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“Where the He!! Have You Been”

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I came home late from school. My Mom wasn’t happy about it.

“Where the hell have you been?” she asked.

“Nowhere,” I replied.

“If you want to be a son, you need to get home on time,” she scolded.

Funny, eh?

Perhaps you’ve been wondering where I’ve been as well, especially when it comes to sending out emails on a regular basis. Some of you have written to inquire. I’ve been hush.

But I’ll let you in on a big secret, which I don’t normally do in matters such as this.

I’ve been saving my bullets.

Normally, I write emails when my journalistic energy is highest. Whatever is left in terms of creativity, goes into other endeavors.

But I got to thinking…

What if I reversed the way I’ve been doing things? What if I put my highest vibrational energy into writing a homerun (or grand slam) instead of an email?

That, my friend, is precisely what I’ve been doing.

Everyday, el Furecat plops his rumpus in a chair and flexes his imagination, putting words on paper that may rearrange the neurons of the whirld.

When I finish with my daily writing task, I go about my day, checking off other priorities on my victories list.

Lately, instead of knocking out an email or two, I recharge and prepare for another savage word-fest… tomorrow.

This morning, however, whilst in a deep R.E.M. state, I heard my mother’s voice shouting, “Where the hell have you been?” And at that precise moment I realized I better drop you a note and let you know what I’m doing.

My current pace on the new book is steady. I’ve written books fast and I’ve written them faster. This time I’m more focused on hitting a daily bullseye of 1,000 words.

What’s the book about?

I’ll let you know as time treks along – but believe me now and read me later, this book is probably going to be the greatest of all times. At least it will be for me.

You’ll definitely want to be feasting on it when it comes out.

In the interim, if your appetite needeth something NOW, you can visit one or all of my three main websites, all of which are listed below.

If you are on all three lists, you’ll receive this message three times. Sorry, but that’s the way the system worketh.

I’m saving my bullets.

As my creative energy rises and my writing muscles get back into tip-top condition, I will probably have spare bullets for the book and for regular emails. But for now, I’m not taking any extra chances.

All for now.

I’ll be in touch within a week (or so), I reckon.

Matt Furey

Imagination Trumps Massive Action

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Yesterday, I put up a meme with the phrase, “Imagination Trumps Massive Action.”

Oddly enough, some people don’t believe this is true.

Why?

Because they think, erroneously, that imagination is completely separate from action. It’s not.

Imagination comes first, then there’s the laying of the egg. They are connected.

Show me a goal setter or a person who plans his or her day, and I’ll show you someone who uses his imagination regularly. You cannot conceive of a goal and put it on a card or slip of paper without imagining the goal first.

Similarly, you cannot take action without seeing yourself doing so first. You may delude yourself into believing that you never imagine anything, that you look at your goal and “just do it” – but no one just does anything. All action is preceded by thought.

What do you think a person is doing when he or she looks at a written goal? He isn’t just reading words. He’s reading words and those words trigger mental images.

Some people think they aren’t picturing anything before they “just do it” because they do it so quickly they’re not consciously aware of doing so, yet they are. If they slowed their process down a bit, this truth would become clear to them.

You can get results by writing out lists and making plans and reviewing them daily.

But here’s the situation: If you’re struggling and you’ve been taking “massive action” – I recommend ramping up your imagination even more BEFORE you act. Imagining MORE often leads to getting a job done quicker and with a lot less strain. It also leads to breakthroughs that are stunning.

For example, I was working on a martial arts movement the other day that involved a number of quick twists and pivots. I practiced the move poorly a few times, followed by some repetitions that were so-so.

In the midst of my frustration, I reminded myself to stop, close my eyes and picture the result I wanted. I saw the move being completely with ease. I pictured the move and the result I wanted for less than a minute, then I performed the move again.

BANG.

On the next repetition, I nailed the move with ease.

This is not the first time such a thing has happened in my life. Tis why I “reminded myself” to slow it down, close my eyes, and picture the result I wanted. And this is why I say, “Imagination Trumps Massive Action.”

I can work and work and work and work and work on the move, and I have. Working on something physically is important. But you’d be amazed how much ramping up your imagination will change the outcome.

What I’ve described here is simple and profound, yet, many people aren’t willing to stop taking massive action long enough to witness the results.

