Dr. Joe Vitale’s Blog

Right now I’m busy preparing to go to the world’s largest convention for hypnotists later this week. I’m a speaker there, and Nerissa and I will have a booth, too.

Even with all the stress of preparing for that annual trip up north, I have two new books coming out within weeks (circle August 22th on your calendar), and I just completed writing my next book.

Before I turn it in to the publisher and leave for a long awaited vacation to an island in the Pacific, I’ll begin my next book after that.

And on top of all that, there’s the body and business contest Scott York and I just announced, the nutritional products I’m beginning to promote, and a TV show I’m planning to produce.

I also have two DVD projects near completion, that I can’t wait to share with you.

And I’m currently in my fifth fitness contest, which is eating my lunch with intense workouts and strict dieting. But I’m eight weeks into it and there’s no turning back.

Oh. And I just bought a new guitar, I’m practicing a new magic trick, and I’m shopping for a new Bentley (since I passed on James Caan’s used one) and I’m writing blog posts, like this one, whenever I can.

But that’s not all.

I still find time to read good books.

I’m a book addict.

I admit it.

I love them.

I buy them, collect them, and sometimes even read them.

Since you might be interested in what I’m reading right now, here you go:

What Happy Companies Know: How the New Science of Happiness Can Change Your Company for the Better by Dan Baker, Cathy Greenberg, and Collins Hemingway.

I love this book. It’s inspiring. It focuses on what I’ve been saying for years: happy people tend to get more of what they want. They are more productive, prolific, and profitable. As The Attractor Factor states, the more you focus on the positive, the more positive things you create and attract. Amazingly enough, this whole book supports (but doesn’t directly address) the premise in the news release I am sending out tomorrow: Happiness helps you lose weight. Get this book.

Go Big or Go Home: How the Next Generation of Startup Companies Think BIG, Grow FAST, and Dominate Markets Overnight by Wil Schroter.

I’ve only begun this book but I love the energy and passion and message in it. Schroter is getting me to think big and act quick. I’ve often said “Money likes speed,” but this book takes it up a notch. The author urges you to look for the big painful problems that large groups of people share and then create solutions for them. He’s got me thinking. I imagine you could read and re-read this one book all year, and every time create a new money-making profit center. Read it and dare something worthy. I am.

Six Blind Elephants: Understanding Ourselves and Each Other, two volumes, by Steve Andreas.

This two-volume set shares stories and techniques for helping yourself see how you look at your life through “scopes,” a type of categorizing that determines what you see and how you feel. Change the scope and you change the experience. Andreas is an NLP pioneer. This set reveals numerous methods for shifting perception, many of them from the legendary change masters, such as Milton Erickson, Virginia Satir, and Richard Bandler. I found volume one harder to read and volume two more practical, but if I were you, I’d get both books. Read them and open your world to new possibilities. A wise, thoughtful, and often fun set of books. I think they’ll be “scoped” as classics in the field of psychology by future generations. You can read excerpts at www.realpeoplepress.com/booklist/new.html

There’s more, but that’ll hold you for now.

The above books are all available from the king of bookstores: www.amazon.com

I better get back to my packing and preparing.

Gee, which book should I take on the plane?

Ao Akua,

Joe
www.mrfire.com

PS – When you come across a book that blows your hair sideways, be sure to tell me. Just post a comment here. Thank you.

It will go on to say —

(Austin, Texas) According to Dr. Joe Vitale, author of The Attractor Factor and Life’s Missing Instruction Manual, happiness burns more calories than unhappy emotional states, such as depression, sadness, or anger.

“People mistakenly think happiness is where you sit and vegetate under a lotus tree,” says Vitale, 52, an author and Internet marketer based in Texas. “The truth is, happy people tend to take more actions in the direction of their goals.”

Vitale says he lost 80 pounds by focusing on what he wanted, not on what he didn’t want.

“Unhappy people tend to sit in front of the television, overeat, and do nothing but complain,” he stated today. “Even if they are feeling frustrated, sad, or angry, they tend to bottle their energy and do little to nothing with it. As a result, they get fat.”

Vitale should know. This once obese Internet guru of www.mrfire.com lost eighty pounds. He says he went from being called the Buddha of the Internet to the Charles Atlas of the Internet.

“I began to lose weight when I began to do what makes me happy,” Vitale explained. “Happy people tend to take actions that burn more calories. As a result, they get trimmer.”

To help others get happy and lose weight, Vitale and his personal trainer, Scott York, just announced the world’s first body and business fitness contest at www.yourbusinessbody.com/.

