By Dr. med Maxwell Maltz
If you ask me for the top 5 books I read during my life so far, this would be one of them.
Dr. M Maltz practiced as a cosmetic surgeon during the ‘1950s’ and ‘1950s’. At that time, cosmetic surgery referred to more serious issues like e.g. disfigured face. He observed:
- Some of his patients had beauty enhancing surgery, looked better, and became more confident and successful.
- Some had beauty enhancing surgery, looked better, but it made no difference to their lives.
- Some, according to his view, looked fine before surgery and he advised against it. They insisted anyway, he conducted the surgery, and they became more confident and successful.
As he was puzzled about the different effects of surgery, he researched further and came to a profound result:
OUR SELF-CONFIDENCE AND SUCCESS DEPENDS ON OUR SELF-ESTEEM
In other words, if you are comfortable with yourself or think well of yourselves you move more confidently, hence success will come easier. If you are not comfortable with your inner self, or maybe too self-critical, it shows in your daily behaviour and more likely has a negative impact on your success.
The book then gives plenty of examples and advice on SELF-ESTEEM or DEALING WITH SCARS FROM THE PAST.
On the funny note. He was initially reluctant to write this book as he was concerned that people may accuse him of starting a cult, as his concepts work, but is difficult to proof with hard facts. Meanwhile, the book and successor books have sold over 30 million copies. You may not get the original as this was written by him around 1960. There are a few successor books. Look out for
- Title – Psycho-Cybernetics
- By Maxwell Maltz – Re-edited or updated by another writer
- Supported by Psycho-Cybernetics Foundation
If you ask me for the top 5 books I read during my life so far, this would be one of them.
Dr. M Maltz practiced as a cosmetic surgeon during the ‘1950s’ and ‘1950s’. At that time, cosmetic surgery referred to more serious issues like e.g. disfigured face. He observed:
- Some of his patients had beauty enhancing surgery, looked better, and became more confident and successful.
- Some had beauty enhancing surgery, looked better, but it made no difference to their lives.
- Some, according to his view, looked fine before surgery and he advised against it. They insisted anyway, he conducted the surgery, and they became more confident and successful.
As he was puzzled about the different effects of surgery, he researched further and came to a profound result:
OUR SELF-CONFIDENCE AND SUCCESS DEPENDS ON OUR SELF-ESTEEM
In other words, if you are comfortable with yourself or think well of yourselves you move more confidently, hence success will come easier. If you are not comfortable with your inner self, or maybe too self-critical, it shows in your daily behaviour and more likely has a negative impact on your success.
The book then gives plenty of examples and advice on SELF-ESTEEM or DEALING WITH SCARS FROM THE PAST.
On the funny note. He was initially reluctant to write this book as he was concerned that people may accuse him of starting a cult, as his concepts work, but is difficult to proof with hard facts. Meanwhile, the book and successor books have sold over 30 million copies. You may not get the original as this was written by him around 1960. There are a few successor books. Look out for
- Title – Psycho-Cybernetics
- By Maxwell Maltz – Re-edited or updated by another writer
- Supported by Psycho-Cybernetics Foundation
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