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The Secret of the Pros

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“Relax while you work.” – Maxwell Maltz, M.D. – Psycho-Cybernetics, Updated and Expanded

These four words represent a surprising twist for those who think that learning to relax is a waste of time.

It’s astounding to hear people say that you don’t need to relax, you’re here on this planet to work, not realizing that once you have learned the art of relaxation, you can apply it to any work situation you’re involved in.

Do you really prefer to work all day with a tight neck, a sore back, headaches, high blood pressure, and so on? Or would you rather be better at your job than anyone around you because you know how to relax while you accomplish far more than anyone else?

When you can do your job with a spirit of relaxed calmness, when you make your job look easy, you are the embodiment of a professional.

Amateurs work with unnecessary stress and tension. They make their jobs look difficult.

They have tension in areas of the body that aren’t even used in the work they do. And much of this tension is because they rarely take a deep breath or a playful break. They rarely smile and are easily upset by trivial matters.

Professionals don’t scoff at the power of relaxation. They relax and picture the result they want. They unwind their mind first, then bring this spirit of relaxation into their work environment.

How much extra value would you bring to your office, or onto the playing field, if your work was your play and your play was your work?

Note: This was an excerpt from Psycho-Cybernetics 365, Thrive and Grow Every Day of the Year, which is available NOW.

Matthew Furey

What’s a Good Goal, Project or Target?

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“Get yourself a goal worth working for. Better still, get yourself a project. Decide what you want out of a situation. Always have something ahead of you to ‘look forward to’—­ to work for and hope for.” – Maxwell Maltz, M.D. – Psycho-Cybernetics, Updated and Expanded

Many people have previously set goals that they didn’t achieve. As a result, unconsciously, they have a feeling of “here we go again” when they go through the steps once again. If this has ever happened to you, you might want to use alternative words for your goals, such as “project,” “objective,” and “target.”

I also advise that you look at your process and ask yourself if you failed because you had so many goals that your Creative Mechanism got jammed.

Did you confuse the mechanism by imagining you would build all of Rome, Italy, and Europe overnight?

Did you fail because you scared yourself away from taking action by setting goals that were too big for you at that time? Did you forget to give yourself bite-­size daily process goals that would lead to the promised land?

If you answered “yes” to these questions, then you now have an opportunity to correct the mistakes you made. You can teach yourself to start smaller

and finish big.

You can learn to do more than set goals.

You can learn to get them.

When you make these corrections, the likelihood of you succeeding this time around is exponentially greater.

What project, objective, or target are you going to accomplish today?

Matt Furey

Note: Today’s email is an excerpt from my new book, Psycho-Cybernetics, Updated and Expanded – where I take a daily quote from Dr. Maltz and decode it for you. Click the link shown above to get the book. Also available in Kindle and audiobook formats.

The Secret of Learning Faster

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August 25

“When I began implementing this way of learning, my ability to learn new material quickly ran off the charts. I went from thinking of myself as a slow learner to seeing myself learning new material rapidly.

The method I have described is the way of breaking everything down into bite-­size chunks. It’s the same as what I have advised for the accomplishment of any goal.

If there’s something you’re having trouble learning, how can you break it into smaller components so that you absorb the material faster?”

Matthew Furey

Today’s message is an excerpt from my new book, Psycho-Cybernetics 365. Get it NOW and devour Dr. Maxwell Maltz’ most powerful quotes, that I decode and add commentary on, making the information even more usable and repeatable than ever before. After reading this book straight through, start with the current date on the calendar. Read and reflect on one page per day. Then get after your goals and turn them into reality. With the detailed techniques included in Psycho-Cybernetics 365 at your side, you are going to be amazed at the different you that shows up, each day of each year.

What’s Your Natural Learning Style?

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Although we are quick as a society to label some people as “naturals,” this is usually not the case.

Our success in life has more to do with being willing to pick ourselves up after falling.

Indeed, there are those who are ahead of us when we first begin to learn.

Some people may have more innate ability than we do. Some people absorb a lesson faster than others, often due to having a similar learning style to the teacher.

However, once you become aware of how you learn when you are at your best and shift to absorb material based on your learning style, your progress will accelerate dramatically.

Matt Furey

Today’s message is an excerpt from my new book, Psycho-Cybernetics 365. Get it NOW and devour Dr. Maxwell Maltz’ most powerful quotes, that I then decode for you, making the information even more usable and repeatable than ever before. After reading this book straight through, start with the current date on the calendar. Read and reflect on one page per day. Then get after your goals and turn them into reality. With the techniques of Psycho-Cybernetics 365 at your side, you are going to be amazed at the different you that shows up, each day of each year.

Smiling Energy

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The following is an excerpt from my new book, Psycho-Cybernetics 365, which thanks to so many, is doing extraordinarily well.

