Dr. Joe Vitale’s Blog

What do people think of the new monthly DVDs where you can watch me train in my gym under the guidance of Scott York while he keeps pounding me with marketing questions?

Here’s what one subscriber says —

I just finished watching the first two DVD’s of ‘Your Business Body’ and they are awesome! I love the candid view of Joe’s life and his thoughts! The way you torture (aka, train) him in his gym and grill him with marketing and business questions all at once is seriously priceless!

There is no doubt in my mind Joe is going to get in serious shape with your fast paced, NO BS workouts! I am impressed with how tough Joe is as well! He’s the perfect client! He never says “No” or complains or whines. People can learn a ton here, not just in the business sense, but in how Joe is so dedicated and driven to be a success in all areas of life.

This is top notch, must have stuff that people need to experience!

Keep it coming because I’m looking forward to seeing more!!

Best,

Zach Even – Esh
www.REALManFitness.com

Thank you, Zach. I never thought of myself as “tough,” but your objective view makes me rethink my own perspective.

Thank you.

All others take note: You can get the DVDs over at www.YourBusinessBody.com

Ao Akua,

Joe
www.mrfire.com

PS – The September ’06 issue of Joe Vitale’s News You Can Use is now online. You can see the current and all past newsletters (7 years worth) by going to www.mrfire.com and clicking on the “Past Newsletters” link on the left. Enjoy.

PPS – If you’re serious about making a living from information, you can’t do any better than get to this site. It describes a famous event I’ll be speaking at in November. But I’m the minor character in this line-up of greats. It’s all designed to help you succeed in business using only words. See www.earlytorise.com/Mr.Fire/ Let me know if you plan to attend so we can meet up.

PPPS – We leave for a much needed vacation on Saturday. I’m ready now.

I’ve been reading some unusual books recently. These are the kind that turn my brain inside out and hang my thoughts out to dry.

It’s quite liberating, really.

Here’s an example:

I just completed reading Awakening to the Dream: The Gift of Lucid Living by Leo Hartong.

Please note that the sub-title says lucid living, not lucid dreaming. I mistyped it when I first wrote it here because it’s so easy to jump to an assumption about what the book is about. The book is about being awake. It’s a brief but eloquent book about Advaita, which is the philosophy of non-duality.

Let me give you a small head spinning taste from the book:

“If you watch your mind, you will see that thoughts arise of their own accord. Please, do not simply accept or reject this. When you honestly observe and investigate, it will become clear that you are not the thinker of your thoughts.”

Later in this book he says this:

“…ask yourself what your next thought will be and see if you can know it in advance.”

I don’t know about you, but I have no idea what my next thought will be.

Not ever.

I mean, never.

They just appear.

Once they pop into my awareness, of course, I can judge them, act on them, dismiss them, argue with them, wait for a better one, and so forth. The thoughts become the chatter in my awareness. They’re entertaining sometimes. Other times, not.

With mental toughness, I can choose the thoughts that best serve me. (I feel sorry for the people who don’t know mental toughness or haven’t read my book, The Attractor Factor. They must be at the mercy of their thoughts, which drive them to do — or not do — all sorts of things.)

But even as I watch and choose my thoughts after they appear, new thoughts — which I can’t predict — keep coming.

So my question is this:

Where are they coming from?

You can say thoughts come from your unconscious, subconscious, self-image, mind, or something else, but aren’t all of those labels just more thoughts?

From what I understand after reading this marvelous little book, thoughts are simply and magically part of the unfolding of the divine play called Life.

In order to find peace, we want to be the observer of the thoughts.

Not the judge of the thoughts; just the observer of them.

Judging the thoughts is yet another thought.

This is why my favorite T-shirt says, “Meditation is not what you think.”

Think about it.

Better yet, don’t.

Ao Akua,

Joe
www.mrfire.com

PS – Wait till I tell you what non-duality has to say about money! Stay tuned.

PPS – Now you know why I call this blog Beyond Marketing.

A friend just asked me what I’ve been up to lately. As I jotted down some of my activities, I thought you might want to know of them, too. Here are some bulleted points, in no particular order:

* New book “Meet and Grow Rich,” the definitive guide to masterminds, with Bill Hibbler, is an Amazon bestseller this week www.meetandgrowrich.com

* Next book “The Successful Coach” with Terri Levine and Larina Kase comes out in September (it’s in stores now)

* “Zero Limits” book with Dr. Len on ho’oponopono is being written now. See excerpt at www.mrfire.com/article-archives/new-articles/worlds-most-unusual-therapist.html

* Paperback version of “The Attractor Factor” hits in December. It’s being translated into numerous languages, such as Indonesian, Italian, Spanish, Brazilian.

* “Life’s Missing Instruction Manual” picked up by Wal-Mart and featured in Bottom Line Secrets newsletter.

* Audio versions of “Life’s Missing Instruction Manual” and”The Attractor Factor” will be out early 2007.

* “Hypnotic Writing” comes out in Dec as a hardcover published book.

* Just completed “Buying Trances: A New Psychology of Sales and Marketing” for 2007 release. Early reviewers are calling it “genius” and “a masterpiece.”

