Dr. Joe Vitale’s Blog

The studio audience asked questions of me and the other panelists when we taped the Larry King show the other day at the CNN offices in LA.

I noticed a fundamental flaw in many of the questions.

People asked how they could get their dream home while on a fixed salary, or how to deal with the negative people in their life while they went for their dreams, etc.

While Jack Canfield, James Ray, George Pratt, a woman guest who I can’t recall the name of (I’m sorry), and myself answered these questions, they were all based in error.

Each question was assuming the person’s current reality was a fixed state.

The point of the movie The Secret and my book The Attractor Factor is that you can redirect your life and transform your current reality by first focusing on what you want, without much regard to your current situation.

Jack Canfield pointed out that he went from a teacher’s salary of $8,000 a year to $6,000,000 a year as a bestselling author by ignoring the teacher’s salary and focusing on his intention. His intention brought new ideas to him, while still a teacher, which led him on the path to being a multi-millionaire today.

Larry King asked an excellent question.

He wondered if having a coach was important.

I leaped in and explained that you need someone to reflect back to you your own beliefs. Since they are your beliefs, it’s tough to see them. An objective coach can help you realize where your patterns are.

Jack Canfield did this for me after the TV show, at dinner.

I told him about my Beyond Manifestation seminar and how I limited it to 25 people. He urged me to think even bigger, and suggested I lead the spiritual retreats for hundreds of people. I didn’t realize I had a limiting belief about it until someone outside of me, being a good coach, helped me see it.

I can’t wait for the Larry King show to air. I’m told it may be in two weeks or so. As soon as I know, I’ll tell you.

Meanwhile, appeciate your current reality for being your current reality but don’t be limited by it.

State what you want your reality to be.

Then act on the impulses you get to help manifest it.

Expect miracles.

Ao Akua,

Joe
www.mrfire.com

PS – I told Larry King — right on his show — about Francine. I’m sure he never heard of a Panoz before, but the world will soon know I own a 2005 Panoz Esperante GTLM. I didn’t plan on mentioning the exotic car on the Larry King show, for the world to hear, but that’s the kind of hold Francine has on me. She’s always demanding attention. She’s always ordering me around. What a woman. She’s beautiful and she knows it. Now Larry King knows it, too. Have I shown you a picture of her yet?

PPS – Reminder: If you want to know The Secret of Money, plan on attending this one day event with me and Mindy Audlin next Saturday here in Wimberley, Texas. See www.unityathome.org/events.htm Note: Francine will be there. She’d love to meet you.

What a day.

A limo takes me to CNN in LA and before you can say boo I’m talking to Larry King himself.

The show was easy and fast. Jack Canfield and James Ray and myself spaared with Larry. I think we did great.

The best part was dinner afterwards with the producer and staff and guests. I just left them. Jack Canfield is a brilliant storyteller. James Ray is fun and a new buddy of mine.

Wendy, the show producer, is amazing. She’s heart driven, loving, a visionary who wants to transform television.

I kept showing pictures of Francine to everyone. Jack Canfield laughed every time.

Right now I’m alone at poolside at my hotel in Hollywood, drinking scotch and smoking a cigar. I’m totally alone.

But I’m in bliss.

Ao akua

Joe
https://www.mrfire.com

PS – I held up a copy of my book, The Attractor Factor, during the interview. Jack and James teased me for always marketing. Later they admitted they wish they had brought their books, too.

PPS – They don’t know when the show will air. Possibly in November. When I know I’ll tell you.

PPPS – I still miss Francine.

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I’m sitting in a Hollywood hotel waiting for a limo to take me to CNN and Larry King.

We’re taping today. Not sure when it will air yet. My focus is on this moment.

I’ve got my Rolex on so I won’t be late.

Wish me luck.

Ao Akua

Joe
https://www.mrfire.com

PS – I miss Francine.

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What’s the secret to customer service?

Simply stated, do what you say you will do when you say you will do it.

But what’s the secret to legendary customer service?

I think it’s this: do more than what you say you will do and do it sooner than you said you would do it.

Here are two examples of what I mean:

Story #1:

As you probably know, I ordered a Rolex. I was told it would arrive in three months. No problem. I had been warned it may take a long time, as the watches are handmade in Switzerland and there’s a wild demand for them.

While I waited, the charming saleswoman sent me a packet of information about the Rolex.

And — the watch arrived on Monday.

Three months early.

I wore it when I went to visit my Miracles Coaches that day.

Awe might describe their response.

The fact that I received the watch three months early made me happy, too.