“I will practice smiling at least three times during the day.” – Maxwell Maltz, M.D. Psycho-Cybernetics, Updated and Expanded

Smiling at least three times per day is an achievable goal and a worth-

while one at that. When you smile, you instantly begin to feel better about yourself due to the positive neurotransmitters released in the brain.

When you smile at others, they usually respond in turn. When you smile as you think about the people you love, you see them in a different light. And when you smile into the goals and actions you want to take, you become aware that energy is released, making the process much easier.

There are thousands of opportunities to smile each day, and they begin

as soon as you wake up. They begin long before you look at your face in the mirror.

The moment you open your eyes, consciously pull the outsides of your

lips upward a bit, then let them down. Repeat this a few times so you really experience the difference a smile makes for you. Make a choice to maintain your smile for at least a minute, then decide if you want to make it last longer.

Over time, you can consciously cultivate this smiling habit and turn it into an unconscious habit. You’ll note how people smile at you when you’re in a store, or out walking, and at first you may not realize why.

Then the reason will come to you. Other people are smiling at you because you walk around all day with upturned lips.

Are you willing to see if smiling can become a habit for you? Remember to

give yourself a minimum of twenty-­ one days to find out.

Matthew Furey

Link to the book – Psycho-Cybernetics 365

Who Wrote This?

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Yesterday I did something strange… or so it would appear without the full story.

A few minutes before I sent out emails and put up social media posts about the launch of my new book, Psycho-Cybernetics 365, I purchased a copy from Amazon.

Now, you might wonder why I did such a thing, after all, I have a few copies sitting around the house that were sent to me from the publisher.

The reasons I did so are as follows:

1. I prefer to lead by example. This means not asking anyone to do something that I’m unwilling to do myself. As you know, there are a lot of coaches, teachers and parents who give advice yet don’t follow it themselves. I’d rather not be the “do as I say not as I do” type.

2. I wanted to know how it feels to receive my own book in the mail, from someone selling it for me.

Well, after placing my order, I felt mighty pleased with my investment, and that’s a good thing, isn’t it?

As the orders rolled in, it was delightful to see all the people posting on my Facebook page, letting me know they just ordered, or that they received the book already. Many thanks to all of you.

Then something unanticipated happened last night. I got an email around midnight from a young man who is a mere 93 years of age. He wrote the following note:

Matt,

I just discovered Psycho-Cybernetics 365, and this evening I read up to Jan. 16. This is simply genius writing. I am so pleased to see what you have done so far with reinterpreting Maltz’s writings, then including the refreshments of your own mind. Congratulations.

The Old Guy,
Larry Kueneman

I was so puzzled by Larry’s words that I couldn’t help but pick up one of those copies I still have on my desk. Instead of waiting for the Amazon truck, I began reading what I wrote as though I am a customer in search of this “genius writing” Larry mentioned.

It’s a mystical sort of experience when you begin reading a book you wrote and edited (with help from the fabulous Deborah Herman – deborahherman.com), and that you narrated. It’s even more intriguing when the words captivate you so much that you are up until almost 2 A.M., reading what was assembled.

By and by, didn’t take long for me to read a passage and think to myself, “Who wrote this?”

Yes, the “eye that is me” wrote this, but I will be the first to say that the real genius behind it all was the Creator working with me, giving me guidance along the way.

This is why I say you can get a lot more accomplished, including things you cannot fathom, when you remove the focus from yourself and put it on the goal, the mental picture, the invention, the task or action step at hand.

After doing this, don’t be surprised if you look back at what you created and find yourself uttering, “Who did this?”

Matt Furey

Psycho-Cybernetics.com

Here’s the link to the book/audiobook, etc. – Psycho-Cybernetics 365

Breaking Old Habits

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“In much the same way, our attitudes, emotions, and beliefs tend to become habitual.” – Maxwell Maltz, M.D. – Psycho-Cybernetics: Updated and Expanded

When my son, Frank, was three years of age, he was introduced to Wendy’s chicken nuggets, which he loved.

One evening, when it was late and we had been traveling all day, he was hungry and wanted his favorite food. We told him that Wendy’s was closed, but he could get the same food at Chick-­fil-­A. This did not go over well. No matter what we said, his response was, “No, I want my chicken nuggets.”

After this happened, I flashed upon being in grade school and how the teacher taught “facts” that I now believe to be totally false, yet for much of my life, if someone told me anything other than what I heard from that teacher, I would immediately reject their ideas. Looking at another opinion objectively was not an option for me at that time in my life. It was too much for me to believe that someone had taught me wrong.

Today, when I am presented with an idea that is diametrically opposed to what I initially learned, I often have a completely different attitude. How do I know that what I learned first is correct? Just because I learned something one way as a youth doesn’t mean that all other options are permanently rejected.

The good news is that my son grew out of the chicken-­nuggets-­or-­nothing phase after he sampled another style of chicken. How many types of chicken has he enjoyed over the years because he expanded his mind? I would imagine the number is easily more than two dozen.

Is there an area of your thinking you want to expand beyond what you thought of as the only option?

