Success Cybernetics [Paperback]

U. S. Andersen (Author), Uell S. Andersen (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 241 pages
• Publisher: Wilshire Book Company; 2nd edition (October 1986)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0879801557
• ISBN-13: 978-0879801557
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.3 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #144,299 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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37 of 39 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars best book I have ever read, July 30, 1999

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This review is from: Success Cybernetics (Paperback)

This book is so absorbing and entertaining that you cant put it down. It will teach you the secret of succeeding at everything in your life and inspire you to do so . You'll be so excited that you will love doing things that you never previously had the guts to do. A must read and reference book on the secrets of living the way you've really dreamed of .

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Tough-love that works, January 13, 2006

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D. Rahmel "Dan Rahmel" (Los Angeles, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Success Cybernetics (Paperback)

Don't look for gentle handholding in this book. The reader is called to the carpet for not taking action and attaining success where desired. This is not your 21st century coddling politically-correct self-help text. The author is particularly harsh on religion, especially Christianity (although he takes many shots at Buddhism and Taoism). If you can get past that, there is some extremely useful information here.

Cybernetics is the science of feedback loops. Try something-then evaluate the results-then make adjustments-then try again. Anderson encourages using this idea for your life. If an action isn't producing the desired results, try something else. Eventually, you will get on the right track, everything will become automatic, and the success loop will re-enforce itself. He promotes this simple idea through many motivating and colorful stories.

While some readers may find his style coarse, I found it was exactly the kick in the pants that I needed. Something I had been procrastinating over/avoiding for over two years I finally got done thanks to Anderson's writing. I believe that is the highest form of praise for any motivational book.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The other side of the coin to his other book "Three Magic Words", January 31, 2008

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EOC "EOC" (CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Success Cybernetics (Paperback)

This book was published in the 1960s (after looking through all his other books which are mostly philosophical rather than practical especially "Three Magic Words", which he says in one of his books, is the other side of the coin to "Success-Cybernetics") and is in my opinion, the best and most practical one. There are some good pointers and may seem common sense to most people already. However, I have found that you have to sift through the myriad of stories to get at his points in each one, most of the time.