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

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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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One of the first things you can do when you wake up each day is ask yourself, “What’s my goal for today?”

After you ask this question, sit or lie quietly until you get your answer. It usually doesn’t take long.

Your mind will spit out something like, “To make 5 sales.” Or “to run 3 miles in 21 minutes.” Or “to write 2800 words.”

And so on.

Dr. Maltz always taught that it isn’t just the long-range goals and targets that keep us creatively alive – it’s the daily goals as well.

If your mind is always focused on the top of the mountain, it’s easy to forget that where your feet are in the present – and what you’re doing in the present is important, too. It’s what leads you to the mountain peak.

One of the greatest things about having a daily goal is that it will help you to quickly develop a success consciousness – the feeling of confidence that, “Yes, I CAN win because I WIN EVERYDAY.”

When I talk about having the daily goal – I’m talking about finishing it. I’m talking about forming a goal that makes you stretch a bit – yet is still realistic. Setting a daily goal to write a 300-page book would be insane. And if you put that sort of stress on yourself, you’ll not only fail to achieve the goal – but you’ll feel like a failure, too.

Not good.

You want a track record of daily success.

At the end of each day you want to be able to look back and say, “Yes, I made it. I did it. I fulfilled the goal I set for myself.”

Looking back at what you accomplished and having a sense of gratitude, even awe for what you accomplished, is key. It builds the winner’s edge within. It increases confidence. It proves to you that you were put on this earth to succeed – not to fail. Attracting success is a state of mind; so is failure.

Put yourself on the side of the winners by asking yourself each and every day, “What’s my goal for today?”

I assure you, if you do this, your life will begin to change the very first time you do this.

In Zero Resistance Living you’ll develop even more skills that will turn your life around and keep it running on the success track. Go here and order NOW.

Best,

Matt Furey

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When I had my gym in California, I created a “No Whining Rule” so I wouldn’t have to listen to all the cry babies who weren’t willing to put 100% into what they were doing.

I printed it out, framed it and put it in the gym, where everyone could easily see it. Then I put it on a sheet of acceptable protocol and gave it to every member.

90% of the whining stopped, right then and there, simply because I let everyone know that you never succeed by whining, complaining or making excuses. Instead, you succeed by saying to yourself, if success is to be, it is UP to ME.

The result: Success rate went through the roof.

The reason I’m against whining is simple. Whenever you whine you’re giving power to circumstances and taking it away from yourself. You’re claiming that you can’t do anything because everything is outside of your control.

It isn’t. And it is amazing how your circumstances change when you stop whining and begin adopting the belief that if success is to be, it is up to me.

For every person whining about how pitiful his life and circumstances are, you can find plenty of examples of those who had it worse, yet rose to even higher levels of greatness because of the adversity.

How did the victors rise above the so-called victim status.

By focusing on a goal; by taking time to “be still.” By using your imagination creatively to plan a new way of being – and by rolling up your sleeves and doing whatever must be done to change what you have.

Matthew Furey

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Many people often wonder where the so-called “creative” people get their ideas.

They’re looking for answers that are profound. There aren’t any.

Ideas are in the air at all times. You simply reach into the substance and pull one out by doing something that all young kids do in their imagination each and every day.

And that is – you “make it up.”

Yes, you may “make up” your ideas based upon things you’ve already seen and heard – or felt. Yes, you may combine one thing with another thing until you have something unique – but you still “made it up.”

And when you make things up – you do so without resistance. You simply imagine – then move.

The other day my kids were beating me with punches while I was lying on the couch. My eight and five-year kids were saying, ‘Inside Kung Fu” – then chopping me.

A minute later it was “Errrh, muscles.” And they’re flexing and strutting around.

“Where they getting this stuff,” I think.

Sure, they’ve been influenced by me – but I have never gone around our home saying “Inside Kung Fu” while throwing punches – nor have I ever flexed in front of my kids, grunted and said the word “muscles.”

Yes, there are bits and pieces of these elements at play – but most certainly NOT in the manner my kids put them together. And as soon as the ideas “popped” into their creative little minds, they moved and began expressing what they were thinking.

Becoming successful in business is much the same way.

All my successes on the Internet as well as off the Internet – were NOT a result of long-term planning, trying to get every detail right before doing anything.

They were a result of using my imagination to come up with an idea – then moving forward on the idea – and continuing to move forward on it until the idea gets completed.

