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Title: Psycho Cybernetics by Maxwell Maltz ISBN: 0-671-70075-8 Publisher: Pocket Books Pub. Date: 15 August, 1989 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.88 (40 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Post-Millenium personal development techniques from the 50's
Comment: Forget the $100 motivational tape sets! This is where Tony Robbins and the other personal development gurus got there initial ideas.
The author is a plastic surgeon who noticed that some people who had disfiguring facial scars and felt they couldn't face the world, didn't change their point of view even after reconstructive surgery. Some even insisted that their faces had not changed. Maltz realized it was the self-image we have of ourselves that is more important than the physical reality.
This remaking of the self-image is the work of the book. Many very practical exercises. The author uses the analogy of WW-II torpedo guidance systems - the mind as a servo-mechanical mechanism (now we would visualize laser-guided smart missles) - that locks onto a goal and uses mistakes and setbacks only to adjust the trajectory and hone-in more precisely on the target. If we focus too much on our mistakes and errors we retarget our mind on the mistake rather than the desired goal.
This book has exercises and images that can be used for greater understanding and real growth. An amazing kernel of wisdom from an era noted for its materialism and superficiallity!
Rating: 5
Summary: You truly do act as you think you are
Comment: There's something out there that causes you to act the way you do. I couldn't figure out what that was until I stumbled upon this book about 4 years ago and I'm still reccomending it to everyone. Filed under the self-help category, I would rather find this book in the "Insights into why I act the way I do" section.
This book covers human behavior, making us realize that we act exactly as we think we are. Dr. Maltz, as a plastic surgeon, demonstrated that with his magic wand, he transformed people's lives by making them "look better" in their own eyes which are the only eyes that matter.
This book has definately made a huge impact on me as I read it just before attending college. I'm sure you remember those years where you had everything figured out.
This book doesn't fill you up with empty promises. It simply tells you what you've already known for a long time, but maybe you were too busy to take time to develop what kind of person you want to be.
Rating: 2
Summary: "It's all about expectations" --
Comment: -- that is the gist of the book, in simple terms. When you have a negative self-image deep down, you fail. If, on the other hand, you become accustomed to HIGH standards and success, then you expect success, and your behavior brings success too.
The author (Maltz) was a plastic surgeon and I completely agree with his assessment that surgery often leads to having a different personality, as one of his examples of change in self-image.
He was not, however, a psychologist, and he makes many mistakes that are particularly glaring now (the book was written in the 60s).
Not everything, in behavior and personality, is caused by beliefs. For instance, depression, fear, and even social impairments may have biological cause, and are only treated effectively with medications. Rationalization, another concept he stresses, can be useless and even detrimental for somebody experiencing an anxiety episode. The way to destroy negative thoughts is NOT by saying "Stop" but rather confronting, ACCEPTING the thought.
Aside from this, the book is quite inspirational and interesting.
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Title: The New Psycho-Cybernetics: The Original Science of Self-Improvement and Success That Has Changed the Lives of 30 Million People by Maxwell Maltz, Dan S. Kennedy, Psycho-Cybernetics Foundation ISBN: 0735202753 Publisher: Prentice Hall Press Pub. Date: January, 2002 List Price(USD): $22.00 |
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Title: Zero Resistance Selling by Maxwell Maltz, Dan S. Kennedy, William T. Brooks, Matt Oechsli, Jeff Paul, Pamela Yellen, Nda ISBN: 0735200394 Publisher: Prentice Hall Press Pub. Date: November, 1998 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: The Power of Your Subconscious Mind, Revised Edition by Joseph Murphy ISBN: 0553583182 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 02 January, 2001 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill ISBN: 0449214923 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 12 May, 1987 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: The Magic of Thinking Big by David Schwartz ISBN: 0671646788 Publisher: Fireside Pub. Date: 02 April, 1987 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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