#psycho-cybernetics

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Psycho-Cybernetics

[themancorialist]

Stanley Street, Manchester.

[deerydear]

EMPTINESS:

(from "Psycho-Cybernetics", p.166)

Perhaps as you read this chapter you thought of someone who had been "successful" in spite of frustration, misdirected aggressiveness, resentment, etc. But do not be too sure. Many people acquire the outward symbols of success but when they go to open the long-sought-for treasure chest, they find it empty. It is as if the money they have strained so hard to attain, turns to counterfeit in their hands. Along the way, they lost the capacity to enjoy. And when you have lost the capacity to enjoy, no amount of wealth or anything else can bring success or happiness. These people win the nut of success but when they crack it open it is empty.

A person who has the capacity to enjoy still alive within him finds enjoyment in many ordinary and simple things in life. He also enjoys whatever success in a material way he has achieved. The person in whom the capacity to enjoy is dead can find enjoyment in nothing. No goal is worth working for. Life is a terrible bore. Nothing is worthwhile. You can see these people by the hundreds night after night knocking themselves out in night clubs trying to convince themselves they are enjoying it. They travel from place to place, become entangled in a whirl of parties, hoping to find enjoyment, always finding an empty shell. The truth is that joy is an accompaniment of creative function, of creative goal-striving. It is possible to win a fake "success," but when you do you are penalized with an empty joy.

Life Becomes Worthwhile When You Have Worthwhile Goals

Emptiness is a symptom that you are not living creatively. You either have no goal that is important enough to you, or you are not using your talents and efforts in striving toward an important goal. It is the person who has no purpose of his own who pessimistically concludes, "Life has no purpose." It is the person who has no goal worth working for who concludes, "Life is not worthwhile." It is the person with no important job to do who complains, "There is nothing to do." The individual who is actively engaged in a struggle, or in striving toward an important goal, does not come up with pessimistic philosophies concerning the meaninglessness or the futility of life.

Emptiness Is Not a "Way" That Wins

The failure mechanism is self-perpetuating, unless we step in and break the vicious cycle. Emptiness, when once experienced, can become a "way" of avoiding effort, work, and responsibility. It becomes an excuse, or a justification for non-creative living. If all is vanity, if there is no new thing under the sun, if there is no joy to be found anyway—why bother? Why try? If life is just a treadmill —if we work 8 hours a day so we can afford a house to sleep in, so we can sleep 8 hours to become rested for another day's work—why get excited about it? All these intellectual "reasons" vanish, however, and we do experience joy and satisfaction, when once we get off the treadmill, stop going around and around in circles, and select some goal worth striving for-—and go after it.

Emptiness and an Inadequate Self-image Go Together

Emptiness may also be the symptom of an inadequate self-image. It is impossible to psychologically accept something that you feel does not belong to you—or is not consistent with your self. The person who holds an unworthy and undeserving self-image may hold his negative tendencies in check long enough to achieve a genuine success—then be unable to accept it psychologically and enjoy it. He may even feel guilty about it—as if he had stolen it. His negative self-image may even spur such a person on to achievement by the well-known principle of over-compensation. But I do not subscribe to the theory that one should be proud of his inferiority complex, or thankful for it, because it sometimes leads to the external symbols of success. When "success" finally comes such a person feels little sense of satisfaction or accomplishment. He is unable to "take credit" in his own mind for his accomplishments. To the world he is a success, He himself still feels inferior, undeserving, almost as if he was a thief and had stolen the "status symbols" which he thought were so important. "If my friends and associates really knew what a phony I am," he will say.

This reaction is so common that psychiatrists refer to it as the "success syndrome"—the man who feels guilty, insecure and anxious, when he realizes he has "succeeded." This is the reason that "success" has become a bad word. Real success never hurt anyone. Striving for goals which are important to you, not as status symbols, but because they are consistent with your own deep inner wants, is healthful. Striving for real success—for your success— through creative accomplishment, brings a deep inner satisfaction. Striving for a phony success to please others brings a phony satisfaction.

