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Hot-Cold-Hot-Cold

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Last night I got on a roll in the sauna.

About 10 minutes into the session, a group of us began speaking about “heated” subjects, and the next thing you know we’d been baking for 28 minutes and 12 seconds.

Normally I stay in for 20 minutes, then take a break. I’m usually aware of the time because I use an app that chimes every five minutes. But last night, when my mind shifted into a different “theatre,” I lost track.

After the sauna I took a 52 degree plunge. Yes, that’s in Fahrenheit. The near-freezing water brought me back to the cold reality where time existed once again.

To build momentum, I gave myself an easy goal to achieve. Something within my comfort zone.

NOTE: In Psycho-Cybernetics, you do NOT force yourself out of your comfort zone. Instead, you find your comfort zone and EXPAND it. This is how you build sustainable momentum. You give yourself small, daily, incremental goals. And you have a system whereby it gets easier and easier to achieve them, so much so that you naturally and spontaneously go further without even noticing. Your beliefs are upgraded without force as well. 

Anyway, after a minute of cold, I stepped into a pool of much warmer water for five minutes.

Then I went back into the cold water – and it was easy compared to the first round. And because momentum was on my side, I upgraded the time as I focused on relaxed breathing.

Hormesis, an adaptation response from the sauna and cold plunge, took hold of me.

What was once difficult, became much easier, not from gigantic, big goals, but from smaller, achievable goals that create an on-going sense of success.

Once again, I wanted to do more, not because I pushed myself out of my comfort zone, but because I found my comfort zone and allowed it to organically expand.

Oddly enough, before going for last night’s sauna and cold splash, a fellow coach messaged me on Instagram.

“What big goals do you have for this year?” she asked.

“I only have daily goals,” I responded.

“Ah, haha. Well, what big goals do you have for the day?”

“My daily goals are small. Very small.”

She may have thought I was joking, but I was telling the truth.

As I state in Theatre of the Mind, small, incremental daily goals that establish momentum are more important than BIG goals that cause stagnation.

Tonight I’m going to hit the sauna again. Will I have a goal for longer than 30 minutes?

No.

20 minutes is my baseline goal. If I choose to go beyond 20, it’s either because I decided to upgrade while I’m in the act – or I forget to check the timer due to a heated conversation takes me into a different reality, a theatre, one where I’m in the sauna but unconscious of it.

See it. Feel it. Be it.

Matt Furey

P.S. I’ll be giving an update later this week or early next regarding the Psycho-Cybernetics Group Coaching. If interested, drop me a line and let me hear why it’s important to you.

The Media’s Role Reversed

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Yesterday I drove up to Gainesville, about two hours away, to use the sauna at Gainesville Health and Fitness, a gym that recently re-opened.

My friend, Steve, met me at the front door, and let me enter as his guest.

What a relief.

I haven’t been in a sauna in a couple months, and I sure did miss it. On top of the sauna, this gym also has a cold water plunge pool that is set at about 55 degrees. Most excellent.

Anyway, on the way to Gainesville, I listened to some ancient records of Dr. Wayne Dyer, who revealed in his final book, I Can See Clearly Now, how he utilized the teachings and principles of Psycho-Cybernetics.

As I listened to Dr. Dyer’s talk, I thought about how he would respond to the situation we find ourselves in today. I also thought about how Dr. Maxwell Maltz would respond. And Napoleon Hill.

And I’m pretty doggone sure it wouldn’t be the norm we are seeing today.

None of them would give in to the fear, the panic or the hysteria. None would have allowed the media to tell them what to think.

To summarize, all three of these men believed the outside world is a reflection of our inner world.

Things don’t just happen.

We might think “things just happen” but that’s incorrect.

Everything begins as a thought – and thought is activated by emotion.

The world was created with thought by a Creator who breathed life into it.

This Creator formed you in his image and fortified you with the power to think thoughts, imagine, visualize and breathe life into things.

In Think and Grow Rich, Napoleon Hill wrote about calling off the media during an “epidemic.” Here’s what he wrote:

During the “flu” epidemic which broke out during the world war, the mayor of New York City took drastic steps to check the damage which people were doing themselves through their inherent fear of ill health. He called in the newspaper men and said to them, “Gentlemen, I feel it necessary to ask you not to publish any scare headlines concerning the ‘flu’ epidemic. Unless you cooperate with me, we will have a situation which we cannot control.” The newspapers quit publishing stories about the “flu,” and within one month the epidemic had been successfully checked.