We’re using our imagination all the time whether we realize it or not. When I was not doing the martial arts maneuver well, whether I want to acknowledge it or not, I was seeing myself doing the move poorly.

By stopping the physical activity to engage in mental imagery, I gave myself a psychological break and a fresh opportunity. Yes, I gave my mind a break by stopping the action. When I took the time to imagine what I wanted before beginning again, my brain, nervous system and muscles got it.

You have many available instances, all day long, where you can play this same sort of scenario and see what happens.

Will you?

Imagination Trumps Massive Action.

Matt Furey

P.S. I’m picturing a Theatre of the Mind seminar in May of this year. Get ready. More details coming soon.

The Good and Bad of Procrastination

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Last week, one of my clients told me what he used to do when it was time to get to work on a goal he’d set for himself.

“Clean the cabinets, organize the chest of drawers, go shopping, online or offline, watch the news and so on,” he said. “Everything that isn’t important gets moved up the list because you don’t want to deal with your goal. You know you’re supposed to be working on what’s supposedly important to you, but you take a detour.”

There are, however, activities that may appear to be a form of procrastination, but they aren’t. Instead, they are opportunities to engage in creative thinking time.

My favorites are walking, power naps and a 20-minute sauna.

When I walk, my mind enters a stream of ideas, quotes, book titles, stories to tell, etcetera.

Although taking naps is often frowned on in the western world, and for no good reason, if the frowners only knew what a 15-20-minute nap does for creativity, they would make it their mandatory practice.

Sometimes, believe it or don’t, sitting in a chair doing nothing is a supreme way to organize your thoughts and realize what direction to move. I never think of it as procrastination.

And then there is practicing Theatre of the Mind, wherein you take some time once a day (or more often) to visualize and imagineer what you will be accomplishing in your life. Before you begin your day, or partway through the day, and/or at the end, you sit, relax your body, breathe deeply and picture the results you want to create.

Is Theatre of the Mind a form of procrastination?

Not at all, yet the blind may mistakenly think it is.

Taking the time to visualize the result you want to create is the most powerful practice you can engage in, yet it doesn’t appear, to the unknowing, that anything is happening.

As I wrote for my followers on Instagram – @mattfureysays – “The vast majority of peoples’ problems are mental imagery problems.”

The same is true of procrastination. If your mental image of procrastination is one in which you’re putting off the doing of what you want to be doing, you have a different outlook on the matter than someone who views what he or she is doing as creative thinking time.

Theatre of the Mind is creative thinking time. So is walking. So is napping.

Oddly enough, cleaning the chests, the cabinets, closets and drawers could be as well. But it usually isn’t because the person doing these things ISN’T picturing a goal or the steps to the goal. Instead, the person is avoiding the goal by engaging in “busywork.”

If you are stumped while working on a project, you could go for a drive and turn it into creative thinking time. You could also use the time to procrastinate. The choice is based upon how you picture what you’re doing in your mind’s eye.

If procrastination is a problem, you can begin to picture it as an opportunity to expand your thinking. First, picture a goal you want to accomplish as you supposedly procrastinate. See yourself being done with it, on the other side of it.

Sooner than you think, as you’re vacuuming or dusting, you’ll be catapulted into doing what you want to do.

You heard it here first, my friend. Turn procrastination inside out and it becomes Theatre of the Mind time.

See it. Feel it. Do it.

Matt Furey

By the way, Theatre of the Mind is available – and you can also digitally download it at audible.com

Do it.

Succeed by Hitting the Snooze Button

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I changed my morning routine recently and the rewards have been huge.

The change involves staying in bed longer than usual. But not to sleep.
I just lie in bed and doze – half-asleep, half-awake.

As I do this, I picture myself taking the actions I want to take, or the
changes I want to make in my life.

Normally, I’m not a fan of visualizing while lying down, but this is
different for one fundamental reason. You’re tapping into the power
of “dream space.”

When you are in between two worlds, the dream state and the waking
state, I believe you have access to more of your mind. Great ideas come
to you, problems get solved, answers appear.

Many self-help authors over the years have advised students to review their
goals or the changes they want to see in their self-image, just before
sleep and shortly after waking up.

What I’ve found is even better. Don’t wait until you’re out of bed,
have showered, dressed and sipped a cup of coffee.

