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Go to Bed Late – Get Up Early

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If you’re looking for motivation or inspiration to get more done in less time, consider going to bed a bit later – and/or getting up earlier than usual.

Allow me to explain:

Several months ago, I made a decision to get up earlier than usual and slide out the door to walk a minimum of three miles.

This may appear to be an easy task, but I’m a “late to bed” moonlighting type of guy, so I’ve never practiced, believed in or advised others to get up at 5 AM or to go to bed early.

Yes, I realize there are many successful people who swear that getting up early is the hallmark of their success. Similarly, I’m simultaneously aware of the masses who get up early each day and receive no tangible or verifiable benefits.

Additionally, there are many legendary historical figures who worked creatively into the night – as well as innovators who discovered new pathways after midnight.

As a practitioner of Chinese internal martial arts, and a student of Taoist teachings on health and longevity, I’m aware of how the grandmasters have taught for centuries that the power hours of each day are 11 PM – 1 AM and 11 AM – 1 PM.

Think of the person taking a “power lunch” or the innovators and creators who were working after midnight to bring something new into existence. There may not be many of them, but I believe they enjoy a secret that few are aware of.

Personally, many of my best products were either created or finished in the late-evening, early-morning hours, and to celebrate the accomplishment, I slept in.

The ancient Taoists meticulously tracked everything they did, and as a result I was taught, by more than one master teacher, that every hour you spend in dedicated practice, espccially in the evening from 11 PM -1 AM, you obtain the equivalency of two hours of benefits in the form of “internal power.”

If you train for an hour – you get two hours of benefits. If you go for two hours – you get four.

I realize that this structure doesn’t necessarily appeal to those who believe you should get up at 5 AM each day or that you must have eight or nine hours of sleep per day to be a peak performer – yet, I believe there are some definite similarities to the approach.

Here are a few I can verify:

1. You’ll find it infinitely easier to engage in deep concentrated work because the majority of the world is sleeping,

2. You’ll be less prone to interruptions and trivial matters that anyone with a third-grade education can handle.

3. You’ll gain psychological and spiritual benefits, in part because you feel a sense of achievement just from the realization that most people are in bed already.

So, as you can probably see, if I’m going to be up until midnight or later, it’s inconceivable that I should also get up early to go for a jaunt.

Yet, intuitively, I felt this was a shift I needed to and wanted to make.

Upon contemplating the situation, I became aware that following this approach would result in a five or six-hour sleep pattern, rather than the eight or nine hours I was used to getting.

I then thought of something novel and made a psycho-spiritual shift in how I used my imagination as well as how I was utilizing my frontal lobes, the part of the brain involved in planning, organization and the prioritization of one’s day.

I put my ideas on paper in a hand-written journal I keep, then I set my timer to awaken at 5:55 AM, and made an agreement with myself to be out the door within 10 minutes.

When morning came the rebellious side of me that was intent on hitting the snooze button was unbelievably incorrigible.

What are you doing? Who do you think you are, Furecat? You don’t get up this early. This is absolutely stupid. Hit the snooze button and go back to sleep. This is crazy. You already walk five miles a day, you don’t need to do it at THIS HOUR.

As I was about to hit the snooze button, an illuminating awarness flashed before me.

I noted the precise mental picture I had just imaged.

The go-back-to-bed voice I was hearing was mostly a mental image, a mental picture of myself snoozing. At that moment I crafted an idea to transform the image of myself snoozing to one of me getting up and going outdoors for a walk.

This simple change in how I was using my imagination made it incredibly easy to follow through on my plans.

As a result I’m now able to get even more done in less time – so much less that I now do something truly mind-blowing.

I can cover this for you in a future dispatch if you’re game for it.

Or you can apprise yourself of all the nitty-gritty details at my seminar in February.

Until then…

See it. Be it. Have it.

Matt Furey

P.S. I’m thinking that no one reading this email can picture himself or herself in some area of life wherein you’d love to make a change for the better and move to the next level. But then again, maybe you do want to get more done in less time. If so, enroll in the seminar I’m doing with the legendary Ted Nicholas this February in Tampa. It will transform your life in a way unimaginable in common hours.

It’s Way Worse Than You Think

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Back in 1995, when I first heard Ted Nicholas speak, he mentioned that the average Americanspends 21 hours per week watching television.

478 Days In a Row is Nothing

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I guess I shouldn’t gloat about going 478 days without watching television.

Fake News

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Today marks 477 days without television.

You read the above correctly. No tee-vee for me, for four hundred seventy-seven days.

This abstention from hypnosis via the “idiot box” also includes not watching professional sports such as the NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL and so on.

