Success Cybernetics (Paperback)

~ Uell Andersen (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 241 pages
• Publisher: Wilshire Book Company; 2nd edition (June 1970)
• 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: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #743,108 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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33 of 35 people found the following review helpful:

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

By A Customer

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 .

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

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

By	D. Rahmel "Dan Rahmel" (Los Angeles, CA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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.

14 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Entertaining and Superbly Effective!!!!, January 16, 2003

By A Customer

Deserves 10+ stars for a rating. By far, the best Self Help book ever written AND the best of all the U.S. Andersen titles. This is a gritty, down-to-earth, hard-hitting, yet humorous and clear presentation of specific mechanisms which put the science of Automatic Control into the hands of people so they can get the most out of their brains (the body's control center) and, as a result, get the most out of their lives.
Success Cybernetics is so exceptional, its hard to put into words. You get a solid read from it. There's no wishy-washy "Dr. Phil, Dr. Laura, Dr. Dyer, Deepak, Oprah" garbage in it, just straight forward meat-and-potatoes information showing how to "build" an accurate "Control Mechanism" and "Guidance Mechanism", and have them form an automatic "Success Mechanism". When you read this book, be prepared! If you're wise, you'll try out this system on one simple goal you have in your life. Then, when you see how fantastically it functions and how easy and clearly you achieve that goal, you'll be ready to utilize it in every aspect of your affairs. And, you'll take all your other Self Help books and toss them!
This is a "down-and dirty" kind of book. A book you can really sink your mental teeth into. It was first published in 1966 and is still in print, so that alone should tell you something about its contents. Success Cybernetics IS the hidden diamond among the mounds of other hoaky Self Help material and its too bad more people (young and old) don't know about it. If they did, productivity, inventiveness, ability, and shining sanity would increase within our society to the point where you wouldn't be able to recognize things in a year or two!
GET THIS BOOK! DON'T LET ANYTHING STOP YOU! READ IT AND RE-READ IT SEVERAL TIMES THIS YEAR! TAKE NOTES ABOUT THE CONSTRUCTION AND FUNTION OF THE MECHANISMS! TRY IT OUT - GRADUALLY WITH SIMPLY GOALS FIRST - THEN REALLY OPEN IT UP FULL BLAST! YOU WON'T BE SORRY!