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• Positive thinking: Our mind often has vivid memories of failures and
successes.

Failures could be like:

⿞ You fell down as a child and others laughed.

⿞ You embarrassed yourself by some stupid behaviour.

⿞ You became blank when faced with a crowd.

⿞ You became speechless when your teacher or boss asked some-

thing you knew.

Successes could be like:

• You recited a poem in class as a child.

• You solved a problem on black board in class.

• At home you solved a problem for your parents when they were stuck.

• You hit the balloon with the air gun at a fair.

“Positive thinking is to think more often about the successes than the failures. If you

are facing an opponent you have lost to 9 times out of 10, think only about when you

won, before facing him again. This confidence will increase your chances of
success!”

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