Joe Vitale

Dr. Roger Jahnke, author of The Healing Promise of Qi, personally taught me two short Tai Chi and Chi Kung routines on my back patio when he visited here last week. You can see (and follow) the whole lesson by clicking this link http://revver.com/watch/847583 or by clicking on the image below. Enjoy.

  Nightingale-Conant just printed their latest catalog of audios. I’m almost speechless to see that my second audioprogram with them, The Missing Secret, is on the cover of it.

You have to imagine what this is like:

Twenty years ago I dreamed of being an NC author.

Ten years later I recorded The Power of Outrageous Marketing for them, which is still a bestseller today.

Ten years after that I recorded The Missing Secret for them, and it, too, became a bestseller — right down to earning the right to be on the cover of their latest catalog.

These are defining moments in my life. They’ve come to be because I held the dream of being an NC author — and today I am one.

What’s your dream?

Ao Akua,

Joe
www.mrfire.com

PS —  If you want help in clarifying your dreams and support for attaining them, consider my Miracles Coaching program at www.miraclescoaching.com 

 Singer Michelle Malone playfully asked me if I ever felt like I wanted to give up.

She was setting up her equipment in my living room for her third house party in my home. I was sitting beside her, always eager to spend time with this terrific singer and songwriter.

She asked for another copy of my book, The Attractor Factor, which she likes to read in the van between gigs to stay positive and upbeat. As she held the book, she looked at me and asked the question:

“Do you have a book that everyone loves so much that they overlook your other books, making you wonder why you are writing any more?”

I told her yes, that my book on P.T. Barnum, There’s a Customer Born Every Minute, has a cult like following but a small one. I wished more people would give it a look.

Hands down the book everyone loves by me is The Attractor Factor. Second place is Zero Limits. Third is The Key. But the marketing books are way in the back of the line in popularity.

“Then why do we keep writing new stuff?” Michelle asked. “What’s the point?”

“I’m writing because I have to,” I told her. “I’m writing because I never know when I’ll write a book that will be better than The Attractor Factor and actually become the greatest thing I’ve ever written.”

Michelle smiled and agreed that we have to write because we’re here to write. And by continuting to write, we may one day give birth to something that exceeds all our previous work.

Michelle will have a new CD out in September.

I will have a new book called Expect Miracles out in September.

Why do it?

What’s the point?

When Michelle writes her music, and I write my books, and you do what you love to do, the world is like an orchestra playing the sweetest music ever heard.

Ao Akua,

Joe
www.mrfire.com

PS – Though Michelle had to sprint out of my house to perform later that night in Austin, she made time for a quick ride in my 1998 Panoz AIV Roadster, named Ladybug, formerly owned by rock star Steven Tyler of Aerosmith. She screamed and smiled big as we roared through the neighborhood. She later told me, “My hair ain’t been that tangled since my honeymoon!!!”  🙂

Note: Photos of Michelle and me in Ladybug were taken by master photographer Rodney Bursiel of www.rodneybursiel.com (Left click on any image to enlarge it.)

The other night while soaking in the hot tub the idea for a complete wealth plan came to me. I got out, dripping wet, but managed to draft the entire thing. It will be one of my main talks this weekend at the Attract Wealth seminar in Austin, Texas. I’ve never given it before. Never written about it before. Never shared it wth anyone before. But this AAA Plan to Wealth is perfect for people wanting to attract more money into their lives. If you want to be there when I reveal the simple formula, go register at www.attractwealthseminar.com There are ten seats left as I write this.

Five years ago I co-signed for my (then) web guy to get a car. I had never co-signed for anyone and I’ll probably never do it again. But the experience was useful for me, and in a moment it will be useful for you, too.

Over the years he would miss car payments and I’d get a call from his bank. Then I’d have to find him, bail him out, and hope the situation improved.

It didn’t.

A few months ago his bank called again. This time they said they couldn’t find my web guy (who was by now no longer working for me) at all and that he was several months past due.

The bank was demanding complete payment of the loan.

And right now.

I began to search for the guy who skipped out on the car loan. I called every number I had for him. Wrote every email address. Searched online. Had my chief assistant spend time shaking trees to see if he would fall out of one of them.

Nothing.

One of my closest advisers said, “He’s gone. You’ll never find him. And if you did find him, you’d never get a dime out of him. Pay off the loan to close the case and protect your credit.”

I paid off the loan.

I wasn’t upset. I wasn’t concerned. I just let it go and kept cleaning on any negative thought that might come up.

And then a curious thing happened.

My old web guy contacted me on Facebook, asking to be my friend. (!)

I instantly let him in.

I also wrote him and asked for his phone number.

He knew why I wanted it.

He wrote back, gave me his number, said he was sorry, and that he would do anything for me to resolve the issue.

He also said he didn’t have any money.

I had already made peace with the situation so didn’t really have an attachment to any outcome. I figured if I could get him to create a website or two for me, I’d let it all go and chalk it up to experience.

He agreed, and created a wonderful site and even a wonderful sales letter for it.

But he also did something else that stunned everyone around me, but just made me smile.

He sent me a cashier’s check for the full amount he owed me (about six thousand dollars). (!)

He also said he would continue to do work for me, gratis, to show his good faith.

No one around me could believe it.

I found the guy who skipped town.

He did work for me.

And he paid me off.

How did this happen?

Here’s my take on it:

First, I wasn’t attached to him paying me back. I would welcome my money back, but I didn’t need it. Too many people want something to happen in their lives but are desperate about it. That desperation creates/attracts more to be desperate about. I was cool whether the guy paid me or not. My energy was neutral.

Second, I saw the good in the guy. I know that people at their core are basically good. They want to do good. Sometimes when they are backed into a corner, they do things they regret. But I knew the guy and felt he was a good soul. He would do good in whatever way he could.

These two steps don’t guarantee that you’ll get your money back from someone who borrowed or stole from you, but they do guarantee you will be at peace with the moment.

It’s from that place of inner peace that you can attract what you desire — even if it’s from someone who skipped town, couldn’t be found, and was flat broke.

Ao Akua,

Joe
www.mrfire.com

PS — I’m sure any skeptic or critic could smugly say the above story was just a fluke, that I was just lucky. Maybe so. But I have several stories where people turned around and did good while everyone around them gave up on them. The lesson here is where do you want to put your focus: on what doesn’t work or on what does? The Law of Attraction (as well as the fundamentals of psychology) states you get more of whatever you focus on with energy and intent. Where’s your focus?