Glance at Negatives, But Focus on Positives

Automobiles come equipped with "negative indicators" placed directly in front of the driver, to tell you when the battery is not charging, when the engine is becoming too hot, when the oil pressure is becoming too low, etc. To ignore these negatives might ruin your car. However, there is no need to become unduly upset if some negative signal flashes. You merely stop at a service station or a garage, and take positive action to correct. A negative signal does not mean the car is no good. All cars overheat at times.

However, the driver of the automobile does not look at the control panel exclusively and continuously. To do so might be disastrous. He must focus his gaze through the windshield, look where he is going, and keep his primary attention on his goal—where he wants to go. He merely glances at the negative indicators from time to time. When he does, he does not fix upon them or dwell upon them. He quickly focuses his sight ahead of him again and concentrates on the positive goal of where he wants to go.

How to Use Negative Thinking

We should adopt a somewhat similar attitude about our own negative symptoms. I am a firm believer in "negative thinking" when used correctly. We need to be aware of negatives so that we can steer clear of them. A golfer needs to know where the bunkers and sandtraps are— but he doesn't think continuously about the bunker— where he doesn't want to go. His mind "glances" at the bunker, but dwells upon the green. Used correctly this type of "negative thinking" can work for us to lead us to success, if: (1) We are sensitive to the negative to the extent that it can alert us to danger. (2) We recognize the negative for what it is—something undesirable—something we don't want—something that does not bring genuine happiness. (3) We take immediate corrective action and substitute an opposite factor from the Success Mechanism. Such practice will in time create a sort of automatic reflex which becomes a part of our inner guidance system. Negative feedback will act as a sort of automatic control, to help us "steer clear" of failure and guide us to success.

[rachhoyt]

Rainbow Life: The Las Vegas Arts District 18b

Click here to learn why I wrote, "Maybe it's just because I'm surrounded by rainbows, but I have a sneaking suspicion that I'm sitting on a pot of gold." #LasVegas #art #writerslife

“If they offer you a bad deal at lease renewal,” I told myself, “something better is coming that will make it worth the effort to move.” My head knew the statement to be true, but my body was exhausted just thinking about the work that relocating would require. I was about to put the finishing touches on a few exciting new things for my business and didn’t want to put my projects on hold, but my…

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Subconscious Mind is Not a “Mind” But a "Success Mechanism"

Subconscious Mind is Not a “Mind” But a “Success Mechanism”

The new science of cybernetics has furnished us with convincing proof that the so-called subconscious mind is not a “mind” at all, but a (success) mechanism—a goal-striving “servo-mechanism” consisting of the brain and nervous system, which is used by, and directed by the mind.  Before moving further, let’s understand the meaning of the below terminologies —————————————————– Cybernetics: The word…

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ONEWE’s GIUK has released a logo motion announcing his upcoming solo debut mini-album “Psycho Cybernetics: Turn Over” which is scheduled to be released on April 12th.

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If you want to get more clients and make more money, then you need to expand your self-image before you can have them. Trying to achieve without expanding your self-image doesn’t lead to lasting positive change.

[the-reality-revolution]

Maxwell Maltz - How To Turn Crisis Into Creative Opportunity

The difference between those who prosper and those who struggle is not some inherent quality that one has and the other hasn’t. It is largely a matter of how they learned to react to crisis situations. A “crisis” is a situation which can either make you or break you. If you react properly to the situation, a “crisis” can give you strength, power, wisdom you do not ordinarily possess.

If you react improperly, a crisis can rob you of the skill, control, and ability that you ordinarily have to call upon. The so-called “money player” in sports, in business, or in social activities—the person who comes through in the clutch—who performs better under the stimulus of challenge, is invariably the person who has learned either consciously or unconsciously to react well to crisis situations.

