Psycho-Cybernetics: The Conquest of Frustration
About this book
The Conquest of Frustration is the action program by the renowned author of Psycho-Cybernetics that points you away from disappointment and despair toward a happy and zestful life. It shows the reader how to implement the principles of the most life-changing self-help discovery that is as relevant today as when Dr. Maltz wrote his flagship book in the 1960s. Psycho-Cybernetics means steering your mind to a productive, useful goal. Dr. Maltz wrote this subsequent book to reinforce his belief that when we are overcome with frustration, we steer our minds to unproductive, useless, destructive, annihilating goals. He recommends setting positive goals every day. As "it is the person who finds no purpose, no meaning in life who feels failure so intensely. You must make your own purpose... you must make your own meaning. No one else can do this for you." This addition to the Maltz Classic Library brings his timeless wisdom to a new generation.Dr. Maxwell Maltz (March 10, 1889-April 7, 1975) was an American cosmetic surgeon who created his self-improvement phenomenon, Psycho-Cybernetics, at age 61, after an already varied, colorful, and exceptionally successful career as a surgeon, writer, and speaker. Published in 1960, Psycho-Cybernetics has sold over 30 million copies since its original printing and remains a classic of self-help, self-improvement, and personal development. According to Dr. Maltz, the psycho-cybernetics process involves steering your mind to productive, valuable goals to reach peace of mind. In Psycho-Cybernetics and all the books that followed, Dr. Maltz speaks to the importance of a healthy self-image, which is the roadmap to creating a better quality of life.Dr. Maltz made his groundbreaking discovery when he realized his patients expected to feel happy after he gave them perfect new faces. However, it was the inner scars that still needed attention. Cosmetic surgery could not cure feelings of unhappiness, worthlessness, and insecurity. Dr. Maltz suggested that many people "see themselves" inaccurately, their perceptions distorted by unchallenged and often erroneous beliefs embedded in their subconscious minds. After counseling hundreds of patients with his evolving "success conditioning techniques," Dr. Maltz published his findings, in 1960, in the original Psycho-Cybernetics.Psycho-Cybernetics became an instant bestseller and made Dr. Maltz one of the most in-demand motivational speakers throughout the 1960s and the early 1970s. He went on to amass "case history" material. He produced numerous seminars, workshops, radio broadcasts, and more than a dozen books, all applying Psycho-Cybernetics to different purposes, from business success to athletic achievement to sex life improvement. This book is a classic reprint and part of a new Maxwell Maltz library to continue to make Dr. Maltz's timeless work available to new generations.Contributor Matt Furey is the president of the Psycho-Cybernetics Foundation. After winning national and world titles in wrestling and martial arts competition, Matt Furey became a best-selling fitness and self-development author. Some of his books include Combat Conditioning, Expect to Win-Hate to Lose, The Unbeatable Man, and 101 Ways to Magnetize Money in Any Economy. Two of Furey's audiobooks, Theatre of the Mind and 101 Ways to Magnetize Money in Any Economy, are Nightingale-Conant best-sellers. Furey's pioneering ways in bodyweight exercise paved the way for an entire functional fitness movement. His latest breakthroughs and techniques in utilizing the principles of Psycho-Cybernetics are available to his coaching members.