Undoubtedly, the teachings of Psycho-Cybernetics are timeless, because they are based on solid science and provide a prescription for thinking and acting that lead to quantifable results.

Although it was written in 1960, Dr Maltz's landmark best-seller is just as relevant today, more than six decades later.

No wonder, it's considered by countless motivational gurus, sports psychologists, self-help practitioners, and other experts in the field, to be the Grandfather of all self-help books.

I reckon Tony Robbins captures best the essence of Dr Maltz's teachings:

“Before the mind can work efficiently, we must develop our perception of the outcomes we expect to reach. Maxwell Maltz calls this Psycho-Cybernetics; when the mind has a defined target it can focus and direct and refocus and redirect until it reaches its intended goal.”

The foregoing preamble thus brings me to this post of mine, where I have gathered three astute observations of Dr Maltz, which to me truly accentuate the Power of Focus:

“You can have many goals, but concentrating on just one at a time will help you accomplish far more than attempting to focus on many at once. Get the fire of desire started within being single-minded about one goal and the flame will naturally spread to the others without you forcing it."

“Another cause of confusion, and the resulting feelings of nervousness, hurry, and anxiety, is the absurd habit of trying to do many things at one time.”

“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.”

Bravissimo, for leadership is also all about focus.

Leaders direct attention and resources through the power of focus. That starts with self-leadership and focusing your goals, and then it extends to leading others!

The bottom-line lesson for me is this: the ability to focus is an incredibly important skillset. And it’s one we need to practice to improve!