[wisemancax]

Here are 10 lessons from Psycho-Cybernetics by Maxwell Maltz

Here are 10 lessons from Psycho-Cybernetics by Maxwell Maltz 1. Your mind is a powerful tool. You can use it to achieve your goals, overcome challenges, and live a happy and fulfilling life. 2. Your self-image is important. The way you see yourself affects your thoughts, feelings, and actions. If you have a negative self-image, it will be difficult to achieve your goals. 3. You can change your…

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[honeytonedhottie]

how to cultivate growth⋆.ೃ࿔*:･🍡

GET UNCOMFORTABLE ;

u cannot grow where ur already comfortable so in order to grow u must get out of ur comfort zone, even if that means getting uncomfortable. like growing a muscle, you must put stress on it first for it to grow. in order to grow u must take action towards ur goals despite any fears that u may have.

MAKE NEW THOUGHTS ;

to embrace the next version of urself and to grow u should make new thoughts that serve you. as you know ur thoughts create ur reality so why keep around thoughts that dont serve you or even worse, self sabotaging thoughts? start saying ur affirmations and applying the law as a way to grow ur confidence in urself and creating ✨

HOT TIP ; start listening to affirmations tapes, i rly recommend high frequency guru on youtube for aff tapes but u can always make ur own too…💬🎀

FROM 0 -> 10 ;

i talked about this in one of my previous posts but i wanna talk about breaking down goals again because making one broad goal, at least in my opinion, can be daunting and ultimately ineffective. breaking it down is where its at.

break down goals into sub goals with tasks within them

make certain tasks a priority

at least 1% closer to ur goal every single day

dont focus on going from 0 -> 100. instead break things up into steps so that u dont intimidate yourself and burn urself out quickly. kind of like a rubber band. if u stretch the rubber band as far as it'll go it'll snap back into place, which leads me to my next point.

THE SNAP BACK EFFECT ;

the snap back effect can be summed up by the example that i used above. the snap back effect was coined by dr. maxwell maltz, author of “psycho-cybernetics,” to describe the rampant self-sabotage of personal improvement goals.

SO HOW DO WE BEAT THE SNAP BACK EFFECT ;

we beat the snap back effect through consistency and through sticking to ur plan. dont jump from 0 -> 100 because then ur just setting urself up for failure. jump from 0 -> 10 and so on so forth.

remember that life is all about growing and pursuing ur goals so make sure that ur helping urself grow and evolve.

[the-joy-of-knowledge]

10 books you should read to get smarter

Black Swan by Nassim Taleb

80/20 Principle by Richard Koch

Laws of Human Nature by Robert Greene

The Alchemist by Paul Coehlo

Thinking Fast and Slow by Daniel Kanheman

Psycho-Cybernetics by Maxwell Maltz

Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell

Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari

The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg

The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat by Oliver Sacks

[deerydear]

Resentment

(from "Psycho-Cybernetics".)

When the failure-type personality looks for a scapegoat or excuse for his failure, he often blames society, "the system," life, the "breaks." He resents the success and happiness of others because it is proof to him that life is short-changing him and he is being treated unfairly. Resentment is an attempt to make our own failure palatable by explaining it in terms of unfair treatment, injustice. But, as a salve for failure, resentment is a cure that is worse than the disease. It is a deadly poison to the spirit, makes happiness impossible, uses up tremendous energy which could go into accomplishment. A vicious cycle is often set up. The person who always carries a grievance, and has a chip on his shoulder, does not make the best companion or co worker. When co-workers do not warm up to him, or the boss attempts to point out deficiencies in his work, he has additional reasons for feeling resentful.

Resentment Is a "Way" That Fails

Resentment is also a "way" of making us feel important. Many people get a perverse satisfaction from feeling "wronged." The victim of injustice, the one who has been unfairly treated, is morally superior to those who caused the injustice.

