The Guru Says:
“When you place a negative thought six-feet behind, you unwind the mind of images unkind.”
Matt Furey
Just One Question
Just one question for you, my dear.
Who is it that has your ear?
Is it Joe or is it Jane?
Is it someone who’s life’s in vain?
Is it someone who forever doubts,
you will accomplish what you’re about?
Or is it someone paralyzed with fear;
whose mission in life is another beer?
Guard your ears and guard your eyes;
from envious spirits who steal the prize.
Matt Furey
The Difference Maker
“Have a goal every day, no matter how small.”
– Maxwell Maltz, M.D.,
from The Essential Psycho-Cybernetics – our newest book that combines four of Dr. Maltz’ classics.
Charles Runels, M.D. went from being a small town doctor to one whose inventions and protocols are used throughout the world.
Recently, he told me that one of the most valuable things I taught him was the importance of having a daily practice. He told me how following this seemingly small piece of wisdom catapulted him to success in largely unforeseen ways.
There are many people who would not consider a daily practice, of anything, to be a goal. These people think that ALL goals must have definite targets, including a date of accomplishment.
This is not the truth.
Consider this: When you were much, much younger, and you picked up a pen to write, or a crayon to draw, did your parents immediately approach you and tell you that you need to have a long-term goal with a definite date to become a professional writer or artist? Did they encourage you to model Benjamin Franklin or Michelangelo?
I don’t think so. And if they did, can you imagine how much you would resist and rebel against the idea?
Well, this same type of resistance often takes place in your adult life when you are pushed to set big, scary goals, instead of getting started with the here and now, something much more tangible.
It is enough to watch you get started on something that may turn into something huge, if you continue with a daily practice.
So yes, observing a daily practice is one way I teach to become a professional goal getter. And for many, it is the most valuable goal you will ever form because it is one you GET on a daily basis.
Every day, after your practice, including on the days when you encountered the greatest amount of psychological resistance, you can look in the mirror and declare victory. You can declare that you have won another mental battle over yourself. You didn’t give in to laziness, boredom, frustration, or whatever distraction was airing on the news. You got the job done.
And that deserves a big, “Hurrah!”
See it. Feel it. Be it.
Matt Furey
P.S. I’m having a Goal-Getting Intensive on January 15, at 7 PM EST, wherein I explain the ULTIMATE DAILY PRACTICE, the one that beats all others. This Goal-Getting Intensive is filling up FAST. Interested? Email me for details: goals@psycho-cybernetics.com
The Power of an Ordinary Idea
“An ordinary idea
that is acted upon
will bear more fruit
than a fabulous idea
left in the idle position.
When the average and
ordinary is given a
little juice, it can
transform into
something
far bigger than
originally envisioned.”
Matt Furey
from my notebook
I keep various notebooks and journals.
Some tiny, some much larger.
Others are leather bound, this one has
spirals.
I write cursive or script and almost never print.
Sometimes the characters I draw… a bit better than
stick figures – have squares and triangles that drop a
hint.
And then there are the rhyming words, the poems.
Written just for fun when life is easy or rough.
No thoughts of buy or sell, letting my mind
roam.
Feels good to free the mind from its cell.
Once a day, to let loose without a snare.
Climb a bonsai tree? Let crickets ring a
bell?
With pen and pad, the trivial becomes important.
The telling of what you can ruin or create.
Can you fish without water, or turn a walk into a
hunt?
– Matt Furey
author of One Breath at a Time
P.S. I thought today’s entry would come from my notebook, but as I began… something else wrote itself upon the page. When that happens, go with it.
Two Worries
Two worries. Negative and positive.
Negative worry is about problems.
Positive worry transcends problems
and creates a new path.
from One Breath at a Time
As Dr. Maltz taught in Psycho-Cybernetics, worry is the negative use of your imagination. You picture something in the future and the image you see is horrible.
When you picture something negative in the future, you instantly feel fear, anger, horror and panic.
But when you turn worry into something positive, you picture what you want.
To enhance your mental imagery even more, here’s how you can verbally turn the following situations around:
You’re worried that you’re going to lose your job.
