"If you are thinking straight, no one can fool you with a curve. THE POWER OF THE MADE-UP MIND High achievers in all fields understand the power of the made-up mind. They think right! Dr. Edward Rosenow, a renowned surgeon at Mayo Clinic, established his purpose in life and sealed his commitment to medicine when he was just a small boy living in Minnesota's northwoods country. One night, he says, his younger brother became quite ill, and the family gathered together, waiting nervously until a doctor could be located. When a doctor finally arrived and examined the sick boy, young Edward's eyes were riveted on the anguished faces of his parents. At last, the doctor looked up, turned to the parents, and said, "You folks can relax now. Your boy is going to be all right." Edward Rosenow, then just eleven, was so impressed with the change the doctor's words brought to his parents' faces that he said, "I resolved right then that on...
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