Resentment is also a "way," or an attempt, to wipe out or eradicate a real or fancied wrong or injustice which has already happened. The resentful person is trying to "prove his case" before the court of life, so to speak. If he can feel resentful enough, and thereby "prove" the injustice, some magic process will reward him by making "not so" the event or circumstance which caused the resentment. In this sense resentment is a mental resistance to, a non-acceptance of, something which has already happened. The word itself comes from two Latin words: "re" meaning back, -and "sentire" meaning to feel. Resentment is an emotional rehashing, or re-fighting of some event in the past. You cannot win, because you are attempting to do the impossible—change the past.

Resentment Creates an Inferior Self-image

Resentment, even when based upon real injustices and wrongs, is not the way to win. It soon becomes an emotional habit. Habitually feeling that you are a victim of injustice, you begin to picture yourself in the role of a victimized person. You carry around an inner feeling which is looking for an external peg to hang itself on. It is then easy to see "evidence" of injustice, or fancy you have been wronged, in the most innocent remark or neutral circumstance.

Habitual resentment invariably leads to self-pity, which is the worst possible emotional habit anyone can develop. When these habits have become firmly ensconced, a person does not feel "right" or ''natural" when they are absent. They then literally begin to search for and look for "injustices." Someone has said that such people feel good only when they are miserable.

Emotional habits of resentment and self-pity also go with an ineffective, inferior self-image. You begin to picture yourself as a pitiful person, a victim, who was meant to be unhappy.

The Real Cause of Resentment

Remember that your resentment is not caused by other persons, events, or circumstances. It is caused by your own emotional response—your own reaction. You alone have power over this, and you can control it if you firmly convince yourself that resentment and self-pity are not ways to happiness and success, but ways to defeat and unhappiness.

As long as you harbor resentment, it is literally impossible for you to picture yourself as a self-reliant, independent, self-determining person who is "the Captain of his soul, the master of his Fate." The resentful person turns over his reins to other people. They are allowed to dictate how he shall feel, how he shall act. He is wholly dependent upon other people, just as a beggar is. He makes unreasonable demands and claims upon other people. If everyone else should be dedicated to making you happy, you will be resentful when it doesn't work out that way. If you feel that other people "owe" you eternal gratitude, undying appreciation, or continual recognition of your superlative worth, you will feel resentment when these "debts" are not paid. If life owes you a living, you become resentful when it isn't forthcoming.

Resentment is therefore inconsistent with creative goal-striving. In creative goal-striving, you are the actor, not the passive recipient. You set your goals. No one owes you anything. You go out after your own goals. You become responsible for your own success, and happiness. Resentment doesn't fit into this picture, and because it doesn't it is a "failure mechanism."

[rachhoyt]

Book Review: Psycho-Cybernetics by Maxwell Maltz, MD, FICS

Check out my first brief book review! I've mentioned Psycho-Cybernetics a few times already within the essays on my blog and decided I wanted to say a bit more about the impact it had on me.

Note: This post contains affiliate links. I earn from qualifying purchases on Amazon. I’ve decided to start posting brief book reviews here featuring the titles that have had the biggest impact on me and I can think of no better place to start than Psycho-Cybernetics by Maxwell Maltz, MD, FICS. To date I’ve listened to the book three times, read the paperback once, and wrote a series of poems to…

[liberatingreality]

You may never have met a professional hypnotist. You may never have been formally hypnotized. But if you have accepted an idea - from yourself, your teachers, your parents, friends, advertisements, from any other source - and further, if you are firmly convinced that idea is true, it has the same power over you as the hypnotist's words have over the hypnotized subject.

Maxwell Maltz, Psycho-Cybernetics

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Has Cat ever been Flustered or Embarrassed 🤨

It’s impossible for him to get flustered now a days

Only Ross and his wife have seen his more vulnerable side, quick backstory on Ross, he’s a human, cybernetically enhanced (like most people) who lost his job and stooped to the lowlife just to keep his family fed, though Ross dialled it down a bit once he made bank, but nothing is enough for Cat, so they slowly grew apart as time went by. Cat still loves him and his family (though he will never admit it)

Ross’s family is the only reason Cat isn’t a complete unfeeling psycho without a consciousness, he’s close though