Time and again we hear success teachers say that in order for you to have something, you must see it in your mind's eye first. And although this is helpful advice, it isn't the whole shebang. Why? Because your 'emotional state' is a far bigger indicator of whether you're on the right path or not. Take money, for example. Ask someone if he can see himself doubling, tripling or 10x'ing the amount of money he earns. Maybe he can see doubling it. Maybe he can see tripling it. Maybe even 10x'ing it. But even if he can see the improvement, ask what his FEELING is about having it. Very often you will find that even if the person can visualize having it - he cannot FEEL himself having it. Or, even more common, he may see himself with it, then immediately feel pangs of guilt, fear or anxiety about having it. When you find someone who simultaneously envisions what he wants ... AND has a strong, powerful and positive feeling about having it, you're looking at a person who is destined for success. On the other hand, if you're looking at someone who sees what he wants - but his feeling about having it is one of discomfort, he won't get what he wants. Seeing what you want is great. Speaking about what you want is helpful. But until the FEELING of having the goal matches the desire you picture and talk about, you'll always fall short. Match the vision with the feeling - and you'll know what having Zero Resistance is all about. Dr. Maltz often referred to the 'Stranger Within' as this guiding feeling that tells us whether we're on target or not. If the 'Stranger Within' feels good when you visualize a goal, you know you can have it. If, however, the stranger feels uncomfortable, that's a different story. The good news is that YOU are the person in charge of the 'Stranger Within.' You are the one who can change his emotional state to positive. It starts with a change in attitude - but the attitude is not enough. You must also change the way you see the 'face behind your face.' Is the face behind your face smiling and happy - or filled with frustration and despair. Look in the mirror and see for yourself. Look not just at your outer face, but your inner one. Regardless of whether or not your inner face is happy or sad, you can make a choice to improve it. If you're sad, flip your internal switch to happy by thinking of the best moments of your life. And if you're already happy - make yourself even happier. Afterall, there's no limit on the emotion. You can have as much as you want. Best, Matt Furey P.S. In Zero Resistance Living you'll learn all the tricks to feeling great all the time. And these mental tricks lead to success in all areas of your life. Improved health, better finances, dream homes,wonderful relationships, increased mental acuity, and so on. All these things can be yours when you harness the 'Stranger Within' and make him your friend. Start creating a NEW YOU today by getting Zero Resistance Living - Dr. Maltz most profound and life-changing program.

A number of people have written to ask, "What is going on with your blog? I enjoyed it. What happened?" Here's the deal: I've been waiting, and waiting and ... waiting for this blog to be transferred to another system. I've been told numerous times that "it'll be done tomorrow" - and as the saying goes, 'tomorrow never comes." So it's my fault for choosing someone to do the job who doesn't want to do the job - at least not when he says he'll do the job. This situation reminds me of the business lesson I read in a magazine back in 1988, that I've never forgotten and have always done my best to model. It goes like this: If you take your vehicle in for repair in the morning and the mechanic tells you it'll be done by 5 PM - then calls at 3 PM to tell you he's already finished, you'll be ecstatic and think the world of the mechanic. On the other hand, if the mechanic says it'll be done by noon - then doesn't bother to call in the late afternoon to tell you it's not done yet - and has no intention of finishing it that day, or the next, or the next - then you're pissed off and don't think too much of the promise you were given - or the person who made the promise. It's a simple law of doing business. Under-promise - over-deliver. In this case it's been the opposite: over-promise, under-deliver. Sadly, the guy has also been put in a position where he can help create a number of websites at a very handsome fee - but he's been so slow that the man in charge of the website operation has had to secretly dole out work to other people who are not only hungry for work - but get the job done fast. The amazing thing, once again, is that the guy who is FAST - has a lot of work to do. He's already making a fine living - yet when he gets the extra work he finishes it quickly - whereas the slow-poke is always complaining about not having enough money. Well .... if you'd get something done when you said you'd get it done - then maybe that wouldn't be an issue. At any rate, I'll be back to blogging on this page until the switch is made. My apologies. Matt Furey

Last night I picked up a friend who is here to do some work for me this week. He was asking me questions about why I think some people succeed while others don't. I started to give him some examples in story format. The first had to do with me as a young college freshman. I was sitting in the locker room in Iowa City, and my coach, Dan Gable, was sitting next to me reading the living section of the paper. I grabbed the sports section and began reading. Next thing you know I'm spouting off, talking about some of the highly-regarded football players featured on the front page, three of whom I had beaten in wrestling matches. I started talking out loud about whom I'd beaten and how. When I first began talking about my first 'victim,' Gable looked over at me for a second with an 'Ask me how little I care?' glance. I didn't get the hint and started on the next guy. He moved the paper away from his face once again, gave me another look - this one saying, 'Shut the hell up. That was high school. This is college.' I got the message and started busting my hump to get his attention, not through talk, but through action. Today I coach a number of people with their businesses, and it is always amazing to watch how quickly some come to know everything about anything. When they should be listening - they're yapping. One of the biggest mistakes I see people making is the so-called 'announcing of one's goals' to the world - or to anyone other than a coach or others who want to help you. This is a big mistake, for many reasons, one of which is that you are announcing your goals mostly due to personal vanities; not because what you are saying is going to happen. I learned this mistake, again, from personal experience. Not only from Gable - but from an old negative girl friend I had back in Santa Cruz, California. She didn't teach it to me, however. I had to learn the lesson from observing my results. Here's what I mean: I would set a goal I wanted to accomplish, usually a 'new client' goal. I'd put the goal in writing, begin to visualize it, and before long the phone was ringing with prospects who wanted to be clients. I'd have a couple on the hook who would swear they'd be dropping by later in the day to formally enroll. This was awesome, I thought. I'd immediately call the girl friend, start bragging about the power of my new creative visualization - and she'd say, 'Wow, that's grrrrreaatt. That's incredible,' and so on. Then I waited for the 'new' sure-thing clients who NEVER showed. This scenario repeated itself over and over and over - until, finally, I learned to shut my mouth. Hence, the Fureyism I coined last night: 'If people would just learn to shut up - they would be successful.' Naturally, this is NOT to be taken to ridiculous extremes. When a person has achieved something worthy of mention (not the beginnings of something worthy of mention - big difference), it is good to let those who have helped you know what you've done. But these are instances of gratitude and appreciation - not braggadocio. On the other hand, if you're in business for yourself, you also need to let out a roar and let people know you exist. Thing is, you're doing this for business reasons, not to feed your vanity. Had a couple people write over the last week to tell me how much they like my new 'Fusion-Orange' HUMMER. At the same time they told me that the picture of me wearing the orange silk chi kung outfit resembles something far less admirable. My reaction: Could care less. The photo is where it is for reasons other than my personal vanity. By the way, if you'd like to take a gander at this photo - go to the Psycho-Cybernetics - Zero Resistance Living page and make sure you read the entire letter from me. It truly represents a 'baring' - or it is 'bearing' - (again, I really don't care as I agree with the Mark Twain line that you should never respect a man who only has one spelling for a werd). Well, my friend, that's all for today. Gotta go do some Hindu squats, Hindu pushups and bridging - the 3 exercises that have slain dragons, launched rockets and turned your average and ordinary couch potatoes into Super-Hero fitness machines. Check it out, if you haven't already, by going to the Combat Conditioning page. Better yet - get Combat Conditioning and six other gifts 'gratis' by becoming a member of the Matt Furey Inner Circle. Kick butt - take names! Matt Furey

Twas doing a little bit of "research" at the magazine rack the other day. Typically this means looking at all the so-called "scientific" facts about health, fitness and inter-galactic stuff - that are placed inside all the brilliantly stupid muscle comics. During my research I happened to pick up Men's Journal - and what do you know, an article that shows that bodyweight calisthenics are BETTER for your heart than long-distance cardio. Now this was something worthy of reading. The article, written by Lou Schuler, entitled "The Fastest Way to a Healthy Heart" - shows the following bodyweight exercises as the ultimate test of cardio health. 1. Standard Push-up - nothing compared to Hindu pushups 2. Bodyweight Squat - nothing compared to Hindu squats 3. Bodyweight Lunge - okay, but still lacking 4. Bench Dip - okay for triceps, but not a real ass-kicker like Tablemakers 5. T-pushup - tis not bad - but nothing compared to 1-arm pushups 6. Diagonal Lunge - yawn 7. Step-up - a whopping 6 reps per leg - wow! 8. Decline Pushup - probably the most difficult of all - but still no cigar compare to the Royal Court of Combat Conditioning Now, lest you think I'm "bashing" - I'm not. At least the writer and his quoted scientific sources are on the right track. But they're still light years behind the Furey Faithful. Why? Because the test they give, which is is to be done 2x a week, involves only 6-12 reps per exercise. With these exercises, my fellow Fure-cats wouldn't even have an elevated heart rate. They might as well do the standard treadmill test. Now, for the average couch potato - I suppose this test is okay - but then again, the average couch potato probably can't even do five reps of many of these exercises - that's how far gone many of them are. The key thing the test discerns, however, is how FAST a person gets an elevated heart rate - and how long it takes for it to come back to normal, and from this you will be better able to detect the possiblity of a heart attack than you will from doing cardio. I agree. One of the other things they found was that you do more to help your heart by taking it out for a sprint as opposed to a long drive. Your body needs its valves "blown" wide open - just like a Porsche. Bottom line, as I see it, if you do a set of Hindu pushups and Hindu squats, and it only takes a couple minutes before you're huffing and puffing like mad, then the elevated heart rate you are experiencing will do more to improve heart health than going out for a one-hour cardio ride, run or splash. This is nothing new. I've been saying this sort of thing for years. So has Dr. Al Sears. And that's why both of us recommend bodyweight exercises and sprints for heart health. I particularly advise hill sprints a few times a week to really rev up the engine. There is nothing wrong with doing cardio - if it is something you enjoy. I do some myself, such as long-distance walking. But I do it for reasons that have nothing to do with heart health. As a writer and creator, it helps me to go for a long jaunt by foot. Helps release creative energy and keep the "idea machine" flowing. But make no mistake about it - the exercises I teach in Combat Conditioning and Combat Abs will do wonders for you. They will simultaneously improve your strength, endurance and flexiblity. And the endurance I'm talking about is both muscular and cardiovascular. Make sure you do the Royal Court and Magnificent Seven today. Not just once or twice a week as a cardio test. Do them EVERYDAY for heart health. Matt Furey

