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July 3rd, 2009
Years ago, while living in California, a saying came out: “Curb your enthusiasm.”
Tis an important saying to know when doing business. Sometimes you can get so excited about what you’re doing or offering that in the midst of great enthusiasm you make foolish decisions.
Happens all the time.
Years ago, my friend Kim Wood, an NFL strength coach for 27 years, said: “An animal on the attack is cautious almost to the point of cowardice.”
A fascinating quote, eh.
Picture a cheetah running 70 mph after a deer or antelope. He doesn’t appear cowardly at all. Yet, prior to the 70 mph burst, the cheetah very carefully stalked his prey and scoped out the terrain. He does not simply take off on a sprint as soon as he’s hungry.
So the key to enthusiasm is balance. Just like confidence.
There’s confidence and over-confidence. There’s enthusiasm and over-enthusiasm.
Conversely, there is under-enthusiasm and under-confidence. I think most people who are struggling fall into the “under” category. They don’t need to curb their enthusiasm. It’s time for them to unleash it.
Enthusiasm for what you do and what you’re attempting to do is a cornerstone of success. Without it you cannot accomplish much. As Emerson wrote, “Nothing great was ever accomplished without enthusiasm.”
At the same time, being too enthusiastic, too confident and too positive can be a sign that danger is lurking. The key is the line of balance between a quality that brings you success - and a quality that harms you.
Years ago in my study of shuai jiao kung fu, which I won a world title in, Dr. Daniel Weng told me, “A strength over-extended becomes a weakness.”
Oh, how true.
And lest you think this saying only applies to martial arts - think again. It applies to everything in life. It also applies to every virtue.
Even love.
After all, even love has blind spots.
Matt Furey
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July 2nd, 2009
When the great Salvador Dali put paint to canvas and displayed what Psycho-Cybernetics meant to him, he told the tale of two self-images.
On the left side of the painting was the shadow of a man with a self-image the size of a small potato. Where was this small potato self-image leading him. Answer: Into the darkness - toward failure.
On the right side of the painting, the shadow of another man with a self-image ten feet tall. What direction was he headed in life. Answer: Toward the light - toward success.
Dr. Maltz often referred to the classic book, The Tale of Two Cities when describing Psycho-Cybernetics.
Why. Because how well we do in life depends upon this battle of two self-images; the failure sized self-image that is no bigger than a small potato - and the success-sized self-image that is ten feet tall.
Discovering the size of your self-image is key to changing it. When you go into the Theatre of Your Mind and picture yourself on the stage, how big are you. If you’re incredibly small, you’re now in perfect position to reconnect your success mechanism and start moving toward the good life.
If you’re self-image is already big, then you need to continually look for ways to re-inforce and improve. Regardless of how strong your self-image is, you need to continually work on making it better, otherwise, whether you like it or not, your self-image will weaken and deteriorate.
Every day take a few minutes to picture yourself the way you want to be. See yourself at your best. Imagine yourself living life in a way in
which you are happy, successful and enjoying the greatest port in the world: Peace of Mind.
The Zero Resistance Living program will teach you how to do this better than anything else. Go here and change your life for the better.
Best,
Matt Furey
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July 1st, 2009
It hit me like a ton of bricks.
I couldn’t believe I’d “missed” it before. I’d read the book many, many times - but this time was different. A “secret” was revealed to me - and today I’m going to give it to YOU.
If you are open and receptive to this passage - you can expect a major breakthrough from what you are about to read.
I suggest you be OPEN.
Here’s the passage:
“Psychologist David Seabury says that the best piece of advice his father ever gave him was to practice positive mental imagery - immediately and “on cue,” so to speak, whenever he became aware of negative feelings. Negative feelings literally defeated themselves by becoming a sort of “bell” which set off a conditioned reflex to arouse positive states of mind.”
Now read this passage again. It comes from the 35-million copy best-seller, Psycho-Cybernetics.
Pay particular attention to the following words: “the best piece of advice his father ever gave him…”
Those words set the tone for for what the rest of the passage reveals.
Why. Because whenever something is the “best piece of advice” someone can give you - especially your father, it had better be GOOD.
In reading this passage I not only see this as the best advice I can give my son - but myself, and everyone I teach at my seminars and in my coaching programs.
So many people wonder why I am always so calm, cool and collected. Many wonder how I am able to speak before a crowd in a non- chalant, totally relaxed way and still have everyone totally riveted.
Most of the reason is because I have no thoughts of resistance when I speak. I’m not concerned about offending anyone. I’m not even trying to get people to like me. I am simply ME, take it or leave it.