* Next “Beyond Manifestation” workshop will be Nov 11-12 in Austin. Audios from past one at www.beyondmanifestation.com

* “The Secret of Money” one day event with Mindy Audlin at Unity in Wimberley October 21. http://www.unityathome.org/events.htm

* I’ll be speaking at Pat O’Bryan’s next “Portable Empire” event end of Sept. www.marketerschoice.com/app/?Clk=1554504

* Started my own business-and-fitness contest with Scott York at www.YourBusinessBody.com

* Working on nutritional formulas with Dr. Marc Gitterle and Jeff Sargent such as cholesterol lowering one www.cardiosecret.com and a bodybuilding, muscle building, fitness one described at www.bodybuildingformula.com

* Just became a life-time member of the Society of American Magicians, the group Houdini started in the early 1900s

* About to come out with DVD series showing “Inside the Mind of a Marketer” with Nerissa filming me meeting people, working, doing odd or human or whatever “life” things; Joe’s realty TV show.

* Will be speaking in Poland in December; New Zealand, and Australia in early 2007.

* Will soon be releasing a DVD called “Art of the Humbug: The Story of the Great Powerball Lotto Hoax“

* Just completed “The Canine Concert” DVD and it will soon be at www.canineconcert.com

* My appearance in the movie “The Secret” continues to make me a minor celebrity www.whatisthesecret.tv

* Completing my fifth fitness contest next week, then getting on a plane for some long awaited R & R.

There’s more but that’s all I can recall for now. Best way to keep up with me is to sign up for updates at www.mrfire.com

And what are you doing these days?

Ao Akua,

Joe
www.mrfire.com

PS – Take note: For the first time in his legendary career, Robert Ringer – the “mentor to mentors” -, will share his personal-power techniques with you in a breakthrough, step-by-step teleseminar series. For more information about how you can get on the Path to Power, click on the link below or copy and paste it into your browser http://m301.infusionsoft.com/go/p2pjv/JV/ Go for it.

Jim Edwards and I released our e-book, How to Write and Publish Your Own E-book – in only 7 days, five years ago today.

We have sold tens of thousands of copies of it.

The book was a #1 bestseller for about two years straight.

Hundreds of people used it to write their own ebooks.

Many people told me they didn’t write their ebook in seven days, but that the system Jim and I revealed helped them get it written, period.

The ebook continues to sell and Jim and I continue to celebrate.

So today, let’s toast the book that built an empire and helped many people taste the sweet nectar of e-gold.

See www.7dayebook.com

Ao Akua,

Joe
www.mrfire.com

PS – My new book hits the streets today. It’s Meet and Grow Rich, written by Bill Hibbler and me. It reveals how to create your own mastermind group. This is the definitive book on masterminds. Get it today and get a ton of freebies. See www.meetandgrowrich.com

PPS – Nerissa posted a new short video of me and Mark J. Ryan talking in the car about trust and letting go. See http://drjoevitale.blogspot.com/ Enjoy.

A wonderful woman by the name of Debra Anne Nagy interviewed me during the recent hypnosis convention.

Debbie is the author of a book titled Inner Metamorphosis and she’s a real sweetheart. I easily agreed to the interview but had no idea of the transformation about to occur.

We sat in a gazebo with cool air and tall green trees around us. There were also several people quietly and intently listening. I enjoyed the questions, but one of them really blew the lid off my brain.

If you take this one question to heart, it can lift you out of any mental blocks and limits you’ve ever experienced before. Debrah’s question was:

“What would be the one thing so big, that if you ever accomplished and/or achieved it, it would knock your socks off and make the world stand up and say, ‘holy shit!'”

When I heard her question, I lit up, exclaimed it was a mind bender, and found myself having trouble answering it.

It’s easy to come up with quick answers….like I’d like to be on Oprah…or sell millions of books…or star in my own TV show…or develop a cure for some global problem…but consider her question:

“What would be the one thing so big, that if you ever accomplished and/or achieved it, it would knock your socks off and make the world stand up and say, ‘holy shit!'”

That question requires a bigger, bolder, truly “dare something worthy” answer.

After a few minutes I remembered that I wrote in my book, The Attractor Factor, that I wanted to be the world’s first trillionaire.

Well, that would be something, wouldn’t it?

I invite you to play with Debrah’s question. You don’t need to know how you will accomplish the answer, you just need to know the answer.

From there, the magic begins.

Ao Akua,

Joe
www.mrfire.com

PS — Reminders: I’ll be speaking at Pat O’Bryan’s next “Portable Empire” event in Austin, Texas in late September. The last one took newbies to netreprenuer level. This next one will rock with a delightful twist. It’s not been done before. If you want to know the proven system to make it online, then get to Pat’s un-seminar. But only 33 can attend. Details are at www.marketerschoice.com/app/?Clk=1554504 Also, the next Manifestation Weekend will be Nov 11 – 12 in Austin, Texas. Price is just like the original one: $1,000. If you’re interested, send an email to my assistant Suzanne at [email protected] Hope to see you at these events.