Back in my early days as a high school wrestler, I recall the day I lost a match and was heart-broken. I went to workout the next day and Tom, a former college wrestler, who was a friend of mine, asked me how I did. When I told him I lost, he looked at me and said, "The difference between winning and losing is almost always DESIRE." Man, that one stung. I thought I was working hard. I thought I was putting in enough time to win - but he wasn't talking about that. He wasn't talking about my work ethic or how much sweat I put into my practice. He was talking about an internal quality: DESIRE. You can go through all the motions, all the training - you can even work real hard - and success will elude you. It will elude you UNTIL you learn that you don't just train your physical muscles - you must also train your internal muscles. And DESIRE is one of the most important. In fact, if you visualize what you want - but your desire is weak, you won't get what you want. Your desire must be strong if you want a vibrational shift to take place within you. And once this vibrational shift takes place within you - rest assured it is taking place outside of you as well. Once your desire is pulsating, you'll find that the goal you seek is also seeking you. So the question is: How strong is your desire? I, for one, believe it can and should be strengthened on a daily basis. Just like your muscles. Dr. Maxwell Maltz' Zero Resistance Living program will ramp up your desire and help make all your goals come true - if you'll move the negative part of yourself out of the way and let success come into your life. Matt Furey By the way, I guess I should point out that, even though today's story was about my experiences in a sport - the very same idea applies to your business, your career, or any other goal you have set for yourself. Success does not necessarily follow hard work. Success comes to the person who WANTS it the most.

As a growing boy I learned that the Irish are good at doing 4 things: 1. Drinking 2. Swearing 3. Turning everything into a competition 4. Carrying grudges to the grave At a recent seminar, when I told this a man raised his hand and said, "Do you know how to tell when an Irishman has Alzheimer's?" "No I don't," I said. "But this I gotta hear." "An Irishman with Alzheimer's forgets everything but the grudge." Now THAT was a good one. Truth is that if it weren't for God creating whiskey (and yes, that is the correct spelling in Ireland), we'd have conquered the world a long time ago. Afterall, according to one famous author the Irish saved civilization itself - see "How the Irish Saved Civilization" by Thomas Cahill. And now, for what I really think about the Irish ... I think of a true Irishman as someone who is an expert at telling a story, either in writing or orally. An Irishman who cannot tell a story will go broke. A true Irishman is a fighter, or a politician, a priest, a policeman, or an actor/comedian, or some sort of performer. An Irishman will be opinionated beyond belief. He will have a comment about almost everything - as well as a theory, principle or LAW. And an Irishman, most of all, will have a sense of humor, even during times of extreme adversity. My father once told me a story about his days in the Philippines during World War II (and this is the ONLY story he ever told me about that war - couldn't get him to speak about it if you threatened to beat him). Here it goes: "One day we were in the trenches and there was a lot of fire. I was right next to a couple of Irish and right during the heat of battle, after a couple bullets just missed them, one looked at the other and said, "You know, if these bastards keep this shit up I'm going to get mad. They're really starting to piss me off." My dad told me that story for a reason. It has to do with an orientation toward life itself. You can be negative about what is happening to you. Or you can find a reason to be positive, laugh about it - but keep on fighting. To the "Fightin' Irish" and to all Irish - Happy St. Patrick's Day. Matt Furey

When someone is resistant to a new idea, one of the things he will do to stall, procrastinate and delay is ask the question 'why.' I know this tactic very well .. and so does my wife. We went through the 'why' stage when we were learning each other's language. When I was learning Chinese, instead of simply absorbing the material like a sponge, whenever I was angry at having to relearn new thought patterns, I would stop the knowledge absorption process by asking "why?" "Why does the person's name have to come first, followed by the time, followed by the verb? Why do you say it that way? 'Wo mingtian chi fan tai duo.' Translated literally, I yesterday eat too much. I'd much rather say it my way, 'Wo chi fan tai duo mingtian. 'I ate too much yesterday. Zhannie went through the same, only in reverse. "Why do I have to put an 's' on the end of some nouns but not on others? Why not just put the number before the noun so we know how many of something? Isn't saying five car the same as saying five car(s)?" When you think about it, we don't need the doggone 's' at the end to understand. But we insist on it in English. Why? Who the hell cares? Just the way it BE (yes, twas an intentional Furey mistake). We accept it and move on. Whenever something is NEW to a person, if he is resistant to change, instead of being open and listening, he'll literally start demanding 'why, why, why?' Yet, deep down, the person doesn't really want to change - or do some work. Reminds me of the story Michael Masterson told at my bootcamp a couple weeks ago. When he first began studying Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu - he had a million questions for his instructor. Finally, one day, his teacher said, "Michael, there is one answer for all your questions." "What's that?" said Michael. "Training." Oh yes. Training. Practice. Doing something. Very profound - yet so very simple. From that moment onward Michael got on the mat and trained like never before. Sure, he still had questions - but he understood many would be answered if he busted a hump each day. The result: Michael turned into a butt-kicker himself. Today, at 55 years of age, he's a force to be reckoned with. All the younger guys in the gym know they're in for a thrashing when they train together. This same scenario is true with my conditioning and fitness programs. Don't write and ask why pushups are better for you than the bench press. Just do the doggone pushups. Don't ask why I say you don't need LSD cardio if you can do 500 straight Hindu squats. Just do the Hindu squats and you will have your answer. The only real way for someone to be convinced of the validity of Combat Conditioning or Combat Abs - is to get the programs, use them and discover the truth for yourself. So "do the thing," as Emerson says, and "you'll have the power." Matt Furey

Okay, I gave in. I bought another gas-polluting beast. Traded the old one in. Yellow is ugly anyway. The new beast is one of only 1,500 made. Tis a special edition, ya know. You won't see many floating around. This may force me to come out with my HUMMER Fitness program afterall - niched, of course, to people who drive these puppies. In the interim, the product of choice will have to be Combat Conditioning. To see a picture of me with the new ride, go check out the Psycho-Cybernetics page. Matt Furey

"Take care of the abdomen and the rest of your body will take care of itself... I had to travel thousands of miles, coming to the South Sea Islands, to learn this important principle of physical culture. It was not to be found in my own country, as most Americans have weak, flabby bellies." - Paul Bragg The message shown above was written over 50 years ago - and it is truer NOW than ever before. We have a choice to make about the future of our waistline. We can let it expand - or we can pull it in. I say, "Pull it in. Reduce. Get back the look of your youth, when you were in your sexual prime." There are three exercises that I want you to know if you're going to reduce your waistline - and all of them can be found in my international best-seller, Combat Abs. The first is the Farmer Burns Stomach Flattener. This exercise, first made famous by the late "Farmer" Burns, involves mixing deep breathing with the flexing and tensing of the abdominals. This exercise tightens the abs, reduces the waistline and improves digestion in a huge way. Do it first thing in the morning and you'll know what I mean by improved digestion. The second is the vacuum. In this exercise you literally train your midsection to act like a giant suction cup. This exercise looks "odd" when you see it in action - but the results from doing it are phenomenal. The third exercise is, in fact, a series of exercises that you can do with a device called the Power Wheel. There has never been another abdominal training device that even remotely compares to the Power Wheel. Everyone I have spoken to who has gotten one and USED it, says that you can literally observe the changes in your abs on a day-to-day basis. Not kidding either. I give an entire routine to follow with the Power Wheel in Combat Abs. And if you just take a few minutes each day too follow the routine, you'll be in shock at how quickly you can turn the flab into fitness. Matt Furey

Earlier today, my webmaster, Ed Baran told me that he is often asked what my "real name" is. Matter of factomundo, he is usually asked, "Is Matt Furey really his real name?" Tis a good question, eh? Reminds me of my days when I began as a personal trainer, back in 1987, in Soquel, California. The parents of the wrestlers I trained often asked me if my so-called name was my business name or my real name. Twas always stunned to hear such ramblings as I never gave my name a second thought, save for the legendary Dan Gable, telling me, when I signed a letter of intent to wrestle for him at the University of Iowa, that I had the best name for a wrestler you could find. Then again, now that me thinks about it, Dan Kennedy, upon first meeting in 2001, told me that my name was "comic book character perfect." Okay, so what is my real name ... really? The first answer that comes to mind is "none of your business." The second, which is much closer to the truth, is that I was born an Irish-Catholic child, with the name Matthew John - and the surname, Furey. I was the sixth of seven children - the fifth of six boys (and yes, I got my ass kicked daily for at least 10 of my first 18 years; herewith I credit the whoopings to making me into a determined human being - and if you're wondering why I use 'herewith' the answer is due to the fact that my father was a lawyer). What you don't know is that my family's REAL surname is not Furey. It is ... O'Furey. Legend - or some other tale - has it that my grandfather, Frank O'Furey, got tired of walking into bars and being greeted with signs that read, "No Dogs or Irish Allowed." So he decided, as many Irish did, to delete the 'O' or the 'Mc' from the name. Incidentally, in case you don't already know this, the 'O' stands for "son of" - and in MY case, you can fill in whatever you'd like after 'son of ..." Back in 1991, when I decided I was going to begin taking and making steps toward becoming what the rest of the world calls a "writer" or "author" - strange words, indeed, are they not? - I decided to put the "O" back into Furey. And since that date I have always signed my name, 'Matt O'Furey." Figured it was good for my confidence, esp. because my grandfather was the publisher and editor of a newspaper BEFORE he lost the 'O.' In addition to that, the whole idea of being afraid of being known as Irish no longer appealed to me (somewhat archaic, not?) - so yes, I put the 'O' back on. Today I go by both names, Matt Furey and Matt O'Furey. Why not Matthew, you ask? Good dumb question. I don't know why - but from the time I was a young lad, I didn't like being called "Matthew." Something about it seemed arrogant and pompous - and I can do that number plenty well without the extra 'hew." And so today, I simply go by Matt Furey. Unless, of course, you're at a seminar and you ask me to sign your book. In that case, if it's possible to read my writing, you'll see an 'O' inserted into the middle of things. Someone once aksed me what the 'O' stood for. I could only recite the vocabulary words my father taught me, at age 8, when he said to me, "You're obstinate, you're obstreperous, you're obtuse, you're obnoxious and you're oblivious to what I'm saying." Gotta love a father who gives you a lesson like that, right? I mean, how many dads could string together that many words with an 'ob' prefix when they needed to make a point? Funny guy, my father - he taught me more than I'll ever know. Matt Furey

