The New Psycho-Cybernetics

I have enjoyed and learned a lot from reading this book. I will continue to work on myself to live a better life and to also help others along the way. This book is a must read.

This is a must read and not just one time I Have read this book more than 3x it’s that good and life changing.

One of the first copies of Maxwell Maltz's book, Psycho-Cybernetics is still, to this day, on my bookshelf. In 1961, It did much more than just put me on my quest for self-improvement. For the very first time, someone connected the mind to the body and brought home the old, simple adage ... "Change your Mind and you change your life!" That was Psycho-Cybernetics. That was the principle of Self Image Psychology ... proven and verified by science itself as an irresistible and powerful no nonsense psychology of happiness and fulfillment. From there on ... for decades ... everything else that was printed in the Self Help Industry became supporting commentary for the principles in this book. An now ... the new "enhanced" version of Psycho-Cybernetics just arrived. And Yesssss!!! I enjoyed this one as much as the original. If not more so! Comparing the two, the new authors kept the voice and the insights of the original text intact, integrating only the updates needed for new generations to come to experience and cherish the joy of reading this old, new classic for the first time. And experience it, you will. You cannot do otherwise. Indeed, it gives me great pleasure to recommend this new version of the book that's been around for over a half century. If you are not among the 35 million+ people who read the older one ... please, do yourself a favor ... get a copy now and read it! You will find that Psycho-Cybernetics will do it to you, as it did it to us, decades ago. True to its kind, the new Enhanced version of Psycho-Cybernetics is still the only book that scientifically proves the principle of Self Image Psychology and makes it the new foundation for a new century's hope, success and the dream of a better life. And the beat goes on!

I enjoyed reading Psycho-Cybernetics. It was easy to understand and I found myself nodding along in realization and noted several aha tools. I’m looking forward to utilizing what I read and absorbed in my day to day life!

I have been studying psychology for the past 3 years at least, and have delved into topics such as NLP, hypnosis, destructive patterns etc. I have studied each of these topics and more in great depth and detail, and have to say that this book is by far the most treasured possession I own. This book is what I consider to be the answer, the key to all of self development. If you want to accomplish ANYTHING and you are not, there is a reason for it, and this book can help you. If you will read it, and then re-read it, and then re-read it, until you begin to fully understand and comprehend the principles and concepts presented, it will change your life....dramatically. The book's whole premise is that we all behave not according to how things actually are, but how we perceive them to be. As a result of this, our beliefs can be very skewed, and thus our behavior will be as well. It is the task of this book to teach and instruct the reader in how to recognize irrational beliefs, use rational conscious thought to determine what they want to believe instead, and then use principles such as "theater in the mind" and "acting as if" to create a new reality experienced by your mind, which will program your self image, and thus create a new objective reality around you. My personal opinion is that this book contains the key, the solution to any problem you are currently having, which you want to change but don't know how to, or are unsure of where to start. I highly recommend it.

Greetings: Join us at the Psycho-Cybernetics discussion group on [...] To date, I have bought three hardcover editions of the New Psycho-Cybernetics (NPC): one I gave to a friend, one I take with me to read during the day, and one I keep in my home office to work with on those days when I work at home. I have found it a significant improvement upon the original. (I have used up three paperback versions of the original over the last 10 years.) I remember when I first read the original version of PC, in around 1990. I thought it was somewhat hokey. I used to be an engineer, and I thought it somewhat strange to try to apply feedback control systems theory to people. We are not machines, after all. The strange thing, though, was that the system worked for me. Still, I was somewhat embarrassed about the whole thing, so I sort of kept my dabbling to myself. Then, in the mid-late nineties, I read Fritjof Capra's book, The Web of Life. In that book, Capra talks a lot about systems theory, and he also goes into the history of the original cybernetics group (not Psycho cybernetics, but rather a group of mathematicians, psychologists, biologists, and physicists who collaborated in WWII to create anti-aircraft guns that could effectively track and destroy enemy aircraft). In his discussion, Capra explains that the original cybernetics group's goal was to try to make machines that could do what people and animals do naturally and easily, without conscious thought. They tried to do this, in part, by observing the actions of animals and people. Based on such observation, the group devised the early foundation of what became our modern science of systems control as used in almost every modern electrical/mechanical system. What Maltz tried to do was take a bit of the science and art of systems control and apply it back to people, in an attempt to improve their functioning. I think one of the original cyberneticists, Norbert Weiner, also tried to do this in his book, The Human Use of Human Beings, but I could be wrong. Anyway, because Psycho-Cybernetics is based on systems theory, in contrast to other types of "self help" or positive thinking books, it recognizes that a person trying to achieve her goals is going to fail, and miss what she is pursuing, probably many times on her way to her destination. Rather than candy coating this fact and suggesting "positive thinking," PC suggests feedback control system oriented techniques to use, deal with, and not be completely stymied by such failures. It also provides techniques to help one deal with "drama queen" co-workers and supervisors who seem to go out of their way to provide damaging negative feedback (e.g., ignoring negative feedback in ch. 11, "How to Unlock Your Real Personality"), or retarding how fast responds to negative feed back (e.g., delaying the response, as in ch. 12 "Do It Yourself Tranquilizers that Bring Peace of Mind."). Now, on to the new version of PC: my own opinion is that it is better than the original. Dan follows the original structure of the PC book, and much of the text is in common. However, Dan has buttressed that text with additional examples taken from the many hours of recordings and reams of Maltz' notes that Dan owns. In addition, Dan also provides many practical examples of the successful application of PC techniques that have arisen since the original version of the book was published in 1960. Try NPC. If, like me, you have areas in your life where you would like to do better, I think you will find it useful.

Este livro destrincha o sistema chamado psico cibernética, criado pelo cirurgião plástico Maxwell Maltz com base em suas observações sobre seus pacientes, seus motivos e impedimentos na busca da felicidade. Aqui ele introduz conceitos que foram usados exaustivamente por grandes nomes no campo da autoajuda e profissionais afins nos anos que se seguiram à publicação da primeira edição deste livro. É uma leitura muito interessante, para ser feita com calma e atenção, e parte do princípio de que antes de mudar qualquer coisa na sua vida, você precisa mudar a autoimagem que você construiu para si mesmo desde o seu nascimento até os dias atuais. Com esta mudança, tudo pode ser alcançado a curto, médio ou longo prazo, dependendo dos embaraços em que você se meteu ao longo da sua caminhada. Ele ensina vários exercícios, que não fiz. Alguns, na verdade, achei estranhos e desinteressantes. O que me interessava neste livro eram os conceitos e a experiência do Dr. Maltz, coisas sobre as quais ele fala bastante. Recomendo, vale a pena ler.

This is one of the best motivational books I've ever read - possibly THE best. Originally published in 1960, it was clearly ahead of its time. Dr Maltz not only describes in the book how positive mental imagery can help set you on a course towards achieving your goals, but he uses examples of scientific research to back-up his theories on how this mechanism works. Maltz compared the brain to a super-efficient computer system that is programmed by our thoughts (hence the name "cybernetics") - it is up to us, he said, to get the programming right. He also wrote about the power of relaxation and visualisation, subjects that are discussed by motivational writers today, but usually in a more glib way and with less scientific reasoning. The book also contains several practice exercises designed to replace negative thought patterns with positive ones and to facilitate relaxation. A very worthwhile read.

L’un des meilleur livre à lire dans une vie

Philosophy explained in a scientific manner that is easy to understand. Highly recommend to everyone who wishes to learn more about the human experience.

I really like this book, it gives you some daily practice so you can improve the way you think, with only some small changes.