How about that?

To simplify, instead of starting and ending each day with “Oh my god, that’s terrible,” begin each day reflecting upon God, and what is good.

Yes, the sauna is good. The cold plunge is good. A two-hour drive to use a sauna is good. A two-hour drive home is good.

And I look forward to going back to Gainesville for another round.

But there’s more good news: Gyms in Tampa open tomorrow, and the one I go to has a sauna.

Yes.

See it. Feel it. Be it.

Matt Furey

Visualization Mistakes

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I remember asking a client, “Do you take the time each day to picture a result you want to create for that day?”

“I’m a man of action,” he responded. “I just get up and get going.”

I questioned, “How’s that working out for you?”

“Well, I’m getting decent results, but I think I could do a lot better,”

Truism.

Taking the time to visualize what you want to see happen before you jump into action may appear, at first, to be an unnecessary step, but there’s a reason that elite athletes, executives and top professionals around the world “picture it first.”

To visualize is to realize.

Oddly enough, many people don’t understand “the mechanics” of visualization. They get hung up or stuck on a number of hurdles.

For example, a man closes his eyes to visualize a goal and cannot see it. When he asks other experts about this, he is told that he’s “not visual.”

Not true.

A lady once told me that she can see the idea of what she wants to visualize, but gets upset when she can’t “see it clearly.”

“Define clearly.”

“Well, I should be able to picture it as clearly as everything in this room, or as clearly as an outdoor scene,” she replies.

“Says who?” I question.

Another sticking point is the idea that you must be able to focus on a single image or goal for long periods of time. If a person’s focus waivers at all, the person thinks he is doing something wrong.

Again, not true.

Assuming that visualization is purely visual and that you must see everything crystal clear are common mistakes.

Visualization is also about feeling, hearing, smelling, tasting and so on.

Yes, and so on….

The other day, a friend asked, “In Theatre of the Mind you mentioned that you need to add emotion to your visualization to make it work.”

“True,” I interjected.

“Well, I’m not sure how you do that?” he asked.

At this point something dawned on me. It’s time to create a monthly group coaching program based upon Psycho-Cybernetics, Theatre of the Mind, Zero Resistance Living and other knowledge I have gathered over the decades, such as martial arts breathing exercises.

And that’s what I intend to do.

If this is something you are interested in, send me an email to state what you want to learn.

More information forthcoming.

In the interim, make sure you are invested in at least two of the programs I’ve mentioned above, as they will probably be prerequisites.

See it. Feel it. Be it.

Matt Furey

Fear Mongers

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The fear mongers are relentless. They get off on weakening the strong.

They love instilling fear in others. They love to dampen and weaken all your dreams and desires.

And they love to pretend that they are protecting you from harm.

Many of those who attempt to weaken you are disguised as “helpers.” It’s easy to assume they want the best for you, but oftentimes they don’t.

This is why I believe in tapping into your innate discernment ability.

Most people have misplaced this ability and replaced it with whatever they are told to believe, or whatever their brand of news tells them to think. Even the so-called “spiritual people” no longer show an ability to discern.

Tapping into your ability to discern begins with your willingness to take a step back, detach and disconnect.

Can you go an hour or two without the dopamine fix you get from tell-a-vision or social media apps?

Can you ignore the negativity of others?

Can you unwind your mind and de-stress each day?

Yesterday a man wrote to tell me that I was “not the same” as Dr. Maxwell Maltz, energetically speaking. He accused me of stealing the Psycho-Cybernetics business, which I have owned for 15 years.

I smiled as I read this man’s email.

But does it deserve a personal reply? Not at all. It deserves the delete button. Yet wisdom tells me to use the essence of this man’s idiocies in an email for all to see and benefit from.

The fella doesn’t know how to discern, even though he thinks he does. And he doesn’t read well, either, as it’s obvious that I am the rightful owner of the business.

Of course, energetically speaking, I am not the same as Dr. Maltz. And I’m not supposed to be (this is covered in depth in lesson one of the Zero Resistance Living System). Neither is Dan Kennedy, who owned the business prior to me.

We’re supposed to be different, physically and energetically – and if you want to go further, spiritually.

