PsychoCybernetics and SelfFulfillme..., Maxwell Maltz
PsychoCybernetics and SelfFulfillme..., Maxwell Maltz
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Psycho-Cybernetics and Self-Fulfillment

Author: Maxwell Maltz

Narrator: Matt Furey

Unabridged: 7 hr 59 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Ascent Audio

Published: 03/01/2016


Synopsis

Maxwell Maltz was an American cosmetic surgeon and author of Psycho-Cybernetics, which was a system of ideas that he claimed could improve one's self-image. In turn, the person would lead a more successful and fulfilling life. He wrote several books, among which Psycho-Cybernetics was a long-time bestseller - influencing many subsequent self-help teachers. His orientation towards a system of ideas that would provide self-help is considered the forerunner of the now popular self-help books. The word cybernetic comes from the Greek for 'steersman', and in the modern sense usually refers to systems of control and communication in machines and animals: how, for instance, a computer or a mouse organises itself to achieve a task. Maltz applied the science to man to form psycho-cybernetics. However, while inspired by the development of sophisticated machines, his book denounced the idea that man can be reduced to a machine. Psycho-cybernetics bridges the gap between our mechanistic models of the brain's functioning (cliches like 'Your brain is a wonderful computer'), and the knowledge of ourselves as being a lot more than machine. Maltz's genius was in saying that while we were 'machines', and while the dynamics of goal-setting and self-image might best be described in mechanistic terms, the fantastic variety of our desires and our ability to create new worlds were uniquely human. What could never be reduced to machine analogies were the fires of imagination, ambition and will. In this book "Psycho-Cybernetics and Self-Fulfillment", Dr. Maxwell Maltz teach about: Goals, Self Image, Happiness, and much more. Read by Matt Furey, The President of The Psychocybernetics Foundation.

Reviews

Goodreads review by James D on October 08, 2010

This is one of the three most important books I've ever read. I read it decades ago and it changed my life profoundly and forever.......more

Goodreads review by Anja on April 23, 2020

Ne znam da li je trebalo pre ovoga da pročitam čistu Psihokibernetiku, ne bih rekla da je povezano, nego čisto da se upoznam sa razmišljanjima pisca bolje i detaljnije. Svakako posle ovoga želim da pročitam i tu knjigu. Jako mi se dopadaju njegove metode i primeri na kojima pokazuje šta je ispravno......more

Goodreads review by Sonyajohnston on April 18, 2011

I read this book many years ago and decided to pick it up and read it again. It is interesting the insight that Maxwell Maltz had when the book was written more than 50 years ago. Today we have more information on how the brain works, yet he knew from working with people some truths that still seem......more

Goodreads review by Jannis on April 20, 2023

Given the fact that this book was written more than 50 years ago and considering the many timeless advices that were given, I found it to be both enriching and helpful. Nonetheless, I would recommend other books about the topic more due to poor structure and in part weak lines of reasoning.......more

Goodreads review by Norman on January 30, 2012

I liked this book so much that I can't help but post a review. The book offers a lot of insights in the human mind and how we learn. It is sad that I just picked it out now when it was written years ago. The test of it's importance is it's enduring relevance.......more