Preview your day in bed.

Do it BEFORE you get out of bed. Do it before you’re fully awake.
Do it when you can barely open your eyes.

This will take some practice, yet the rewards are off the chain.

How much time to invest in this process?

I suggest setting an alarm. When it goes off, hit the snooze button at least once.
Once you get into a groove, you may find yourself hitting the snooze button twice or thrice.

Get over the guilt of being late for the 5 AM club or whatever else you believe to be the correct way to start your day.

Sleep in longer – but “work” as you snooze.

The results you attain by using this process are other-worldly.

You’ll be taking charge of your mind and your life before you put your feet on the floor.

See it. Feel it. Do it.

Matt Furey

P.S. Looking for some accountability in 2020? Want to master Theatre of the Mind? Want to stop procrastination in its tracks? We’re here to help. Fill out the coaching application and send it our way.

4 Simple Ways to Win in Life

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A few days ago I posted the following on my Instagram page – @mattfureysays:

4 Simple Ways to Win in Life

1. Read books about winning
2. Listen to what winners say
3. Do what winners suggest
4. Stay away from losers

Now, let’s say I asked you to reconfigure the list shown above in the order of which item is most important. What “way” would you put first?

If your answer was #4, congratulations.

Truth be told, if you habitually associate with people who are not living successfully, this alone can derail all the other actions you are taking.

It’s not enough to read or listen to the words of winners. You must also do what winners suggest. And one of the biggest suggestions winners will give you is to stay away from go nowhere people.

This does not mean that you make no attempt to lift others up, that you never encourage those who are having a difficult time. This doesn’t mean that you think other people are beneath or below you.

Not at all.

We are all human beings playing in this game called LIFE.

Yet, some people are not interested in winning. Some people give no thought whatsoever to achieving goals or accomplishing a positive objective.

You can encourage these people and give them everything you have and nothing good will come from it. In spite of your efforts to uplift, you will be dragged down.

And this is why you spend your time reading, listening to and following the advice of winners.

Accept the fact that you are different, you are unique, you are “wired” differently. You are “wired” to succeed. And succeed you shall, so long as you’re around people who have your best interests at heart.

Matt Furey

By the way, when it comes to reading and listening, it’s hard to beat the perennial powerhouse, Psycho-Cybernetics – now on it’s 60th year of success. Make sure you re-read the book at least once a year. It also makes a great gift. Pass the positive message along.

Best Christmas Gift You Can Give

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Wondering what you can give someone for Christmas?

Let me tell you one of the practices I have engaged in that is monumental and won’t cost you a dime.

Take out a piece of paper and a pen. Then sit in a chair and begin to write about the person you have in mind.

The word “Accomplishments” goes at the top of the page, followed by an opening paragraph telling the person how much you value him/her. Then provide proof.

Recall all the things this person has accomplished over the years, and list them.

You might think the person you are writing is well aware of all his accomplishments, but you would be grossly overestimating reality. Most people never take the time to think about the good they’ve done. Most focus on what’s wrong or not quite good enough yet.

Psycho-Cybernetics is about recalling past positives so you have fuel in your tank to go after what you want in the future.

For someone to see the positive through her own eyes is wonderful, yet you’d be surprised how much the person overlooked. To give your loved one a helping “set of eyes” will probably bring some tears to the forefront, for you and for her.

Do this with your son or daughter. Do it with a co-worker or good friend. Do it for your Mom or Dad or grandparents.

I’m telling you, when the recipient reads your hand-written document, it will carry far more weight than any gift you can buy. It will probably go into a “treasure chest” of some sort. It will be remembered.

And all it costs is a bit of time and thoughtfulness.

See it. Feel it. Be it.

Matt Furey
By the way, if you want to give someone a copy of one of the Psycho-Cybernetics products, that would be awesome, too. Just make sure you give it to your loved one with a copy of your hand-written note.

Good Goals – Bad Goals

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’twas a long, long time ago.

I was listening to an audio series in my car when I first heard the phrase. And I was stunned by the imagery that came to mind.

The self-development speaker said, “If you don’t set goals that scare you, you’re not thinking big enough.”

Set goals that SCARE you? I thought to myself. That doesn’t make any sense at all.

