Dr. Joe Vitale’s Blog

I’m having to swim upstream to read the book HERD, which I mentioned a week or so ago.

It’s a fascinating marketing book but so thick with ideas, theories and psychologies that I feel like I’m mentally drudging through quicksand.

So I was delighted to receive Steve Chandler’s new book, 100 Ways to Create Wealth.

As you know by now, I’m a fan of Steve’s writing. This new book is just as breezy, entertaining and enlightening as his others.

The book doesn’t so much reveal 100 “ways” to wealth as it offers 100 mind openers so you can spot and then receive wealth. 

Truth is, money is all over the place and the most unlikely people are finding it. (Watch Donny Deutsch’s TV show The Big Idea to get a real sense of this). Steve’s book, written with Sam Beckford, helps open your eyes.

One of my favorite parts of the book is right at the beginning, where Steve and Sam explain that they are writing this book so you can have wealth so you can help yourself and others.

I put that phrase in bold because I want you to get it.

Many people say money is evil and push it away. What they don’t seem to understand is the wealthier you are, the more good you can do in the world.

Money is a just a tool. When you have it, you can use it to build a lot of good things — for yourself, your family, and your world.

Get this book, 100 Ways to Create Wealth, and start expanding your mind about what is possible.

You deserve it.

So does your family.

So does the world.

Ao Akua,

Joe
www.mrfire.com

PS – Steve’s site is at www.stevechandler.com Get all of his books.

PPS – Zero Limits is climbing the Amazon bestseller list — again! — yet I haven’t begun the promotion for it. The big day will be July 10. Stay tuned.

I had a food sensitivities test done and was shocked by the results.

Food sensitivities are different than food allergies.

Allergic reactions to food are usually immediate and obvious. You eat peanuts and end up (if you’re allergic to them) in ER.

Sensitivities are sneaky. You eat some innocent food and three days later wonder why you have a headache. Or are feeling depressed. Or lethargic. Etc.

Sometimes called hidden food allergies, food sensitivities may cause nasal allergies, asthma, arthritis, stomach problems, inability to lose weight, fatigue, migraine headaches, and oh so much more.

I was a skeptic about this until Nerissa had her test done a month or more back. We were surprised to see neutral foods like spinach, or spices like pepper, were obvious problems for her.

Who would have guessed it?

I still wasn’t convinced. But after seeing her carefully examine all the foods she ate, and eliminate all the known sensitivity suspects, and then seeing her feel better, I decided I better do the blood test, too.

I did.

What an eyeopener.

For example, I was stunned to see the king of antioxidants — blueberries — to be a red alert food for me.

Blueberries?

I’ve been eating blueberries every day for years.

Those innocent berries are a problem for me.

Same with green peppers, though I was looking for an excuse not to eat them anyway.

Same with eggplant.

Same with grapes. (No wine for me.)

All bad guys to my body.

There are numerous things I can safely eat, of course.

All forms of meat are fine for me, though chicken is nudging the suspect line and turkey is hands down good for me.

I knew cheeses were a problem for me, but I didn’t know blue cheese, Swiss cheese and goat’s cheese were all safe. (I love goat cheese.)

None of this means you can gorge on the safe foods. Calories still count. Moderation still counts. But, in general, eating a lot of safe foods will be better for you health-wise in the long run.

If you’ve never had a food sensitivities test, I encourage you to get one. They draw some blood, send it to a lab, and you get the results in a week.

There are at least four kinds of respected food sensitivities tests. Nerissa took the IgG ELISA. I took the MRT. We both agreed the MRT was more comprehensive and easier to understand, though it was four times as expensive to do.

Keep in mind that the results you get aren’t all bad news. You don’t have to give up the food villans forever. You can correct food sensitivities by eliminating the suspect foods for a couple of months, and then reintroducing them to your body. Your body will then be reset. The result is a happier, healthier you.

Ask your medical doctor about it.

Better yet, since your doc may not know about these tests, ask an alternative care practitioner about them.

Ao Akua,

Joe
www.mrfire.com

PS – I was hoping garlic and scallops were OK for me. They are. I’m addicted to both. Had the results shown them as bad news for me, I would have done the test again, but with someone else’s blood.

Note: The MRT food sensitivities test that I took is done by the Signet Diagnostic Corporation. You can get information by completing their online form at www.nowleap.com/complimentary_prescreening.html (I don’t know the company or anyone working there. Again, consult with your physician.)

TIP: I currently have someone making my food for me once a week. This makes my life easier. I just reach in the frig and pull out the next meal. It’s weighed, balanced, and only consists of safe foods for me. If you’re in the Austin or Wimberley, Texas area, let me know and I’ll tell you who he is. If you aren’t near by, you might look for a nutritionist that makes house calls.

Last night we watched the Hilary Swank movie, Freedom Writers.

It’s in the same category of Gridiron Gang, starring The Rock, which I mentioned last week.

Freedom Writers is the true story of a beginning teacher named Erin Gruwell who makes a difference in the lives of teenage gang members forced to integrate in her classroom in Long Beach, California in 1994.

The movie is inspiring on many levels, but to me personally because the teacher uses writing and reading to help transform these “unteachable, at-risk” youths.

When Gruwell discovers that the teenagers have no idea what the Holocaust was, she works three jobs to raise the money to buy the kids copies of Anne Frank’s famous diary, The Diary of a Young Girl.

The youths read it, transfixed by the story, and enraged by the ending of it.

In one hypnotic scene, the kids get excited about bringing to their class Miep Gies, the woman who hid Anne Frank.