And coming up with ideas isn’t hard. They’re all around us. Just look at little kids and you’ll see what I mean.

Sure, you may think it’s different with business.

But is it, really.

Best,

Matt Furey

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In the early afternoon I spoke with a man who watched all my video presentations on the Power of Confidence.

He wondered how I was able to speak so smoothly and effortlessly. He assumed I had a teleprompter to keep me on track.

Imagine his surprise when I told him that I spoke stream-of-consciousness, with no teleprompter, no notes – and no plan – other than what is so deeply imbedded in my cells that I could wake from a coma and say the same thing.

He asked, “How are you able to do that?” I can’t speak in public at all unless I’m totally scripted.”

I explained that he’d discover the secret of this and many other skills when he learns to use The Power of Confidence in his daily life.

He agreed to let me teach him – and so have many others who have already enrolled in my newest product/service.

Yes, it really will change your life. You’ll learn from me what others don’t know, and wouldn’t teach you if they did.

Time is short. Less than two days remain before I must close the door on admission. And I may have to close even earlier than that because of demand.

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Matt Furey

Last weekend I conducted the most powerful training I have ever done.

For the most part, it dealt with the subject of CONFIDENCE and how to get it – FAST.

Someone once told me that he believes ‘competence’ is more important than confidence.

I disagree.

Why? Because the world is filled with competent people. They’re on every corner of the globe; they’re on every street corner – in every classroom and business.

But these competent people lack confidence – so they hold back – or they do stupid things to mess everything up.

Then there are people who COULD be competent, if they only had the confidence to stick with something, day in and day out – until they master it.

Becoming competent in something requires confidence. A belief in yourself that positively affects everything about you – a belief that is so strong other people pick up on it and believe in you, too.

Keep this in mind: Even when you’re competent, you still need to project confidence in what you are competent in.

If you don’t, your high level of competence will not be taken seriously by anyone.

Not only that, but YES, you can even project confidencein things you’re not competent in YET – and if you believe
in what you’re doing strongly enough – guess what?

You will surprise yourself and others.

I know a salesperson, for example, who is totally incompetent when it comes to closing techniques. He cannot even tell you what his standard closes are.

Yet, he continues to rewrite history, year after year. His confidence propels him to higher and higher levels of income.

The same can be said of athletes who have sloppy technical skills. You might even laugh when you see them practicing – but when it comes game time, they can get the job done.

I know some people who were awful in practice, but as soon as the official time clock starts and a referee and audience were present – another person showed up inside the body and mind of the competitor. And he WON.

So confidence is HUGE.

Today I put up a clip about this subject that I’d like you to see. This clip gives you an idea of the top secret product I’ll be launching this coming Tuesday, May 12.

You’ve got to watch this clip NOW and find out about the book I wrote in 1995 – competency – and why it was never published – lack of confidence.

Watch it now below.

And prepare yourself for Tuesday, May 12.

Matt Furey

P.S. By the way, all my emails as well as my video clips are 100% stream-of-consciousness. There may be mistakes in both – yet, I’m considered by many to be the world’s greatest email copywriter – and a master communicator. How can this be? Watch this clip – and each clip I post – and you’ll see it in action.

Competition is a good thing. A great thing. It brings out the best in a person. It shows a person where his true weaknesses are.

Yet, after a competition, there is an enormous danger. The person who loses may consider himself a failure and the winner may get a big head and think he no longer needs to practice as much as before.

It is one thing to say to yourself, ‘I didn’t do well today, but I’ll do better next time. I wasn’t myself today, but I’ll improve on this. I didn’t win today, but I’m still a winner inside.’

I realize it’s hard to do sometimes, especially if you really wanted to win – but it must be done for you to move to the next level.

The best athletes, salespeople, entrepreneurs and so on, don’t compete with others as much as they compete with themselves. Afterall, once you’re better than all your competitors, how can you continue to improve if your focus is simply about ‘beating the others.’

When I was in college my father told me to ‘make yourself your greatest opponent.’ He was right.

In order to do this you must go back in time and picture your best moments, your greatest successes. You must relive the feelings of confidence you once experienced.

Doing so is the same as a good friend reminding you of your value; that you’re someone special. Only difference is that NOW you are being a friend to yourself. You’re going within and finding the BIG SELF who inherently knows that you came into this world to succeed.