Very few people are this way. They’re trying to figure out how to get others to approve of them or like them. Not a good strategy because the more you NEED others to like you the less they will like you.
Same goes with money. The more you NEED it - the more it will stay away from you. Money and friends go where they are wanted - not where they are NEEDED. There is a world of difference between want and need. One attracts. The other repels.
Even if you think you NEED money or NEED friends, so long as you have this thought you are in a repelling state of mind. Never NEED anything. Want is all you want. Want comes from a vibration of “I’m happy already and I’d like to have this, too.” Need comes from a vibration of “I’m miserable and frustrated and I need this thing to make me happy.”
Become aware of negative NEED feelings when they arise - and if and when they do - learn, through practice, to have these feelings immediately trigger the thought to change your vibration into a “feel good” one.
Most people have never been taught this by their fathers - or by any other teacher. They’ve been taught to set goals, to have a burning desire, to be optimistic and have a positive attitude.
But what do you do when you look at your bank statement, or your finances and you immediately begin to feel bad? What do you do when the reality of your situation begins ruining your day? What do you do when you’re feel frustrated, fearful and worried? You do what Dr. Seabury’s father told him to do and what I’m telling you to do
First, you “recognize” that you are feeling bad.
Second, you understand that this “feel bad” vibration REPELS what you say you want. Your want is not a want. It’s a need that comes with the expectation of something outside of yourself making you happy.
Third, you recognize that this “feel bad” imagery sends a signal to the Universe that you cannot be happy “for no particular reason.” And that’s not good.
There is a balancing act you are to learn between having a burning desire and having a desire that burns you.
On the one hand having a burning desire creates the necessary mind-set that will create the thing you want. On the other hand, if the desire is connected to “I’m miserable unless I have this thing” - then you are chasing success and that success will always run faster than you do.
Your objective is to attract success; not to chase it. Chasing success is repelling success. You never get what you are chasing. At the end of the month you always come up short; you always need a quick fix. And fixes don’t fix anything.
Several years ago a man sent me an email in which he said I was “chasing the almight dollar.” I had no idea what he was talking about. I couldn’t even form a mental image of myself doing what he was writing about.
What the man was saying was a reflection of what HE thought I was doing.
He was wrong. When I chased the almight dollar - and I did that for years - I had no money. When I stopped chasing and learned to attract it - it flowed into my life so fast I was nearly knocked over.
Continually alter and improve your mental pictures so that dollars are chasing you. Anytime you begin feeling as if you’re no longer attracting - then look at what you’re picturing in your mind and see if you’re repelling more than you’re attracting.
At all times the forces of attraction and repulsion are at play. It’s simply a matter of how strong the forces are. If you’re repelling energy is stronger you go deeper into debt. If your attraction force is stronger you get wealthier. If both are equally strong, you feel “stuck.”
Now the question is, what do I do if I am repelling more than I’m attracting?
The answer:
1. You change the way you feel by changing the mental picture you have of your situation. Everytime you feel the negative feeling, it’s an alarm that triggers a positive one. A bell goes off inside. “Uh, oh. Not good. Change the mental picture.” You do this over and over and the feel bad vibe lasts less than a second and you’re back to feeling good. Essentially, no one will ever know you even visited the feel bad emotion. It was “here and gone” in the time it takes to click a new photograph.
2. Begin each day with Theatre of the Mind exercises so that you go through the whole day without resistance. Don’t just read positive messages or books. DO the exercises. Stand before the mirror and speak. Picture what you want when you speak. Sit in a chair and use your creative imagination. Recall previous successes and link them to your future.
3. Have a burning desire in mind, a goal. But at the same time don’t expet the goal to give you happiness. You don’t let the desire burn you by feeling bad if you don’t have it yet. In fact, even though you WANT the goal and put your heart and soul into creating what you want - you are also able to “walk away” from the goal emotionally. There is no expectation of your desire giving you anything other than the thing you desire. For example, if you want more money - you don’t expect more money to give you happiness. You simply want more money - and you put yourself into happiness mode NOW.
If you’re happy even though you don’t yet have in your possession the thing you want - then you are attracting it to you.
If you’re unhappy because you don’t yet have in your possession the thing you NEED - then you are repelling it.
So get happy NOW - not later.
Recognize that fear, frustration and angst are only there to help you change course. They’re there to help you see that your mental picture is off-target. Put the right mental image back onto the screen of your mind and watch how the Universe lines things up in your favor.
If success is 90% mental in every field, then you better learn the 90% - don’t you think?