Here we are in March, and in Florida, allergy season is in full swing. Which brings me to what may prove to be "the cure" for many of you suffering from allergies. It takes two things for the cure to take effect. Number one, you need three to four days for the cure to take place. Number two, you need to eliminate all dairy products completely. I first "learned" this years ago, whilst in California. Yet, because learning is NOT knowing, I never benefitted. Thankfully, I only had an allergy problem for about one week per year on the west coast. But Florida, that's a different story. The pollen is plentiful - and each year new records are being set. Sneeze, sneeze. Yet, for many allergy sufferers, they can eliminate the situation in 3-4 days by simply avoiding milk, cheese, ice cream, yogurt, butter. sour cream - and any other product that contains dairy. Read your labels. If you see any sort of dairy product listed, it will most likely contribute to more sneezing, scratching, itching and irritation. The above worked for me. Maybe it will work for you, too. Matt Furey

It's been said that success is nothing but having goals - and the rest is commentary. How true. Yet, so many people tend to think of success as arriving at a destination. Not trure. All the great thinkers have stated, in one form or another, that success is a journey; that success is a decision; that success is the progressive realization of a dream. Naturally, this means that 'having a goal' is most important. And whenever you achieve your goal, you must form another, and so on. The majority of people have no goals; neither in writing nor in their head. And that's precisely why the top 3% of society, those who have goals - out perform the other 97% combined. The amazing thing is that it doesn't take much to form a goal. All you need do is ask yourself what you want - then jot the result you intend on a 3x5 card. Once you've written the goal, it's a good idea to carry it with you wherever you go and read it to yourself over and over each day - picturing in your mind the successful completion of the goal and how much you are going to celebrate and give thanks for having achieved it. I teach all this and a whole lot more in my Magnetic Mind Power - a program that will help you get fit, lose weight, make more money, improve your career - and so on - provided you do the first thing required: You set a goal and think about it all the time. Matt Furey

In sports, even at the professional level, athletes report for annual Spring Training or Summer Camp. And while they are there, they work on something called "the basics." The basics are the foundation of success. Master them - then master them some more. And whenever you find yourself lagging in your field, if you go back and review the basics, more than likely you'll find your problem there. The other day I received an email from an idiot. He claimed that I over-charged for my Combat Conditioning book and DVDs because half of the information he had already learned in his kung fu class. Well, goodie goodie for him. But the real question is not "Have you seen this already?" The real question is: Are you doing this? In his case, the answer is 'NO.' He supposedly KNOWS but does not DO. Well, I'm sorry but those who do not DO - do not KNOW. It would be like me watching tai chi - then saying "I know that stuff." Yet, anyone who is a serious practitioner of the art knows that you need to practice it daily - and that even when you've been training in it for a couple decades, you are still finding areas you need to improve. Areas for improvement are "as limitless as the ocean." I can say the same about the Royal Court from Combat Conditioning. There are three exercises in the Royal Court. They are Hindu squats, Hindu pushups and bridging. I've been training in them for many years now, and through my books, DVD's and seminars - have taught hundreds of thousands of people how these exercises should be done. Yet, when I conduct seminars, I can find something for each person I meet that he or she could improve upon. The same goes for myself. When I do these exercises I find that the depth of them is boundless. A simple change in breathing can bring forth a profound difference in how the exercise hits me. Or a change in foot position or hand position. Or a change in what I am picturing in my mind whilst I train. Some years ago I was flying home from Phoenix, Arizona. Seated next to me was a competitive triathlete. We spoke non-stop for nearly four hours, and I took note of many things she said about training and locked them into my repertoire. One of them was as follows: "When things get tough and I think I can't go on, I just picture a waterfall and then I have more energy and am able to endure." Hmmm, I thought. Wonder how that would work with Hindu squats and pushups? In my very next workout, I used the waterfall visualization. All I could think after doing a record number of reps was "WOW." Now that's freaking good. The above illustrates why I don't take anyone seriously who says, "I already learned that in grade school, high school, the army, kung fu class" - and so on. Learning is one thing. DOING is quite another. And the prizes in life, the great rewards - they go to the DOERS. Be one of them. Get my Combat Conditioning book and DVDs and change your life for the better. Kick ass - take names! Matt Furey

"Instead of trying hard by conscious effort to do the thing by iron-jawed will power, and all the while worrying and picturing to yourself all the things that are likely to go wrong, you simply relax the strain, stop trying to "do it" by strain and effort, picture to yourself the target you really want to hit, and "let" your creative success mechanism take over. " Dr. Maxwell Maltz - author of 30 million copy best-seller, Psycho-Cybernetics

Imagine for a moment that you've just finished work. You're tired. Your rump is dragging. And you're not paying attention to anything but your car keys. You've tuned the rest of the world out. It's just you and your own thoughts. You begin to open your car door - but you're suddenly jolted with the feel of cold steel jammed against your flesh. Is it a knife? Is it a gun? Doesn't much matter if you are paralyzed with fear. Well, let me tell ya .. What you do in the next 5 seconds determines whether you LIVE or DIE. If every cell of your body cries out, I want to LIVE - then you better find out how to make that happen by reading about Your 5-Second Fight. This is no joke, my friend. We're talking about your life - and how to make sure no worthless low-down punk ever takes it from you. Don't run and hide. Don't cower in fear. Kick ass and take names! You'll find out precisly how to do so, even when up against a knife or gun, when you go to learn about Your 5-Second Fight. This program has the Matt Furey Stamp of Approval. Go find out WHY right NOW. Best, Matt Furey P.S. The guy who teaches this program is so good that he takes old men, middle-aged women, even those who've never had a lick of martial arts training, and he turns them into wrecking machines in a weekend. Sound to good to be true? I thought so at one time, too. Then I learned first-hand that it is the real deal. Go find out why Your 5-Second Fight is something you want to WIN!

“The body is no stronger than the legs and the back. When a person’s legs and back become weak … vigorous health is gone. That is the reason why it is so imperative to see to it that the legs and back are kept strong and vigorous, and the only way the legs can be kept strong is by vigorous exercise, particularly exercise which involves some jumping. When a person ceases to jump he loses the elasticity and flexibility of the legs.” - Paul Bragg These immortal words of Paul Bragg not only validate the importance of Hindu squats, bridging and Hindu pushups, exercises that strengthen your body in a HUGE way - but they also explain why you should mix in Hindu jumper squats and rope skipping. You can find Hindu jumper squats in my Combat Conditioning book and DVDs. They're next to impossible to learn from the book alone - so you really do want to have the DVD's playing to learn proper form. Make sure you're able to do at least 100- straight regular Hindu squats (without jumping) before you try the Hindu Jumper Squats. This is important. And when you begin doing the Hindu Jumpers - start with 10-20. Gradually you can work up to 500-straight jumpers, as some of my top students have. Whilst making the transition from being a non-jumper to a jumper, you're well advised to jump rope regularly. I use the weighted blue and green ropes made by Lifeline USA. I like to call the green rope the Green Monster. It truly kicks butt. You not only build your leg muscles, but your grip, too. Just the other night I pumped out 500-straight with the bad boy - alternating between regular forward jumps and backwards. Tis good to train your body in BOTH directions. Like Hindu squats, speed in jumping rope should come along with proficiency. You don't try to run when you can't walk. Once you're able to jump rope with fairly decent skill, then add speed. Go faster and faster and you'll be amazed at how jumping strips the flab off your body in record time. If you're a true daredevil, you can alternate and/or mix Hindu Jumpers with rope jumping. I'll be teaching Matt Furey Inner Circle Members the details of that in el futuro. Well, time for me to grab the Green Monster and do some kick-butt rope jumping. Matt Furey