This means I must either read about what is supposedly going on – or hear about it through the grapevine. Or, if it’s particularly urgent, I can view a very quick clip online, then move on.

About a week ago I started hearing about “fake news.”

Now that’s an interesting term, especially when you consider that almost everything about television is fake.

I’m not just talking about the WWE either.

As the “E” in the above states, it’s “entertainment” – yet the masses plop before the box each day to watch something choreographed and quite possibly predetermined.

Based upon the above, I spend my time away from the television. I don’t turn it on and if it is on when I go somewhere, I avoid looking at it.

Now, you might wonder why I stopped watching television. There are many reasons – but foremost is that it’s designed to be so incredibly addictive that once I start watching, I get nothing done.

My workouts get put on hold. I stop reading. I communicate less with those around me – and then I start feeling lousy. Yet, once the news and sports and entertainment are not a part of my life, I am vibrantly alive and filled with creativity once again.

This leads me to believe the real “fake news” is the news playing inside your brain. The fakery that tells you that you’re nothing, a nobody, that you can’t do anything remarkably well.

Once you turn off the chattering box in the room, the REAL YOU manifests and begins to take charge of your life. Amazingly, you start feeling ALIVE once again.

You feel inspired to live a happier, healthier and more creative life. Your productivity increases and people react to you differently.

You have time to do the things you’ve always wanted to do but weren’t pursuing because your attention was gobbled up by the listless, passive and depression-inducing inactivity of watching television.

Perhaps you’ve always wanted to get yourself into incredible condition, or you’ve wanted to write a book or travel the world.

All of the above are much more easily accomplished when you free yourself from the box.

Challenge yourself to see how many days you can go without. Well over a year ago I was on Day One.

Now I’m on Day 477.

It’s amazing how the days add up when you live them with creativity, and keep track in a hand-written journal each day.

Indubitably, this path is not for everyone – but if you feel an urging in your soul to follow along, then I’m with you.

Matt Furey

P.S. I’ve just revealed to you one of the big keys to getting stuff done, including writing a book. Now let’s see you take the next step by attending my seminar in February. The fee for this event is going up later this week, possibly tomorrow, so jump on this NOW and enjoy the deep discount.

The Power of Obsessive-Compulsives

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One of the worst pieces of advice ever given is the admonition to practice moderation in everything.

Balderdash.

If you want to get good at something, moderation is not the key that’ll get you there. Yet, this philosophy prevails and millions are harmed by it.

The other day I told a coaching member, “The masses are programmed for mediocrity and therefore will condemn those who work toward excellence.”

Granted, being obsessed does have pitfalls – but being mediocre at everything you do, that produces an unnecessary psychological inferiority that lingers into infinity.

I will readily and unabashedly admit to being obsessed with getting good at whatever I put my hands on. If it weren’t for a daily schedule, I would be out of control very easily, completely lost in a world of
ONE THING.

The other night I went bowling. Twas “all you can bowl night” – which is perfect for someone who’s obsessed. I went there with the intention of only bowling five games. After five games I agreed to another, and another and another.

I ended up closing the place down at midnight after bowling 17 games.

This can be a HUGE pitfall when you have a list of 17 other activities you want to get good at doing as well. So I limit myself to two days a week of bowling, for now. I practice moderation in this activity and train my mind to get good at it with less practice – otherwise I don’t have time for tai chi, or stretching, or writing, or coaching clients – ALL of which, unsurprisingly, I want to get better at. No, that’s too weak. I don’t just want to get better – I want to get good.

After good – very good – and after very good, GREAT.

I’ll have more on this subject soon, but just want to let you know, if you’re working your tail off to get good at something and someone tells you that you have OCD, tell him this, “You make it sounds as though it’s a bad thing.”

Be it. Do it. Have it.

Matt Furey

P.S. Come watch my relaxed, calm and creative OCD on full display this coming February in Tampa, Florida. Click this link for more.

Turns Imagination Into Reality

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Throughout the ages the great ones disagree on a number of topics, but when it comes to the use of your imagination and the power of your thoughts, they get into single file.

“Imagination is more important thank knowledge.” – Albert Einstein

“You can’t depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus.” – Mark Twain

“Imagination is the elixir of life.” – P.T. Barnum

“The power of imagination makes us infinite.” – John Muir

I can go on and on with examples such as these, but perhaps my favorite is the way my wife would say it:

“No imagination – no food.” 

Oh yes, the naysayers scramble, sneer and squirm as they opine: “You really think your imagination helps you create what you want? How can it do so.”

