of right about face which turns us from failure to success.”
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By going over your day in imagination before you begin it, you can begin acting successfully at any moment.
I believe my publisher has shown a great deal of faith in me over a lot of years but I'm not prepared to be so arrogant to say that the long-term literary value of my work would compensate them for a financial failure.
I simply don't believe in failure. In itself, it doesn't exist. We create it. We make ourselves fail.
At least I have the modesty to admit that lack of modesty is one of my failings.
