August 8, 2025
South of Columbia Falls
“Everyone has succeeded sometime at something. Especially when beginning a new task, call up the feelings you experienced in some past success, however small it might have been.” – Maxwell Maltz, M.D. Psycho-Cybernetics, Updated and Expanded
At a training I conducted, I asked the students to make a list of the successful experiences they have had in life so far. I gave them five minutes to begin making their lists.
Some students had trouble getting started, appearing incapable of coming up with any successful experiences.
One man, Tom, was writing nonstop the entire time. I asked him how many experiences were on his list. Tom said, “I haven’t counted them, but I’m only at age five. This list is going to be extremely long.”
Tom’s list overlooked none of the victories many people take for granted.
Being conceived in his mother’s womb was his first victory.
Being born was his second.
Then he went into learning to roll over, sit up, crawl, stand, walk, run, and jump.
It’s stunning when I meet accomplished people in virtually every profession who have trouble seeing their victories. Many of them assume that all these little wins don’t count.
Every victory counts, no matter how long ago or seemingly trivial.
Embrace the idea that you only need one positive memory to activate your Creative
Mechanism and get you on the winning path.
Open your mind to success by remembering the moments you’ve overlooked.
Is there a memory from your past that you cast aside as no big deal?
Ask yourself, “Would I rather not have had that positive experience? Would I rather not have learned to walk, talk, read, and write?
Matthew Furey
Today’s message is from Psycho-Cybernetics 365, a book of reflections where I take a quote from Dr. Maltz each day, then decode and elaborate upon it with insights, details and experiences that will help you to get even more living out of life. Reading this book is a perfect way to start your day, as well as a superb way to connect with your children. Click the link shown above to order.
