Psycho-Cybernetics is a classic self-help book, written by Maxwell Maltz in 1960 and published by the non-profit Psycho-Cybernetics Foundation. Self-help books are books written with the stated intention to instruct any readers on a number of personal problems Maxwell Maltz ( 10 March 1899 – April 7, 1975) was an American Cosmetic surgeon and author who developed Psycho-Cybernetics Year 1960 ( MCMLX) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. A non-profit organization ( abbreviated "NPO" also "not-for-profit" is a legally constituted Organization whose objective is to support or engage ^[1] Motivational and self-help experts in personal development, including Zig Ziglar, Tony Robbins, Brian Tracy have based their techniques on Maxwell Maltz. Self-help or self-improvement refers to self-guided improvement—economically intellectually or emotionally—most frequently with a substantial psychological or spiritual Hilary Hinton "Zig" Ziglar (born 6 November 1926) is an American author salesperson and motivational speaker Anthony Robbins or Tony Robbins (born February 29 1960) is an American Self-help Writer, professional Speaker Brian Tracy (born in Canada in 1944) is a Self-help author who has recorded many of his works as Audio books His talks and seminar topics include Many of the psychological methods of training elite athletes are based on the concepts in Psycho-Cybernetics as well. A sportsperson ( British and American English) or athlete (principally American English is any person who participates regularly in a Sport. ^[2] The book combines the cognitive behavioral technique of teaching an individual how to regulate self-concept developed by Prescott Lecky with the cybernetics of Norbert Wiener and John von Neumann. Cognitive Therapy (CT is a type of Psychotherapy developed by American Psychiatrist Aaron T Self-concept or self identity refers to the global understanding a sentient being has of him or herself Prescott Lecky (1892-1941 was a lecturer of Psychology at Columbia University from 1924 to 1934 Cybernetics is the interdisciplinary study of the Structure of Complex systems especially Communication processes control mechanisms and Feedback Norbert Wiener ( November 26, 1894, Columbia Missouri – March 18, 1964, Stockholm, Sweden) was an American 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. A mental image is an experience that significantly resembles the experience of perceiving some object event or scene but that occurs when the relevant object event or scene is not ^[3] Maltz became interested in why setting goals works. He learned that the power of of self-affirmation and mental visualisation 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. ^[1]

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External links

• Wilshire Book Co. (publisher's website)
• Effectively forming new habits

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