Psycho-Cybernetics Deluxe Edition: The Original Text of the Classic Guide to a New Life (The Psycho-Cybernetics Series)

by Maxwell Maltz

Practice Exercise: Create in your imagination a vivid mental picture of yourself sitting quietly, composed, unmoved, letting your telephone ring, as outlined earlier in this chapter. Then, in your daily activities “carry over” the same peaceful, composed, unmoved attitude by remembering this mental picture. Say to yourself, “I am letting the telephone ring” whenever you are tempted to “obey” or respond to some fear-bell or anxiety-bell. Next, use your imagination to practice non-response in various sorts of situations: See yourself sitting quietly and unmoved while an associate rants and raves. See yourself going through your daily tasks one by one, calmly, composed, unhurried, in spite of the pressures of a busy day. See yourself maintaining the same constant, stable course, in spite of the various “hurry-bells” and “pressure-bells” in your environment. See yourself in various situations which have in the past upset you—only now you remain “set,” settled, poised—by not responding.