Living Pray-check to Pray-check
June 26th, 2008Let me tell you a little story that you may have heard before - in part.
It’s the famous Tommy Edison story. You know the first part of the drill. Tommy was trying real,
real hard to invent the light bulb. And he was tracking his experiments.
10,000 of them.
He persisted. He kept trying. 10,000 times. And still - no light bulb.
Then he stopped working hard. Instead of using and relying upon his conscious mind to come up
with the winning solution - he put his goal into another realm.
And he got an answer.
The answer, as it turns out, helped him to create the light bulb.
10,000 experiments using his conscious mind - and nothing but knowledge on what doesn’t
work.
ONE TIME inside his mental movie theatre - and he’s got the answer.
Do you think this story has anything to do with business, with sports, with writing, with speaking in
public, with performing, with art - or with discovering timeless wisdom.
Of course it does.
And getting yourself into a life in which your average workday is 4-hours long - has much to do with this story.
Now, just so you know, there are days in which I only work for 15 or 20 minutes. I crank out a couple emails, hit send, then I have the rest of the day to spend with family, as well as reading, working out, practicing martial arts - or whatever else I am interested in.
When I’m cranking a new book - I may put in a full four hours. At time I receive so much inspiration I keep writing for eight hours or more. But this is NOT typical.
Many people have very loose definitions of what they call work. Not me.
For the record, work is NOT sitting around reading books about business, mind power or anything else. That’s called research - and unless a company is paying you to do research - it ain’t work.
Work is not driving around town - unless you’re paid to drive around.
Work is not surfing the web - unless the company you work for pays you to do this.
Work is not visiting with other people, by phone or in person. Nor is it standing around gossiping or fault finding. Unless you work for a company that pays you to visit or gossip - it does not qualify as work.
Oh, and guess what - THINKING is not work, either - unless you are being paid to think. If you aren’t being paid for your thoughts, then you cannot count thinking time as part of your workday.
In the past I have asked people I coach how much time they think I spend each day working. The answers were amazing.
“You work 12 hours a day,” one person said.
“You’re always working,” said another.
“You never stop working. Even when you’re driving, sleeping or eating, you’re always thinking, therefore you’re working,” came another.
I replied: “But I spend very little time each day thinking. Most of the time my mind is empty.”
These people have very loose definitions of work. To them anything and everything qualifies. No it doesn’t.
Work - in the business sense of the term - is ONLY that which you are compensated for. Nothing more. Nothing less.
Work - in the ultimate sense of the term - is not work at all. It is a labor of love. It is what you’d be doing if there were no such thing as muney - but you do get paid for it.
If you were to ask me, “Fure-cat, what would you be doing if there was no such thing as muney” - I would say, “The very things I’m doing right now. The things I’m already being paid to do.”
I’d still be writing books, emails, newsletters, making DVDs, CDs, giving seminars, coaching people - and so on.
Truth is I don’t do anything because “I need muney.”
And I never have.
If I have a client, for example, who disrespects me, I tell him to take a hike. And it doesn’t matter how much moohlah he has paid me to date. I never think, “Oh, I’ll just put up with this crap because I NEED muney.” I was this way when I was a personal fitness trainer in California and had next to nothing, financially, and I am this way today.
Sure, I’ve had moments in time in which I felt stuck. I wanted to grow but didn’t appear to be making progress. But even in those moments, I didn’t do things because I needed money. I did them because they were aligned with what I wanted in life.
I believe in asking the Infinite to supply you with abundance. I believe in asking for a life in which you are able to start living all your dreams NOW.
I don’t believe in asking for an easy or carefree life. I don’t believe in asking for comfort.
I do believe, however, in asking for and expecting to be able to accomplish your financial goals far faster than most - so that you have the time and muney to do all the other things you want to do in life.
What does FAR FASTER mean.
It means in a maximum of seven years, but preferably three to five. It does not mean 40 or more years. That’s a dumb plan.
By following my 4-hour workday plan, I was able to double my income year after year - and I’ve taught many others to do likewise.
Let me say this: When finances become an after thought, you have no idea how much energy you will have compared to NOW.
I believe that people use 80% or more of their energy worrying about, fretting about and obsessing about muney. And they think the way out of the mess is MORE work. In some cases this is true. Afterall, there are some incredibly lazy people out there who want something for nothing.
But most people are already busting a hump. The thing is they are doing it the wrong way. You don’t bust a hump to make a living. You bust self-limiting ideas and concepts. Those are the only humps you bust. And when you bust these humps - you are able to think and act clearly - to do things in a far faster, far more efficient and far more effective manner.
Just think if you no longer spent any of your time doing the things which aren’t productive. If you’ll do this it will be easy to imagine that you will be able to put in four hours of work and still increase your income - year after year.
One of my ace students, Jim Whelan, has done this.
He started his business in 2004, via my recommendation.
Following my advice, he now has a business that allows him to travel much of the year. Like myself, he can run his show with a lap top and cell phone.
In the past 18 months, Jim has visited more countries than I can count. He’s been to Japan, China, Russia, Antarctica, Greece, Egypt, Italy and more. And if you were to meet him over lunch, you’d be amazed at how different he is from the average “worker” today.
You can check out his website at thejoanrandallagency.com
Several months ago he went through his typical day with me - telling me what he does from morning til night. One thing is certain, he doesn’t live “pray-check to pray-check.”
Another thing I quickly noted is how much time Jim has for himself. He spends more time doing what he wants to do than almost anyone.
Well, how’d he get to this position.
And how did I?
This will be revealed at my 4-Hour Workday Seminar - coming this September.
Get Ready.
Matt Furey