As I stated yesterday, the best thing you can do with these negative vipers is shut them completely out of your life. If that’s not possible, ignore them. Give them no energy whatsoever.

Most importantly, make sure you refuel each and every day.

Make sure you have a way to take a step back from it all, gain a clearer perspective and recharge. Make sure you have a way to de-stress on a daily basis so that you can live and lead a more successful life.

Letting go of the negative stresses in your life may be as easy as a change in how you move. Negative thoughts seem to be hardwired into our brain, body and central nervous system, but only when we move in a familiar pattern.

We’ve heard the adage, change your thoughts, change your life. That’s looking at life in a metaphysical way.

But what if you changed what you do physically, and this lead to a change in your thoughts and emotions, and stress levels?

Well, I have good news for you. I created a program, Dao Zou, that radically changes your emotional state without you even trying to change your thoughts.

I have used it to recover from the sadness of a loved one passing away. I have used it to calm down and get focused before speaking in public. And I use it on a regular basis to “unwind my mind.”

Dao Zou is currently deeply discounted to help more people de-stress for success.

Jump on it NOW and we will work on your order today, even though it may not go out until Monday (we sold out yesterday, ugh).

Kick ass – take names.

Matt Furey

Walk Away from Negative People

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There’s good and bad news all around us.

Optimism and negativity are in the air.

What matters most is what you tune into. Some people tune into the negative. It’s their nature.

Others do their best to tune into the positive, then negative people come along spreading doom ‘n gloom – and they get infected with a bug that can linger for a lifetime.

Many of these doom n bloomers watch and listen to their version of the news – believe it is gospel, and spread the spell.

These people are not psychics, but they act as though they are. They interpret your dreams, your hopes, your words. They tell you what you meant by what you said, or what you wrote. Yet, they have no clue whatsoever.

You’ll find these people everywhere. They’re in every profession, every industry, every way or walk of life.

And the best thing you can do is shut them completely out of your life. If that’s not possible, ignore them. Give them no energy whatsoever.

They need your energy. They feed off it. They use it as fuel.

Don’t give them any.

Most importantly, make sure you refuel each and every day.

Make sure you have a way to take a step back from it all, gain a clearer perspective and recharge. Make sure you have a way to de-stress on a daily basis so that you can live and lead a more successful life.

Letting go of the negative stresses in your life may be as easy as a change in how you move. Negative thoughts seem to be hardwired into our brain, body and central nervous system, but only when we move in a familiar pattern.

We’ve heard the adage, change your thoughts, change your life. That’s looking at life in a metaphysical way.

But what if you changed what you do physically, and this lead to a change in your thoughts and emotions, and stress levels?

Well, I have good news for you. I created a program, Dao Zou, that radically changes your emotional state without you even trying to change your thoughts.

I spoke about it in Theatre of the Mind.

I have used it to recover from the sadness of a loved one passing away. I have used it to calm down and get focused before speaking in public. And I use it on a regular basis to “unwind my mind.”

Dao Zou is currently deeply discounted to help more people de-stress for success.

Jump on it NOW and we will put your order in the mail later today.

See it. Feel it. Be it.

Matt Furey

Dangerous Facts

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Contrary to what many people choose to believe, there can be more than one set of facts. Not always, but more often than you may realize.

There are the facts that are shown to you – and there are the facts that are withheld.

There are the number of people who died from a virus – and there are the 99+ percent who survived and got no mention whatsoever.

There are all the countries who locked down, and those such as Taiwan and Sweden, who didn’t.

There are those who believe that masks protect you and others, and there are those who say that masks increase the risk of disease.

There are the OCD “wash your hands” and use hand-sanitizer 100 times a day people, who are paranoid about touching their own face, and there are those who believe you should never use hand sanitizer because part of a healthy immune system is dealing with bacteria on your hands.

There are those who think this panic-demic is the worst thing since moldy bread, and those who yawn and say it’s nothing more than the flu.

There are M.D.s who roll their eyes about taking Vitamin C, Vitamin D and Zinc, and there are M.D.s who write books supporting their value.

There are those who write me and applaud when I write messages such as this one….

And then there are those who go into a rage and drop off my list.

HURRAH!

That’s how I FEEL when I receive kind words, as well as when someone flushes himself off my list.