A number of old-time physical fitness courses recommended exercising with as few clothes on as possible. Some even said to exercise in the RAW. This is all well and good, provided you don't take it to your local park or gymnasium. And if you must take the old-time advice to extremes, then go to a nude beach - but understand up front that you may be disappointed - of course that's assuming you're there to look at more bodies than your own. Most of the people on nude beaches SHOULD be wearing clothes. My wife and I checked one out in California about 11 years ago - mostly out of curiosity - and it was absolutely grotesque. We left as soon as we got there. As for your home, the benefits of training naked (or almost naked) are many. Number one, you get to see more of your body and as you look at your body you'll become more conscious of areas you'd like to improve. Number two, because your skin is the largest eliminative organ on the body, it's good to let it breathe freely from time to time. If you're going to train nude or in a pair of briefs, I suggest you throw a towel on the floor and lie your undressed body on the floor to begin bridging. Then do some Hindu pushups, or v-ups, or table-makers - or any of the many extraordinary exercises featured in my international best-seller, Combat Conditioning. When standing, it is good to see your buff body in the mirror as you do the deep breathing, fat-burning exercises found in Combat Abs. As you train you'll see your waistline going in and out. And day after day, as you train this way, you'll notice all the subtle and major changes taking place as your body is reshaped and sculpted. Training in the RAW increases motivation and mental focus. It also gives you a greater appreciation for your miraculous human body. And if it doesn't look or feel miraculous as you train this way, that's even more motivation to exercise and follow a good diet, so that it WILL. After your workout, jump in a cold shower to recharge your body. I'll write more on that in el futuro. In the interim, take a serious look at being a Matt Furey Inner Circle Member - by enrolling in my monthly coaching and support program. You get seven of my products FREE for enrolling. Plus you get a monthly newsletter and CD that gives you a workout to follow. The workout is broken into beginner, intermediate and advanced routines. Not only that, you get access to our private discussion board where you get all your questions answered. The program IS a steal! Enroll in this program - NOW and change your life for the better. Matt Furey

My son, Frank, is almost six years old - and he's been somewhat involved in my business since he was 18 months old. He used to help carry packages into the post office with us (when we still did that part of this job). He helped stuff packages as well - even tried to tape them from time to time. And today, whenever I give a seminar in Tampa, provided he's in the U.S. - he introduces me. Afterward, he goes around with the digital camera I bought for him, snapping photos of me while I speak. I should mention that NONE of this has been forced upon him. He simply wants to be involved. Frank also has a father who knows beyond a shadow of a doubt, that you get ahead in life by putting more time in on a subject than anyone else. Want to excel in basketball. Spend more time on the court than anyone else. Same goes for baseball, football, wrestling, boxing as well as any other academic or career endeavor. Frank's father is also a pragmatic sort of guy; a person who has no patience for things that don't contribute to life-long success. And truth be told, most of what people learn in school today, from pre-school through college, contributes almost nothing to being a successful human being. Sad, but true. This is why it is NOT coincidental that many of the greatest successes never finished college. They were simply bored with the lack of practical life-long application of many of the subjects. From Ben Franklin to Mark Twain to Thomas Edison to Albert Einstein, Walt Disney, Steve Jobs and Bill Gates - you'll find that all of these people were life-long learners - just not life-long learners in a "school." The whole world was their school - not the mentally handicapped classroom. In a recent discussion with some friends, I told them about some of the ridiculous drivel that Frank's kindergarten teacher has tried to dump his way. And during that discussion I mapped out a list of the truly important subjects that a person, of any age, should study if he wants to succeed in life. As you look at this list of subjects, take note of how many you do or do NOT know. Or better yet, think of the failures you know - and consider how little they know from this list. Furey's List of Required Subjects to Study for Life-long Success Physical Exercise - don't take care of your machine and it falls apart - not intelligent if you ask me Wrestling or some other form of Martial Arts - not my advice; this comes from Plato, Aristotle, Socrates and so on. Meditation/Deep Breathing - imagine that, learning to relax Reading - how many people today who can read - ever DO read? Writing - not being able to write a simple letter is pretty sad Speaking in Public - should not be biggest fear of mankind - tis easy if you simply get up and do it. Anatomy/Biology - you oughta know how your machine works Basic Math - especially what I call "money math" History - those who don't know the past are doomed to repeat it Computers - sort of a no-brainer these days Goal Setting - not taught in schools - but mega important Time Management - once again, not taught Positive Attitude - most teachers need this one Marketing/Selling - nothing happens in a business until something is sold Relationship development - How to get along with others - not a bad idea, eh? Bear in mind that these subjects are the basics. If you want to be a laywer, doctor, dentist or accountant, you'll need more than the above - but to become a successful human being - these pretty much summarize the necessities. You might be saying, what about music? And, what about art? I'm all in favor of them. And they are part of what we have our son learning. Yet, I'm certain he will do just fine if he cannot draw much more than a stick figure or if he has trouble singing a single note. I should know. When it comes to art and music, although I listen to powerful music and surround myself with various types of art - I, myself, have never learned anything beyond what a two-year old knows on either subject. They are highly desireable things to learn - but not essential to your success. Tis always easier to simply sit back and enjoy the art and music of others - which I do a good job of. In regard to the subject of math, my wife, Zhannie, was #1 in her class in China. Now - in case you're not aware, this ain't easy to do in the U.S. - much less China. When it comes to Algebra, Trigonometry, Calculus and so on - she is a true genius. Somehow knows the answer without even working out the equation. As for ME - I could care less about the subject, beyond what is required to run a good business. Well, just yesterday Zhannie said, "Even though I love math - I have never used any of the complicated stuff a single time in my entire life. All I do is money math." Such is not be the case for chemists - that's for sure. But last time I checked, my son doesn't need to be a chemist to be a successful human being. And speaking of success, mark my words, I will NEVER teach my son that the point of him going to school right now is so he can go to a major prestigious college and get a degree, then get a job working for some big corporation. Sadly, that's the sort of garbage being taught to kids today. A far better message, in my opinion, is telling your child you love him and that you want him to ... Kick ass and take names! Matt Furey

I get a lot of people asking me if I'm going to sell DVD's or CD's of my world famous Internet seminars. The answer is always the same - "no." Then I realized something: I made 8 DVD's and CD's of my May 2003 event - just the highlights (no filler or fluff) - and I've had them available for a long time. Yet, I never tell anyone about them because Combat Conditioning and my other best-selling fitness and fighting products keep me and our fulfillment company mighty busy. Well, earlier today I took a look around at many of my other websites and the "DUH" button went off in my own mind. I thought, damn, I better tell you about this product NOW because it's the only seminar footage I have ever released to the public - and it may be the last, too. In fact, I'm considering having this product available two more weeks, then pulling it down so that I can stay focused on health and fitness. So take this as a potential warning. I'm either removing the product from the site or I'm hiking the price to at least double what it is now. So go learn how you can Build an Info-Publishing Empire on the Internet - using the simply, easy-to-understand system I've mapped out for you.

You'll see a lot of people claiming that rock n roll motivates them to train harder. Personally, I've never found that to be the case. Not only that but the people I know who are super-successes, they don't listen to rock when they train, either. They train in silence - or whilst listening to empowering classical music, or music that is specifically designed to energize your mind and body. Studies have shown that rock music doesn't do a baby, a body or even a plant, any good. Yet, good classical or composed music DOES affect, in a positive manner, every single cell in your body. Contrary to what you might think, rock music negatively charges your mind and body. It may feel like it is motivating you to train harder - but overall, the effect it has on your psyche is destructive. I call it head-banger music because that's what you're motivated to do when you hear it. You get pumped so much that you want to bang your head against a wall - and how intelligent is that? When I train I either have incredibly empowering music on, or I train in silence. Moreover, when I'm driving in my car or working around the home - I only listen to music that leaves me feeling uplifted. And I'm continually adding to my collection. You'll find that this personality trait or behavior, although NOT the norm - is common amongst high-achievers (and yes, you can put me in that category). Average and ordinary people listen to average and ordinary music. High achievers listen to the music produced by the greatest musical minds EVER, and thereby develop a more dynamic and great mind themselves. Which do you want to be? Want to go nowhere in life? - then listen to negatively-charged go nowhere depressing music. Want to be more successful? - then listen to something with the right oooomph. Recently I came across a lady who is el supremo wonderful. She's not only a world-renowned composer (her husband also directs orchestras for Hollywood movies, such as you heard in the Titanic) - but is absolutely sensational in explaining what music to listen to and why. She sent me her product for review and I give it a double thumbs-up. Go take a gander at the secret power lying dormant within your mind and body, that can be awakened through the right music. Matt Furey

"The guys I fought wanted to beat me up as bad as they could, so I couldn't feel sorry when I beat them. I never apologized for winning." Joe Louis - World Heavyweight Boxing Champion A few years ago, for some strange reason, I thought about the guys I once trained with in the practice room. I thought about the fact that some of them got beaten on every day and never became champions. At first it was kind of a sad thought. Some of them worked hard, but they were working on the wrong things. They were pumping iron all the time. Or running all the time, when they should have been spending more time on the mat and more time doing functional exercises. Then I thought about the times in college when I had to take a break from hard wrestling practice because of an injury. On the first day back to practice (usually when the injury was not completely healed), when I was tentative and unsure as to whether I could safely train, I never worked out with a single guy who gave a damn. Injured or not, healthy or recovering, they wrestled me the same as they would any other time. If I was healthy enough and confident enough to practice, then I was open-season. That is the way it is in combat sports - and in LIFE. Sure, you can go ahead and feel sorry for your opponent or practice partner. But when the roles are reversed, and the other guy has the opportunity to wield the upper hand, I'll bet he won't feel sorry for you. So give LIFE everything you have, every single time and let the chips fall where they may. And when you achieve your goals and dreams - never apologize for your success. You earned it! Matt Furey

"Often the difference between a successful man and a failure is not one's better abilities or ideas, but the courage that one has to bet on his ideas, to take a calculated risk and to act. " Dr. Maxwell Maltz

Whenever you hear people saying that "depression is something that just happens to you" - never forget that yes, you do have options - and exercise is one of them. People who exercise regularly, especially those who do the exercises in Combat Conditioning, are the very people who know what it's like to overcome fear, self-doubt, worry and depression. Here's an example of what I'm talking about, sent in by a 50-year old couch potato: Dear Matt, When I ordered your manual a few weeks ago, I was stiff, tired and depressed all the time. I just wanted to tell you that since I started using your program, I feel 100% better. I'm nearly 50, and a lifelong couch potato, and I hated exercise, but these are FUN! I'm nowhere near ready to do the Royal Court yet, but just doing regular squats (which you've shown me the value of), wall chair, side bends, bowing, the whirling dervish, along with partial pushups and crunches, and walking every other day through a hilly park, has lessened my lower back pain, quickened my step, and lightened my mood tremendously. More importantly, your advice and attitude have kept me focused and positive. Instead of eating when I get stressed out, I do some squats! Thank you, and please send me more! Samuel Graybar You got it Sam! A whole lot more is coming your way. Keep doing what you're doing and you'll know what it means to be the Master of Your Fate, the Captain of Your Ship. Matt Furey