Best,
Matt Furey
P.S. The latest printing, first edition of 101 Ways to Magnetize Money is nearly sold out. Edition number two will have a totally different cover, making edition numero uno a collector’s item. Get one or more while supplies last.
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June 30th, 2009
Getting what you want out of life is a bit like starting a fire in your back yard.
Let me explain:
Suppose you have a magnifying glass and a backyard filled with dry grass.
The sun is blazing when you walk outdoors. Your pitch a blanket and take out your magnifying glass. As you hold the magnifying glass in your hand, you move it from one spot to the next.
Yes, you’re trying to start a fire but due to lack of patience and focus, you can’t stop changing yourself from changing the position the glass is in. After a few seconds in one spot, you move on to the next.
Finally, an expert in the art of ‘making fire’ comes to observe what you’re doing. He tells you that you’ll never make a fire the way you’re trying to do it.
You then ask, ‘Well, how should I do it, then.’
The expert tells you to focus the magnifying glass in one spot and hold it there until the fire begins. You follow his advice and within a short time the back yard is blazing.
Naturally, the point of this story is NOT to encourage anyone to start a fire. The point is to show you that MOST people who set goals don’t know how to start a fire.
They look at their list and try to make everything happen at once. They never stop to focus on the ONE goal that can generate so much heat that the other goals get accomplished, even with far less focus than the ONE.
Suppose your goals are represented by all the different places the magnifying glass was positioned. Yet, no fire from any of those place until the guy shined the glass in ONE place long enough to start the fire.
Then what happened. After the fire began it quickly consumed the entire backyard (all the other goals got accomplished).
This doesn’t mean that you never focus on goal number 2, 3, 4, 5 and so on. What it does mean is that you MUST focus on ONE goal long enough to start the fire in your solar plexus. And once that fire gets going, you’ll be amazed at the extra energy you’ll have for the other goals.
To become an expert on starting the fire within, be sure to get hold of Dr. Maxwell Maltz’ Zero Resistance Living. You’ll find it here.
Best,
Matt Furey
P.S. You know what’s cool about my best-seller, 101 Ways to Magnetize Money? You learn 101 Ways to PRACTICE getting positive results. Make sure you begin using this program now.
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June 27th, 2009
This morning, after working out with my son, Frank, at our summer home on Hainan Island in China, he asked me a couple questions.
“Daddy, how long did Larry Bird practice to become a great basketball player?”
“Everyday,” I said. “He practiced when his teammates were there - and he practiced when no one else was around. He practiced during the season. He practiced in the off-season.”
“And how long did Dan Gable practice to become a great wrestler?”
“Same as Larry Bird. Everyday. When others were around - when no one was around.”
“And how long do you think I’ll need to practice to become great in something?”
“Same as Larry Bird,” I said. “Same as Dan Gable.”
Believe it or don’t, I have just given you a LAW that is more important than all the other LAWS of Success.
Why do I say this?
I say it because even the Law of Attraction requires constant practice and refinement - just like shooting hoops or practicing takedowns. If you want positive results - you practice the positive.
If you want negative results… then no practice is ever necessary.
Matt Furey
P.S. You know what’s cool about my best-seller, 101 Ways to Magnetize Money? You learn 101 Ways to PRACTICE getting positive results. Make sure you begin using this program now so you start making a higher percentage of the shots you take in life.
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June 22nd, 2009
Gary C. Halbert, a world famous copywriter once said, “Movement is superior to meditation.”
Do you agree?
Well, today the Zen Man will analyze this statement in a way you have never heard before. So hold onto your agreeing or disagreeing mind for a moment.
I’ll begin with a quick story about one of the best movements I’ve ever put myself through.
It happened a week ago. A book I am writing neared completion. It needed an almost-final edit.
So I grabbed a seat, put both my feet on the floor, began to breathe deeply and straightened my spine. While doing
so I started to read - and edit.
When the movement ended, I looked at the clock, totally amazed at where the time went.
Nine hours - gone in a flash. No eating. No drinking. Just breathing, reading and editing - with feet on the floor. And back straight.
Upon completion I stood up and the vital energy began to move even faster than when I was engrossed in this so-
called movement.
I stretched my shoulders, back and legs and felt a swirl moving within. Then I called a few people to let them know I was done with the latest round. As I talked my body shook internally.
Aaah, what a great feeling.
Yes, to most, writing, selling, speaking, reading, exercising, making love, eating, drinking, showering and, before I forget, sh*tting… represent movement.
But they are only movement because there is no meditation going on within as you move.
To me, movement and meditation are one and the same.
Those who meditate without movement are not really meditating. And those who move without a feeling of calmness - are not really moving. At least not very well.
