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1、YourKeytoaBetterLifebyMaxwellMaltzThemostimportantpsychologicalofthiscenturyisthediscoveryofthe"self-image."Whetherwerealizeitornot,eachofuscarriesaboutwithusamentalblueprintorpictureofourselves.Itmaybevagueandill-definedtoourconsciousgaze.Infact,itmaynotbeconscious
2、lyrecognizableatall.Butitisthere,completedowntothelastdetail.Thisself-imageisourownconceptionofthe"sortofpersonIam."Ithasbeenbuiltupfromourownbeliefsaboutourselves.Butmostofthesebeliefsaboutourselveshaveunconsciouslybeenformedourpastexperiences,oursuccessesandfailur
3、es,ourhumiliations,ourtriumphs,andthewayotherpeoplehavereactedtous,especiallyinearlychildhood.Fromallthesewementallyconstructa"self,"(orapictureofaself).Onceanideaorabeliefaboutourselvesgoesintothispictureitbecomes"true",asfaraswepersonallyareconcerned.Wedonotquesti
4、onitsvalidity,butproceedtoactuponitjustasifitweretrue.Thisself-imagebecomesagoldenkeytolivingabetterlifebecauseoftwoimportantdiscoveries:1.Allyouractions,feelings,behavior--evenyourabilities--arealwaysconsistentwiththisself-image.Inshort,youwill"actlike"thesortofper
5、sonyouconceiveyourselftobe.Notonlythis,butyouliterallycannotactotherwise,inspiteofallyourconsciouseffortsorwillpower.Themanwhoconceiveshimselftobea"failuretypeperson"willfindsomewaytofail,inspiteofallhisgoodintentions,orhiswillpower,evenifopportunityisliterallydumpe
6、dinhislap.Thepersonwhoconceiveshimselftobeavictimofinjustice,one"whowasmeanttosuffer"willinvariablyfindcircumstancestoverifyhisopinions.Theself-imageisa"premise,"abase,orafoundationuponwhichyourentirepersonality,yourbehavior,andevenyourcircumstancesarebuilt.Becauseo
7、fthisourexperiencesseemtoverify,andtherebystrengthenourself-images,andaviciousorabeneficentcycle,asthecasemaybe,issetup.Forexample,aschoolboywhoseeshimselfasan"F"typestudent,oronewhois"dumbinmathematics,"willinvariablyfindthathisreportcardbearshimout.Hethenhas"proof
8、".Ayounggirlwhohasanimageofherselfasthesortofpersonnobodylikes,willfindindeedthatsheisavoidedattheschooldance.Sheliterallyinvitesrejection
