Overview
Matthew Ferry is a spiritual teacher, master coach, bestselling author, and the Lead Instructor of SUCCESS Coaching Certification™. Since 1993 he has coached high-performing entrepreneurs and executives on identity-level mindset work—quieting the survival mind so people can create what he calls Enlightened Prosperity™ (success without chronic stress). He is a 2x TEDx speaker, creator of the Rapid Enlightenment Process™, and author of Quiet Mind Epic Life.
On the SUCCESS platform he writes as a coach’s-letter voice for leaders and sales pros, and he is the lead facilitator of SUCCESS Unplugged (November 5–8, 2026 at CIVANA Carefree, Arizona)—the brand’s intimate, phone-free desert retreat for founders who need room to think.
Why SUCCESS readers care
Ferry sits at the intersection of SUCCESS’s coaching franchise and its live-event brand. If you are evaluating SUCCESS Coaching Certification, following Unplugged, or looking for experiential work that goes beyond frameworks-on-slides, he is the named lead. His lane is practical: how high achievers stop living inside reflexive fear, scarcity, and identity chatter—then lead and sell from a quieter baseline. SUCCESS.com publishes his Coach’s Letter on habits, delegation, AI anxiety, and leadership emotion—topics that map directly to readers who already know the personal development bookshelf but still feel stuck.
Career
Ferry has spent 30+ years coaching professionals, entrepreneurs, and executives. Official bios place him as co-founder of the Center for Rapid Enlightenment and creator of programs including Mental Journey To Millions and the Stress-Free Income Accelerator. His Rapid Enlightenment Process has been peer-reviewed and published in the Journal of Advanced Research in Social Sciences and presented at the World Conference for Social Sciences (research authored with Boston College PhD candidate Juan Pablo Sanchez King; presented August 2023, published December 2023).
As Lead Instructor of SUCCESS Coaching Certification™, he anchors SUCCESS Enterprises’ coach-training pathway—an identity-first curriculum for people who want to coach at a SUCCESS standard rather than collect another generic certificate.
Books / work
- Quiet Mind Epic Life: Escape The Status Quo & Experience Enlightened Prosperity Now (Amazon bestseller framing on his official site)
- Creating Sales Velocity — conscious salesperson / sales magnetism methods
- The Gift — enlightened networking methodology
- Additional titles and programs listed on matthewferry.com include Ridiculous Bliss, Instant Inspiration, and co-authored Stepping Stones to Success
- TEDx talks (2x) and ongoing SUCCESS.com Coach’s Letter columns
Unplugged role
At SUCCESS Unplugged 2026, Matthew is listed as Coach and facilitator / lead facilitator. Official event copy: he leads the morning sessions as hands-on, experiential work with the Rapid Enlightenment Process. He focuses on who you are being while co-facilitator William Lam works the unconscious patterns underneath behavior. The inaugural Unplugged is a thirty-person, phone-free gathering at CIVANA Carefree, November 5–8, 2026.