At the highest levels, movement and meditation are part of the same dance. While moving you can be meditating at a much deeper level than someone sitting in a lotus position. And while meditating you can be moving even more than someone leaping over high hurdles.
Consider this:
You can be moving while standing still.
You can be meditating while moving.
Both are possible, at the same time. And those who can do both simultaneously are way ahead of the pack.
Move - meditate. As one. Not either or.
The key is breathing, structure and awareness. And a willingness to train.
Matt Furey
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June 19th, 2009
We often hear athletes speak of success in their field as being 90% mental.
From my vast experience at the championship level in sports as varied as swimming and wrestling, and from my experience of being a world champion martial artist, I can vouch for the validity of this statement.
Without a doubt technique practice plays a role - as does the proverbial blood, sweat and tears, but I can tell you that the purpose of the ‘preparation’ that goes into a contest is mostly so that you are ‘mentally focused’ and sharp during the contest.
One of the amazing things I learned though about success in sports like wrestling and the style of kung fu I practiced is this: When I combined the physical activity of training with the success imagery I learned from Dr. Maxwell Maltz, my results improved almost instantly. Funny thing is I felt like I was doing LESS work, not more. The titles and trophies that used to go to the other guy were suddenly mine.
And the only change I made is in how I pictured myself as I trained. I combined the physical with the mental.
When I ran hills I pictured myself being a world champion. When I practiced technique on my own or with a partner, I imagined my moves giving me victory. I even pictured seeing my name in the headlines of the newspaper - or being interviewed on t.v. And I did all this visualization while I trained. I did not sit down and relax to go into the theatre of my mind. I lived and practiced and trained in the ‘theatre of my mind.’
This approach to mental training is so powerful that I recommend it to everyone, regardless of the endeavor. If you want to lose weight,
picture the person you want to be while you train. If you want to make more money in selling, picture yourself doing so as you do
your paperwork or make a call.
This technique works like magic.
Naturally, it’s good to be grounded in exactly how to picture, imagine and feel yourself becoming what you want. That’s why you really do need to learn all the Psycho-Cybernetics techniques taught in Dr. Maltz advanced course, Zero Resistance Living.
Armed with the Dr. Maltz tactics, you’ll find success coming to you with far greater ease than you can currently understand.
Go here and get the course today.
Best,
Matt Furey
P.S. As a businessman today I have used the exact type of mental imagery that I used for success in sports and martial arts. And the results I have attained speak for themselves. You can do likewise when you go here.
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June 18th, 2009
In Psycho-Cybernetics, Dr. Maltz says the greatest port in the world - the ultimate goal, is ‘peace of mind.’
Now, here’s the ironic twist to the above.
You do not obtain peace of mind by sitting at home alone, doing nothing.
You obtain peace of mind by being creatively alive; by pursuing a worthy goal that benefits yourself as well as others.
You obtain peace of mind by DOING something good for yourself.
You obtain peace of mind by being involved.
And you obtain peace of mind by developing your self-image and thereby your confidence, to the level where you KNOW you can accomplish whatever you set your mind on.
Each day YOU and I are given 1440 minutes. What we do with those minutes determines our future as well as how we feel in the present.
When we’re creatively involved in stretching our minds to become MORE than we currently are, we feel good about ourselves.
Consider for a moment one thing you can do today to move yourself toward a worthy goal. Then do it.
I can assure you, in the doing of that thing, your attitude will be different. You’ll feel different. Why. Because you’re creatively involved in doing something good.
Now, to make life flow even more smoothly, always take a few minutes to enter the Theatre of Your Mind. Imagine the person you want to be. Remember that in order for you to make lasting change, the person you see on the inside must change first.
You have two sets of eyes. The ones you use to observe who you are on the outside. And the set of eyes you use to observe who you are on the inside.
Picture the new you each day and you will become the new you.
For help in doing this, be sure to gift yourself with the Zero Resistance Living program.
Best,
Matt Furey
P.S. Did you know that the ONLY professional football team to go undefeated (17-0) en route to winning Super Bowl VII, the 1972 Miami Dolphins, were heavily into Psycho-Cybernetics and the teachings of Dr. Maxwell Maltz. Tis the same story with many of the greatest athletes you’ve read about over the last 46 years.
Now, just think if the Dolphins had Dr. Maltz advanced course in Zero Resistance Living. It boggles the mind because Psycho-Cybernetics only told you ‘what it is.’ It didn’t give you an in-depth “how to do it.” Zero Resistance Living goes overboard in giving you ‘what to do.’