Here's what Rocky Marciano, the only undefeated heavyweight champion of the world (49-0) had to say about training when he was on the road: "I was willing to make sacrifices. Even while traveling, when there were no facilities, I would spend hours in my hotel room working on my strength. I wanted more than anything else to be a fighter. Then I wanted to be a good one, and after that a great champion." When you're on the road, traveling for business or pleasure, it is easy to get side-tracked. You're not in your typical surroundings. The gym you normally train in isn't within reach. This makes it easy to rationalize and create excuses. "I'll get back on the stick when I get home," you say to yourself. In the meantime, you're falling backward. You're losing valuable training time. You fail to recognize that there is a gym "everywhere" - even in your hotel room. All it takes is a few exercises in Combat Conditioning and Combat Abs and you can find a vigorous way to train, no matter where you are. You don't need machines, barbells, dumbbells, a treadmill or a stairmaster. All you need is YOU and your own bodyweight. Rocky Marciano understood this. He was a bodyweight exercises fanatic. And he knocked the living crap out of everyone he fought - and did so at a bodyweight of 185 pounds. I think that's something worthy of note, don't you? Matt Furey

Just received an email from one of our fine soldiers stationed in Iraq. As you know, we don't hear anything positive about what is going on over there. Yet, the boys continue to write and tell me how much my programs help them - and THIS is something that warms my heart. I think you'll be touched by this letter, too. Here goes: Matt, Fate had a funny way of telling me I was out of shape. I've been in pretty good shape most of my life. Of course, I can only attribute that to a very active lifestyle and an incredibly fast metabolism. I never really did anything of my own motivation to stay fit. I'm a Marine Infantryman, an avid football player, and a competition martial artist. My teacher introduced me to body weight conditioning years ago, and it made me strong and fast like I didn't believe was possible. But I ran into some trouble shortly after I joined the Corps. I did some extensive damage to my right knee, and under doctor's orders, I was forced to undergo a very long rehabilitation program in which my normal exercises just weren't allowed anymore. After nearly three years of limited activity, the doctors finally told me I could start on my program again. The first thing I tried was a back bridge, mainly because I wanted to start stretching before anything else. It was sad, but I couldn't get myself off the ground, much less complete the bridge. My legs and abs were so weak. My upper torso was stronger than it had ever been, but that didn't amount to anything anymore. I was in serious need of some help. That's when I got blitzed by a combination of coincedence and convenience. A friend of mine told me about your Combat Conditioning program. He said he'd done it for a while, and it would be perfect for my recovery. Before I even had a real chance to check it out online, I was sitting on the crapper and picked up a magazine and saw your ad in there... on the first page I turned to. Fate was slapping me in the face, and I was just taking it like a punk. I don't like being a punk, so I ordered the book. AND THEN I looked online and saw everything else you offer. I got Combat Conditioning about two weeks later in the mail (the Iraqi mail system is still so slow), and the first report I see is how to eliminate knee pain... then lower back pain. Wow, as if I needed anymore signs, right? I've been on the program for nearly two months now, and I can honestly say that I'm in the best shape of my life. I'm stronger, faster, and more flexible than I have ever been. Like I said, I'd been doing body weight workouts for years, but yours takes the idea to a whole new level. Also, I've started to recruit guys too. I'm a testament to them. I've never done weight training in my life, and I easily overtake them in anything we do. Right now, I'm sticking to Combat Conditioning, but I plan on extending that collection very soon. It's difficult for me to express my gratitude for the kind of knowledge and assistance that you are offering. If there is anything I can ever do to help besides my continued support by buying products and spreading the word, feel free to just let me know. Until then, I plan on joining the Inner Circle soon so I can keep everyone posted on the incredible success I'm having. Thank you, for your time and your cause. Cpl Miles Nelson 3/5, India Co Unit 40385 FPO AP 96426-0385 Cpl. Nelson, thank YOU for what you have written. You have my utmost respect and admiration. Keep kicking ass. And thanks so much for spreading the word about Combat Conditioning. Keep telling it like it is, too. Letting people know that they need to stop making excuses and "get off their ass" is a good thing. Matt Furey

I'm sitting at the HUMMER Service station, getting me oil changed. Above me is a tee-vee playing a Fox Reality show. It's barely 9 a.m. and the stuff I hear coming out of the mouths of these people used to be HBO-only material. The assistant manager for this dealership, who sold me my bright yellow H2 back in 2003, dropped by to tell me about the special limited edition H2 coming out. It'll be bright orange - and there will only be 1500 of them made, worldwide. Nice appeal to my elitist snob mentality - but I think I'll pass. When I first bought my HUMMER I conceived of a great fitness program to go along with it. I won't give you all the specifics, but depending on all the add-ons you can get, it would be very easy for you to pull up alongside the road and begin doing your Combat Conditioning routine. Truly! Just pull alongside the road, jump on top of the rack you can have installed on the roof (which will hold four people on lawn chairs) and you've got the perfect setup for Hindu squats, Hindu pushups, bridging and much more. Not only that, but once you've finished with the above, you could jump down on the ground and try pushing the monster SUV gas-polluting beast down the road. If someone puts the beast in neutral, it would truly be a sight to see, YOU pulling or pushing a HUMMER down the road. By the way, a bit later today I'm going to make an announcement about my all-new Zen Master Beating of the Month program. It'll be a monthly DVD program that will be far better than the ridiculous Reality TV playing on the idiot box right now. Stay tuned. Also, my apologies for the technical snafu some of you experienced when trying to view the whooping I gave out at my last seminar. If you haven't seen the LIVE footage of me Whalin on Whelan - you can view it NOW. Kick butt - take names! Matt Furey

Early Sunday morning, circa 1:30 - I went to get a gyro sandwich with a friend. We were hanging out at my beach condo, making some new product. Down the street from the condo are a few late night joints that feed all the worthless drunks as they come out of the bars. Oftentimes I can slip in and get fed without encountering any idiots - but Sunday a.m. was not going to be one of those days. We ordered our gyro sandwiches, sans the bread. Told them to double up on the meat and toss the pita bread into the dumpster for the vultures. My friend made the mistake of telling the waiter that we'll eat the food "here." When the food arrived a group of beach bums with shaggy beards and dirty hair arrived. Next thing you know my friend says, "These guys are a bunch of trolls." "Why do you think I like to get my food to go?" I said. My friend immediately got up and fetched a couple small boxes to put our grub in, so we could leave. As soon as he did this, though, trouble began. "Shaggy" walked up to a tall British dude (who was minding his own business), flipped him off and began cursing. Next thing you know the bum is yelling at the Brit, nearly knocking him over with his halitosis. The manager, who happens to be an Egyptian, immediately got between the two. He pushed them out the door, telling them to take their "business" elsewhere. Although he got them to go outside, the manager made a number of mistakes, and he's lucky he didn't get whacked himself. My friend and I were ready to jump in and kick some serious butt on his behalf, if needed - but once outside and no one gathereed around to watch the show - they lost interest in fighting. Sort of like a kid throwing a tantrum. Put him in a quiet room, there's no one to put on a show for, and the tantrum stops. Now, if the manager had someone with bad intentions, I'm afraid he'd be in a world of hurt. First off, he's not in shape. He eats too much pizza and exercises too little. He could really benefit from being a Matt Furey Inner Circle Member - wherein he gets Combat Conditioning and Combat Abs and five other gifts FREE - as well as a monthly newsletter, CD and private discussion board that coaches him year round. Not only that, but next time I see him I'm going to bring him the Furey Fight Back Pack. He needs to pay special attention to the Irish Bare Knuckle Boxing Secrets as well as my Neck Cranks and Street Grappling DVD's. Armed with the techniques in these DVD's, he'll have a good time whomping these bums' butts in the future. Next time I see him I'm going to show him the LIVE footage of me Whalin on Whelan - so he knows what's possible when he's in shape and knows what he's doing. I hope it'll motivate him. By the way, Spring Break is in full force this week - so I'll be giving you a full report from the beach. Tune in each day to make sure you don't miss anything. I think my Egyptian friend is going to have a very busy week, in more ways than one - and it ain't just going to be drunken MEN that he has to contend with. Word is that these young college chicks jump up on tables, dancing in bikinis - or less - and he may need help observing the "show." Who knows, this Fure-cat may even bring his camera. Kick butt - take names! Matt Furey

Here's the clip you've all been waiting for. It shows me teaching Jim Whelan a lesson or two at my February 2006 Internet Seminar. This Canadian Cowboy needs more than alligator boots to whoop ole Fure-cat. Check it out here.

