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Psycho-Cybernetics vs The Magic of Thinking Big: Which Should You Actually Read?

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Both books live on the same shelf: Self-Improvement. Both are free to read here, in full, right now. Psycho-Cybernetics (1960, Maxwell Maltz) argues: You will never outperform your self-image. Upgrade the image, and the results upgrade themselves.… The Magic of Thinking Big (1959, David J. Schwartz) argues: Believe it can be done. The size of your success is set by the size of your belief - and excusitis i…

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Psycho-Cybernetics

by Maxwell Maltz · 1960 · 11 min read

Dr. Maxwell Maltz, a plastic surgeon, noticed something strange: he could fix a patient's face perfectly, yet many still felt ugly - while others transformed completely from minor changes. Conclusion: the real face is the one in the mind. Your self-image sets

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The Magic of Thinking Big

by David J. Schwartz · 1959 · 8 min read

Schwartz, a Georgia State professor who studied thousands of executives, found the gap between the successful and the mediocre wasn't intelligence, education, or luck - it was the scale of their thinking. Belief triggers the mind to find ways; disbelief trigge

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Read Psycho-Cybernetics if you want a plastic surgeon's discovery: change your self-image and your life ch

Read The Magic of Thinking Big if you want the 1959 classic: success is determined not by the size of your brain

The honest order for most readers: start with Psycho-Cybernetics for the base, then go deeper with the other. Both summaries are free, no paywall, in 26 languages.

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