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Double Your Luck

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Today’s question is about the so-called Luck Factor, and whether the practice of Theatre of the Mind increases it.

Matt,
I gotta tell ya, when I practice Theatre of the Mind it feels like it makes me luckier, if that makes sense. After practicing it I feel better and is seems to me that when I feel better I get better results in whatever I am doing. I was always taught that there’s no such thing as luck but now I’m wondering if these old sayings about hard work being all there is are holding us back.
Jane

M.F. Thank you for this question, Jane. It’s a good one. There’s an old saying attributed to Thomas Jefferson, “The harder I work, the luckier I get.” And there’s truth to this saying. At the same time, millions and millions of people work incredibly hard and they don’t seem to get any lucky breaks… at all. Then there are those who are lazy, and not necessarily talented, and somehow, they rise to the top. So there’s a lot to this luck notion.

Here’s what I can tell you based upon my experience, and the experiences of those whom I coach. When you relive past, positive experiences in the Theatre of the Mind, and you do this BEFORE picturing a goal, your energetic field is instantly changed.

Instead of feeling blah, you feel happy. And you feel happy NOW, even before you’ve achieved your goal. This happy feeling then makes it far easier for so-called coincidences and lucky breaks to come your way. In fact, there are neuroscientists who have studied this phenomenon, which I’m going to cover in far greater detail in the October edition of Theatre of the Mind Masters.

For now, realize that what you picture in your mind influences how other people respond to you, as well as how the subtle energy of the universe responds to you. If the mental picture you have in your mind is geared toward happiness and success, good things follow you more closely than someone whose predominant disposition is negative. This is one of the reasons why gratitude is so important. And by the way, even though the practice of Theatre of the Mind is not referred to as “gratitude,” it most certainly activates this quality within. When you take the time to remember and review the positive in your life in the mental movie theatre, you feel happy now, regardless of where you are on the road to your goal.

Matt Furey
Psycho-Cybernetics.com

P.S. To ensure that you get the forthcoming October issue of Theatre of the Mind Masters, where I go into major league detail about activating LUCK through Theatre of the Mind, click here. 

How to Practice Without Effort

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Psycho-Cybernetics Question of the Day

I have a question Coach… what does it mean to “Practice without effort?” In Ch 4, page 66 of Psycho Cybernetics, Knight Dunlap is being quoted and I’m not sure how to comprehend practice without effort.

Basil

M.F. Good question, Basil. When you practice with effort, you are attempting to over-power a situation. This begins with the mistaken notion that physical effort is superior to mental and spiritual power.

Here’s an example:

Most students attempt to memorize by rote. They read and re-read something, or repeat it out loud over and over. This requires much more time and effort than using the power of mental imagery. Not only that, but the rote method doesn’t last long. A few days after an exam, most of what was “memorized” is forgotten. But with the mental imagery method, a great deal time is saved. You learn and comprehend remarkable fast, and ​​​​​​​the material that was learned, without struggle, is still with you… long after the exam.

Many people struggle to remember names, so they repeat to themselves the name of someone in order to recall it later. But if you form a mental picture of the person’s name, associating it with someone else you know, as well as with an action and a location, the name is “locked in” immediately, without all the rote repetitions.

Another simple example that can give you the experience of what this means is when you are opening a bag of food, or unscrewing the lid from a jar.

As you “try” to open the bag or unscrew the lid, you may find it unusually difficult. At this point you can double your physical effort – still to no avail.

But if you stop for a few seconds and picture the bag already being open, or the lid already being unscrewed from the jar, you will be shocked at how, with a seemingly effortless movement, the bag opens and the lid comes off.

This is the idea.

Take time to picture first – then act. When you do it this way – it’s almost crazy how little effort is involved.

Effortless effort doesn’t mean ZERO EFFORT.

It means less than ever before… so much less that it feels as though what you did was EASY. It was NOTHING.

Picture the ball going through the hoop before you shoot.

Picture the sale being made before you open your mouth.

Picture the report being finished before you begin writing.

Then observe what happens.

More picturing – less grunting.

Matt Furey

P.S. My new book, One Breath at a Time, wants a home inside your hands. When it is on your desk, you see it and you pick it up each day to read a few pages. You breathe as you read, taking in the wisdom of “effortless effort.” And as your day moves along, you may be stunned at how you flowed… how you got so much done with a feeling of ease. What you learn in this book is so much better than “trying harder,” it is stunning. If you’re ready for an amazing change,
​​​​​​​click on this link.

How Small Successes Become HUGE

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Here’s a passage from my new book (it’s one of my favorites):

Momentum comes from small successes that spontaneously catapult you onto bigger objectives. What you thought was impossible becomes possible, when you have a string of small successes that give you the confidence that you can do anything.

