The other day my friend, Tom, called me after watching the first video on my new <strong>Psycho-Cybernetics 365</strong> <strong>Official</strong> YouTube channel.

He told me that every letter contained within the acronym “FAILURE,” representing the “failure mechanism,” was operating in his life.

Strange, because Tom has enjoyed many successes since both of us finished college.

He asked me if “everyone” has symptoms of the failure mechanism operating in his or her life. My answer was straight out of the <i><strong>Psycho-Cybernetics</strong></i> book, and came as a huge relief to him.

But I didn’t stop with a direct quote from the book.

I delved into a subject that a lot people think of as critically important, but is totally unnecessary when it comes to creating positive results in your life.

Watch the video, and make sure you like, share and subscribe.

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Matt Furey

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A few moments ago, an old Heinz ketchup commercial was playing in my mind.

If you don’t remember it, or weren’t around back then, it went as follows: “Anticipation… an-ti-ci-pay-ya-tion is making me wait.”

As I heard these words in my mind, a new word, procrastination, entered the picture.

I found myself nodding in agreement, saying to myself, “Procrastination… pro-cras-ti-na-aa-tion is making me wait.”

Wait for what?

That is the six-trillion dollar question.

Why on earth do we procrastinate, especially on the things that we know we can get done lickety-split? Why do we avoid doing what we know we could begin doing immediately, and be done with, for the rest of the day?

It’s a bad habit. And yet, this bad habit is nothing more than a mental picture we play in our minds. We see ourselves delaying doing something, instead of focusing on getting what we want done.

One of the keys to eliminating procrastination is taking a minute or two to “clear the mechanism.”

You close your eyes and picture a calculator in your hands with a bunch of digits running across the screen. Then you press “C”  to clear the screen. As soon as you do this, the residue from previous activities evaporates, and you feel a sense of calmness and clarity.

Once the calculator screen is clear, you take another minute to picture yourself doing what you’ve been putting off.

You see yourself fully engaged in the activity you’ve been avoiding. You see yourself being finished, then you get out of your own way and “get ‘er done.”

Give this exercise from Psycho-Cybernetics a whirl today and see where it leads you. I’m betting be amazed.

Matt Furey

Psycho-Cybernetics.com

Note: In the Theatre of the Mind 30-Day Challenge, I walk you through exercises such as the one shown above. I answer all your questions and give you the details that help you “get your goals” and create the life you want. The next 30-Day Challenge is quickly approaching. If you want to enroll in the next one, don’t put it off. Get ‘er done. Click here for more. 

Having a BIG GOAL is similar to being in a tournament with 32 competitors, all of whom want to win – with some desiring it more than others.

You begin with the opening round, which you must win to play another day.

If you win the first round, 16 competitors are left.

If you win the next round, eight people remain. Win again and you’re down to four.

With one more victory, two people are still standing, and one of them will take home the championship.

The competitor who is looking ahead to the championship before the first round, is often upset by someone not as highly skilled.

The one whose primary focus is on the current round is poised and relaxed, able to perform at his or her best. The competitor who looks too far ahead, figuring the current round is a foregone conclusion, often meets with disaster.

And so it goes with having a BIG GOAL of any kind.

If you chunk your goal into bite-sized daily accomplishments, you play the game of life with passion, purpose and power. You allow momentum to build as you focus on the process of getting something done.

Over time, by focusing on the process, the result you seek almost seems to take place of its own accord.

Ultimately, you were the one with the vision, the one who created the reality you’re now living in.

But you did it by looking ahead temporarily, then putting your focus back on the here and now, the step you must take before you get another one.

Champions are masters of taking care of the little stuff that adds up to the big prize. Champions don’t overlook opponents, regardless of their record. They take care of who and what is in front of them today.

Too much focus on the BIG GOAL leads to disappointment and frustration.

You can never focus too much on taking care of the opponent you are facing today.

That tiny pebble in your shoe is only a nuisance when you don’t take the time to remove it.

Daily goals may appear to be a nuisance in comparison to a BIG GOAL, but if you don’t take care of them, they will bite you.

Matt Furey

Author of One Breath at a Time