Psycho-Cybernetics: Updated and Expanded

By Maxwell Maltz and Maxwell Maltz MD

Book Overview

Since its first publication in 1960, Maxwell Maltz's landmark bestseller has inspired and enhanced the lives of more than 30 million readers

In this updated edition, with a new introduction and editorial commentary by Matt Furey, president of the Psycho-Cybernetics Foundation, the original text has been annotated and amplified to make Maltz's message even more relevant for the contemporary reader.

- Cybernetics (loosely translated from the Greek): "a helmsman who steers his ship to port."
- Psycho-Cybernetics is a term coined by Dr. Maxwell Maltz, which means, "steering your mind to a productive, useful goal so you can reach the greatest port in the world, peace of mind."

Maltz was the first researcher and author to explain how the self-image (a term he popularized) has complete control over an individual's ability to achieve (or fail to achieve) any goal. And he developed techniques for improving and managing that self-image--visualization, mental rehearsal, relaxation--which have informed and inspired countless motivational gurus, sports psychologists, and self-help practitioners for more than fifty years.

Timeless teachings based on solid science, Psycho-Cybernetics provide a prescription for thinking and acting that lead to quantifiable results.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0399176136
• ISBN13: 9780399176135
• Release Date: November 2015
• Publisher: Tarcher
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 0.67 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.4" x 8.1"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 12 and higher

Customer Reviews

Psycho-Cybernetics is why I do not know algebra

Great book! My algebra teacher in ninth grade read this book to us and used our class to discuss it. We were supposed to be learning algebra, but that teacher, a wonderful human being, thought this was a better use of our time. I still do not know algebra, but I have made it to age sixty with two degrees and I have had a very good life.

Why publishers should keep publishing

I was a junior in high school. It was 1976 and my psychology teacher, Mr. Potashnik, required us to read "Psychocybernetics" by Maxwell Maltz. I let a lot of homework slip by as a junior, but this book I read. "Psychocybernetics" and my psychology teacher, inspired me. I suddenly felt empowered to do something with my life, besides graduating from high school and becoming someone's wife. I was 5 feet 4 inches and I weighed 102 lbs. I thought about becoming an airline stewardess because I wanted to travel the world, but instead I became a United States Marine. I never did serve in a war zone, but I am very proud of my 21 years of service as a Marine. More recently, my husband, also a former Marine, and I celebrated our 22nd wedding anniversary. We have two beautiful children; a son who is a freshman in college and a daughter who is a senior in high school. I have a Master's degree from the Catholic University of America in Library Science and Informations Systems, and love life. "Psychocybernetics" started me believing in myself, and I have never looked back.