Why is this passage one of my favorites?

Because it represents the breakthrough moment I had as a collegiate wrestler, the moment that catapulted me to winning a national championship.

Yes, I had a big goal to win the title – but I struggled with nervousness and anxiety about whether or not I could make it happen.

Then one day afternoon, I decided to set a goal that wasn’t so far off. It was just a goal for today’s practice.

I took out a notecard and wrote:

“I will throw my practice opponent 20 times in today’s workout.” 

That afternoon, facing the same person that I had only thrown four times in our previous practice, I put a whooping on him. I tossed him repeatedly. The difference was almost magical. It was surreal.

I achieved my goal for that practice. And I continued to set adaily goal for the remainder of the season.

At the national championships I was the number one seed.

Even so, I did not look beyond my first match. I followed the same procedure, taking one match at a time.

Looking too far ahead destroys the ambitions of many athletes. 

They look at the first round, albeit briefly, then begin to project ahead, thinking, often out loud, about who they will face in the second round, in the quarterfinals, in the semifinals and finals.

And far too often, the athletes who look beyond the first round, get beat before the second.

The same thing happens in business. It took me awhile to figure out that having a daily business or career goal was just as important
as having a daily goal as an athlete.

This is why I repeatedly say, “Take care of today first, and there will be no frustration.”

Even better, take care of what you have before you NOW.

Get the seemingly small stuff done each day, and before you know it, you’re on your way.

Get yourself going with what appears tiny, and you’ll hold a trophy that’s nice and shiny.

For a copy of my new book, One Breath at a Time, click here.

Matt Furey

A Question on Finding Your Purpose

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A couple choice emails to go over today. My replies will follow:

Hey Matt
The book came yesterday. Excited to dig in.
Also, I’ve seen you briefly touch on this. So what’s your thoughts on finding your purpose or passion?

Skylar

M.F. Skylar, from what I have observed, it works the other way. Your purpose or passion finds you, you don’t find it. The question is, when your purpose finds you, do you follow it with passion, or do you let your passion get trampled by others, as well as your own mental imagery? And if your purpose hasn’t found you yet, give no thought to it whatsoever. Stay focused on accomplishing your daily goals, and it will eventually happen. 

Hello Matt,
Your book is phenomenal. I have been reading slowly, two to four pages daily.  Taking my time to digest the content and FEEL the energy in your words.
I would like to buy three more copies.   One for each of my children (Morgan age 11, Troy age 10, and Liberty age six)
I’m wondering if there is any chance you could personally autograph each copy for my children?  I believe that would make the books even more meaningful. This is something I hope they’ll keep close for life, perhaps right next to their Bibles.  If not, no worries.  I’m still planning to buy either way.

Please let me know

Thanks
Matt Vestrand

M.F. Thank you for the feedback, Matt. When you read words that weave a thread through the essential and give you the real secrets with an economy of words, a few pages per day is the way to go. As the title of the book suggests, read and live life One Breath at a Time. Read each entry, then pause and breathe. Let the idea circumnavigate your mind, instead of mindlessly rushing on to the next passage. I would love to personalize a copy to each of your children. Truly awesome that you are doing this for them.

As I mentioned yesterday, put your focus on ONE GOAL. Don’t try to achieve all of them at the same time. Focus on and get things done in single file.

This is one of many master keys that I reveal in my new book. It’ll save you a ton of time, agony and grief.

You’ll get MORE done in LESS time because your focus on one thing magnifies everything else.

Click here to get your hands on One Breath at a Time. 

It’s the ultimate game-changer.

Matt Furey

P.S. Every breath you take comes in single file.

“I Should Be Doing More than I AM”

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Focus on one thing at a time. The better your focus is on one thing, the more power and energy you have. 

The same goes for goals. 

You can have as many goals as you want, but all of them are accomplished in single file. And mysteriously, a good many of your goals will get accomplished as you focus on the ONE that matters MOST to you. 

Many people write to ask how many goals to focus on when doing Theatre of the Mind. They are often shocked by my answer:

“ONE.” 

“But, but, but… I have a lot of goals, and if I only focus on one, I’m afraid I will only achieve one,” is a common answer.

 “Test it out and you’ll have your answer,” I reply. “I get far more done when I focus on one thing than I do if I attempt to focus on a dozen things. And the dozen things still get done.”

Back in July and August, my focus was on finishing my new book, One Breath at a Time. I spent so much time focusing on and working on that book that you might think I got nothing else accomplished. Yet, I still managed to write both of my monthly newsletters, create videos, practice martial arts, and so on. 

