Psycho Cybernetics – Book Review

Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQt4Tn473ok Abstract

Psycho-Cybernetics is a self-help book written by Maxwell Maltz in 1960.[1] Motivational and self-help experts in personal development, including Zig Ziglar, Tony Robbins, Brian Tracy have based their techniques on Maxwell Maltz. Many of the psychological methods of training elite athletes are based on the concepts in Psycho-Cybernetics as well.[2] The book combines the cognitive behavioral technique of teaching an individual how to regulate self-concept, using theories developed by Prescott Lecky, with the cybernetics of Norbert Wiener and John von Neumann. The book defines the mind-body connection as the core in succeeding in attaining personal goals.[3]

Maltz found that his plastic surgery patients often had expectations that were not satisfied by the surgery, so he pursued a means of helping them set the goal of a positive outcome through visualization of that positive outcome.[3] Maltz became interested in why setting goals works. He learned that the power of self-affirmation and mental visualization techniques used the connection between the mind and the body. He specified techniques to develop a positive inner goal as a means of developing a positive outer goal. This concentration on inner attitudes is essential to his approach, as a person's outer success can never rise above the one visualized internally. Introduction

When the student is ready, the teacher appears (and vice versa) The quality of the teacher depends on the quality of the student People are always revealing to you where you are Anything you don't like about a person, you are doing it yourself External world is a projection of your internal state and everyone is the teacher

Conduct an accurate inventory and analysis of the contents of your self image

You act and think according to your perception. Nothing in life has a meaning, unless you give it a meaning For example: Rejection => You can either learn or get your ego hurt We don't take responsibility when in dispute. People are always revealing to you about yourself Imagination sets the goal picture our automatic mechanism works on Athletes and coaches perform Visualization exercises (Yoga Nidra) The imagination in the head is accepted as fact by the subconscious mind. Repetition of negative self talk (about us and others) leads to deep imprint of subconscious mind This doesn't mean you imagine yourself to be all-powerful, arrogant, egoistic, all important. The aim is to find the real self We want to see how we resonate with certain aspects of certain people. What you want to do is self improvement and learn from others and incorporate their certain abilities in your own self Rather than looking at a person who is fit and say you want to become like them, build yourself up by improving and becoming your best self and become the essence that person represents in the external As you do repetitions, Subconscious adjusts 1000s of components Power, warmth and presence.

Exercise:

Yoga Nidra See yourself acting and reacting appropriately and successfully, ideally. It doesn't matter how you acted yesterday. Make these pictures vivid and detailed as possible The way to do this to pay small details in your imagined environment

Identity erroneous and restrictive programming imbedded in your self image and systematically alter it

Find the negative programming in you You should set your goals really high. There must be some ground that this old picture is an error and new picture is appropriate Remove emotional scars and dehypnotize from false beliefs (EMDR Therapy) Neither friend or foe can pass from their emotional wall when people are hurt. Accept and change who you are to let go. Heal yourself and overcome these emotional scars Be too big to feel threatened. Be Self reliant and responsible Relax away the emotional hurts The most important person you can communicate with is yourself Don't be too stuck in your head. Ensure that you are relaxed. Don't judge yourself and measure ourself according to other people's norm When you are relaxed, you are more accepting and relaxed

Use your imagination to reprogram and manage your self-image

Understanding the psychology of self will lead to success When you become careful to please other people, when you become too sensitive then you become limited Record yourself. Just open your mouth and say it. You can take improv classes. Take actions and then correct your actions as you go along. Stop criticizing yourself. Make a habit of speaking louder than usual. Let people know you like them! Sense of direction, Understanding, Courage, Charity, Esteem, Self Confidence and Self Acceptance Develop a nostalgia for the future. It doesn't matter who is right but what is right Don't sell yourself short. Try to develop a genuine appreciation for people by realizing the truth about them Take the trouble to stop and think of the other people feelings, his viewpoints, his desires and needs Act as if other people are important and treat them accordingly. Stop dramatizing yourself as an object of pity and injustice Use errors and mistakes as a way of learning. No real success or genuine happiness is possible until a person accepts himself

Servo-Mechanism

Your brain is a machine which you operate If you don't a goal, find it FAILURE: Frustration, misdirected aggressiveness, insecurity, loneliness, Uncertainty, resentment, Emptiness Frustration occurs when some strong desire is thwarted Inadequacy is insecurity. Doing things with other people and enjoying things with other people helps us forget ourself. Develop some social skill which will add to the happiness of other people Uncertainty is a way of avoiding mistakes and responsibility He resents the success and happiness of os because it is proof to him life is treating him unfairly. Resentment is a way of making our failure palatable by citing injustice A person who has the capacity to enjoy small things in life can never be empty Emptiness is a symptom that you are not living creatively Set a goal. Find a purpose in your life.

How to acquire habit of happiness

I will be as cheerful as possible I will try to feel and at a little more friendly towards other people I am going to be less critical and tolerant of other people's faults, failing and mistakes I am already the sort of person I want to be and I will act that way I will not let my own opinion colour facts in a negative way React calmly and intelligently as possible I will ignore completely and close my mind to all those pessimistic and negative facts which I can do nothing to change

Effectively use your servo mechanism as a search engine to provide the idea, information and solution you need

Utilize the power of rational thinking. Think critically and rationally. Question your beliefs. Relax and let the success mechanism work for you. Go for a walk and let go of all thoughts. Use your diffused thinking to your advantage Crisis brings power. What is the worst that can possibly happen? it's not life or death but opportunities to advance or stay where you are.