Matt Furey

Today’s email is an excerpt from my new book, Psycho-Cybernetics 365, which is already being listed as “must reading” on various social media. This daily devotional is the perfect way to start your day out with a winning mindset. Get your copy now by clicking here.

The Power of Positive Memories

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“Professor Elmer Gates of the Smithsonian Institution was one of the most successful inventors this country has ever known, and a recognized genius. He made a daily practice of ‘calling up pleasant ideas and memories’ and believed that this helped him in his work.” –  Maxwell Maltz, M.D. – Psycho-Cybernetics, Updated and Expanded

How could calling up pleasant memories possibly help you? This is the present moment; shouldn’t we leave the past behind?

Well, much of our past can be left behind, and often, we unconsciously forget much of it without any effort. Yet there are precious memories that we would be wise to relive and re-experience daily. Those memories are where we activate our confidence, courage, desire, discipline, and focus.

Over twenty years ago, I listened to an audio cassette where Dr. Maltz told how he acquired his first patient.

He mentioned that after fifty years of transformative plastic surgery, he still had the file along with the before-­and-­after photos of the man he operated on. Then he explained that he would keep this man’s file for as long as he lived… “because that is where my confidence is stored.”

It’s a good idea to hang up pictures, diplomas and certificates of accomplishment to constantly remind us of what we have achieved over the years. When you review the memories of having received those honors and awards, and as you re-experience how good you felt in those instances, this elevates your “game” in the present moment, allowing you to proceed with confidence.

What positive memories are you going to review today in the theater of your mind to give yourself greater confidence?

Matt Furey

Note: The above is an excerpt from my new book, Psycho-Cybernetics 365, which will be published on Tuesday, August 19. You can reserve your copy now by clicking here.

See It In Your Mind

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August 11

“See yourself in your imagination taking positive, intelligent action toward solving a problem or reaching a goal. See yourself reacting to threats, not by running away or evading them, but by meeting them, dealing with them, grappling with them in an aggressive and intelligent manner.” – Maxwell Maltz, M.D. – Psycho-Cybernetics; Updated and Expanded

As you read this passage, the key words to focus on are “see yourself… taking action.” This is what successful people are doing in greater and greater numbers than ever before.

Some think they don’t “see” themselves taking action before doing something (even though it’s not possible), and they scoff at the idea that there is great power in your imagination or that it is a God-­ given faculty that all of us have.

You should do nothing to convince those who don’t want to discover the truth for themselves. Leave them alone and focus on doing what you are learning in this book and the other programs I have available on the psycho-cybernetics.­com website.

Do more than see yourself accomplishing a goal. See yourself doing what you need to do to make your goal become a reality. This is fundamental yet often missed.

You can picture yourself achieving an objective, and this alone will get you going. But if you’re not able to gain traction to move yourself toward a goal, if you are resisting taking action, then begin at once to see yourself taking action.

Before you fall asleep in the evening, see yourself taking care of objective number one. As you see yourself acting, mentally say to yourself, “I am going to do (fill in the blank) tomorrow.”

These words, “I am going to . . . ,” when stated to yourself along with the picturing of yourself acting, are the keys that toss resistance out the window.

When you get up in the morning, picture yourself again while using the same type of self-­talk. Repeat your statement as a command, with enthusiasm, then observe what happens in your world. I believe you are going to be stunned at how easy and effective this method truly is. Are you willing to give it a go?

Matt Furey

Note: Today’s email is an excerpt from my new book, Psycho-Cybernetics 365, to be released on August 19. Click the link to reserve your copy.

Wrestling with Ideas and Problems

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July 28

“If you have been wrestling with a problem all day without making any apparent progress, try dismissing it from your mind, and put off making a decision until you’ve had a chance to sleep on it.” – Maxwell Maltz, M.D. – Psycho-Cybernetics: Updated and Expanded

We’ve been told that sleep is when the body repairs itself, and that is true. But sleep is also when we gain access to ideas, insights, and knowledge that are circulating somewhere in the “field.”

But don’t think that the only time you can sleep your way out of a problem or gain splendid ideas is when you go to bed at night. You can also gain tremendous traction during the day with cat naps or short meditation sessions.

Benjamin Laskin writes all his novels using a variation of this sleep method. He writes at a coffee shop in the morning, mostly bringing to life what he slept on the night before. In the afternoon he poses a question to his mind about what will happen next in the story, then he sets his alarm for thirty minutes and takes a nap. Every time he does this, the characters in the novel come to life and speak to one another in the form of a dream, which he observes and then records upon awakening.

What Benjamin does is not completely unique to him, even though he did figure this process out on his own. All throughout history, you’ll find that the greatest writers, poets, musicians, artists, scientists, and so on have used a variation of this method.

When’s a good time for you to begin using it?

Matt Furey

Note: The above is an excerpt from my new book, Psycho-Cybernetics 365, to be published on August 19.

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