Over the years I’ve heard this “set goals that scare you” refrain repeated by numerous motivational speakers. I wholeheartedly disagree.

Why?

Because fear paralyzes people. When you’re afraid it’s pretty hard to take action, to truly give a task your all.

Fear causes you to move in the opposite direction of what you want.

Instead of setting goals that “scare” you, how about setting goals that EXCITE you, goals that inspire you so much you feel compelled to get up and go?

More importantly, how about setting goals that you consciously believe in?

If you consciously believe you can achieve an objective, you’re going to successfully persuade the subconscious part of your brain to believe it, too. But if you’re “scared” when you ponder your goal, you better lose the fear if you expect to get what you want.

So many people are setting goals that frighten them – and this is one of the main reasons that these same people, year after year, feel frustrated about where they are in life.

The Zero Resistance Living way of achieving goals teaches you to eliminate negative emotions from your visualization practice. You learn to set daily goals, which are the hallmark of the super achiever.

Having a 20, 10, 5 or 1-year goal only works when you are securing plenty of daily victories that create unstoppable forward momentum.

And that’s what both you and I want to see and experience.

Set daily goals that INSPIRE you and you’ll create momentum. With daily momentum, your long-term goals can be accomplished.

See it. Feel it. Be it.

Matt Furey

Best Time of Day to Visualize

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Is there a best time of day to visualize your goals?

Yes.

When is it?

NOW.

That’s correct. Begin NOW. Don’t wait until tomorrow or next week or next month. Begin at once.

And then, when you open your eyes tomorrow morning, do so again. Make the first minutes of your day the second best time to visualize – but don’t wait until then to begin.

Here endeth today’s lesson.

See it. Feel it. Be it.

Matt Furey

Become Who You Picture Yourself to Be

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“When you have great intention, you become who you picture yourself to be.”
– el Furecat aka Matt Furey

How do you picture yourself when preparing to speak with your boss, wife, husband, son, daughter, friend, neighbor, etc?

In each and every scenario, you see yourself being a certain type of person. And then you act accordingly.

And this will never change unless you deliberately picture yourself in a different way – and do so with great intention.

A few days ago I consulted with a man who was preparing to meet with his boss to ask for a long overdue raise. He was nervous and fearful about the meeting.

I asked him, “How big is your mental picture of yourself when you imagine yourself in the meeting?

Answer: “Not very big.”

“And the feeling?”

“My feeling is weak. Almost lifeless,” he answered.

“How about your boss?” I queried. “How big is he in your imagination?”

“He’s HUGE,” the man replied. “He’s really big and powerful.”

“Is it any wonder that you’re feeling nervous about your meeting?”

“True,” he replied. “I’m already experiencing the side effects of what I’m imagining. Man, this sucks.”

“It sure does,” I said. “But the good news is you can change your mental imagery with a single picture that you infuse with the power of intention.”

You cannot override the mental imagery you have inside your mind with weak, lifeless, tepid emotion.

But the second you begin to understand what intention is and how it works, what you are imagining begins to take place in your life.

Imagination without intention doesn’t bring about change. Imagination with intention gives you the keys to change your life for the better.

You have the power to affect change in your circumstances. In fact, you already are affecting your circumstances. Examine your mental imagery and you’ll see the proof.

See yourself bigger and better, then stand back and observe how the seas begin to part for you.

Matt Furey

The Day Everything Flowed

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Remember that day when everything flowed into place. Everything seemed so easy.

You woke up in a great mood. You had that winning feeling in your bones.

You just knew something good was going to happen to you today.

And it did.

Yes!

Want more of those days? Want to experience those same type of feelings on a regular basis?

You can and you will when you practice Psycho-Cybernetics on a daily basis.

It’s so simple and easy to do. And it works.

If you already have the book, read it again. Make sure you have the latest version, Psycho-Cybernetics, Updated and Expanded, available at amazon.com

And if you have the audio of Psycho-Cybernetics, Updated and Expanded, the one available through audible.com, make sure you give it another listen. Listen to it at normal speed, then at 1.5x and 2x speed. You’ll find you can take in the information as you “speed listen.”

If you already have these two products, then consider adding Theatre of the Mind and Zero Resistance Living to your library.

The more books you have to listen to,
the better you get at whatever you do. 

See it. Feel it. Be it.

Matt Furey

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