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June 17th, 2009
Let’s examine how you can spot a winner next time you’re eating breakfast in a restaurant.
Normally I don’t look around much when I eat breakfast because I’m going over my goals or reading a book related to one of my goals - or making notes in my journal. In case you want to know what I’m writing in my journal - it’s usually ideas related to whatever I’m working on. Or ideas that I’m considering for the future.
Anyway, today I decided to pay attention to the other people in the restaurant - in between doing what I normally do.
Most of the people who were eating had nothing to read. They did not have a journal, a pad of paper, a few 3×5 cards - or a pen. Nothing but food for their bellies.
To my left, however, was a man with two legal pads on his table. One yellow; one white. He had a pen out as he ate - and in between bites, he made notes on his pads.
I immediately assumed him to be a very successful business man. I could be wrong - but based on being a student of human moves - it was a bet I was willing to take.
Halfway through his meal, the man made a phone call. It was all business. He was making sure the other party received his check. He was keeping track of what was being done by whom - and so on.
He had a very pleasant voice and a calm demeanor. All was well in his world.
Two other people had books to read and a pen to take notes on what they were reading. Their books were not novels. They were instructional “how to” books.
Three people in the same restaurant, not including myself, who were taking notes or reading a “how to” book - now that must be quite a restaurant, eh.
Then there were those sitting around having idle conversation. Just yapping about anything that comes to mind.
And there were those reading the paper.
Everyone I saw looked good doing what he or she was doing. No one looked unhappy or miserable.
Yet - each person did send off a different vibration.
Some vibrations were “ho hum, another day.” Others were “ha ha - what an idiot.”
Then there were the vibes coming from the three who were taking notes and/or reading.
Powerful vibes they were.
Especially the man with two legal pads.
I’d like to pull up a chair, introduce myself and talk to him about who he is and what he does.
But you know, he’s got things to do - and so do I, so that conversation can wait. Especially when I can learn a lot just by watching him.
Next time you go out to eat, no matter where it is or with whom - at bare minimum, carry a small notepad and a pen.
And keep your goals close at hand. You cannot be reminded of your goals too often. Champions tend to be the people who look at their goals more than anyone else.
Best,
Matt Furey
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June 16th, 2009
When you listen to all the “Law of Attraction” experts - you learn that the key to success is focusing on what you want and refusing to focus on what you don’t want.
You’re told that if you violate this principle you will attract what you don’t want - and if you focus on the fact that you’ve attracted what you don’t want - you’ll get even more of the same thing.
My friend, there are some very large loops in this logic.
Suppose you break your leg. Suppose it’s a compound fracture and you need to get the bone put back inside your skin. You might even need a plate or pin inserted into your leg to hold the bones in place.
Now, you can get me to agree that you had something to do with “creating” this problem.
But you will not get me to agree that if you focus on getting the leg fixed - that you’ll create another broken leg.
In my Psycho-Cyb coaching program I work with several doctors - and many of them are surgeons.
Funny thing I’ve observed about surgeons.
They’re much more optimistic, upbeat and energetic than the regular M.D. who only prescribes medicine or looks at how much pain you’re in - but can do next to nothing to fix it.
Yes, surgeons are very positive people. And what do they do for a living. They saw off old hips and knees and replace with a new one. They reattach retinas. They remove tumors. They correct defects in hearts. And so on.
Surgeons perform tens of thousands of operations during their career. Dr. Maltz said he did 25,000.
Sure, some surgeries being performed today are unnecessary. I’m not talking about those. What I’m talking about is the moment you have a severe health problem and you need the problem fixed NOW.
It’s the surgeon who comes to the rescue - and usually leaves with yet another success under his belt. Another win. Another condition conquered.
The person who undergoes a surgery like a hip replacement or knee replacement, doesn’t show up on a weekly basis for another replacement - even if he thinks about the surgery all day long.
What does this tell us.
It tells us that we can use visualization to eliminate conditions we don’t want - just as much as we can use it to attract those things we do want.
There is a right way and a wrong way to visualize “getting rid” of the things we don’t want. Surgery is an easy example because all you have to do is show up.
But when it comes to eliminating debt, depression, overweight, bad relationships, etc. - there is a difference in how you will want to focus. On the one hand you want to attract something better - but on the other hand you don’t want to attract more of the same.
These are things I teach in great detail to members of the Psycho-Cyb Success Group. Make sure you go here and enroll today.
All the best,
Matt Furey
P.S. Hey, want to attract greater financial freedom? Then focus on the WAYS that will get the job done for you. I show you how my smashing best-seller, 101 Ways to Magnetize Money.
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