Maxwell Maltz was an American cosmetic surgeon and author of Psycho-Cybernetics, which was a system of ideas that he claimed could improve one's self-image. In turn, the person would lead a more successful and fulfilling life. He wrote several books, among which Psycho-Cybernetics was a long-time bestseller - influencing many subsequent self-help teachers. His orientation towards a system of ideas that would provide self-help is considered the forerunner of the now popular self-help books. The word cybernetic comes from the Greek for 'steersman', and in the modern sense usually refers to systems of control and communication in machines and animals: how, for instance, a computer or a mouse organises itself to achieve a task. Maltz applied the science to man to form psycho-cybernetics. However, while inspired by the development of sophisticated machines, his book denounced the idea that man can be reduced to a machine. Psycho-cybernetics bridges the gap between our mechanistic models of the brain's functioning (cliches like 'Your brain is a wonderful computer'), and the knowledge of ourselves as being a lot more than machine. Maltz's genius was in saying that while we were 'machines', and while the dynamics of goal-setting and self-image might best be described in mechanistic terms, the fantastic variety of our desires and our ability to create new worlds were uniquely human. What could never be reduced to machine analogies were the fires of imagination, ambition and will. In this book "Psycho-Cybernetics and Self-Fulfillment", Dr. Maxwell Maltz teach about: Goals, Self Image, Happiness, and more...

This book offers a "self-study" program under the guiding hand of Maxwell Maltz and Charles Schreiber. The book provides you with practical tools; new, easy-to-grasp techniques for achieving greater personal growth. You will learn to form the habit of thinking positively, and it will reflect itself in your daily life. Now we have made available through this book, a program for you to follow, to learn how to improve your life in the privacy of your home or business. I predict the start of a new life for you-living free in just twenty-one days. I know this book will deepen your knowledge, and show you how to be "goal-directed." You will live a more successful, happy life, because you will have learned to LIVE and FEEL FREE! Maxwell Maltz, M.D.

  A  practical  and  inspiring  guide  to  happiness  and  self-fulfillment.