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Reviews of Maxwell Maltz’'s original
Psycho-Cybernetics:
“Psycho-Cybernetics is a classic personal development book. Most
of the current speakers in the area of personal development,
including Zig Ziglar, Tony Robbins, Brian Tracy and others owe a
debt to Maxwell Maltz for the foundation of their material. The
psychological training of Olympic athletes is also based on the
concepts in Psycho-Cybernetics. Thousands, possibly millions, of
people have benefited by putting these ideas to work. Put
Psycho-Cybernetics on your ‘"must-read’" list.”
--Michael C. Gray, Profit Advisors
“Published in 1960, Psycho-Cybernetics remains one the classics
of self-help, self-improvement, and personal development.”
--Mind of Success
“An invaluable aid to the layman, offering a sound, scientific
method of practical self-improvement.”
--Mark Freeman, Ph.D., clinical psychologist
“This classic by Maxwell Maltz is considered by many experts in
the field to be the grandher of all self-help books. Although
it was written in 1960, Psycho-Cybernetics is just as relevant
more than 50 years later. His timeless tenets offer a road
for self-image improvement and better quality of life.”
--Gayot.com
“Maxwell Maltz, author of Psycho-Cybernetics, was an early
exponent of the visualization principle. Almost half a century
ago, he captures a truth that can literally transform the way we
think, act, and communicate.”
--Bert Decker, You’ve Got to Be Believed to Be Heard
“Psycho-Cybernetics has sold in its millions because it provides
a scientific rationale for dream fulfillment. The science
and computing references are now outdated, but the principles of
cybernetics have only grown in influence. Complexity theory,
artificial intelligence, and cognitive science all grew out if
the cybernetic understanding of how the non-physical, the ‘“ghost
in the machine,’” guides matter. This makes Psycho-Cybernetics
the perfect self-help book for a technical culture.”
--Tom Butler-Bowdon, 50 Self-Help Classics
“Psycho-Cybernetics was written back in 1960, but it was way
ahead of its time. Maxwell Maltz was a successful plastic surgeon
in the States, and he was puzzled by the attitudes of some of his
patients whose plastic surgery was successful, but they still
felt ugly inside. This book explores the psychology of
self-image, and its profound effects on all our lives. But
Maxwell Maltz goes further, and sets out an action plan to change
your self-image from a disempowering one to an empowering one.
Ever wondered how some people seem effortlessly successful,
wealthy, fit and y, while others struggle and seem to get
nowhere? The answers lie in the concepts set out in this book:
the self-image, the subconscious mind, the power of
visualization, relaxed concentration, goal-setting.”
--Fitness4London
About the Author
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Dr. Maxwell Maltz received his doctorate in medicine
from the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia
University in 1923. After postgraduate work in plastic surgery in
Europe, Maltz was appointed to head several departments of
reparative surgery in New York hospitals over his long and
distinguished career. He was a prominent international lecturer
and on the psychological aspects of plastic surgery. He published
two books on the subject, New Faces, New Futures and Dr.
Pygmalion.
In the 1950s, Maltz became increasingly fascinated by the number
of patients who came to him requesting surgery, who had greatly
exaggerated “mental pictures” of their physical deformities, and
whose unhappiness and insecurities remained unchanged even after
he gave them the new faces they desired. In 1960, after nearly a
decade of counseling hundreds of such patients, extensive
research, and testing his evolving theory of “success
conditioning” on athletes, salespeople, and others, he published
his findings—then radical ideas—in the first edition of
Psycho-Cybernetics, which went on to sell millions of copies and
to be translated in dozens of languages.
Matt Furey, president of the Psycho-Cybernetics Foundation, a
national and world title-holder in wrestling and martial arts, a
bestselling fitness author as well as successful internet
entrepreneur, has committed himself to preserving and extending
the legacy of Maltz’s work. Furey headlines sold-out seminars and
coaches hundreds of men and women in his highly successful
MasterMind/Joint Venture Connection, as well as the
Psycho-Cybernetics Coaching Program.
Learn more about Dr. Maltz’s work and Matt Furey at
www.psycho-cybernetics.com.