Maxwell Maltz
Maxwell Maltz
Maxwell Maltzwas 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...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionScientist
Date of Birth10 March 1899
CountryUnited States of America
Maxwell Maltz quotes about
- confusion
- anxiety
- feelings
- automatic
- commonly
- fail
- goal
- imagination
- mechanism
- sets
- works
- natural
- using-your-talents
- cybernetics
- emptiness
- psycho-cybernetics
- right-now
- environment
- imagine
- moving-on
- moving-forward
- men
- determine
- law-of-attraction
- enthusiasm-for-life
- needs
- behavior-change
- decision
- efforts
- either
automatic commonly fail goal imagination mechanism sets works
For imagination sets the goal ''picture'' which our automatic mechanism works on. We act, or fail to act, not because of ''will,'' as is so commonly believed, but because of imagination.
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Emptiness is a symptom that you are not living creatively. You either have no goal that is important enough to you, or you are not using your talents and efforts in a striving toward an important goal.
calm courage crisis failures faith fall fight good hold matter motion opinion past picture ready refuse refusing renounce screen showing stand stay successes support throw turn
Stand up to crises. Don't let them throw you! Fight to stay calm... even surmount the crisis completely and turn it into an opportunity. Refuse to renounce your self-image. No matter what happens, you must keep your good opinion of yourself. No matter what happens, you must hold your past successes in your imagination, ready for showing in the motion picture screen of your mind. No matter what happens, no matter what you lose, no matter what failures you must endure, you must keep faith in yourself. Then you can stand up to crises, with calm and courage, refusing to buckle; then you will not fall through the floor. You will be able to support yourself.
laughter people laughing
Get into the habit of laughing; too many of us have forgotten how to laugh. As people grow older, they sometimes forget that they ever laughed. It is a part of their childhood that they can no longer remember.
behavior-change decision cybernetics
To change a habit, make a conscious decision, then act out the new behavior.
cybernetics psycho-cybernetics right-now
Within you right now is the power to do things you never dreamed possible....
motivational real thinking
Your nervous system cannot tell the difference between an imagined experience and a 'real' experience. In either case, it reacts automatically to information which you give to it from your forebrain. Your nervous system reacts appropriately to what you THINK or IMAGINE to be 'true.
moving-on moving-forward men
Man maintains his balance, poise, and sense of security only as he is moving forward.
motivational long people
Science has now confirmed what philosophers, mystics, and other intuitive people have long declared: every human being has been literally "engineered for success" by his Creator. Every human being has access to a power greater than himself.
cybernetics environment imagine
A human being always acts and feels and performs in accordance with what he imagines to be true about himself and his environment.
natural
Unthaw and become more natural.
motivational jobs goal
It is the job of conscious rational thought to decide what you want, select the goals you wish to achieve-and concentrate upon these rather than upon what you do not want. To spend time and effort concentrating upon what you do not want is not rational.
focus-and-concentration effort problem
You can do only one thing at a time. I simply tackle one problem and concentrate all efforts on what I am doing at the moment.
mistake past men
The un-happiest of mortals is that man who insists upon reliving the past, over and over in imagination - continually criticizing himself for past mistakes - continually condemning himself for past sins.