They manage to raise the money and actually bring her to class, to speak to them. Miep tells them, “You are the real heroes today.”

Freedom Writers is a powerful movie with an inspiring message. It’s on DVD. I suggest you get it and watch it.

For information on the foundation Erin Gruwell and the Freedom Writers started, including how to contribute to their efforts to create change in the school system, see www.freedomwritersfoundation.org/

If you want to know how you can help troubled teenagers when you see movies like Freedom Writers and Gridiron Gang, consider that peace begins with you. 

Scientific research has defined a powerful new ”technology of peace” that can help you here. You can take world peace into your own hands with it. There is a lot of free information (including a downloadable mini-book) that explains the scientific studies behind this method.

I think you’ll find it’s one of the most amazing sites on the Web. It gives you a tool to help create peace. To see it, just click here: www.CreatePermanentPeace.com

Ao Akua,

Joe
www.mrfire.com

PS — As I watched the Freedom Writers movie, I kept “cleaning”, ala the ho’oponopono method described in the book, Zero Limits. There were some tough scenes to watch, but clearing helped. Keep in mind that all change happens within first, and then appears on the outside later. It all begins with you.

 Here’s a quiz for you:

I have numerous DVDs on the market right now. There’s —

www.missingsecret.info — My two-DVD set of live talks on “The Missing Secret” (about the secret as in the movie The Secret and what it is missing) and how to get clear of unconscious beliefs so you can attract what you prefer.

www.installthesecret.com — My single DVD on how to fully understand The Secret and the Law of Attraction, and then transcend it, with a hypnotic subliminal installation by Mark Ryan.

www.greatlottohoax.com — My DVD telling the behind-the-scenes story of how I hired a famous P.T. Barnum-like publicist to pull off the greatest lotto hoax in modern history, all to promote my book, The Attractor Factor.

www.secretofproductivity.com – My brand new two-DVD set revealing my personal secrets of productivity and including a live talk I gave on your defining moment and how to exceed your goals.

www.subliminalmanifestation.com — These are a series of reprogramming DVDs designed to clean your unconscious of specific issues via subliminal messages and hypnotic stories:

The first DVD is on Love and Forgiveness:
www.subliminalmanifestation.com/forgiveness_love/ 

The second DVD is on Increasing Sales: www.subliminalmanifestation.com/increase_sales/

Now here’s the quiz:

Out of the above DVDs, which do you think is the bestseller?

You can take some time and review the sites for each DVD, or you can just take a guess right now.

Well, which DVD is the bestseller?

I’ll caution you that guessing is the number one mistake people make in business.

You never know what’s going to sell until you present it to the marketplace.

You may have hopes. You may have dreams. You may have statistics. You may have predictions. You may have a psychic on staff.

But until you put the item on the market, you’ll never know for sure.

So, out of the above DVDs, which one do you think sells the most?

Give up?

Hands down it is the Subliminal Manifestation one on Love and Forgiveness at www.subliminalmanifestation.com/forgiveness_love/

The runner up to it is Install and Transcend The Secret at www.installthesecret.com

Now here’s the kicker:

I would have lost money on a bet about which DVD sells best.

I would have said the one Pat O’Bryan and I just released, on Secrets of Productivity at www.secretofproductivity.com (which includes how to surpass your goals) would be the winner.

I’d be wrong.

What about you? Was your guess wrong, too?

When the results come in and they aren’t want you expected, you can still make some changes and test the product in the marketplace again.

For example, I don’t think the sales letter at www.secretofproductivity.com is very hypnotic. It needs work. If we rewrite it, maybe changing the headline or focus of the offer or even the price, we would get different results. Whether we would get better results would still remain to be seen.

The point is, you never know what’s going to sell.

You do the best you can, offer it to the world, and then move forward.

Stopping to sulk is the only failure.

Ao Akua,

Joe
www.mrfire.com

PS — My friends Josh and Andy over at www.AudioMotivation.com
are featuring me as their special guest this Wednesday, June 27 th, at 9 pm eastern time. We’ll be discussing how to live the Zero Limits www.zerolimits.info life.  This is brand new material in celebration of my book coming out later this week. We’ll probably dovetail into some uncharted areas that I think you’ll enjoy, too. Click here to register (it’s free): www.audiomotivation.com/2007  See you there.

PPS – If you haven’t looked at the Amazon “boutique page” for
me — it includes rare video of me talking about Zero Limits, a personal letter, book news, book suggestions, and more — go see www.amazon.com/vitale Enjoy.
 

Last night we sat in a sold out theatre and watched the premier of Michael Moore’s latest documentary, Sicko.

Moore is one of the most powerful and smoothest persuasion masters of modern times. He’s made several controversial movies before this one. This time around he tackles health care in America.

The movie makes you want to overthrow the system, move to another country (such as Cuba or even France), or get so independently wealthy that you aren’t worried about health care costs for you or your family.

Moore’s movie flows easily, has humor as well as shock, and clearly makes his point: something has to change for we Americans. The system is sick and we’re not getting well.

I admire Michael Moore’s positive use of his hypnotic persuasion skills. I admire his message.

My only complaint is he doesn’t tell you what to do to solve the problem. For that you have to click here:

I urge you to see Sicko when it opens June 29.

Meanwhile, stay well.

Ao Akua,

joe
www.mrfire.com

PS — There’s an elderly English chap in Sicko who stands out for his wisdom and articulation. If you know his name, please tell me. I want to talk to him. Thank you.