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A complete update of Maxwell Maliz’s classic, Psycho-Cybernetics, which has helped millions find greater self-esteem and fulfillment POYCHO- CYBERNETICS 2000 Maxwell (Malt2 rouneaton Bobbe Sommer PRENTICE HALL PRESS PRENTICE HALL PRESS Pb he Penge Groep Penguin Group (US) Toe $e lagon Sto, Nee Vor, New Yr 1 IS Pangin Gp (Cena 9 Fino ere a, Sie TD, Troms. Omar MAP 2¥3, Ca fain Pena Pspu Cane) gu i 0 San dn WED RL oad roy eine 25 Se Spa's Ge, sin 2, ln iso of Pega Bonk Le) Fag np (Ae 5 Cee! Kad Canc, Vo 5s fase Pero sas Gro Pa Lt) engi Docks nt Le, 1 Caran Cer, aga Pa Now D100. ae Pato New Zalend 3) i Pin te Seth is) (Ry) 1284S Somme Roce, harirs 298, tovoe iy rnp forbear ue ates ri one (Copii 1095 oy Mag Malu ut Cpe Ran Le No pt of this bok ay be reread, sean, Uitte in any pated ot sco form ‘teat peri. 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How to Program Your Success Mechanism Correcting Your Programming: Tap Your Success Instinct How to Change Habits of Failure into Habits of Success Your Two Minds—And How to Change Them Be Aware of the Curbs; on the Destination nv CONTENTS Chapter’3 Fake It Til You Make t: Imagining Your Way to Success “Relieving Is Seeing”: How Your Imagination Can Guide You Toward Success Reflective Relearning: Four Keys to Creating New ‘Attitudes and Behavior Why Reflective Relearning Works: Never Let Your Right Brain Know What Your Left Brain Is Thinking Turn Stumbling Blocks into Stepping Stones Developing a Fake-IL-Till-You-Make-It Attitude Your Right Brain at Play: Six Ways to Turn on Your Creative Imagination Chapter 4 Free Yourset from False Beles What You Believe Conditions What You Can Do How to Identify Your False Beliefs How You Can Free Yourself from False Beliefs How Your Positive Beliefs Can Further Your Children’s Self-Esteem How to Overcome Your Built-In Resistance to Change Chapter5 Give Your Success Mectanism Some Siac Learn to Relax Stress: Private Enemy Number One Use Relaxation to Oil Your Success Mechanism Relaxation: A Key to Reflective Relearning How to Unjam Your Success Mechanism: A Few Relaxation Techniques Chapter 6 Just Say Yes: De-Stress Yourself with Crug-Free Tranquiizers Stress: A Habit You Can Change How to Keep Stress from ‘aking Over Your Lite 4 B 46 PSYCHO-CYBEANETICS 2000 Four More Drug-Free Tranquilizers 137 Three On-the-Spot Stress-Reducers from the Doctor's First-Aid Kit 141 Use Drug-Free Tranquilizers to Cushion Emotional Blows 144 Tum Stress into Success 47 Chapter 7 _ Live Life by Your Own Script: How to Choose and Set Goals 151 Goals—Your Set Point for Success 154 Getting Started: How to Avoid Living Someone Else's Script 156 Plan Your Work Before You Work Your Plan 161 How to Set Goals the SMART Way: Your Practical Guide to Goal Setting 170 Don't Lose Sight of Your Goals 180 ‘Chapter 8 Moving Ahead: From Goal-Settng to Goal-Geting 183 ‘Today Is Another Day: How to Overcome Procrastination 186 The Road to Success: Six Ways to Maximize Your Progress 193 When It’s Time to Reevaluate Your Goals: Some Practical Tips 201 The Secret Is to Keep Moving 206 Chapter 9 Your Success Mechanism Revisted: Drawing a Blueprint for Charge 209 Building a Sturdy Foundation: A Few Questions and Answers 210 Putting It All Together: Two Psycho-Cybernetics Success Stories 218 ‘Your Psycho-Cybernetics Blueprint 230 CONTENTS Chapter 10 Beyord the Sal?-Image: Shaping Your Personaity for Success Sense of Direction: Charting a Path fora Lifetime Understanding: The Art of Two-Way Communication Courage: A Prerequisite for Creating Change Charity: Another Word for Respect Esteem: ‘The Keystone of Success Self-Confidence: Keeping Tha: Goal Within Reach Self Acceptance: Acknowledging Your Worth Drawing Your Own Picture of Success Chapter 11 Heeding the Dangar Signals: How to Avoid Failure Frustration: The First “Red Flay” Aggressiveness: A Consequence of Frustration Insecurity: When You Keep Hitting Those Curbs Loneliness: “Lack of ‘Oneness” Uncertainty: When You Put