These questions, incidentally, are from the same people who scoff about the importance of breathing, as if your very life doesn’t depend upon it.

The mere questioning of the power of imagination shows a clear misunderstanding and ignorance of how the human brain works. What the scoffers are essentially saying is, “I don’t think my brain has anything to do with anything I do.”

They’re also revealing, without realizing it, that they have no idea what a hippocampus is, or the frontal lobes, or where their memories and knowledge are stored.

My favorite line is when the sneerers say, “I don’t think about it. I just do it.”

Really?

So you took action without any thought whatsoever?

How is that possible? Explain that one to me so I can present it to my neighbor, who happens to be a neuroscientist.

Another great line comes from those who study Eastern thought: “You teach all this self-image stuff – but the reality is there is no self.”

To this statement I reply: “Is there a spirit or a soul?”

“Oh yes, you have a spirit and a soul. There just isn’t a self.”

“Great, so call it soul-image if that makes you feel better.”

To recap, these so-called intellectuals believe your imagination doesn’t serve a valuable purpose, it’s just loitering in the lobby of your brain. Deep breathing is not important because you can survive on very shallow breaths. And best of all, there is no self.

Let me give you the straight scoop from personal and professional experiences, wherein I’ve succeeded at a high-level in several endeavors:

When you are blocked, when you can’t seem to achieve, when you can’t get good grades, when you can’t get yourself to take action, when you don’t believe you can get physically fit or accomplish something BIG – you need a revamping of your imagination.

Jump into action all you want. Use your will power as much as you can.

And soon, you’ll run out of steam and be out of gas.

With your use of IMAGINATION, however, you tap into the seemingly infinite and unlimited powers of the brain.

Show me the mental images you have ruminating in your brain and I’ll easily and accurately predict where you’re heading in life.

Let me hear the way you speak about yourself and your life and I’ll quickly ascertain the type of results you can expect to achieve.

I’ll close now by repeating my wife’s line, which really should be a Chinese Proverb:

“No imagination – no food.”

Matt Furey

P.S. Want to learn how to use your imagination in a way that puts the food you want on your table, the kind of clothes you want on your body, and the kind of home you want to house yourself and your family? This is a small part of what will be revealed at The Undiscovered, Unrevealed and Unparalleled Secrets Seminar being held in February. I look forward to seeing you there.

100 Years of “W”

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“Nobody ever ‘splained it to me the way you just did.”

That’s what a friend and client told me when he came by the home-office for a consultation.

Instead of sitting and talking, we got up and moved. Outdoors – for more than three miles.

The walk didn’t just help him feel better physically; it sharpened his mind. He began thinking better thoughts because the cobwebs were cleared from his noggin. He began thinking with positivity and equanimity. He got into a state of flow.

I’m always puzzled at how someone who signs up for tips on mind power, self-image, goal achievement, and so on – thinks that information on the power of a daily walk, or deep breathing exercises are “irrelevant” to their situation.

Really?

Or those who want fitness information don’t want to hear about the value of walking.

You’re serious?

Walking, as Ted Nicholas always says, is “the unsung HERO of exercise (emphasis mine).”

Want to live 100 or more years in great health? Want to be what the Chinese called “immortal?”

Then you better put one foot in front of the other because the centenarians, by and large, are daily walkers. Three miles is usually the magic number for living to and past 100 in China.

And this three miles daily jaunt is in addition to everything else you’re doing physically.

You can do Combat Conditioning, weight training, boxing, taiji or yoga – and it still doesn’t negate the value of connecting your feet to the Earth.

Walking is good for body, soul and the soles of your feet – which incidentally have all the acupoints for your entire body.

I walk daily before I write.

I walk at night to clear my mind.

And I walk in reverse to rid myself of negative emotion. I dare you to feel angry, aggressive, hostile, violent or sad while walking in reverse. There truly is a reason for the adage, “Take a step back” when someone is upset. When you move backward you give yourself space, room to digest and time to understand what is truly going on.

Does any of the above ever apply to you or anyone you know?

I don’t know how it couldn’t unless you’re not human and in that particular case, you’re probably not reading this.

All for now.

Matt Furey
mattfurey.com
psycho-cyb.com

P.S. Another superior exercise for your soul is writing. And I’ll be teaching you how to not only write, but to write so well you command attention in the marketplace for years, perhaps even decades – maybe even way beyond your lifetime. 100 years later? Wouldn’t that be something spectacular? Discover how at my February 2017 seminar in Tampa. Click this link to enroll NOW.

