Dr. Joe Vitale’s Blog

Pat O’Bryan’s un-seminar was a smash hit.

Whether it was Bill Hibbler talking about master minds, or Craig Perrine talking about the inner game of success, or me putting everyone into a group trance with a few stories in order to teach them Hypnotic Copywriting … the entire weekend was off the charts wonderful.

One of my favorite moments was blowing my brains out playing the harmonica with Pat on the guitar, while the Austin sky turned colors and lit up with a thunder storm percolating off in the distance. A small crowd watched us and cheered us on. A rainbow showed up, too.

I liked the jam session so much that I told Pat we need to record a CD. Being the smart opportunist that he is, he instantly agreed. But we’ll record something with a “twist”. (Don’t ask. I’m not telling — yet.)

I think some of our fiery music session was caught on video. We’ll release it some day.

A lot of photos were taken. One is above.

Pat’s entire un-seminar event was recorded, so be looking for it soon.

It rocked.

Ao Akua,

Joe
www.mrfire.com

PS — I told the attendees the news no one else has heard yet: I’ll be on Larry King next month. (!) Stay tuned for details. Learn about Larry King at http://www.cnn.com/CNN/anchors_reporters/king.larry.html Is life exciting or what?

I’m at Pat O’Bryan’s unseminar. Right now Craig Perrine is speaking. He’s a great speaker but I’ve heard him before so I’m typing this in the back of the room on my Blackberry.

Earlier I told the group about the mindset for success. I mentioned the movie The Secret and my book The Attractor Factor.

I then showed them a roll of Lifesaver candy. I pointed out it was once a thought. Now it’s a product.

I dropped the roll into a brass tube. I said the tube was an Intention Accelerator. I asked the group what would be better than candy. Most people said money.

Money became the new intention.

I asked a woman to come up front with me. I let her see the transformation. I opened the tube which contained the roll of lifesavers. Her eyes grew wide as she watched me pull a one hundred dollar bill out of the cannister. I then gave her the money.

Intention is powerful. It changes current reality into a new reality.

What’s your intention?

Ao Akua

Joe
www.mrfire.com

PS – Almost everyone here has seen the movie The Secret. I gave everyone a copy of the DVD so soon they will all see it. Magic lives. Got magic?

** Sent via Wireless E-Mail with Blackberry **
(I could be anywhere) 🙂

I’m getting ready to speak at Pat O’Bryan’s famous un-seminar this weekend but before I head out the door I wanted to tell you about a magical way to spend your money that makes you feel better than anything, maybe even sex.

As you know by now, I believe in giving money away. It’s a great way to practice Karmic Marketing, implement the law of tenfold return, make a difference in the world, and open yourself to receiving prosperity, as well.

While I may spend money on myself, Nerissa, loved ones and friends, there’s nothing like the feeling of freely giving it to someone you don’t know who touches your heart.

I was reminded of this yesterday.

I got an email about the progress of Kirk, a lovable little boy who suffered a stroke shortly after birth.

I didn’t know that babies can suffer strokes. It wasn’t until my friend Kevin Hogan told me about Kirk that I learned this is a problem few people address, and costs a lot of money to attempt to heal.

As a result, Kevin started a fund to help this little boy, Kirk. When Kevin asked me to donate, I was resistant. I had just sent money to my sister, and spent a lot on bills and such, and was feeling like I had done my share.

But I couldn’t shake the feeling that little Kirk needed my help. So a little while later, on the same day, I shook off my scarcity fears and wrote Kevin back, saying I would help. I donated a large amount and trusted it would be put to good use.

It was.

Kirk was able to get his first operation and is already doing better. You can get a sense of him, and learn about him, at Amazing Kirk.

The point I want to share with you is that giving money to help Kirk made me feel better than anything else I’ve done in a long, long time.

Even better than ordering my BMW 645ci.

Even better than ordering my Rolex.

When I learned about Kirk’s progress yesterday, I smiled. Then beamed. The good feelings I experienced are still with me. And it’s these very good feelings that will go out into the world and attract more wealth to me. And when it does, I will again spread the good cheer.

I strongly suggest that you practice this “profitable philanthropy,” as P. T. Barnum called it, who himself gave lots of money to many causes and experienced great wealth.

Give and grow rich.

Ao Akua,

Joe
www.mrfire.com

PS — Kevin Hogan just sent me an email, saying, “Check out Kirk’s smile on that front page (www.amazingkirk.com); he couldn’t do that 18 months ago….” This feels sooooo good.