Yourself on the Sideline Resentment: Anger Gone Rotlen Emptiness: When Nothing Seems Worthwhile ‘Use Negative Feedback the Right Way Chapter 12 Removing he Glitches trom Your Personally Emotional Scars: How They Cut You Off from Living Recognizing Your Glitches How to Free Your Personality from Glitches Five Techniques for Keeping Your Po Glitch-Free How to Free Your Personality from Inhibition Unlock Your Real Personality sonality vi PSYCHO-CYBERNETICS 2000 Chapter 13. Making the Most of Psycho-Cybernetic: Being Alive vs, Living How a Healthy Self-Image Can Add Years to Your Life Becoming the Master Planner of Your Life How to Keep Your Servomechanism Well-Tuned How to Make Happiness a Habit Find Your Flow: Becoming a Champion The Magic Word Is: Infundibulum ibliography Index 315 318 321 324 vii = _F’ OREWORD David Barone, Ph.D. ‘Associate Professor of Psychology, Nova University President, Maxwell Maltz Psycho- Cybernetics Foundation It is a pleasure to introduce Psycho-Cybernetics 2000. The Maltz Foundation is responsible for overseeing the legacy of Dr. Max- well Mallz, and we are confident that this book will contribute to that legacy. Although Dr. Maltz was nota psychologist or psycho- therapist by training, he cared deeply about his patients’ recovery in his practice as a plastic surgeon. Ata time when mental-health professionals were wed lo the Freudian model which down- graded people's control over their lives, Dr. Maltz put together somne of the best formulations ever on how people can improve themselves. Today professionals have moved in the direction Dr Maltz advocated: self-image, self-realization, biofeedback, positive self-talk, and imaginative exercises are central to how we think about psychological improvement, whether self- or therapist-directed. As a professional research psychologist, Ican assure you that the ideas and techniques you will be reading about are consistent with current professional theory and practice. Updating Dr. Maliz’s message is Dr. Bobbe Sommer. She has dealt with issties of self-improvement in depth with her psychotherapy clients and more generically with her thousands of work- shop participants. She knows what people's concems ate, and Qike Dr. Maltz) she’s a great communicator. The cases she offers ix FOREWORD from her psychotherapy practice should speak cogently toa wide range of readers’ concerns. The exercises she provides should be as effective for her readers as they have been with her clients and audiences This project has other essential participants. Mark Falstein is a gifted writer, and his efforts to make this book as readable as it is can be found on every page. We had to pull him away from working on his novel, but our gain should result in only a tempo- rary delay to literature. It was our good fortune to work under the editorial direction of Ellen Schneid Coleman, Senior Editor at Simon é& Schuster, Thanks to her guidance, this project was launched and has stayed on target with clear language and a presentation to sustain readers’ interest. Finally, I would like to pay tribute to Anna Harabin Maltz, who made it all possible by donating the rights to her late husband's works to start the Malt. Foundation. She read the manuscript of Psycho-Cybernetics 2000 with great joy, enthusiast cally contributing a Foreword, which follows. Sadly, Mrs. Maltz, died on March 16, 1993. Her long and full life ended secure in the knowiedge that she had successfully passed the torch from Dr. Maltz.to the Foundation and that the Psycho-Cybemetics message would live on. ‘he final part of the project rests with you, the reader. As you read this book, if you are connecting with us and Dr. Maitz and the shared human project of self-realization, and if you put its exercises and lessons into practice in your life, then our message will be accomplished. May you be one of millions of a new generation entering a new century with Psycho-Cybernetics asan nspiration and guide, Happy reading, conscientious exercising, and more successful living!