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Negative feedback should be used to correct toward our goals. If corrective action on negative feedback isn't progressing one toward a goal, the correct response is no response.
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In cybernetic mechanisms, once success is found, it is focused on and errors are forgotten. Maltz encourages readers to recall past successes and happy moments.
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The operator gives a goal to the mechanism (called the "Automatic
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is the relaxed acceptance of ideas (beliefs). Accepted ideas determine what we're willing to see and therefore what goals we pass into the mechanism.
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consistent with the other ideas. This will allow the operator to comfortably keep the goal image in mind, which the mechanism will act on.
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