Big Gratitude the Small Stuff

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Two weeks ago an elderly gentleman went for a walk with his handy cane. On his second lap around the block, the man of 93 years lost balance and fell. Instead of falling forward onto the concrete, he landed on the soft grass and was uninjured. No scratches, scrapes or bruises.

Being this gentleman is my father, you can probably imagine how grateful I was to check on him and find him reading in his chair, acting as if nothing happened. Deep down, though, I’m certain he was immensely grateful.

A few days after my father’s slip, a boy of 18 stepped off a golf cart that had come to a complete stop. Somehow he lost his balance and fell backward, hitting his head on a curb. His fate was not so fortunate and I feel great sorrow in telling you he didn’t live to see another day.

Anytime you slip and fall, you might think it’s no big deal. You might think it’s a small matter. I say it’s a good idea to be grateful regardless.

This morning my brother called to see if he could come over and train with me. Although still a bit tired from a late night workout and a pile of things to do first, I told him to meet me at 9 AM.

He showed up at 8:55, interrupting my reading time.

I opened the door and greeted him with a smile as our ever-friendly dog ran circles around him to show his excitement.

After putting on my shoes in the garage, my brother stepped on the scale.

“Wow, this says I’m at 224 pounds,” he crowed. “That means I’m down 35 pounds since I started on this program. And I’m wearing shoes and sweat pants.”

“Let me see that,” I replied. “Are you sure you adjusted the scale correctly?”

I walked over and watched him weigh in once again. He was definitely 224.

“This means your weight is currently around 221 pounds,” I exclaimed. “You’re doing good work.”

“I feel great,” he said.

“I can certainly understand why,” I smiled, as I hit the garage door opener.

The two of us walked a hearty three miles as we talked about philosophical ideas and personal productivity habits.

I told him about my longish list of daily to do’s – and how it is so gargantuan there is no possible way I can get it all done in a day, much less two or three.

So I broke it down into various categories and sub-categories. I looked at the things I could do two or three times per week instead of daily. I looked at what I could work on for five minutes per day instead of an hour or more – and how I’d be far better off with five minutes instead of nothing.

I told him how grateful I felt to have figured out new ways to get more living out of life.

Small amounts of time doing something I want to do is better than no time at all.

Looking for and finding the time to do more, be more and experience more – and finding out there “is time” – provided you look for it, is a profound experience.

If you don’t look for time, you won’t find it.

Small chunks of time are immensely valuable. They may seem unimportant – but they’re just as important as big chunks. Afterall, we can greatly influence our lives and the lives of others with a quick smile or frown – or a kind or malicious comment.

In a split-second, we can uplift another person or make someone feel embarrassed or humiliated.

Ponder this idea as you prepare for Thanksgiving.

Be grateful for the small stuff in your life, not just what is so enormous it’s obvious to all.

Be grateful for every breath, for every step, for every day of good health, for every good night’s sleep, for every friend or family member you have.

Be grateful for time itself. The big chunks of it – and the small portions.

Most importantly, be grateful for your spiritual connection, as well as the family and friends you have. Cherish the time you have with them as well as the time you have for everything else that is important to you.

Yours,

Matt Furey
mattfurey.com
psycho-cybernetics.com

P.S. Stay tuned for an announcement on Friday regarding my forthcoming seminar – as well as an opportunity to get some of my “back by popular demand” programs.

Why I’m NOT Watching the Whirld Series Tonight

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Some months ago the headlines blared, “Sitting is the new smoking.”

In virtual lockstep, people began to parrot the proclamation. “Stop sitting.
It’s the new smoking.”

From behind the waterfall, I’m watching this spectacle unfold, as I laugh.

If you really believe sitting is synonymous with smoking, then prove it by:

a. Removing all desks and chairs from all schools.

b. Create sitting sections in restaurants and bars. Just as there used to be smoking sections,
how about sitting rooms?

c. Get rid of all the chairs people in authority sit in when passing laws, making judgments
or pontificating on the future of humankind.

d. Make a new law which states that sitting is akin to second-hand smoke and disallow people to sit at
any time wherein they “should”  be moving their booty.

e. Begin creating stand-up automobiles, trains and planes.

f. Banish all lazee-boy recliners from planet Earth.

Now that you’ve seen my view of these matters from the realm of ridiculous ridiculing, you
may be prone to say, “But they didn’t mean it that way.”

Well, if you didn’t actually mean that sitting is the new smoking, then don’t write it
that way.

Sitting is one of the most valuable activities we will ever engage in – when we’re active.

We sit to eat, think, contemplate, meditate, mediate, communicate, exercise, read, write, sew, draw and
compose music. All of the above are active methods of sitting.