Story #2:

The dealership handling Francine, my 2005 Panoz Esperante GTLM, called me Monday morning to say my car may not be ready for pickup on Tuesday.

That was bummer news. I’m headed out to be on the Larry King show, and wouldn’t be able to pick up the car until next week if I didn’t get it on Tuesday.

But I accepted the news and braced myself for the worst.

At 9 a.m. Tuesday morning, the dealership called and said my car was ready.

When I got there, they spent well over an hour talking to me about the car, giving me gifts, and congratulating me on ownership of this rare exotic car.

I drove Francine home the very same day.

In both of the above examples I was surprised with extra service and quicker turnaround than expected.

If you want your customers and clients to talk about you (in a good way), do more than what they expect, and do it sooner than they expect it.

More on this topic later.

Right now I’ve got a plane to catch.

Larry King is waiting for me.

Ao Akua,

Panoz Joe
www.mrfire.com

PS – Francine is LOUD. She’s a barely street legal race car and she knows it. She wants me to know it, too. She roars in my ears as I drive. She gets attention. She wants attention. She DEMANDS attention. She has an attitude, too. She says my little BMW Z3 is a go-cart from Toys-R-Us compared to her race car engine power. As much as I love my Z3, I don’t want to argue with Francine. I have a feeling she could run me over in under three seconds. What a woman, though. I think I’m in love.

When I was a kid in the late 1960s, I used to see the famous yin-yang symbol everywhere.

It haunted me.

What did it mean?

Why was I seeing it all the time?

I’d be out with my dad, working on the railroad tracks, look up, and a railroad car on another track would chug by with the yin-yang symbol painted on the side of it.

What the – ?

I’d reach for milk (for my growing bones) and see the company symbol on the side of the carton looking a lot like the yin-yang symbol.

Huh?

I’d pick up a paperback book and see the publisher’s logo printed on the spine looking almost exactly like the yin-yang symbol.

What’s going on here???

It happened too many times for me to dismiss.

What did it mean?

During those confused teenage years, I used to reach out to Al G. Manning, prolific author and playful mystic, who ran the E.S.P. Lab out of Dallas, Texas.

I think he used to charge two dollars to answer a question.

I think he used to channel some “one” called Professor Rhinehardt. (You know, to be sure his answers were accurate.)

Anyway, I lived in Ohio at the time, and would write him about perplexing questions, like why the heck was I seeing a yin-yang symbol everywhere?

Al wrote back, saying the symbol was a sign that my spirit guides were with me.

Spirit guides?

Right or wrong, it sure made me feel better.

There’s nothing like going through life thinking you have invisible support around you.

From then on I began to look for the symbol.

Now that I’m a proud owner of a 2005 Panoz Esperante GTLM race car for the super rich, I’m learning all I can about the company. I just discovered something fascinating about their car and company symbol.

Turns out Danny Panoz, the owner of the company, designed the crest himself.

He wanted the red, white and blue colors in it to show his company is all American.

And the swirls in the symbol itself?

Yep. They’re based on the yin-yang symbol that haunted me as a kid.

I guess this means my spirit guides are still with me (and they’re waiting for a ride).

But the signs don’t stop there.

Lift the hood of the Panoz and you’ll see a plate containing the names of everyone who built the car. Above those names is the phrase, “Dare to share.”

That’s darn close to my own motto, “Dare something worthy.”

Couple these signs with the other fact that “esperante” — as in Panoz Esperante GTML — means “spirit and hope,” and you have a few signs telling me this is THE car for Joe Vitale to drive.

Good thing, too, as I’m picking up the car today.

I can’t help but wonder what signs you’ve been getting lately…

Ao Akua,

Joe
www.mrfire.com

PS – How can you, too, attract a new car? Well, www.attractanewcar.com is a good place to start. The movie, The Secret, is another. And www.miraclescoaching.com is yet a third. Dream big.

PPS – I just did a Google search and learned that Al G. Manning, the author who helped me when I was a teenager in the 1960s, passed away a few months ago. He was 78. I never got to meet him. I’m sad to hear he left us. He wrote over 20 books and helped a lot of people in his lifetime, including me. I wrote him a few years ago by email. He sent me a nice note, saying he remembered me. He also said he was old and my website was hard to read. He was still giving advice, even when I didn’t ask for it. You can see a picture of him riding a unicorn (yes, a unicorn) at www.esplab.com/welcome.html. He’s on the other side now, and maybe today someone is channeling him. Whatever the case, I think of him with love. Thank you, Al. Continue riding those unicorns. It’s a good sign.