Psycho-Cybernetics
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'''''Psycho-Cybernetics''''' is a classic [[self-help book]], written by [[Maxwell Maltz]] in [[1960]] and published by the [[non-profit]] Psycho-Cybernetics Foundation.<ref name=50classics/> 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 [[Sportsperson|athlete]]s are based on the concepts in Psycho-Cybernetics as well.<ref name=bookreview>{{cite web
|url=http://www.profitadvisors.com/psychoc.shtml|title=Psycho-Cybernetics Book Review|publisher=www.profitadvisors.com
|accessdate=2008-03-14|last=Gray|first=Michael C. }}</ref> The book combines the [[cognitive therapy|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]]. The book defines the mind-body connection as the core in succeeding in attaining personal goals.<ref name=latimes>[http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/643367622.html?dids=643367622:643367622&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&date=Nov+02%2C+1973&author=&pub=Los+Angeles+Times&desc='PSYCHO-CYBERNETICS'+AUTHOR&pqatl=google 'Psycho-Cybernetics' Author; Plastic Surgeon Tries to Heal Inner Scars], ''Los Angeles Times'', [[November 2]], [[1973]].</ref>
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 [[Mental image|visualization]] of that positive outcome.<ref name=latimes/> Maltz became interested in why setting goals works. He learned that the power 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.<ref name=50classics>{{cite web|url=http://www.butler-bowdon.com/psychocybernets.html|title=Welcome to 50Classics.com
|publisher=www.butler-bowdon.com|accessdate=2008-03-14}}</ref>
==References==
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== External links ==
*[http://www.mpowers.com/books/psycho-cybernetics.html Wilshire Book Co.] (publisher's website)
*[http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=786165 Effectively forming new habits]
[[Category:Personal development]]
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