Psycho-Cybernetics

Psycho-Cybernetics is a self-help book written by Maxwell Maltz in 1960.[1] Motivational and self-help experts in personal development, including Zig Ziglar, Tony Robbins, Brian Tracy have based their techniques on Maxwell Maltz. Many of the psychological methods of training elite athletes are based on the concepts in Psycho-Cybernetics as well.[2] The book combines the cognitive behavioral technique of teaching an individual how to regulate self-concept, using theories developed by Prescott Lecky, with the cybernetics of Norbert Wiener and John von Neumann. The book defines the mind-body connection as the core in succeeding in attaining personal goals.[3]

Maltz found that his plastic surgery patients often had expectations that were not satisfied by the surgery, so he pursued a means of helping them set the goal of a positive outcome through visualization of that positive outcome.[3] Maltz became interested in why setting goals works. He learned that the power of self-affirmation and mental visualization techniques used the connection between the mind and the body. He specified techniques to develop a positive inner goal as a means of developing a positive outer goal. This concentration on inner attitudes is essential to his approach, as a person's outer success can never rise above the one visualized internally.

Reception

The book rapidly attained best-seller status and has remained in print continuously since its publication in 1960.

Posthumous editions

Several later editions[4] have been produced since his death in 1975.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Maltz, Maxwell (1960). Psycho-Cybernetics. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 978-0671700751.
  2. ↑ Gray, Michael C. "Psycho-Cybernetics Book Review". www.profitadvisors.com. Retrieved 2008-03-14.
  3. 1 2 'Psycho-Cybernetics' Author; Plastic Surgeon Tries to Heal Inner Scars, Los Angeles Times, November 2, 1973.
  4. ↑
    Posthumous Editions
    Year Title Author/Editor Publisher ISBN
    1996 Psycho-Cybernetics 2000 Bobbe Sommer Prentice Hall ISBN 978-0132638494
    2002 The New Psycho-Cybernetics Dan Kennedy Prentice Hall ISBN 978-0735202856
    2015 Psycho-Cybernetics, Updated and Expanded Matt Furey Tarcher Perigee ISBN 978-0399176135
  5. ↑ CUMC Obituary Database
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