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My new e-book, Healing Music, is available at no charge. It reveals how special music can soothe, heal, transform and awaken, and more. Just click the image below to access your free copy:

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PS — Just have to share the good news: Last week I landed a publishing deal for the sequel to the bestselling book on ho’oponopono, Zero Limits. The engaging, amazing, mind stretching entirely new book — continuing with surprises, insights, healing methods, and more — will be out later this year (probably November). Stay tuned!

A fellow on a recent flight showed me his business card. It was humorous and inspired me to make one of my own. The irony is, I rarely give out cards anymore. For fun, here’s the back of mine:

My new business card

PS – I’m not sure where to post this but I have to share it with someone:  I’m number 96 on the ReverbNation Singer Songwriter charts for the entire US. (!) http://t.co/I5Ux2pB0EA

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Back on March 1st, I posted an article here titled “Transformation on Demand.” It was about Bill Phillips and his 12 week program, called Transformation, which I entered at the time.

Recently I completed it. It took focus, energy, sacrifice and commitment. I feel better about it than I do all my books, albums, movies or much else.

I'm a winner!

I received a medal, certificate of completion, and t-shirt for my 12-week accomplishment. I’m continuing on with the program, as I love the results I’m getting.

I feel GRRRRRRREAT!!!

As I said on March 1st, I fully endorse Bill Phillips and his Transformation Challenge. I am not an affiliate for anything he offers, but I fully recommend all of it.

For more details, go to http://www.transformation.com/ or send an email to [email protected]

Go for it!

Ao Akua,

joe

PS – I interviewed Bill Phillips in-depth about his life and career and Body-For-Life movement for my March 20th podcast. See https://www.mrfire.com/podcast.html

PPS – My “Transformation on Demand” original blog post about Bill Phillips and his Transformation Weekend is at http://blog.mrfire.com/transformation-on-demand/

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I don’t know much more than you about Henry Ford, the industrial giant and tycoon who brought affordable cars to the masses in the early 1900s, but I spotted this revealing quote in his 1922 autobiography, My Life and Work:

“The natural thing to do is to work — to recognize that prosperity and happiness can be obtained only through honest effort. Human ills flow largely from attempting to escape from this natural course.”

What an obvious yet startling statement.

It seems to me that most people want to avoid work. They are seeking magic powers or special other worldly favors in order to do just that.

Whenever I offer a Law of Attraction oriented product, the public loves it. Yet whenever I offer a productivity product, they shun it.

After seeing this result over and over again for years, I realized that people want fairy dust and magic wands. They prefer to sit and visualize rather than get up and create something.

Obviously, I’m not against mind power, visualization, Law of Attraction, or most of the other tools and toys we have. They all have their place. They all assist you in achieving and attracting your desires.

But you have to do something in this world.

As Ford noted, we have to work.

“Work,” to me, is following your passion in a way that serves others.

One reason I’ve authored so many books, audios, DVDs, courses and more is I’m not afraid to work.

Yet too many self-helpers say “I attracted my result and didn’t DO anything!”

Come on. You always do something. It may not have been “work” in the sense of extreme activity, or in the traditional sense of expending energy, but you did something to bring about the result. You had to. Life is a co-creation.

I remember the creator of the hit movie The Secret bragging that her movie became a success without her “doing” anything to make it happen.

I found it hard to imagine that she overlooked all the things she did to make the movie get noticed, right down to hand picking 24 guests (including me) to be in the movie — nearly all having a list of fans and followers. They promoted the movie for her, but she did the work of putting them into the movie. She took action.

She continues to take action today, by mailing her list of Secret fans to keep the relationship with them going. That comes in handy when she promotes her next book.

Henry Ford's 1922 autobiography is worth reading

Again, work — or better stated, action — is virtually always needed.

I learned how to work as a laborer on the railroad, starting at the age of five years old. (No lie.)

When I moved to Houston in the late 1970s, I managed to get day jobs as a laborer for temp agencies.

Today I still work, but it isn’t with my back. It’s with my mind.

Because I love what I do, and feel it is my life calling, it never feels like “work.”

It’s far wiser to reflect on what you want to do, and then add the magic amulets, spells and potions to that desire. But to do just the latter, you’ll most likely struggle.

I have no idea if Henry Ford was metaphysical or even psychological. I doubt it. I know he had his own quirky ideas about society, but I’m only interested in his ideas about attracting money.

He sure knew the value of work. He preaches it over and over again in his 1922 autobiography, stating that work is the secret to success.

Businesses today need to become acquainted with Henry Ford’s advice for making money.

I was impressed to see that Ford wanted to build a car that would never break down. (!) He felt true serving was helping a family by building a car they could depend on. He felt one car, that lasted a lifetime, would be the best. No need for planned obsolescence or yearly model upgrades. (Tell Apple that. Or most any other modern business.)

And Ford felt if his car ever broke down and needed service, the manufacturer should take care of the problem, not the owner.

I like this guy.

He also tried electric cars in the early 1900s, but shunned them for the same reason they aren’t ideal today: too heavy and not enough power. (Remember, both Nerissa and I drive electric cars, so I know of what Ford speaks.)

