reminds me of the book by a plastic surgeon himself https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psycho-Cybernetics https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psycho-Cybernetics from

reminds me of the book by a plastic surgeon himself https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psycho-Cybernetics https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psycho-Cybernetics from wikipedia: Maltz found that his plastic surgery patients often had expectations that were not satisfied by the surgery, so he pursued a means of helping them set the goal of a positive outcome through visualization of that positive outcome.[3] Patients thinking that surgery will solve their problems is an example of the XY problem. Maltz became interested in why setting goals works. He learned that the power of self-affirmation and mental visualization techniques used the connection between the mind and the body. He specified techniques to develop a positive inner goal as a means of developing a positive outer goal. This concentration on inner attitudes is essential to his approach, as he believes that a person's outer success can never rise above the one visualized internally.