“The idea is to work on your body and your business,” says Vitale. “Get happy, get fit, and make money, too.”

The winner can win $150,000 in Vitale’s marketing services and Scott York’s fitness training.

“Fat people aren’t happy or jolly,” says Vitale. “That’s another myth. When they go home and sit in front of their TV, they cry inside.”

For details on the body and business contest, see www.yourbusinessbody.com

I’m amazed at how many people are circulating an article I wrote a while back on Dr. Len and the Hawaiian healing system called ho’oponopono.

Every day I’m getting calls and emails from people, all declaring their love for the article.

It turns out someone posted it on a Yahoo! news group.

Others posted it on their blogs.

Still others distributed the article to their friends and their own mailing lists.

Not only that, but the article evolved into something more…

My work with Dr. Len inspired me to create a bestselling audio with Pat O’Bryan at www.milagroresearchinstitute.com/iloveyou.htm

My work with Dr. Len also inspired me to hold the world’s first Manifestation Weekend.

And now I’m co-authoring a book on ho’oponopono with Dr. Len, titled Zero Limits, that will come out in 2007. It will be the first ever book on this secret system.

If you haven’t read the article that started it all, it’s at www.mrfire.com/article-archives/new-articles/worlds-most-unusual-therapist.html

An author never knows which writing will touch the hearts of people.

I’m glad this one hit home.

It’s my favorite, too.

Ao Akua,

Joe
www.mrfire.com

PS – If you want to know when the next Manifestation Weekend will be held, just sign up at www.BeyondManifestation.com Expect miracles.

I went to my weekly Master Mind meeting today.

Today’s meeting was, in part, about removing limits and raising levels so we can have more. Whether it’s James Caan’s Bentley or a mansion or just a more comfy life, it all begins with an intention.

Today I declared the intention to find more residual income in my life. I really like it when money falls out of the clear blue sky.

I came home from the meeting, made some tea, and checked email. One of the emails was a note that someone had sent me money by Paypal. I thought that was odd as my account at Paypal didn’t show I had received any money.

So I looked closer and saw the person had sent me money to a wrong email address. It’s one of my rarely used email addresses, so it’s mine, but it’s not one set up for me at Paypal.

That made me wonder if I could even access that account through the wrong email.

Long story short, it took several minutes of filling out forms and verifying this and that — What’s my dog’s name, etc — and then I was in.

Well, here’s the punch line.

The account has $12,500.00 in it.

Yea, I had to look twice, too.

$12,500.00.

I looked closer and it’s an account I opened maybe six years ago, when I lived with Nerissa in Austin. Apparently people have been sending me money there and I forgot all about it as I got caught up with life.

Well, today I stated the intention for what I want to receive — and I came home to find $12,500 under my email.

This feels sooooo good.

So, how do you do this for yourself?

It should be obvious that you have to use the ideas in the book, The Attractor Factor, and in the movie, The Secret.

But here’s a handy tool you might want to use, too. It’s a certificate you can print out and look at every day. Write your intention or “demand” on it, and then act on the opportunities that come your way. It’s at www.patobryan.com/certificate.htm

There is magic in the world.

And it all begins with you.

Ao Akua,

Joe
www.mrfire.com

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Yesterday I posted about being offered James Caan’s Bentley rocket car and being undecided about it. I said it was an example of not being clear.

Today I made a decision about his car.

How did I resolve it?

How did I get clear?

I basically asked myself three questions:

1. What would I do if I weren’t afraid?

2. What would I do if money were no object?

3. What would be better?

Those three questions helped me on a cognitive level, but freed me on an emotional level.

Once I’ve answered one or more of those questions in a ruthlessly honest way, I’m able to clearly see my real desires, and then take action.

Said another way, once I’m clear of the snags in my thought process, I can connect to my internal guidance system and go with the flow again.

So, after running through the questions, I decided I didn’t want Jimmy’s car.

After all, if money were no object, I’d buy a brand new Bentley GT.

And what would be better than Jimmy’s used car would be a new Bentley made for me.

And what would I do if I weren’t afraid, I’d tell James Caan, “No, thanks. I’ll order a new Bentley of my own.”

And yes, I already contacted two different Bentley dealers. (There’s a two year waiting list for these beauties.)

There you have it.

The entire struggle to make a decision was cut off at the knees once I honestly answered the above questions.

You might try them on your next dilemma.

Later, when I took a nap, I dreamed that Jimmy’s car was no longer stuck half way down my driveway.

Ao Akua,

Joe
www.mrfire.com

PS – What would you welcome out of a clear blue sky? Go see what these people have to say about it. Remember, I love you.