It would appear that I was focused on multiple tasks, all at the same time. Not at all. 

I focused on ONE GOAL and the fire of desire naturally and effortlessly spread to other things as I was taking a break from the ONE. 

One of the main reasons people attempt to multi-task or focus on a lot of goals simultaneously is due to the emotional conflict and turmoil they feel about not living up to certain ideals and standards.

I have heard people say, “I should be doing more than I am,” or “I should be further ahead than I am.”

Don’t should on yourself.

Dr. Wayne Dyer used to say, “You can never should have done anything.” Bullseye.

“Should have done,” or “should be,” is an unhealthy guilt trip you slap on a sandwich to force-feed yourself something that is rotten. It doesn’t work. It doesn’t lead to get more done. In fact, it leads to getting almost nothing done.

In the future you can be better off than you currently are – but you can never “should have been better.” It’s over. Move on.

And put your focus on ONE GOAL.

This is what I show you how to do in my new book. It’ll save you a ton of time, agony and grief.

You’ll get MORE done in LESS time because your focus on one thing magnifies everything else.

Click here to get your hands on One Breath at a Time.

It’s the ultimate game-changer.

Matt Furey

P.S. Every breath you take comes in single file, too.

Courage

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The following is an excerpt from my ground-breaking new book, One Breath at a Time:

You can be the hardest worker,
you can be the one who comes
early and leaves late.

You can be the one who encourages
and supports all your teammates,
you can be disciplined and dedicated…
but if you lack courage,
you’ll never come close to achieving
what you want in life.

And how do you develop courage?

By seeing yourself acting courageously.
Then doing something courageous.

One Breath at a Time is a smorgasbord of quick, pithy and powerful sayings that give you the essence of what it takes to GET YOUR GOALS and CREATE the LIFE YOU WANT.

This book is the essence of what you want to do to make your life the masterpiece it was meant to be.

Distilled with precision so you don’t have to reads hundred of thousands of words to get to the gist.

As one reader put it, “This is the Cliff Notes, the fast-track to getting your goals. I read a few pages each day and my mind is instantly activated for success. The synchronicities
I am experienced are off the charts.”

Order by clicking here.

Matt Furey

This Information Blew My Mind

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Here’s a question for you: What animal or creature on the face of this earth has a better sense of smell than a human being?

The quick answer that virtually everyone was taught by their parents, teachers and other guilty bystanders, is that a human being’s sense of smell is NOT as good as an animal’s.

Yet, what if this were not true? What if this were yet another way to diminish YOU as a human being, making you think you are less than you really are?

There are scientists who propose that a human being can distinguish as many as a TRILLION different odors.

A TRILLION?

Far more than any animal on the face of this earth.

Don’t know about you, but a trillion smells is hard for me to believe.

But what if it was only a BILLION?

Or even a MILLION?

The point is, we have FAR more ability than we’ve been told to believe.

Then there’s this idea that human beings have only five senses, fostered by the almighty Aristotle.

Is that true?

Turns out that some scientists say we have nine senses, others say we have 12, and then there are those who think the number is more than 20.

What?

Once again, even if we have just one extra sense, wouldn’t you want to know what it is… and how to develop it, so YOU can get “more living out of life,” so YOU can CREATE the life that you have imagined and/or get out of an uncomfortable mess?

I’ll raise my hand and say, “YES,” to learning about just one extra sense, as well as another other potential senses we have. I definitely WANT to know more, and that’s why I study everyday, separating as best I can, fact from science fiction.

And it’s why I write about this sort of “thang” in my monthly newsletter, Theatre of the Mind Masters – and give it to those whom I privately coach.

The results people get with this information, and the practice exercises I give on how to use it, are blowing everyone’s minds.

I would love to see what YOU will do with the secrets I reveal. What difficulties you will leap frog, what results you will create and manifest.

Today is the last day to subscribe to the September issue of my newsletter.

It will be sent to you digitally, so there is ZERO WAITING TIME.

​​​​​​​All I ask is that you print the puppy out, and grab a pen, highlighter and notebook… because you’re going to need it as you use your sense of FEEL to realize the major league reveals I have in store for you.

Pounce on the link below to get started:

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Matt Furey

Addicted to the Negative

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Drugs, alcohol and porn. 

Super-addictive. They rob you of your life and steal your dreams. 

These are the most obvious addictions that YOU CAN CONQUER.

Yet there are others, just as evil, such as the emotional addictions to fear, to negative thinking, to worry, and self-doubt.

As a competitive athlete and martial artist, I was taught to plough through fear.

But this isn’t the best way or the easiest way.

Why?