As for passive sitting in front of the boob and booty tube – well, I”m not a fan of that. Strange as it
may appear, I don’t watch television. I’m unplugged from the set and the controls that tend to throw
so many peoples’ lives into disarray.

The situation for too many sloths in society today is NOT that they sit – it’s that sitting is virtually
all they do – and most of it is passive. All day long you lose hours of your life watching other people show their
booty to you on the tube.

Tonight is Game Seven of Major Leauge Baseball’s Whirld Series.

Won’t I be watching this historic victory by the Cubs? Don’t I want to see their 108-year cycle of losing come to an
end?

No.

So I must be rooting for the Indians, then.

Neither. As a friend of mine said last year, “I hope they both lose.”

HA.

Truth is I’ll be tuned in to the game in a way that maximizes the use of my imagination. Instead of watching it play out
on the screen – I listen to the game over the radio as I go for a walk or engage in other forms of exercise. While doing
so I must engage and use my imagination in order to follow the action. To stay on top of the action, I must be able to picture what’s going on in the theater (or baseball diamond) of my mind.

I sincerely believe that television has caused a massive deterioration of the brain, worldwide. Why? Because you don’t
have to picture or imagine anything. It’s all done for you. And having everything done for you is playing a dangerous
game. It may be more comfortable or convenient – but overtime it leads to feelings of uselessness and helplessness.

I’m not asking you to follow my lead and give up television and replace it with exercise while listening to ball games on
the radio, but if you want to become a virtuoso in the realm of creative imagination, will power and action, it may be worth investigating.

Creatively,

Matt Furey
mattfurey.com
psycho-cybernetics.com

P.S. If you’re interested in audio downloads of Theater of the Mind and some of my other programs, go to
audible.com. You can also pick up a copy of Psycho-Cybernetics, Updated and Expanded at amazon.com

Blame the Chinese

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To all my friends from Psycho-Cybernetics.com and/or MattFurey.com:

YES, it’s been a while. It’s also been a whirl.

A whirl-wide journey, that is.

Not long ago I returned from an extended stay in China, where I was “manipulated and coerced” to willingly practice one of my foremost passions, the art of Taijiquan, aka Tai Chi.

For the second-straight year, I dutifully acquiesced to torture of body and mind, and today I’m much better for having undergone this rigorous and vigorous training.

My previous understanding of peace of mind was at an elementary level compared to the present, and for what it’s worth – yes, I am still engaged in improving upon this key component of success – and so is anyone else who is honest about it.

As Dr. Maxwell Maltz eloquently wrote so many years ago, peace of mind is “the greatest port in the world.” It’s the highest goal. With peace of mind, you’ve got everything; without it, you have nothing. At the same time, you don’t get to stay at this port just because you arrived; you must continue to work on staying there.

Naturally, this enhanced level of harmony allows me to expand on what I’ve previously taught with far greater clarity and precision. It also makes room for other products and courses that I’ve wanted to make available for many years.

Well, I’m ready now.

Here’s an example: This coming February 2-4, I’ll be conducting a seminar with the legendary Ted Nicholas, my earliest and primary mentor, aka the 7-Billion Doll-ar Man, in the field of self-publishing.

Ted and I have become good friends over the years, and this past Spring, we got together numerous times to discuss some of the “Unrevealed Secrets” in the journey toward financial, psychological and emotional freedom, as well as how to remain youthful, vibrant and truly alive as you supposedly “age.”

From our perspective, we don’t “age” – we “youth.”

From our creatively alive imaginations, we believe in getting younger with each passing year – not older.

That’s why we’ve put together the Undiscovered Secrets Seminar wherein we will teach you how to market a successful business while making yourself younger by utilizing the greatest tools ever invented: the PEN and the SPOKEN WORD.

Tis true.

As the saying goes, “The pen is mightier than the sword.” The same is also true of the spoken word that was committed to paper first.

Yes, you can win a physical battle with a sword.

But armed with a pen, you will win the most important battle you ever face.

You will win the battle over yourself.

The pen and the spoken word are mightier than swords as well as any other weapon.

I’ll be back tomorrow with more, but mark my words, the forthcoming seminar on The Undiscovered Secrets will be the most sensational, unique and transformational event you will ever attend.

Best,

Matt Furey

P.S. Here’s an intriguing bit of know-how. When you use a PEN to write in the most advantageous manner, you trigger the brain to grow in a way that cannot be duplicated with other types of writing. In fact, the mere act of writing the way we’ll be teaching you causes something called “steroidogenesis” – or the creation of natural steroids in the body. Isn’t that something? I’m eager to tell you more. Tune in.

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