Keep this in mind. After age 40, the first thing you begin to lose is your flexibility. But that's only if you don't work on it. If you're willing to invest a few minutes per day, stretching the major muscles of your body - you can and will increase your flexibility, and you'll do so incredibly fast. Years ago I was in a restaurant in Cincinnati, Ohio, and a man asked me if I was "flexibile." When I told him I could do the splits with ease, he was shocked. I then told him that I have a system that helps people double their flexibility in one evening. He didn't believe me, so I didn't show him anything - and today, he's still stiff as a board. On the other hand, last weekend, between rounds at my seminar, Gary, a personal trainer from Manhattan, approached me and said he wanted to get his nose down in the bridge. Despite months of effort, he hadn't been able to do it. He offered me $100.00 cash if I would help him. I had a friend go to my hotel room and bring back my bridging mat. I laid it before the man and told him get into the bridge (this was in the lobby of the hotel, mind you). Three minutes later, for the first time in his life, Gary got his nose down in the bridge. I helped him double his flexibility in the bridge in THREE minutes. Now let's take a look at YOU. I'm betting you've got some tight spots that you'd like to loosen. I'm betting that you'd like to let go of the muscle tension that is dragging you down. And I'm betting you'd be ecstatic to feel the re-born spring in your step and the boundless energy pulsating up and down your spine - benefits that you experience when you're more flexible.. There is so much available to you when you increase your flexibility. And there's no time like NOW to get the ball rolling. Take a gander at my Combat Stretching program, order it - and you'll amaze your friends with what you're going to be able to do. Matt Furey

Everything in the Universe works according to a few simple laws. Exhale deeply - Inhale deeply. Put forth energy - get more energy in return. The same even holds true for money. Put a group of millionaires in a room and you'll find that they use their money to make more money. And so it goes. If you want more of something, you've got to be willing to part with a portion of what you have. Take for example, something like fatigue. Those who are chronically tired, or tired too often, do not like to exercise because they want to hold onto the energy they have. They're afraid that if they spend the energy they supposedly "don't have" to do something rigorous and vigorous, they will deplete what they have and nothing more will come in return. A strange but common fear, I know. Yet, you'd be surprised how many people live their lives this way. They want something for nothing. They want greater energy and figure the road to it is to do nothing. They want greater wealth but they don't understand that holding onto everything you've got is the surest way NOT to increase wealth. They want to be physically fit, yet they don't want to exercise. In my seminars I teach the Law of Circulation. This Law states that everything you circulate comes back to you multiplied. For example, if I want to increase lung power, I need to let go of my breath so that I can absorb another one. Then I need to repeat this process over and over until my lung power increases. Same with strengthening muscles. Want stronger muscles? Then you must temporarily give from your current strength supply. When you do this, you may feel drained for a spell, but the energy that comes back to you is far greater than what you let go of. It's like sleep. Get eight hours of sleep at night and wake up refreshed, ready to tackle the world. Keep the Law of Circulation in mind whilst doing Combat Conditioning, Combat Abs, Combat Stretching and my other programs. You must give if you want to get. And you must give first. You must sow the seeds before you reap the harvest. Let go of your breath when you exercise. Let go of muscle tension. Give of yourself in order to grow. Do this regularly - as in everyday - and you'll know the meaning of abundance. Kick butt-take names! Matt Furey

I know a lot of people think beer is good for you. At one time I thought so myself, especially after reading the so-called studies that proved beer was ... wonderful. I no longer believe such studies. Instead, I rely on what my body teaches me - and what I've learned from some chi kung masters in China - as well as a couple highly adept men right here in the U.S. of A. And what I've learned may shock the living bejeebers out of you. Before I continue let me state that if you are under the age of 21, this message does not apply to you. Also, if you are 100% against the consumption of any type of alcohol, for any reason whatsoever, I understand. What I am about to say is not advice. It is simply some "insider knowledge" that I and a few other people happen to know. Okay, onward and upward: Essentially, there are some forms of alcohol that CAN improve your health and help you live a longer, happier and healthier life. On the other side of the fence, there are a LOT of alcohols - i.e. MOST, that harm your body, your health and your life. I define bad alcohols as those that make you fat, those that weaken your kidneys (that would be beer), those that decrease sex drive (beer again), those that dump a ton of sugar into your system, those that harm your liver, reverse the flow of qi in your body, and so on. Beer, whether it be "light" or regular - whether cold or warm - whether brewed in Ireland, Canada, the U.S. or China - it NOT good for you. Yes, I know a lot of people will immediately jump up and say, "I agree. It's red wine that you need. Red wine is loaded with anti-oxidants and it's the only alcohol proven to extend your life if you limit your intake to two glasses per day." Uh-huh. Well, what if you have diabetes? You think red wine is good for that health condition? Don't think so. And what if you want to lose weight? You think red wine is going to curb insulin levels and help control your appetite? Don't think so. In Combat Abs I wrote that every overweight person I ever trained who drank wine daily - and would not give it up - did NOT lose weight. And it mattered not if it was red wine, white wine or a reasonable facsimile thereof. As for Fure-cat, the only kind of red wine he can drink is "dry" red wine. Anything else causes a major insulin spike, followed by me crashing on the sofa for several hours. It contributes zilcho to a "romantic" dinner. Knocks me completely out. Last time I had a glass I was next to worthless for about six hours. On the other hand, there are some alchohols that, if consumed in moderation - and by moderation I mean a couple drinks per day, can literally open up the meridians of the body and increase the qi flow. They can also contribute to reduction in bodyfat, increased sex drive, increased aerobic endurance and greater physical strength. These alcohols may also contribute to a longer life - not to mention a happier one. I'll have more on this subject in the future, if you'd like. Let me know if you find this subject of great interest. Without a doubt there will be some who are "mad as hell" about what I've just written - and for them, all I can say is, "This is Matt Furey - RAW and Uncensored." Last of all, I am not telling you to go out and drink up after reading this. Afterall, what you choose to drink could be harming you far more than you realize. If you're going to drink something, you owe it to yourself to discover the "good" spirits - as well as find out how to use them in a good, safe and healthy way. Kick butt-take names! Matt Furey

Several doctors showed up at my latest seminar. Most of them were great. They were there to learn. But one of them sat in the audience reading a newspaper. Can you imagine that? He was way in the back and was such a disturbing element to others around him that I told the group on Friday that there would be no newspapers, magazines or books brought into the room from then on. Now, just so you know, this newspaper reading thing was a "first ever." Even when I was putting the group through a visualization exercise - this "know-it-all" continued reading. Amazing that someone would pay $4000.00 plus flight, hotel, food and so on - to sit in a seminar and read the paper - which, incidentally, contains almost nothing real or true in it. How someone could sit in one of my seminars and read is so far removed from my reality, I cannot even conceive of the stupidity, closedmindedness and ignorance of such a person. There is always something to learn. In fact, I have people in my seminars, very successful men and women - who for all intents and purposes, shouldn't be there. They're already extraordinarily wealthy and successful. The last thing they need is another dollar. Yet, these people, men like Michael Masterson, Pete Lillo - two men who spoke at the event, sat and took pages and pages and pages of notes. More notes than anyone else. And when Pete and Michael spoke - I also took plenty of notes. The three of us know that you can learn something "all the time." In fact, the "no-learning state of mind" - which is attained by few of us here on earth - is only attained by the person who is always learning and integrating; it's the state in which you learn from young and old, from male and female, from birds, animals and all of Mother Nature. The newspaper reading idiot didn't show on Saturday, to the relief of everyone else. And I hope I never encounter a rudeness like this ever again - otherwise I'll have to bring out and use my Zen-stick. Matt Furey

My good friend, Pete Lillo, hadn't spoken in public in 25 years. But that changed last Friday night, when he gave a riveting talk at my seminar. One of the remarks he made sent shockwaves through the group: "If you watch televsision today, you'll find an interesting thing: Nobody's working. Everyone's playing. They got it all backwards." I concur. Pete is a guy who loves his work because he's doing what he loves to do. I'm the same way. So is every successful person I know. Yet, the vast majority of people in society today are NOT doing what they love to do. And that's why they aren't winning. If you want to WIN in this game of life, you've got to find a way to do what you love to do AND you've got to make a handsome living doing so. In my Stay-at-Home Internet Millionaire program I show you how to leave the rat race behind, how to start a business on the Internet, for virtually nothing, and make a fortune doing what you love to do. If early retirement is something you're after - or simply "retiring" from what you're currently doing so that you can do what you really love, then my Stay-at-Home Internet Millionaire program is for YOU. Go and get it NOW!

A reader of this blog wrote and asked me if there was any special significance to the Tibetan beads I referred to in yesterday's post. Well, yes, there is. There's a significance to everything in life. Everything you do. Everything you think. Everything you imagine. And every breath you take. I have private and personal reasons for wearing them - and those I will not get into at this time - but the most important thing to understand is that everything matters and that everything you do can be used to program your mind for health, wealth and happiness. For example, as a young high school wrestler, I would wear certain clothes on competition days. I would also wear a gold-colored pin on my collar. Whenever I did these things I told myself, "Everytime I wear these clothes and this pin, I win." Now, you may chalk such an action and thought process to mere superstition, but it's not. It's mental programming. It's telling your mind, over and over again, what you want to accomplish, and tying what you are doing - even the simple act of wearing clothes, to your success. As a wrestler, martial artist - or even as a speaker at seminars (my own or others) - I would never come out wearing a pair of blue jeans. I would never dress sloppily. And the reason why is because the mere act of putting on nice clothes is an affirmation that I am taking what I am doing seriously, and that I want to do well. To dress sloppily would be akin to sending a thought to my mind (as well as other minds) that I'm really not aware of what I'm doing and the effect it has. And so, when I put on my Tibetan beads, when I roll them around in my hands, when I pull them out and let them snap, I am doing the same thing I was doing as a young man who was mentally preparing for a wrestling match. I am also recognizing that the achievement of any goal is a simultaneous alchemical blending of mental, physical and spiritual forces. I like to keep this in mind at all times. In my Magnetic Mind Power program I speak about these matters. I teach how you can be programming your mind for success whilst running hill sprint, doing Hindu squats, Hindu pushups, bridging, and so on. Because everything you do matters, everything you do counts. The more you do what you do consciously and with an awareness of creating a compelling future, the better life will be for you. Kick ass - take names! Matt Furey

