Psycho-Cybernetics — Maxwell Maltz: book Summary
Psycho-Cybernetics — Maxwell Maltz: Summary Maxwell Maltz's Psycho-Cybernetics (1960) is essentially a book about self-image : how the mental picture you hold of yourself influences your behavior, performance, relationships and ultimately the results you produce. Maltz was a plastic surgeon. He noticed something interesting: changing a person's physical appearance did not necessarily change how they felt about themselves. Some patients continued behaving as though they were the "old" person even after their physical problem had been corrected. He concluded that the mind has a self-image, and behavior tends to remain consistent with that image. 1. The central idea: You have a "self-image" Your brain carries an internal model of: "What kind of person am I?" For example: "I'm not good with money." "I'm not a natural leader." "I'm bad at mathematics." "People don't respect me." "I'm a ...