Improving Our “Signals” and “Beings”

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This is a book review of Dr. Maxwell Maltz’s The New Psycho-Cybernetics: The Original Science of Self-Improvement and Success That Has Changed the Lives of 30 Million People.

Dr. Maltz become a plastic surgeon in the 1920’s and successfully operated on people for decades. In his private practice located in New York he operated on many people all over the world including celebrities who came into his office. Some people who came to him were very happy with the surgery he performed while others were unhappy and continued to undergo plastic surgery. Dr. Maltz became curious as to why some individuals continued to have “unusual” perceptions of their body despite successful plastic surgery. He wondered why people had inflated and distorted pictures of their physical defects.

After years of research and experience, Dr. Maltz came up with the reason why plastic surgery did not solve people’s problems. The plastic surgery successfully healed people’s physical defects but these people still had “emotional scars” from their inaccurate self-image. After coaching athletes, patients, salespeople, and many others who become interested in his findings, he came to write Psycho-Cybernetics.

Having died at the age of 76, Dr. Maltz’s teachings have well and truly carried on. Dr. Maltz is pretty much the founder of modern self-improvement. All teachings after 1960 about visualizing and relaxing have stemmed from Psycho-Cybernetics. The New Psycho-Cybernetics is an updated version of the author’s original teachings edited and updated by Dan Kennedy who has kept Dr. Maltz’s style of writing consistent.

Dr. Maltz discusses a lot about the self-image as it determines whether you achieve a goal or not. He also writes in depth about what he calls the “automatic-success mechanism” which everyone of us has within. Each one of us has what it takes to achieve our goals but we do not successfully use this mechanism. One way we stimulate the automatic-success mechanism is by vividly visualizing our future and by doing so we are able to create a new self-image that allows us to achieve our goals.

This updated version of Psycho-Cybernetics contains 31 exercises you can use for various circumstances. Some are for removing anxiety when starting a conversation or phoning a customer while others are directed at long-term goals like gaining a promotion. It is a book that will help anyone lose weight, slow down the aging process, improve their athletic performance, become more confident, make more sales, and improve their relationships by using the techniques mentioned in the book.

In terms of communication, The New Psycho-Cybernetics is a must read for anyone experiencing anxiety, fear, or worry in public speaking, meeting the opposite sex, talking with someone famous, and the list goes on. The book definitely isn’t limited to these areas as it will change the way you think and feel about anything but I felt these were its strong points. Dr. Maltz provides in depth explanations and mental exercises for relaxing and developing a success-type personality.

As The New Psycho-Cybernetics is an updated version of Psycho-Cybernetics – the origin of modern day self improvement material – this book is a must-have in any person’s bookshelf. With millions of lives already changed the book speaks for itself. It changed my life and will change yours. I cannot emphasize enough the impact The New Psycho-Cybernetics will have on your life. Grab your copy now from Amazon by clicking here.

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