The 1960s Self-Help Book that Astonished me in 2025!!

My dad generally does not have a very strong opinion about anything. His best reaction was when we went to see the Taj Mahal in Agra, India and he said … “it’s good”. Not someone who will applaud anything vociferously. When he heard about the whole manifestation spiel from my sister, he recommended us to read Psycho-Cybernetics by Dr Maxwell Maltz, a 1960s book he read as a young man that he says “was amazing”.  Coming from someone whose emotional range is “okay” to “could be worse,” this was basically his version of fireworks… Naturally, I decided to check it out…

I expected old and outdated self-help type advice… the kind of “grind harder” energy of the war era that feels like it belongs in black-and-white movies. But instead? It did hit different. It felt modern, relevant, and annoyingly… effective. Hence this blog.

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