Psycho-Cybernetics, A New Way to Get More Living Out of Life

Positive wisdom and helpful insights on how to be a successful person

Happiness and success are habits. So are failure and misery. But negative habits can be changed--and Psycho-Cybernetics shows you how!

This is your personal audio guide to the amazing power of Psycho-Cybernetics--a program based on one of the world s classic self-help books, a multimillion-copy bestseller proven effective by readers worldwide. Presenting positive attitude as a means for change, Maltz s teaching has the ring of common sense.
Psycho-Cybernetics-is the original text that defined the mind/body connection the concept that paved the way for most of today s personal empowerment programs. Turn crises into creative opportunities, dehypnotize yourself from false beliefs, and celebrate new freedom from fear and guilt.

Testimonials and stories are interspersed with advice from Maltz, as well as techniques for relaxation and visualization. Dr. Maxwell Maltz teaches you his techniques of emotional surgery --the path to a dynamic new self-image and self-esteem and to achieving the success and happiness you deserve!

Written decades ago, but still pertinent Rating:

Dr. Maltz, originally a face surgeon, came to recognize in his patients a need for a positive self image, which need transcended the physical characteristics that patients wanted improved.

He compares the methodology of achieving a desired improvement in one's self image with that used in the design of modern physical automatic control systems (he uses the term "Cybernetics" to describe the servomechanism systems of his day, such as those used in military fire control systems).

The concept is imaginative, and Dr. Maltz uses most of his book to describe various methods for helping change one's self image to the one that is desired, presumably by using negative feedback control to minimize the difference between one's current self image and one's desired self image, similar in concept to how military fire control systems operate.

While the basic ideas presented by Dr. Maltz are intriguing the human brain is so much more complex than the design of a military fire control system that the basic concepts presented must be taken with this important limitation in mind.

The fact that book is still in print after many decades and has sold many millions of copies, however, is a tribute to some validity of Dr. Maltz's basic concepts.

a look into the mind Rating:

a wonderful look into the mind and what controls it and how we might learn how to control it better. It makes one realize that he/she is stronger than they may think.

One of the best gifts I ever received! Rating:

I received a copy of this book for Christmas in 2000, from my friend whom owns Rhinotech Computer Products, along with "The Law Of Success In Sixteen Lessons," by Napoleon Hill, and "The Magic Of Believing," as a means of inspiring me to become wealthy in the same manner as my friend whom supplied the books had done. This book, in conjunction with the aforementioned books, gives one a complete understanding of what is necessary to become successful and/or wealthy. At the time I first read the books, however, I did not appreciate them for what they provide; and, I have now read Maxwell Maltz' book several times (learning something new each time), as well as the other books previously alluded to, and I am now well on my way to a successful career in writing. I am in fact presently writing an eclectic set of books simultaneously, and I have no doubt--largely from the confidence these books have insprired in me--that some, if not all, of the books will be published and provide me with an adequate income from the thing I love to do most: I am told (by college English professors)I am a natural writer, and I know I am the epitome of a bibliophile whom loves to write. So if you are interested in becoming successful, in whatever endeavor you may choose (regardless of whether you want wealth or some other form of success, such as recognition), do yourself a favor and read "Psycho-Cybernetics", "The Law of Success in Sixteen Lessons" (NOT the LAW OF SUCCESS BOOK CURRENTLY ADVERTISED ON LATE-NIGHT INFOMERCIALS, either), and "The Magic Of Believing." If you do so, and truly follow the formulae set forth in those books, it will be difficult to fail when coupled with adequate effort.
Bob

Classic masterpiece still shining Rating:

After reading quite a few self-help and self-examination books, this is the book I was waiting for. Although at first I was quite skeptical because of the age of the book (I though "Would there be something new for me, would the ideas be still valid?"), after first several pages doubts dissolved and I was entirely caught.

I believe all the reviews have said already enough, so I'll keep my review short. This book has all that I want from it:
- Down-to-earth style without exaggerations. Yet very strong and moving content, explaining how human brain works, what brings us happiness/more life, and how to achieve it.
- Positive :o). Gives reader so much energy into his life.
- No easy-read. Should be read definitely more times than once.

Simply put, this is a must read in the area of self-help/psychology books.

Some of favorite quotes:

"The self-image is changed, for better or worse, not by intellect alone, nor by intellectual knowledge alone, but by "experiencing." Wittingly or unwittingly you developed your self-image by your creative experiencing in the past. You can change it by the same method. " (page x)
"One of the most pleasant thoughts to any human being is the thought that he is needed, that he is important enough to help and add to the happiness of some other human being." (page 97)

"Since man is a goal striving being, he is functioning naturally and normally when he is oriented toward some positive goal and striving toward some desirable goal. Happiness is a symptom of normal, natural functioning and when man is functioning as a goal-striver, he tends to feel fairly happy, regardless of circumstances." (page 101)

"Our habits are not accidental, or happenstance. We have them because they fit us. They are consistent with our self-image and our entire personality pattern. When we consciously and deliberately develop new and better habits, our self-image tends to outgrow the old habits and grow into the new pattern. " (page 108)

"To give the other person credit for being sincere, if mistaken, rather than willful and malicious, can do much to smooth out human relations and bring about better understanding between people. Ask yourself, "How does this appear--to him?" "How does he interpret this situation?" "How does he feel about it?" Try to understand why he might "act the way he does."" (page 115)

"Man maintains his balance, poise, and sense of security only as he is moving forward--or seeking. When you think of yourself as having attained the goal, you become static, and you lose the security and equilibrium you had when you were moving towards something. The man who is convinced that he is "good" in the absolute sense, not only has no incentive to do better, but he feels insecure because he must defend the sham and pretense." (page 137)

"Regardless of your feelings, force yourself to mix and mingle with other people. After the first cold plunge, you will find yourself warming up and enjoying it if you persist. Develop some social skill that will add to the happiness of other people: dancing, bridge, playing the piano, tennis, conversation. It is an old psychological axiom that constant exposure to the object of fear immunizes against the fear. As the lonely person continues to force himself into social relations with other human beings--not in a passive way, but as an active contributor--he will gradually find that most people are friendly, and that he is accepted. His shyness and timidity begin to disappear. He feels more comfortable in the presence of other people and with himself. The experience of their acceptance of him enables him to accept himself." (page 139)

"If responding and reacting to negative feedback does not take us further down the road to our own goal--or serve our ends, then there is no need to respond at all. And, if response of any kind gets us off course, or works against us--then no response is the appropriate response." (page 199)

"If life adapts itself in so many varied forms to act as a means toward an end, is it not reasonable to assume that if we place ourselves in the sort of goal-situation where more life is needed, that we will receive more life?" (page 261)