I applaud the people living in the Gulag Californigh-oh, who march to the beaches and to the capital to protest the lockdown. I also applaud those who choose to stay at home.

Don’t make me no never mind. 

I have a unique Zen-like perspective on “the facts,” as well as the theories, as well as the unknown facts, as well as the not to be revealed facts.

I am this way when it comes to fitness, to self-development and to communication skills, such as writing and speaking.

I’m no fan of the “put on a persona” marketers you see on YouTube, Instagram and Facebook. I look for and follow those who are genuine, down-to-earth, authentic and sincere.

If someone reading my messages gets upset and chooses to move on, I consider that a blessing.

If someone thinks I’m a fraud, a phony, insincere or inauthentic, so what? It’s none of my business and it’s not my job to change their mind.

Think what you want to think.

Meanwhile, I shall write what I want to write…

including the four words I learned from my fellow friends on the University of Iowa wrestling team, so many moons ago.

Those four words are…

Kick ass – take names!

Matt Furey

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How Dare You Not Be Afraid!

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Yesterday’s email was met with a thunderclap of applause, based on the number of positive responses I received.

Yet, I would be remiss to overlook the fact that some folks didn’t agree with my main point, which was… enough of the fear porn.

One person wrote an “orange man bad,” diatribe. I deleted him.

A doctor friend presented some startling “anecdotal evidence” about why I should be afraid. What was it? His 90-year old grandmother in-law has “never seen anything like this.”

el Furecat replied: “My 97-year old father says he’s been through a lot worse.”

Indeed, he has.

In no way shape or configuration am I saying you should throw all caution to the wind.

My point is simple: Enough of the fear porn.

Fear weakens your energetic field, taxes your internal organs, compromises your immune system, puts you into a cortisol-induced catabolic state, and messes with your psychological well-being.

Thankfully, I have other doctor friends who lean toward optimism. They don’t buy into the fear porn. They understand the power of sorcery and the deliberate and intentional damage it can do.

You may think that viruses have tremendous energy, and they do – but the power of words and mental imagery are far more powerful.

Words have far more creative power than a virus. Words can be used to uplift as well as destroy, they can be used to create calmness or to push panic.

Those who instill and install doom and gloom know the power of words. They understand that people hear words and turn them into mental pictures. And they know that these mental pictures create FEELINGS of positivity or negativity. They also know that people will act, react or do nothing – based upon words and how they are delivered.

You can create layer upon layer of fear by telling people the following: Even if we get through this round of the virus, which is probably going to kill a minimum of X people, it will come back in the fall, and it will be even stronger than it was, and those who think they are immune to it will find out they aren’t, and they will get this virus again, and this time it will probably kill X people, and it will keep coming back, probably two or three times a year, for the next 18-24 years, and it will strip all of us of our DNA, RNA, T-cells, our grandparents, then our parents, then our siblings, then our children and their children’s children, and so on. After this it will attack your cats and dogs. In fact, it may kill your dog this fall, and your cat soon afterward. If you have more than one dog or cat, I suggest you euthanize all of them NOW because you don’t want to go through the horror of losing all your pets. And if you have other types of pets besides cats and dogs, they’re going to get hit, too. They might miss the first or second wave, but without a doubt they will get hit. And there won’t be anything you can do about it. So please, I beg of you, wash your hands, don’t touch your face and wait for the vaccine.

If you think the paragraph above is far-fetched, ask yourself if, six months ago, you would have believed the “far-fetched” narrative we’re hearing and living in today.

What people need now is the same thing they needed six months ago, a year ago, 100 years ago. And what is that: a reason to believe.

Here is what I believe, i.e. my prediction: I believe this virus will come and go the same way all other viruses come and go, regardless of how it was created or where it originated. At the end of this year, the common flu will still be responsible for far more deaths worldwide. Same goes for cancer, diabetes, heart disease and auto accidents. I believe we will also discover that the  predictions on the number of deaths won”t be even close to the eventual actuality. And lastly, the drugs that will cure this virus will be the ones that certain people have been saying are either dangerous or won’t work. 

That’s my Zen-atative super-intuitive prediction on this situation. 

Last of all, should you stay at home? Yes.

Should you practice social distancing? Yes.

Should you wash your hands? Always.

But when you do all of the above, do them with optimism, with faith and with confidence – instead of in a state of fear and panic.