Henry Ford basically felt that if you served people, the money would follow.

His big motivating “why” — the ideal that drove him — was to create a system that kept people employed making cars that the masses would love.

As I am reading his autobiography, a few insightful quotes jump out:

“I refuse to recognize that there are impossibilities. I cannot discover that any one knows enough about anything on this earth definitely to say what is and what is not possible.”

“Everything can always be done better than it is being done.”

“Money is only a tool in business. It is just a part of the machinery.”

“Money, after all, is extremely simple. It is a part of our transportation system. It is a simple and direct method of conveying goods from one person to another. Money is in itself most admirable. It is essential. It is not intrinsically evil. It is one of the most useful devices in social life. And when it does what it was intended to do, it is all help and no hindrance.”

Don’t be afraid to work.

Remember, following your passion isn’t “work” if it’s your passion.

Add visualization and other Law of Attraction mind technologies to the passionate serving of others, and you have a formula for modern day success.

In short, action is the alchemy that transmutes ideas into reality.

I’ll repeat that —

Action is the alchemy that transmutes ideas into reality.

Finally, here is Henry Ford’s creed:

(1) An absence of fear of the future or of veneration for the past. One
who fears the future, who fears failure, limits his activities. Failure
is only the opportunity more intelligently to begin again. There is no
disgrace in honest failure; there is disgrace in fearing to fail. What
is past is useful only as it suggests ways and means for progress.

(2) A disregard of competition. Whoever does a thing best ought to be
the one to do it. It is criminal to try to get business away from
another man--criminal because one is then trying to lower for personal
gain the condition of one's fellow-men, to rule by force instead of by
intelligence.

(3) The putting of service before profit. Without a profit, business
cannot extend. There is nothing inherently wrong about making a profit.
Well-conducted business enterprises cannot fail to return a profit but
profit must and inevitably will come as a reward for good service. It
cannot be the basis--it must be the result of service.

(4) Manufacturing is not buying low and selling high. It is the process
of buying materials fairly and, with the smallest possible addition of
cost, transforming those materials into a consumable product and
distributing it to the consumer. Gambling, speculating, and sharp
dealing tend only to clog this progression.

Now get to work.

Ao Akua,

joe

PS — Remember: Forget money and focus on service. Henry Ford knew this. So did Nick D’Aloisio, 17, who reportedly received close to $30 million for a news-reading iPhone app named Summly that he developed and then sold to Yahoo. D’Aloisio says money was not his motivation when developing Summly. How many more clues do we need that money comes from passion and serving, not greed and manipulation?

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As I’m writing this to you, I’m listening to the long awaited sequel to the bestselling music album, Aligning to Zero. This one is called AT Zero. If I say so myself, it’s so beautiful, so soothing, so Divine, that words almost fail to describe the majestic healing vibe of this music.

Divine New Music

But I’ll try anyway.

Months ago Guitar Monk Mathew Dixon and I went back into the studio to create a follow-up to our bestseller. The first one came to us through inspiration. We played our guitars as if guided by unseen hands.

How would we ever top that?

Back of New CD

So we sat in the studio and made ourselves available to inspiration once again.

We knew each track would be in a certain musical key. Each key corresponded to an energy center, or chakra, we wanted to touch, sooth and activate. We had that much to start with.

But what would come from there?

We didn’t know. We would talk, kick around ideas, try a few things, and then just magically feel the essence of the new music. From there, it came through.

We received the music, played it, loved it and got so into it that we almost didn’t stop playing it to turn off the recorder.

Guitar Monk Mathew and Dr. Joe

Mathew and I were in awe.

The seven new tracks we created our stunning.

It took months to create this sequel, primarily because of interruptions from travels, illness, and “life.” But we stayed true to our vision. We wanted a second album in the bestselling  “zero” series and we would work with the Universe’s schedule to allow it to happen.

And happen it did.

I’m excited to announce that the new album is not only done, but ready for you as a CD or as an instant download right now over at http://www.AtZeroMusic.com

And yes, you can listen to samples of the music there, too.

Gushing happiness and giddy with delight the day the CDs arrived

As before, At Zero is designed to help you feel the essence of life. In fact, it’s designed to help you with a long list of benefits, all listed on the album’s website.

It was inspired by Dr. Hew Len, ho’oponopono, Zero Limits, and the power of healing music.

There's no singing on "At Zero" but I had to share this singer-songwriter award I received SOMEPLACE! 🙂

I hope you see the lessons here:

Having an inspired intention, taking action while allowing for inner guidance, leads to a Divine result.

I’m listening to “At Zero” right now…and smiling.

Check it out at http://www.AtZeroMusic.com

Ahhhhhhhhhh………

Ao Akua

Joe

PS – Other Healing Music albums by Mathew or myself are –

	http://www.GetUpandStrut.com
	http://www.HealingMojoMusic.com
	http://www.thehealingsong.com/
	http://www.HealingRockMusic.com
	http://guitarmonks.com/fromzero/
	http://guitarmonks.com/christmas/
	http://www.AligningtoZero.info