“I’m worried I am going to keep my job or somehow get an even better one.”
You’re worried about a trip you’re going to take.
“I’m worried that I’m going to have an incredible trip.”
I’m worried that I’m going to be homeless.
“I’m worried I’m going to make so much money I will feel totally relieved from life’s burdens.”
Postive Worry!
Give it a whirl and change your whirld for the better.
Matt Furey
P.S. My newsletter coaching group is applying these ideas with stellar results. If you want to leave negative worry in the past and unlock the secrets of positive worry, and much more, in a HUGE way – click here.
Will’s Powers
Here’s a little poem my alter ego, el Furecat, wrote that I felt compelled to send to you today.
Will’s Powers
You have a Will for a Reason,
and an Imagination ever ready,
every day of every season.
Although One’s Creative Imagination
beats Will’s Powers 100 times in a row,
I wouldn’t ask for Will’s resignation.
Why not blend the two Ways into One?
And with each hand ignited and at your
command, you’ll witness the Power of Done.
El Furecat
The Prosperity Poet
Have a super day!
Matt Furey
By the way, if you haven’t seen yesterday’s YouTube video, here it is:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-JuCf2RRA8
Burning Desire Goals
“A burning desire doesn’t mean that
you flex your muscles with excitement,
it doesn’t mean stiffening your spine
and attempting to PHYSICALLY
force your goal upon the world.
A burning desire is a similar to the
story in Genesis of the burning bush.
The bush is on fire but the fire does
not consume the bush.
And so it is with YOU.
You have a desire that burns of its
own accord, it burns within your
heart and mind. It burns without
effort or struggle because you
pictured what you wanted with
so much enthusiasm that the
desire takes on a life of its own.
You wanted this desire.
Now the desire wants you.”
– Matt Furey
If you already own the classic, Psycho-Cybernetics, then continue your journey with Zero Resistance Living and Theatre of the Mind
The Smart Secrets
“Talent is Useless without
The SECRETS that enhance
your abilities to their fullest
possible degree.Hard Work is NOT a SECRET.
The SECRETS that enhance
your abilities to their fullest
possible degree.Hard Work is NOT a SECRET.
If it was no one would have heard
of it.
SMART WORK is where the
SECRETS are located.”
Matt Furey
The SMART SECRETS are in the 35-million copies best-seller, Psycho-Cybernetics, and continue in a BIG WAY in Zero Resistance Living and Theatre of the Mind
What’s Up With “Massive Action”
Ever think there’s something missing in the way people are taught to set goals?
In most cases, you’re taught to think big, set goals that scare you, get out of your comfort zone, take massive action, change all your limiting beliefs and eliminate your negative self-talk.
Meanwhile, a much easier and far less time consuming approach is possible for you.
Consider the Principle of Momentum.
When you have momentum flowing for you, you’re almost impossible to stop.
It begins with something as simple as a positive daily habit that you stick with. Next thing you realize is that this positive habit is bearing fruit. It’s working wonders in your life that you might not have imagined when you began.
You established momentum when you took your first step forward, which made it easier to take the next step, and the next and the next.
When you’re not doing anything on a daily basis to achieve a goal, you have no momentum… no energy. When you’re creating a positive result every day, it’s hard to stop yourself.
So the principle of Momentum is activated with small steps, with daily habits and daily goals. It is NOT activated by the idea of ‘massive action,’ as there is no such thing in the universe. You only get to take one step a time. You only get one breath at a time. You can desire more steps and more breaths at the same time, but sorry, that’s not how nature works.
Here what does work: If you nail at least one goal per day, after a month, you’ve “met” 30 goals and your confidence grows. After a year, you have 365 successes you can bank on. And now you can easily tackle bigger goals because you have Momentum on your side.
Meanwhile, so many of those with the big goals (not daily) feel as though they aren’t any closer than when they started. In short, they have no momentum.
As I frequently say, “Start small and you can have it all. Start too big and you’ll stumble on every twig.”
Here endeth the lesson.
Matt Furey
