Self-help · HopefulPlastic surgeon Maxwell Maltz argues that the brain is a machine its owner can control
Psycho-Cybernetics
A plastic surgeon's guide to controlling the mind like a machine
Maxwell Maltz was a plastic surgeon, and he published the first edition of Psycho-Cybernetics in 1960. A Toronto Star photo caption describes its central message as the brain being a machine its owner can control much as they would a computer. Penguin Random House describes the updated edition, The New Psycho-Cybernetics, as a self-improvement guide that has helped readers reach goals such as losing weight and increasing their income, and as arguing that success is possible and fairly simple to achieve.
More about this book
Who
Maxwell Maltz, a plastic surgeon.
World
Self-improvement, written by a plastic surgeon.
What makes it different
A Toronto Star photo caption of unknown date says Maltz had sold more than three million copies. The publisher's description of the updated edition says over 30 million copies have sold since 1960.
Feel
Upbeat and instructional.
Page count and cover shown for: Selected edition
Further reading
- The New Psycho-CyberneticsPenguin Random House
- Maltz photo captionToronto Public Library Digital Archive