You are stronger than this and every other type of virus.

Here endeth the lesson.

Matt Furey

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Fear Not

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The media is incredible at keeping us updated on why we should be very, very afraid.

But there’s another side of reality they don’t report. They don’t report on all the people who got the virus, lived through it and will gladly tell you that they’ve been through worse. Much worse.

The truth is that most people on this earth who are struggling, are struggling from illnesses that have nothing to do with today’s top headlines.

More importantly, most people on this earth are healthy and will remain healthy through this entire scare.

If you find yourself watching television to get the latest numbers on how many are infected and how many have died, do yourself a favor and go for a walk, read a good book, spend time with your family.

Fear porn weakens your immune system. It reduces the protective field of energy you have around your body. This means you’re not doing yourself any favors by drinking from the fearful cup each day.

On the other hand, you can strengthen your protective field by doing something positive, something that gives you a feeling of joy, excitement and wonder.

You could learn a skill that you never gave yourself the chance to learn. Maybe you bought into and believed criticism you received at a young age and NOW is the perfect time to rewrite the script.

If you never gave yourself time to draw, to paint, to write, to dance, to sing –  jump on it.

If you’ve been wanting to exercise and drop some extra pounds, NOW is the time to do so. My books can definitely help, especially my international best-seller, Combat Conditioning. If you have small children, consider channeling their pent-up energy with Combat Conditioning for Kids.

If you’ve been wanting to improve yourself physically, spiritually and psychologically – you’ve been given a huge opportunity to read or re-read Psycho-Cybernetics. It’s a much smarter choice than watching fear porn.

This entire drama will be over soon. It may take a month. It may take less than a month. It may take longer.

But in what seems as though it were the blink of an eye, this ordeal will be yet another memory, and nothing more.

Yes, it may get worse before it gets better – but it still won’t be even close to what the media is projecting. Not even close.

As Mark Twain would say, “I’ve had a lot of worries in my life, most of which never happened.”

Matt Furey

When Things Seem Hopeless – Do This

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When times are tough and you feel down on your luck, the way to begin turning your life around begins with how you picture things.

You might think this is simpler said than done. But the truth is all you have to do to begin picturing things in a different way is to think about the things you are grateful for, especially the things, people, memories and events you’ve taken for granted.

In Psycho-Cybernetics you are encouraged to relive previously successful experiences. Ever wonder why?

Most people who read the book skip this part of the formula. They’re focused on why their life isn’t good enough yet. Or they focus solely upon what they want and forget about past victories.

Everything is about goals for the future, what’s wrong about what’s happening now, while never stopping to ponder what is already going well, or why what you’re experiencing is a blessing.

Dr. Maltz didn’t spell it out with this term, but when he advised you to recall positive memories before visualizing goals for the future, he was teaching you how to activate the Law of Gratitude.

If you will take the time to ponder what you have to be grateful for, a corresponding positive feeling descends upon you and activates a state of flow in your brain and nervous system, and this internal flow expands. When the flow expands, it goes outside of you and begins to positively influence everything in your life.

A few months ago a client of mine was down on his luck. I told him to use the Law of Gratitude. At first he didn’t think it would do anything. He needed more marketing and business strategies.
But he gave it a whirld, albeit reluctantly.

Within days, many of his problems began to clear. He didn’t have the money to pay a new set of tires for his car. From out of the blue a friend showed up and bought him a new set.

Others came to his aid in other ways.

His business began to grow, even in what many would think of as the “worst of times.”

The Law of Gratitude is so powerful that it works even when everything else has failed. It works in the darkest of days. It works when everything seems hopeless.

Take time each day to give thanks to the Creator, to others… as well as to yourself.

Give thanks for the good and the not so good.

Turn whatever happens to you into a positive.

Begin and end your day with Gratitude.

Thank you.

Here endeth today’s lesson.

Matt Furey

The Deadliest Virus of All Times…

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“There are two kinds of viruses:
there’s the external virus that seeks to invade
our field, get into our body and wreak havoc.

And then there’s the internal virus, that’s already there.
It’s in our mind, weakening us, making us feel afraid,
making us think fearful thoughts, making us succumb
to worry, self-doubt and fear.

Make sure on a daily basis, you rid yourself of the
internal virus, just as much as you watch out for
the external virus.”

Matt Furey
aka el Furecat

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