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Summary: This book is different`
Review: It's so easy to see how this book has sold over 30,000,000 copies. I can honestly say that I think this book has ended my search for the "perfect" self-help book.After reading all the glowing reviews I decided to buy this book. Once I started it I couldn't put it down. I've had the book for one week now and I am already seeing results. About 3 years ago I entered into the world of sales and all of a sudden I became painfully aware of my self-image or my self-esteem as others call it. I became very self-conscious and started down a slippery slope into the world of negative thinking and emotions that weren't helping me at all. So I did what any person would do who wants to overcome their limiting beliefs and learn how to overcome negative thinking and I started buying self-help litereature. my library is chocked full of books from all the greats. Well I learned something from all the books that I read, but I just felt there was always something missing. I didn't feel like I had the information that I needed to really turn it all around. I tried "Affirmations" etc. with marginal results. Then I found this book. Maxwell talks about how we act, feel and perform is in direct relation to how we imagine ourselves to be. You may need to read that last sentence again because it's what helped me to start putting it all together. He then gives techniques for changing your self-image and overcoming your negative thinking that really works. I'm very grateful to Maxwell for writing this book. He really put his heart into it and made a masterpiece! Please don't make the mistake of not buying this book. It could well be the best money you ever spent! God Bless!
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Summary: A MUST HAVE
Review: Having read close to 100 books on self improvement,I wasn't expecting too much.Wrong...this is the best book on the subject
bar none.Save yourself a fortune on NLP,tapes,cd's etc.
A great companion to this book is 'The Master Key',by Charles F Haanel,a classic that goes into much more detail than Maltz and will inspire you to for years to come.
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Summary: Simply amazing...
Review: Maxwell Maltz is gone, but he left a legacy for each of us. I first read this book upon graduating from college, the time most of us are wondering what to do with our lives. The thoughts, ideas and exercises in the book helped me to direct my life toward some seemingly "high" goals. That was almost twenty years ago. During the last year, I realized that most (if not all), of those goals had been realized and I was floating again (much like the stage after college). I re-read the book. Everything Maltz writes is as valid today as it was then. This is one book you keep, and re-read during times when you are wondering what to do next. It's not really a self-help book, it's a "How To" book for life.
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Summary: A rare pioneer in the field still standing strong
Review: I don't make it a habit to read self-help books, but the iconoclastic fitness guru Matt Furey has managed to make a killing by selling a program he based on Maltz's concepts and most other "motivational speakers" usually bend a knee in respect to this classic. So I picked up a cheap used copy and read it cover to cover. The only question I have is why anyone would spend their money or time on any other self-help literature.
Firstly, Maltz had the raw clinical experience necessary to write this kind of book: he was a crackerjack plastic surgeon who saw immediately and firsthand the life changing power of self-image at work in the faces of his patients, rather than slowly through lengthy sessions on the leather couch. (And anyone who scoffs at unorthodox contributions to a research field ought to know that Albert Einstein was working for the German patent office when he submitted the General Theory of Relativity.) At the same time, Maltz confesses where the exact strength of his knowledge lies instead of trying to convince his reader that he is a maven of everything.
Secondly, Maltz was receptive to many fundamental tenets of psychology and works them into Psycho Cybernetics with good evidence and explanation. He stays away from the controversial and the bizarre theories which several other books seem to ascribe to in order to grab attention and make sales, nor does he try to repackage ancient metaphysical hokum with inane and feeble examples.
Thirdly, there are no workshops, special reports, live phone help, or products to buy. (Though I cannot speak for the organization that has cropped up around Maltz's name.) There is none of the pretense or self-exaggeration in his book, either openly or implied, that some modern authors who shall remained unnamed seek to use in order to dazzle.
Maltz was definitive and unequivocal in his ideas, quick to set a standard and stick to it. He was concerned with some very fundamental existential questions of life and seems to have understood that some modest philosophizing was necessary if the book's thesis was to remain logically consistent and convincingly useful. It thus rises high above the haphazard pop philosophy/ethics smeared all over mass media today which are either shallow and weak or imperiously stupid. Maltz simply faced the truth of his own convictions. Psycho Cybernetics by no means outlines life management skills as an exact science, but its suggestions are very intellectually compelling. The book is effective because Maltz' honest and uncondescending style earns your respect.
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Summary: Why publishers should keep publishing
Review: 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.
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Summary: The Best Book I Ever Read.
Review: This is the best book I ever read. I have read dozens of books on personal improvement, including "Think and Grow Rich", "Positive Thinking", "Law Of Success", "Master Key System" and other classics. But nothing can be compared to this one. This book has a message that is simple but had a powerful positive impact on my life. After reading and practising some of the concepts presented in this book, all aspects of my life have improved several-fold. Infact, I am stunned by some of the positive changes in myself, my abilities and my circumstances.
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Summary: This book is different`
Review: It's so easy to see how this book has sold over 30,000,000 copies. I can honestly say that I think this book has ended my search for the "perfect" self-help book. After reading all the glowing reviews I decided to buy this book. Once I started it I couldn't put it down. I've had the book for one week now and I am already seeing results. About 3 years ago I entered into the world of sales and all of a sudden I became painfully aware of my self-image or my self-esteem as others call it. I became very self-conscious and started down a slippery slope into the world of negative thinking and emotions that weren't helping me at all. So I did what any person would do who wants to overcome their limiting beliefs and learn how to overcome negative thinking and I started buying self-help litereature. my library is chocked full of books from all the greats. Well I learned something from all the books that I read, but I just felt there was always something missing. I didn't feel like I had the information that I needed to really turn it all around. I tried "Affirmations" etc. with marginal results. Then I found this book. Maxwell talks about how we act, feel and perform is in direct relation to how we imagine ourselves to be. You may need to read that last sentence again because it's what helped me to start putting it all together. He then gives techniques for changing your self-image and overcoming your negative thinking that really works. I'm very grateful to Maxwell for writing this book. He really put his heart into it and made a masterpiece! Please don't make the mistake of not buying this book. It could well be the best money you ever spent! God Bless!
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