In one of the many private conversations I had in Maui with direct marketing legend Joe Sugarman, we discussed the idea of power.

According to Joe, there are three ways to get it:

1. Wealth.

2. Oratory Skills.

3. Fame.

Joe went on to tell me he thought I had two out of three, and was about to get the third.

For the longest time I wasn’t sure what he meant.

What were the two ways that I already had?

As I roamed around Maui, with and without Joe, almost everywhere I went, I was recognized. Apparently the movie The Secret is being shown on a regular basis in Hawaii. And apparently it is turning me into a minor celebrity, at least in spiritual circles.

Joe noticed this growing fame. He once joked, “I can’t take you anywhere.”

He also noted that my speaking skills were strong. Had I stayed in Maui longer, he was going to put me on a television show where I would interview the current mayor.

I’m sharing all of this with you as food for thought. If you want to influence people, you may need power. If Joe is right, and I believe he is, you need to go after one, two, or even all three of the ways to power: wealth, oratory skills, fame.

Ao Akua,

Joe
www.mrfire.com

PS – A Maui photographer asked if he could photograph me. He wanted me to wear sunglasses in the shot. Joe gave me a pair of one of his new BluBlocker® Magnum sunglasses. I love them. They have a magnet in the center of them, right in the nose guard, that holds them together. When you want to take them off, you simply grab and pull. Way cool. Check out the new Magnum and all of Joe’s famous sunglasses at www.blublocker.com Also note that the woman modelling the glasses is Joe’s wife. I’d say Joe has some power of his own.

PPS – News Flash: P.T. Barnum was right, according to this news story: It’s about Barnum’s mummy being verified as real. http://msnbc.msn.com/id/14852117/ Remember, I wrote the only book on Barnum’s business secrets, in There’s A Customer Born Every Minute. If you read it, he’ll bless you in mysterious ways. After all, Barnum was so powerful that his reach stretches from across his grave.

On the all night flight back from Maui — when I couldn’t sleep because I was so depressed to leave that heavenly island — I used my time to read several books and several magazines.

In the recent issue of Fortune magazine (the September 18th one with Bill Clinton on the cover), there is an ad for a new product I found fascinating.

I’m a gadget guy and a lover of anything to do with health and healing. So you shouldn’t be too surprised that I got excited about a little gadget advertised in the magazine called a Stresseraser.

While I found the picture of the gadget to be curious, I wasn’t persuaded by the copy. It sounded like the copywriter was inventing a solution in order to get me to buy the product. It simply wasn’t convincing.

I wanted to buy the Stresseraser device. But talk about “ergotropic tuning” was making alarms go off in my head. I simply couldn’t believe them. There wasn’t enough evidence to persuade me to buy now.

The one redeeming fact on the Fortune ad was the fact that Good Morning America featured the gadget. But even then, I didn’t know if the TV show liked the gadget or not. All the ad said was that Good Morning America featured it.

But that sole fact made me curious enough to go online, once I got home, and check out the product.

The site is quick, brief, and to the point. I liked what I saw — though I still didn’t swallow the argument about ergotropic tuning — and I placed my order.

And that’s when I found out the product is back ordered until October 15.

My stress level immediately went up.

I wanted the Stresseraser right now.

After all, I just got off a long flight and was facing two weeks of piled up work and numerous things to do at home. I needed the Stresseraser.

Alas. I’ll have to wait.

But then I received a catalog in the mail from Sounds True. And there it was, featured on the back page as well as inside the catalog: the Stresseraser.

And it’s ready for shipping right now.

In fact, the Sounds True online review for the Stresseraser is far better than the Fortune magazine ad. See it at http://soundstruestore.stores.yahoo.net/os01096d-review.html

Finally, here are a few take away lessons:

1. Your audience is skeptical. Give them the facts. All of them.

2. Your audience is still skeptical, even after all the facts. So give them endorsements. The more, the better. The more respected, the better.

3. Your audience is impatient. Have your product ready for shipping today. Now. Instantly.

I’m going to go practice deep, s-l-o-w breathing now.

Oh, yea. And I still have to unpack.

Ao Akua,

Joe
www.mrfire.com

PS – I haven’t received the Stresseraser yet, so can’t comment on it. I have high hopes for it, though. After all, who doesn’t want to erase stress?