I once knew a businessman who was very successful for more than ten years. Then the demand for his product died off and he had to close up shop. He thought of himself as a failure; that he was a loser.

I talked to the man and said, ‘My goodness, you had 10 years of success. I wouldn’t call that a failure. Close this shop and move on. Figure out a way to tap into another current trend and you’ll be off to the races again.’

He listened. And he succeeded once again.

There are great athletes who go undefeated until the ‘BIG SHOW.’ Then, if they lose the big show, they feel like total failures. But they’re not. They simply lost one game.

So long as these athletes gave it everything they had in that game, they can hold their heads high. And if they didn’t give it everything they had, they can declare that ‘next time will be different.’

Instead of trying to keep up with the Joneses and feeling badly when you’re not at their level – ‘keep up with yourself.’

Make yourself your greatest competition.

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Best,

Matt Furey

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Replies continue to come in about the subject of speed.

One of the best is a John Wooden quote, “Be quick, but don’t hurry.”

Another one from Bob Proctor, “Don’t slow down. Calm down.”

When it comes to the question of overwhelm, it’s amazing how many people feel confused or out of balance after attending a seminar wherein a ton of new ideas got tossed around.

A few years back I told a group, “If you’re feeling overwhelmed, there’s a simple reason. All you’re doing is taking in information. But you’re not DOING anything with the information. You need to strike a balance. Study – then do. Study some more – then do. You haven’t learned anything until you do something with it.”

The concept was totally foreign to many of the people I spoke to. They thought that learning and doing were the same thing.

Not in the world of the creative.

Creators understand that you don’t know anything until you can use it and apply it. Reciting what you supposedly know is not demonstrating that you can apply it. Big difference.

In school you learn to memorize and recite. That’s not learning. Nor is it real thinking.

Thinking involves asking yourself questions – and coming up with answers. It also involves doing something with what you learn.

I’ll never forget how shocked the audience I spoke to was when I explained how I read a “how to” book – or go through a “how to” course.

I read the first chapter or lesson – then I stop reading and start doing.

Then I read the next lesson. Then I stop reading and start doing.

Such a simple formula. It’s not hurried. But boy is it quick.

Meanwhile, those who read the whole book or course and do nothing – get nothing but overwhelm.

They hurried through the book – and got nothing out of it.

Now, does this mean I’m against speed reading. Not at all.

I believe learning how to read fast is one of the most important skills you can have. But even when you read fast, the key lies in being relaxed and focused. You breathe deeply as you read.

This is yet another example of being able to go fast – even when you’re not hurrying.

Frantically rushing is the enemy. Going slower can often be quicker. Being relaxed increases speed.

You can make haste slowly and get there faster, if you’ll relax and breathe.

And if this message is overwhelming, get up and move. Be quick – but don’t hurry.

Matt Furey

P.S. When you study the world famous Zero Resistance Living Program don’t just read the lessons. Do them. It’ll make all the difference in the world to you.

This morning I had a lunch appointment with a local karate master at 11:30. I told him I’d meet him at his place.

At exactly 11:30, I pulled into his parking lot. He opened his door, got in my car and off we went. We spent a couple hours together and will probably meet again in the near future.

Now, this might not sound like a big deal – and it isn’t – except for the fact that both of us kept our word. Both of us said we would do something – and we did it.

Sadly, a lot of people don’t operate this way. They say one thing and do another. They promise but don’t deliver. And when you let them know – they don’t even apologize.

They think it’s perfectly acceptable to promise to meet you, to promise to have a job finished by a certain time – and not fulfill the promise.

How can you go through life with no honor? How can you say you’re going to meet someone, or deliver something on time, and not do it?

Worst of all, why is it that you think other people should put up with it?

Now, have I always been perfect about managing every detail of my schedule? No.

But if I make a mistake, if I’m late for an appointment, if I have a conflict come up that causes me to miss or be late, I’m the first guy on the horn apologizing and doing what it takes to make good on my promise.

Instead of promising and under-delivering – or not delivering at all, I believe in under-promise with over-delivery. Give people more than they expected.

Last Friday night I held a 4-hour seminar. There was no charge.

I showed up early, started on time and when it was supposed to end, I continued until every question was asked and answered. I ended up giving 40 minutes more than was expected – at a free event.

That’s what I call honor. I also call it respect. For oneself and for the others who’ve traveled to hear and see you.

I’d absolutely hate myself and my life if I was any other way.

Matt Furey