Maxwell Maltz
Maxwell Maltz was born in 1899 in Manhattan, where he grew up as a citizen of the United States. That urban upbringing preceded a professional life that would take in medicine, psychology, writing, and the theater.
Maltz trained at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, earning the medical education that underpinned his work as a physician and surgeon. Alongside his surgical practice, he also pursued work as a psychologist, which meant his professional identity sat across more than one discipline. He carried out all of his work in English.
Beyond medicine and psychology, Maltz worked as both a writer and a playwright, roles that gave a creative dimension to a career already spread across several fields. That combination — surgeon, psychologist, writer, playwright — made him a figure who moved between clinical and literary work over the course of his career, producing output in more than one mode and for more than one purpose.
Maxwell Maltz died on April 7, 1975, having spent his career as a physician, surgeon, psychologist, writer, and playwright working in the English language.
Quotes by Maxwell Maltz
Maxwell Maltz's insights on:
To think, when one is no longer young, when one is not yet old, that one is no longer young, that one is not yet old, that is perhaps something.
Remember you will not always win. Some days, the most resourceful individual will taste defeat. But there is, in this case, always tomorrow – after you have done your best to achieve success today.
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.
2. The self-image can be changed. Numerous case histories have shown that one is never too young or too old to change his self-image and thereby start to live a new life. One of the reasons it has seemed so difficult for a person to change his habits, his personality, or his way of life has been that heretofore nearly all efforts at change have been directed to the circumference of the self, so to speak, rather than to the center.
Stop measuring yourself against “their” standards. You are not “them” and can never measure up. Neither can “they” measure up to yours – nor should they. Once you see this simple, rather self-evident truth, accept it, and believe it, your inferior feelings will vanish.