At my seminar last weekend a man in the crowd had his cell phone go off. I fined him a hundred bucks. Later on in the event he got cocky - so I asked him if he wanted his butt kicked. He said "yes." I told him to come to the front of the room. He got out of his seat and walked toward me. I took off my watch and Tibetan beads - and removed some sharp objects from my pockets. When the man got to the front I noticed he had cowboy boots on and a big belt buckle. Boy, did this dude need a lesson. I gave him plenty of opportunities to go to his seat and come to his senses, but oh no, he loved the limelight. So I took him down with a Chinese leg drop - something he had no idea about and therefore could NOT defend. He fell to the floor like a tree being chopped in the forest. And there, between the rows of attendees - who by now were on their feet cheering with delight, I laced his cowboy boots up in a Farmer Burns toe hold - applied just a wee bit of force and next thing you know he was writhing in pain, screaming. "Ah Fuck," he yelled. "Hey, watch your dirty vile language in my seminar," I scolded. I slapped him a few times upside the head. Then I gave him a special Zen Master treatment - hitting various pressure points that would knock sense into his head and body. He was a troublesome case, though, because no matter how much pain he was in - like a young child, he would always say, "Now I'm really going to kick your ass." This made everyone laugh. A few minutes later, after numerous renditions of crying "UNCLE" - he stumbled back to his seat, barely able to walk or talk - humbled yet still determined. He gave himself a 2-year goal to whomp on me. I pointed out that I'll be training during those two years as well. Didn't seem to matter. Last night I noticed that he ordered $1257.95 worth of my products. He bought the Farmer Burns Catch Wrestling DVD Course. He bought my Combat Conditioning book and DVD's. He bought my Martial Art of Wrestling book - and much more. Then he left a note saying that he is studying every move I make. Gotta admire a guy like that. In the near future look for a short video clip - posted online - of what happened at my Internet seminar. You are going to LOVE it. In fact, I'm going to invite the "cowboy" up for an old-fashioned ass kicking - and I'm going to film the whole thing in illustrious detail. Stay tuned for THAT one. It will be a Fure-cat special. Kick ass - take names! Matt Furey

I just finished a 3.5 day seminar - and I'm pumped. I'm planning on having another seminar in October, but most likely on a different subject. During the event, another speaker told me that one hour of public speaking is equal to eight hours of manual labor. That's how incredibly stressful it can be. I know that when I first began teaching in seminars back in 1982, after a one-hour talk I was physically and emotionally drained. Over time I learned to carry on for three to four hours at a whack. Then I went to two and three-day trainings. When they were over I would immediately return home, sit in a chair and shake internally. It was as if a non-stop series of tremors were taking place inside my body. It would take me at least a week to recover. Today, when a seminar is over, I sit for a spell and relax into a trance-like state. Yet, there is no fatigue. And I continue on, visiting and celebrating with others until the wee-hours of the morning. After the seminar I was asked if there was a special diet I followed to acquire this energy. Answer: No. The change in me has a lot to do with my ability to relax. And relaxation has a lot to do with not carrying around emotional baggage - as well as having consciously trained your mind and muscles to "let go" and melt. When you can do this your energy levels will sky rocket and the work you once struggled with will become effortless. This is the case with any endeavor. The more relaxed you are when you do something - the higher the level of skill. Tis why the definition of a professional is "someone who makes what he does look easy." Combat Conditioning and Combat Abs contribute to your ability to do this because the exercises teach your body to relax under maximum stress. Also, because the focus is on deep breathing as well as pumping up and stretching the muscles, your body is flooded with more energy than all other forms of exercise. You get an incredible dose of strength, endurance and flexibility - all at the same time. Dr. Maxwell Maltz always said that being "a professional human being" in life is most important. I agree with him. When you've let go of the negative and are focused on a worthy, useful goal - and when you exercise your mind, muscles and breath all at the same time - you make your journey here on earth a lot easier. And I can tell you from experience, being able to unwind the knots of frustration from your mind and body is a worthy ideal. Pursue it with passion and pleasure. Matt Furey The Ultimate Fitness Training Program

I'm in my hotel room right now, preparing for my seminar, which will begin in less than an hour. Part of my mental preparation is physical exercise combined with deep breathing. I started off with some back bridging followed by the front bridge. This gets the spine loose and activates your "battery pack." You want all circuits turned on - not off. And when combined with deep breathing - it is especially powerful. After that I did some handstand training - this got all the blood flowing toward the noggin. This should help me think faster and have a clearer mind. Anyway, gotta run. I'll be back tomorrow with another update. Matt Furey

My good friend, Lar, emailed me last night, after both of watched the finals of the Olympic Figure Skating couples division. He wrote that animals are afraid of ice and stay away from it (okay, polar bears don't count) - but the human being uses his/her creative imagination and adaptable athleticism, to conquer it. How true. I'm telling you, there's almost nothing we human beings cannot do if we simply set our minds to it. And that includes YOU! What I watched last night was so magnificent I'm almost lost for words. AS someone who knows what happens to a knee that lands on hard surface - especially when it is preceded by a flying lesson. Been through the repercussions once - and they're not pleasant. So believe me, when you take a fall like Zhang Dan took - then get up and skate with absolute fearlessness - you deserve a gold medal. Because of the fall she had to settle for the silver - but I think the standing ovation from the crowd told the rest of the story. In fact, each medalist, from gold to silver to bronze, had a story of human perseverance, of turning tragedy into triumph. Most of the Olympic Games don't hold my attention. But time and again, the figure skating grabs me by the scruff of the neck and forces me to pay watch. A lot of the reason why these skaters are so magnficent is because of their incredible flexibility. Without flexible bodies they wouldn't be able to do one-tenth of what it takes to conquer the ice. And they wouldn't be able to bounce back from falls, overcome training injuries, etc. Flexibility is extraordinarily important. And not just when you're younger. One of the tell-tale signs of aging is a body that has gone stiff. Don't let this happen to you! You can remain flexible your entire life - and if your muscles are tight - you can coax them into loosening up once again (or for the first time). I'll teach you How to Double Your Flexibility in One Evening, but you've got to learn to breathe and relax the right way. Far too many people try to get flexible by forcing the stretch. That's not the way to do it. Relax into the stretch. Breathe and let go. One of the other reasons why you'll want to improve your flexibility is because it relaxes you physically and mentally. When you stretch your body you increase blood flow to the muscles - and this has a de-stressing effect on your system. You literally begin to WAKE UP your body to a whole new level. Stretching helps rid you of the feeling of fatigue, too. Ever come home from work, feel like you've been beaten up from all the stress of the day? This literally drains you of vim and vigor. But when you stretch out like I teach, you purge your body of the negative and bring in the positive. Accomplished athletes know how to let go of the bad and bring in the good better and faster than anyone. We saw Zhang Dan do it last night. Now it's your turn. Kick ass - take names! Matt Furey P.S. Forgot to mention that the Chinese Acrobats know a thing or two about stretching as well. When you see the Chinese skaters perform, you know their coaches have shared information with the Chinese Acrobats. Not a bad idea. That's why I learned from them, too. A little more flexibility goes a long way.

Over dinner last night I caught a glimpse of the news from Torino, Italy. Michelle Kwan had just withdrawn from the Olympics. I felt bad for her. She's a great champion who, as fate would have it, will never win Olympic gold. Nine times a national champion. Five times a world champion. Twice the favorite to win Olympic gold. Twice beaten at the last minute by the "underdog." I tend to get incredibly emotional whilst watching the Olympics and other great sporting events. Tears come to my eyes when I see someone win. Tears come to my eyes when I see someone I want to win, lose. And I can tell you, when I watched Michelle Kwan's press conference last night, when she announced her withdrawl due to injury, I really felt for the girl. Just a few weeks ago, on a plane ride home from China I found out about her injury and how she might not make the Olympics. She was being petitioned in as a member of the team after missing the Nationals because of her injury. In an interview she said that she would withdraw from the competition if she realized she couldn't go on and that someone could skate better. As I read this I didn't think it would happen. It did. I happen to be someone who knows what it is like to train for years and come up short. I also know what it is like to win, and win big. And I know that there seems to be a reason for everything - and as heartbreaking as this is for Michelle - she will emerge as a stronger, more successful person if she reaches deep inside and pulls the benefit from this experience. This is something my father taught me to do when I felt the sting of defeat as a young wrestler. He always told me that I had a way of turning a loss into a triumph; that I always come back stronger after defeat; and that I could rise above the pain if I wanted to. With the tenacity Michelle Kwan has shown for so many years, I'm sure she'll be back. Not as a figure skater. But in some other capacity that will benefit herself and others in an even bigger way. Nine times a national champion Five times a world champion. Twice an Olympic medalist. That's a career worth having. The key thing is getting over the heartache, the frustration and the hurt of defeat. I found solace years ago in the teachings of Dr. Maxwell Maltz - author of the 30 million copy best-seller, Psycho-Cybernetics. And my training regimen, Combat Conditioning, have served me well. The key thing is staying creatively involved in something that keeps your spirit alive - and keeps you growing as a human being, reaching for the best that is within you. Michelle, you're a champion, through and through. End of statement. Kick ass - take names! Matt Furey

