The essential points of these astute observations of Dr Maxwell Maltz are, at least from my perspective:

• to stay calm, serene, and always in command of yourself;
• to stay true to your self image of being engineered as a goal-seeking and success mechanism, just as Dr Maltz put it; [also, not forgetting the words of wisdom from Zig Ziglar: "You were designed for accomplishment, engineered for success, and endowed with the seeds of greatness."
• to pause and reflect, contemplate and introspect about what has happened;
• to reset, re-adjust, re-start and re-focus on the next move;
• to draw inspiration from the Chinese phrase for "crisis": 危机 (pronounced as "wéijī") ~ interestingly, the first part stands for danger (危); the other part for opportunity (机). So in a crisis, just be aware of the danger – but recognize - and seize - the opportunity!
• to draw lessons from Henry Ford's elegant words of wisdom: Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently.

Enjoy your reading, exploration and assimilation!