Dr. Joe Vitale’s Blog
Turning Corners, Playing Gigs
You never know what’s around the next corner.While showing my sister around the area where we live, we went into Hill Country Guitars, a cool place to buy vintage and collectible guitars.
My sister isn’t at all interested in guitars, but I am. Since I was her tour guide, we went where I wanted to go.
Anyway, in the store Nerissa saw an unusual stool in the center of the room. When I asked the owner, Kevin Drew Davis, he said there’s a story behind the guitar stool.
Appears a guitar player by the name of Pete Petre made the stool for himself, to make his gig playing more comfortable.
There are adjustable legs to rest your feet, a place to put your beverage, slots to stick your guitar picks, a place to lean your guitar, and so on.The thing is, whenever Pete played, people were more interested in his handmade guitar stools than in his music.
But being a smart entrepreneur, he went with the demand. He now makes guitar stools. His site at www.guitarstools.com/ is so busy with orders, he just took it offline until he could keep up with the demand.
I bought one of his guitar stools, too. That’s it in the picture. (The guitar in the picture was given to me by Pat O’Bryan.)
The lesson here is to be open. You might want to do one thing, but the public may be more interested in a tangent to it. You can still do what you want, but don’t overlook what the buyers want.
After all, they are the ones with the money.Ao Akua,Joe
www.mrfire.com
PS – In an upcoming episode of this blog, I’ll be telling you the amazing (but true!) story of my one-finger manicure. Stay tuned.
How to Get My Attention – Part Two
I’m in San Antonio showing my sister around. But before I could leave to get here I had to sign for packages from Fed-x and Express Mail.
People are sending me DVD players and cell phones, all trying to get my attention.
There’s a lot to say here about sending me things but since I’m typing on my Blackberry, I’ll just say this: the first time someone sends me a DVD player and/or a phone, it’s unique. But by the next ten times it wears thin.
Anyone who reads this blog should know how easy it is to get my attention. Just be the person to send me the largest ever Amazon gift certificate. (The largest I ever received so far was five hundred dollars.)
But what you *really* should be doing is developing an idea worth my (or anyone’s) attention. Then and only then should you get creative about turning my head.
After all, I’m not looking for new projects, so your idea has to be more stunning then the approach you use to get my attention.
Ao Akua
Joe
** Sent via Wireless E-Mail with Blackberry **
(I could be anywhere) 🙂
A Coffee with Joe Vitale
Apparently the word is out that I control the universe, or at least parts of it, and on good days.
See the entire story, which appeared on the front page of the lifestyle section of today’s Austin Statesman newspaper, online at —www.statesman.com/life/content/life/stories/other/05/24/0524coffee.html
I guess this counts as three minutes of my 15 minutes of fame.Ao Akua
joe
www.mrfire.com
"Sasuske"
I don’t watch sports at all.
No football.
Basketball.
Baseball.
Wrestling.
Not even boxing, though I thought I was going to be world heavyweight boxing champion back in the early 1970s. (For real.)
Today I couldn’t tell you the name of the current heavyweight champion.
But all this non-sports watching changed a few weeks ago when I discovered the most exciting athletic competition ever seen on television.
I’m talking about Ninja Warrior.
I stumbled across this wild game show one night while flipping through channels, waiting for Jon Stewart’s The Daily Show to come on.
As soon as I saw these Japanese athletes run through the most bizarre and demanding obstacle course ever created by madmen (or madwomen), with a clock ticking away and an audience cheering them on, I was hooked.
Even Nerissa – another non-sports watcher – got caught up with the Ninja Warriors.
At times I found myself holding my breath, wondering if a competitor would make it across a trippy obstacle. (Most don’t.)
At other times I actually spoke to the TV, urging the people in Japan to make it across the mind-boggling obstacles.
You’ve GOT to see this show to believe it.
I find it inspiring. This morning after I worked-out, I looked at my 15 ft climbing rope and said, “If a Ninja Warrior can do the incredible feats they do, I can go up a frickin rope!”
I then went up higher than EVER before.
Check out Ninja Warrior at www.g4tv.com/ninjawarrior/index.html
Ao Akua,
Joe
www.mrfire.com
PS – Ninja Warrior is called “Sasuske” in Japan. Talk about stretching limits and doing the impossible. What will they try next?
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Ao Akua
joe