Last month, at my Universal Health, Strength and Power Seminar - Brooks Kubik brought out his Power Wheel. I grabbed it and immediately demonstrated a full roll-out from standing. To my chagrin I had to stop a bit short of where I wanted to go because my abs were still sore from using the Power Wheel the day before. I tossed the Power Wheel to Eddie Baran, whom you know from The Secret Power of Handstand Training as well as Primate Power (and quick hint - Eddie is coming out with a sensational book on women's fitness next month - stay tuned). Eddie grabbed it and rolled all the way out and back, too. He went a bit further than I did - but I had my excuse - hu-hmmm. "My abs are still sore, otherwise I'd a beaten what he did." Everyone laughed. Eddie then tossed the extraordinary ab sculpting device to Brooks Kubik, and Brooks rolled all the way out, stayed in position, then began doing close grip pushups from an extended position, before returning to the starting position. Well, excuses or not - neither Eddie nor I wanted to try to duplicate that one whilst everyone was watching. I first told the world about the Power Wheel back in December of 2000, and it is still a mainstay of the Furey Faithful. When you combine it with the Farmer Burns Stomach Flattener and other exercises in Combat Abs - you'll go far. Incidentally, in Combat Abs I give you a complete routine to use with the Power Wheel. It'll turn your abs into slabs of granite incredibly fast. If you don't have a Power Wheel yet, be sure to click the links to it in this blog. It'll make a believer out of you, that's for sure. I wouldn't try to do a full rollout from standing right away, either. Begin by doing short rollouts from your knees. These alone can leave you mighty sore. They strengthen your abs, lower back and torso so fast you'll think you've gone straight to heaven. Those of you who have really severe back pain may not be able to use the Power Wheel effectively. You're better off beginning with some lighter, easier exercises. If you have a physician who knows something other than drugs, medicine, and surgery, he might be able to advise you. Or you can just go ahead and get the Power Wheel and Combat Abs and see what he thinks. Who knows? Maybe he'll recognize a good thing and do what so many other intelligent physicians are already doing: Following Fure-cat's training advice. Kick ass - take names! Matt Furey

My daughter, Faith, is a couple months shy of her 2nd birthday. And she's now reached the stage where she's taking the stairs with cautious abandon. This means she's learned her lesson from taking them with "reckless" abandon. It's always a scary thing when your child first finds the stairs, especially if they're steep. I know a family where the son fell and cracked his skull - not a pretty sight, eh? Yet, the child didn't stay away from the stairs for life - that would be silly. The key thing is letting your child explore the world while you chaperone. Simply saying "no" and "don't" all the time is not the right way to let someone explore. Naturally, you WILL have to say "no" and "don't" more than you'd care, yet, at the same time you still must allow enough freedom for growth. Funny thing about Faith is that after she climbs the stairs, she stops, puts both palms in the air and says, "Muh." That's Shanghainese for "nothing." In Mandarin you would say, "Mei you." Once she reaches the top I give her a big hug. Let her hang out for a spell, then send her back downstairs. She comes to the first step, places one foot on the next, then drops to her butt and slides, step by step, on her butt - all the way down. See what I mean about "cautious abandon?" Now, many people want to know about kids and Combat Conditioning. Will it stunt a child's growth if he does Hindu squats, Hindu pushups, bridging, and so on. The answer is HELL no. I know why people ask this question. It's because they've heard that kids who train with weights will stunt their growth. Well, stunting a child's growth with bodyweight exercises is impossible. You stunt kid's growth by not feeding them, by feeding them unhealthy food - and by not letting them try new things. You stunt a child's growth by telling him that he'll never amount to anything, that he's not very smart, that he doesn't have the right genes to become what he wants to become, and so on. And, in the case of young boys, you stunt their growth by depriving them of good male role models - you know, FATHERS. Far too many "men" today are absolute wimps, and part of the reason is because they didn't have a strong father who taught them the ropes, showed them the light, and spent time with them. This is no slight on women. A young boy needs a mother, too - and in a big way - but he also needs a MAN. Both are important. This is why it's a good idea for fathers to train with their boys. Don't force the child to do the exercises. BE an example to your son. When he sees you doing the exercises, chances are excellent he'll want to follow along. Frank was doing Hindu squats and pushups and bridging at 18 months. Why? Because his father was doing them. And you know what? He's the tallest boy in his class. Doctors have him pegged for a height of 6'5". Oh my! I don't think Combat Conditioning is bad for him in anyway. It'll make him stronger, physically as well as mentally. It'll do the same for YOU, too! If you'll let it. Will you let it? Kick ass-take names! Matt Furey What's the Matt Furey Inner Circle?

Just got this email. My response to follow:

Hey Fure-cat, I just checked out the Coca-Cola website and they have this big promotional gimmick on there stating that drinking soda and coffe rehydrates you just as well as water. Part of the site also kind of hints that soda is good for performance athletes because it helps replace sodium lost through exercise. Like Americans really need any help with their sodium intake! You should check it out, I'm sure it will irritate you as much as it irritated me. Bob?

M.F.: Bob, or whatever your name is (tis best to sign your email, ya know) - it doesn't surprise me in the least that Coke would do this. But I'm not going to bother going there to check it myself. Got plenty of other useful things to do. I will say, though, that drinking your own piss may rehydrate you, too - but I'm in no hurry to begin that so-called "health" practice. At a seminar last year a young lady asked me what I thought about drinking piss. I nearly gagged, then I rolled my eyes up and to the right. I think the others in the room wanted to crap their pants, but they had to be professional, ya know. The sad thing is that the lady was rather attractive. Later in the event she came up to me to ask a few questions. It was hard to have a normal conversation because each time she took a drink from her glass, I was wondering what twas inside it. Don't drink your own piss. Gandhi may have done so, and I have great respect for him as a person - but if you ever looked at his body - he had good reason to drink most anything. He was damn near wasting away and needed all the fuel he could get. As for you and me, just say no to Coke - and turn the other way when you hear about piss gulping. Kick Ass - Take Names! Matt Furey www.mattfurey.com

Fitness aside for a moment - I get mucho questions from readers of this e-letter, asking me how I do what I do. And by that they mean - "How do you write so much, everyday, and always make it interesting, appealing, riveting, controversial - ad infinitum?" There are two reasons this question gets asked so often. The first is because some people are simply curious. They simply want to know how someone does what he does. The second reason is because many, many people have dreams of conquering the world - by word and by foot. What do I mean? What I mean is that many people want to leave foot prints - both from being a contributor to the world at large via writing something that benefits others - and they simultaneously have a dream of traveling the world ... first-class preferably. Many moons ago this young lad from Io-way - had the same dreams and desires. The only difference between those with this dream and ME - is I discovered the "way" to make my dreams become a reality. For many years I thought that the key to writing success was following all the rules I learned in English class. But I quickly found out that doing what you were taught in school about writing is a quick-ticket to nowheresville. Knowing proper grammar, spelling and so on is all well and good - but if "the rules" don't move you any closer to your goals - then doggone it - can the rules and do it another way. That, my friend, is precisely what this Fure-cat has been doing for the past 11 years - and I've never looked back. Now, if the prospect of writing a book is frightening to you, let me tell you about another way you can make your dreams a reality. Are you ready? Okay, here tis: You can learn how to amplify a skill you already have; a skill known as "writing a simple, personal letter." And, get THIS - the amplification of this skill you already possess can earn you an easy 100K of income per year. Doubt me if you so choose - but just last year I took my brother, Sean, under my wing. Most of you know him from some of the emails he wrote for me last year. Well, Sean left his manual labor job last year - where he slaved away week after week - and started amplifying this skill that he already has - and that YOU already have. Within weeks he landed his first assignment - and it wasn't for ME - it was with another business. Naturally, I got jealous and brought him in to help me from time to time. And from there he has landed jobs writing simple letters for people, and his fees are well into the five-figure range. Imagine that. Five figures for a simple letter. Sounds unreal, I know, but it's true. I, myself, command very high fees to write simple letters for people - and to top it off, I get a royalty on top of the hefty fee. Anyway, back to Sean: Inside of his first year, he easily made 100k. Now, I suppose you're thinking - okay Fure-cat, I spose you've got a product to sell me on how to do this, don't ya? Well, as a matter of course, I do - but it's NOT mine. Nope, the course that teaches you how to do this is FAR better than anything I have the time or patience to assemble. This course is, without question, I'm talking "hands-down" - the very best course ever produced on the subject of writing a simple letter - and making a career out of doing so. This course was put together by one of my friends, Michael Masterson, a man who has run a couple businesses that have made 100 milliooooon buckaroos per year. Is that some major credibility - or not. Michael and I have one thing in common. We've made literal and virtual fortunes with the power of our pens - putting simple - and I do mean SIMPLE - words on paper that get people to DO SOMETHING. The one main difference between Michael and I is that for the last decade he's been teaching others, just like YOU - just like my brother Sean (a student of his course) - how to do what he has done - and he has a huge string of success stories under his belt. If you'd like to be like Michael, like me - and like my brother, Sean, if you'd like to begin making all your dreams become a reality, by doing something you already know how to do - then I cannot say it too strongly. You MUST - and I mean you absolutely MUST get this course. It will give you much more than the moneeey you earn from following the lessons. It will give you time and freedom - and those are variables that are priceless. The link for this course is here and the sooner you click on it and start moving in the direction of what truly matters to you - the sooner you can be flying the friendly skies - first-class, enjoying the world and everything in it. Best of all, you can be anywhere in the world and make this career happen. You can be in Italy, writing a simple letter for a client. Or you can be in China. Three to four months out of the year - I'm writing you from there, so I know this from experience. Believe me now and listen to me later, life doesn't get any better than needing nothing more than a laptop and a cell phone to work. To work on your own time - doing something that you already know how to do - but now doing it with the intention of wiping away your mortgage, retiring from the rat race - and having time and freedom and mucho dinero to spend with you wife, children - or whomever you want to spend time with - that is the absolute penultimate of LIFE. So please, take it from me, Matt "Fure-cat" Furey - I truly know wherefrom I speaketh. I've been in the trenches. And I'm telling you that THIS opportunity is the the best way out of the them. Not only that, once you're out of the trenches, with this skill deeply in hand - you'll never need fear going back into them. You'll be set for life - literally. Ah yes, the "writer's life." Tis a great thing. And it's available to you now here. Go there NOW and make your life the "stuff of dreams." Kick ass - take names! Matt Furey P.S. If you haven't clicked on the link above yet, this is your last chance. Don't put off til tomorrow what you should and CAN do today