Because a new self-image leads OUT of fear – not through it. Big difference.

I reveal how to tap into the power of a new self-image in the September issue of Theatre of the Mind Masters – my monthly coaching newsletter that lifts people out of the doldrums, the humdrum and the ho-hum.

It’s a riveting 20-pager that you’ll read again and again.

By subscribing NOW, you may be more than amazed at the positive changes that start taking place in your life.

Say goodbye to fear, worry and self-doubt and start creating the life you were meant to live.

Click the link below to begin.

Theatre of the Mind Masters

Matt Furey

How a World Famous Novelist Gets Her Best Ideas

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Agatha Christie wrote 66 detective novels and 14 books filled with her short stories.

And she sold millions upon millions of copies of her books.

Her books continue to sell today, long after she passed, some 27 years ago.

Agatha Christie was a legend who had a secret to her idea generation and productivity, that has never been revealed before in the easy-to-understand way I lay it out for you.

She followed a concept mentioned in Psycho-Cybernetics – that almost everyone misses.

And it’s HUGE. It’s gargantuan.

It opens doors and beckons the big bucks.

This secret may be the insider-information that takes your ideas from the unborn stage of development to the fully grown mega-producing, fully matured results you want.

This huge revelation is one of MANY massive secrets I illustrate in the September issue of Theatre of the Mind Masters.

Click the link below to subscribe to this amazing monthly coaching program.

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Matt Furey

Best Thing to Ever Happen to a College Football Coach

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I was a fan of Deion Sanders when he played football and baseball at the professional level, even though he was usually a member of the “other team.”

I respected him – immensely. His speed and athleticism were off-the-charts, and his dynamic and electric personality made pre and post-game interviews a delight to watch. 

Deion Sanders is now the head coach of the University of Colorado (Boulder) football team – who knocked off highly-regarded TCU last weekend. And let me tell you, watching the speeches Sanders gives to his players in the locker room, makes you feel as though you’re witnessing a revival. Indeed, you are. 

Many have criticized Sanders and the new transfer portal rule in collegiate sports, that allows a player to transfer from one college to another, without having to sit out a year. I am not one of those critics. I think it’s great for the game.

Why?

Because many college coaches in football and baseball are manipulative, deceitful, cunning bastards. A good many of them recruit and sign players whom they have no intention of ever playing. And they do this for a number of reasons, one of which is to make sure that teams they compete against can’t get the player they signed.

So there’s no checks-and-balances with the coaches. They did as they pleased and if a player who should be playing isn’t, and he wants to transfer, he used to lose a year of eligibility, which in many cases, was a reason for him NOT to transfer. He had to eat the dog dew.

Then along came Joe Burrow, the current quarterback for the Cincinnati Bengals. He was “practicing” at The Ohio State University, but wasn’t playing. He’d given the Buckeyes three years before he wised up and transferred to LSU.

How’d he do after he transferred? Not only was Joe Burrow the starting quarterback at LSU, he led them to the National Championship and won the Heisman Trophy.

Then he got drafted by the Cincinnati Bengals.

How’s he done there? Pretty damn good.

He helped take an almost perennial loser to the Super Bowl in his second season. I was sorry to see his team lose in the Super Bowl, but then again, at least he got there.

So picture this: A superstar is riding the pine at OSU, and he does the smart thing. He gets the hell out of there. If he hadn’t, there would be no national championship for him, no Heisman trophy, and no professional football career – not to mention no multi-million dollar contract.

As the writer of a monthly coaching newsletter, my students hold me accountable as well. If I’m not doing a good job, they unsubscribe and look for someone else to lead them. That’s the way it goes, and the way it ought to be.

Granted, some people will drop even when I’m doing a great job, as they’re not cut out for the job. But the truly dedicated students will stick. Again, that’s the way it ought to be.

On the 7th of every month, my Theatre of the Mind Mastery students receive a power-packed newsletter that they can immediately download, print and read with a pen and highlighter in hand.

From time to time, some of my students forget that the newsletter goes out on the 7th, and they’re jonesing for the latest and greatest. So much so that they write to ask when this month’s issue is being sent. As I read their emails, I can feel their desire for MORE. Without saying so, they’re telling me I’m doing a stellar job – and I appreciate this.

Many students of the Theatre of the Mind Mastery newsletter are also subscribed to my other one, Zen Mastery. This also tells me that I must be doing one helluva job.

The forthcoming issue is packed, per usual. It has to be. I make it my mission to keep it that way because I know there’s a “transfer portal” out there, figuratively speaking. And this portal is a huge motivator for me to make sure I give each and every issue everything I’ve got.

Can’t wait to send out this next one. It’ll blow my students minds.

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