When The Drunk Monkey is playing the role of The Bully it uses its power, opinions and judgments against you. There is no escape from the ongoing assault. It tells you that you are too fat, too short, not smart enough, not attractive enough, not a good parent, on and on into eternity… The Bully beats you up and beats up other people. It’s just plain old mean. See it for what it is; scared of the unknown, scared of change, scared of not being in control.
Author: Matthew Ferry
Matthew Ferry
Matthew Ferry is a spiritual teacher, master coach, and best-selling author. Since 1993, he has helped thousands of high-performing professionals, entrepreneurs, and executives transcend fear, quiet their minds, and create what he calls Enlightened Prosperity™—success without stress. His signature methodology, The Rapid Enlightenment Process™, has been peer-reviewed and published in the Journal for Advanced Social Sciences. He is the author of Quiet Mind Epic Life, creator of the Mental Journey To Millions, a 2x TEDx speaker and best-selling author.
When The Drunk Monkey is playing the role of The Judge it believes that it is the authority on life. The Judge believes that it knows what is right or wrong for all people and all situations. It holds people accountable to agreements that they never made and condemns them for not following its rules. The Judge is repelling. People can hear The Drunk Monkey’s judgmental tone in even the most casual conversations and they secretly fear that it will judge them too. People protect themselves from The Judge by keeping it at arms length. Opportunities do not come easily…
https://youtu.be/JihOl2eqVc4 Do you really need to achieve all your goals in order to have peace of mind and start enjoying your life? For most, the answer is an obvious, “Duh! Of course, you do”. Is it possible to achieve work-life balance in today’s demanding and quickly changing world? Most top performers believe the answer is no. Working hard to achieve your goals before you give yourself time to enjoy your puts you on the treadmill from hell. After coaching top performers for the last 25 years, I have seen first hand that someday in the future won’t be better than today…
When The Drunk Monkey is playing the role of The Analyzer it overthinks everything. The Analyzer spends endless time looking at possibilities, trying to decide if something is right or wrong. Ultimately, it is paralyzed by all this “thinking it through” and it finds itself immobilized by its own analytic nature.
When The Drunk Monkey is playing the role of The Worrier it fears the unknown. The Worrier is trying to protect you from all of the danger that doesn’t exist in the world. The Worrier Drunk Monkey looks at what is wrong with life, questions peoples motives and seeks out potential destruction. It visualizes negative scenarios over and over and creates unwanted stress in the body.
The Power of Enlightenment. It’s not a spiritual thing, it’s a very practical way of seeing the world that unlocks your full potential. Should you take on enlightenment as a goal? Here’s my take on it. What are your thoughts?
If you’ve been around me at all you’ve heard me say this hundreds of times. My job is to help you remove barriers to happiness and success. One big barrier is your mind. I often ask my new clients, “Have you ever considered that your mind is not your friend?” Most are stunned by the idea of it. Your mind, which I call The Drunk Monkey, is just a biological mechanism designed to keep you alive longer. Your mind’s job is to help you to avoid danger or become better. Both of these pursuits are important, but the only problem is that…
Let me be blunt. The rules most of us live by are total BS. We are dominated by schedules, cultural beliefs and unexamined dogma that steals our joy and limits our sense of satisfaction. I know you know what I am talking about. After years of working to attain a ‘better life’ it’s easy to find ourselves tired, and wondering “when am I going to get there?” My friend, I am here to tell you: There is no “there” to get to. Just a life to live NOW. So, why not make the life you have now, epic? Because no one…
Your mind, which I call The Drunk Monkey, doesn’t care about your goals and dreams. Have you ever noticed that when you set new goals and new dreams, the first person to talk you out of it is the chatter in your head? It is imperative that you begin to see that there are two people. There is The Drunk Monkey, which is a non-stop talking machine that never shuts up and has an opinion on everything, and then there is the person who is listening, which is who you really are. Your goal is to begin to realize that…
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