Psycho-Cybernetics: The Search for Self-Respect

by Maxwell Maltz, Matt Furey

Not just a book that talks about self-improvement but one that gives you an actual step-by-step action program for setting and achieving goals. Have you ever been depressed? Have you ever felt unloved, frightened, alone? All of us have suffered such feelings at times. But we all have the power to change our lives by changing our attitudes. The techniques for self-discovery and self-affirmation that you find in these pages will help you every day of your life. You will discover how to free yourself from the great cripplers; guilt, remorse, and resentment. You will learn how to be tranquil in these anxious times. You will learn how to set goals for yourself and accomplish them. You will find your best qualities and use your talents to become a winner. This timeless and timely classic reprint addition to the Dr. Maxwell Maltz Library shows you how to put your best self forward.
Dr. Maxwell Maltz (March 10, 1889-April 7, 1975) was an American cosmetic surgeon who created his self-improvement phenomenon, Psycho-Cybernetics, at age 61, after an already varied, colorful, and exceptionally successful career as a surgeon, writer, and speaker. Published in 1960, Psycho-Cybernetics has sold over 30 million copies since its original printing and remains a classic of self-help, self-improvement, and personal development. According to Dr. Maltz, the psycho-cybernetics process involves steering your mind to productive, valuable goals to reach peace of mind. In Psycho-Cybernetics and all the books that followed, Dr. Maltz speaks to the importance of a healthy self-image, which is the roadmap to creating a better quality of life.

Dr. Maltz made his groundbreaking discovery when he realized his patients expected to feel happy after he gave them perfect new faces. However, it was the inner scars that still needed attention. Cosmetic surgery could not cure feelings of unhappiness, worthlessness, and insecurity. Dr. Maltz suggested that many people "see themselves" inaccurately, their perceptions distorted by unchallenged and often erroneous beliefs embedded in their subconscious minds. After counseling hundreds of patients with his evolving "success conditioning techniques," Dr. Maltz published his findings, in 1960, in the original Psycho-Cybernetics.
Psycho-Cybernetics became an instant bestseller and made Dr. Maltz one of the most in-demand motivational speakers throughout the 1960s and the early 1970s. He went on to amass "case history" material. He produced numerous seminars, workshops, radio broadcasts, and more than a dozen books, all applying Psycho-Cybernetics to different purposes, from business success to athletic achievement to sex life improvement. This book is a classic reprint and part of a new Maxwell Maltz library to continue to make Dr. Maltz's timeless work available to new generations.
Contributor Matt Furey is the president of the Psycho-Cybernetics Foundation. After winning national and world titles in wrestling and martial arts competition, Matt Furey became a best-selling fitness and self-development author. Some of his books include Combat Conditioning, Expect to Win-Hate to Lose, The Unbeatable Man, and 101 Ways to Magnetize Money in Any Economy. Two of Furey's audiobooks, Theatre of the Mind and 101 Ways to Magnetize Money in Any Economy, are Nightingale-Conant best-sellers. Furey's pioneering ways in bodyweight exercise paved the way for an entire functional fitness movement. His latest breakthroughs and techniques in utilizing the principles of Psycho-Cybernetics are available to his coaching members.

246 pages, Kindle Edition

Published December 25, 2022

About the author

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 leading to a more successful and fulfilling life.