Dr. Joe Vitale’s Blog

I just heard that the Internet was destroyed last night.

I’m shocked, too.

I’ll tell you about it in a moment, but first —

I’m reading a terrific new book called Idealized Design.

It’s by Russell L. Ackoff, Jason Magidson, and Herbert Addison. It’s a Wharton School Publishing book, which has been publishing some works of genius. (Note their earlier masterpiece, The Power of Impossible Thinking by Wind and Crook.) www.whartonsp.com

This is another one of them. It’s basically about how to create the future for your business (or your personal life) by focusing on what you desire and not on what you already have.

The book reminds me of The Attractor Factor www.attractorfactor.com but with a much more corporate focus. In fact, the book’s subtitle is “Creating an Organization’s Future.”

But the principles in the book are pure Attractor Factor and The Secret. www.whatisthesecret.tv

For example, one of their guidelines is “Focus on what you would like to have if you could have whatever you want ideally, not on what you do not want.”

My favorite part of the whole book (so far) is where you pretend that the business you want to improve was destroyed last night.

It’s gone.

Burned to the ground.

Obliterated.

Now you are in a wonderful place where you can envision how you wish the business would have been in an ideal world.

From your vision, you can work backward to figure out the steps needed to create it.

This re-engineering type of concept is brought to life in the most riveting way by Russell L. Ackoff, when he opens the book by telling the story of how a CEO of Bell Laboratories walked in one day and announced, “Gentlemen, the telephone system of the United States was destroyed last night.”

As a result of that announcement, which of course wasn’t true, the audience was able to free their minds to go on and create what we now take for granted, such as touch tone dialing, caller ID, speaker phones, etc.

So — If the Internet did in fact collapse last night, how would you rebuild it?

What would your vision look like?

Ao Akua,

Joe
www.mrfire.com

PS – I love the Internet. Anything goes. People can be wild, zany, outrageous, and more. If you haven’t heard about the person selling paintings of numbers (!), you simply have to take a look at http://www.onethousandpaintings.com/home/ Go see.

PPS – If you want to dream and drool, then go here and pick out a castle to buy and live in. http://www.wists.com/chateaux.html Hey, anything is possible. The great ad genius David Ogilvy lived in a castle in his later years. Dream BIG.

Yesterday I met Richard Garriott, called by many a Game God in the world of computer games and fantasy worlds. Richard is a magician, and we were in a meeting concerning magic and marketing. After the meeting, he gave me and a handful of others a brief tour of his gaming empire.

I’ve never played a computer game in my entire life, but I left Richard’s NCsoft Corp offices in Austin ready to fire up my PC and wear a new role in life.

The thing that fascinated me the most about Garriott — besides the fact that he began his empire while still a high school student — is how he creates games with twists.

For example, in one of the early Ultima games, Richard created a program that watched the decisions players made and then judged them as ethical or not. The player had no idea about this feature until the game was nearly over.

In another game Richard set up the user to fail. Most players are the heros who destroy the evil bad guys and gals. Well, in one game Richard set it up so you thought you were the good guy, but after your killing spree, you begin to realize you’re the bad guy.

I love these twists and turns and psychological mazes. I don’t know anything about games but I am now fascinated by the creativity behind some of them — at least the ones coming from the brain of Richard Garriott.

Ao Akua,

Joe
www.mrfire.com

PS – Garriott’s site is at www.plaync.com His next game has taken five years to complete and the world is excited to see it. It’s called Tabula Rasa.

PPS – My June newsletter News You Can Use is now online at https://www.mrfire.com/a/june-06.html It answers such questions as — Who’s the shaman of hypnotherapy? – What is Sir Richard Branson’s motto for success? – What’s the story behind the famous Canine Concert?- How can you learn Hypnotic Marketing where you sit? – What’s new on my video blog as well as news blog? – Where can you find good news on your television? – And much more. Go see.

Here’s something you know…and something you don’t.

As you probably know, I originally had 1,500 sets of my master home study course, Hypnotic Selling Secrets http://www.hypnoticsellingsecrets.com/g.o/10386 produced.

Then I went and lost 80 pounds. I truly reshaped my body and my health. The new me just couldn’t stand looking at the picture of my old fat self on all of those courses any more.

So I went and did this crazy promotion to move the last of those 1,500 “Fat Joe”courses out the door. I included everything and the kitchen sink, even some brand new bonuses that I had never released before.

And we sold all but a small handful of sets that I had set aside only for past customers of mine.

Or so I thought…

Much to my dismay, I got an email yesterday from my production company. As it turns out, they discovered 7 copies of the Hypnotic Selling Secrets course in a corner from a production overrun.

And then my customer service manager told me there were 3 perfectly unopened returns that came back last week. Seems there are always a few tire kickers that buy courses, and return them without ever even opening them to see how good they are. (!)!

So that’s 10 copies.

Add to that the 3 sets we had on hold for people that were supposed to submit their payment by 5/29 but couldn’t come up with the funds.

That’s 13 copies.

And then we have 4 customer only sets left.

So all told, there are now only 17 special collectors edition Hypnotic Selling Secrets http://www.hypnoticsellingsecrets.com/g.o/10386 courses available anywhere in the whole world.

And I want every single one of these last 17 sets that resurfaced to fly out the door today (May 31st) to 17 lucky people. I want them out of my sight forever.

Now here’s what you may not know:

If you haven’t noticed, my teaching has evolved towards sharing what I have learned about universal laws and manifestation. The movie The Secret www.whatisthesecret.tv and my Manifestation Weekend www.BeyondManifestation.com and my book The Attractor Factor www.attractorfactor.com prove that I’m going in a new direction.

I may or may not ever put out a Hypnotic Selling Secrets home study course like the one I did a couple years ago. If I ever do, it certainly won’t be the same information.

Heck, as of right now, every Hypnotic Marketing product that I have is off the market indefinitely. The only way to get your hands on any of my Hypnotic Writing and Hypnotic Marketing products is to secure one of the last 17 copies of Hypnotic Selling Secrets.

This will probably sell out very quickly, so go here now before someone else gets your copy:
http://www.hypnoticsellingsecrets.com/g.o/10386

I’m excited about my new direction in life. I’ll never stop marketing or teaching Hypnotic Writing and Hypnotic Marketing, of course, but I’ll probably never do another event like the one that created Hypnotic Selling Secrets http://www.hypnoticsellingsecrets.com/g.o/10386

Ao Akua,

Joe
www.mrfire.com

PS. Have you heard the rumor that I’m retiring? With all of the buzz about me closing off ordering of all my other Hypnotic Marketing products and with selling off the last copies of my giant course, some people are saying that I’m retiring. No way. But my teaching has evolved. If I do produce more Hypnotic Marketing products sometime, they will be higher priced and will not include the same information you can get today. This is your last chance, don’t forever miss out on being one of the Elite 1,500 that has all of my business and marketing secrets. If you haven’t claimed your copy yet, get it now http://www.hypnoticsellingsecrets.com/g.o/10386 …before someone beats you to it.

A few weeks ago I was stuck at the San Jose airport, waiting for the airline to find a safe plane to get me back home to Texas.

I sat there for nine hours.

While a lot of other passengers kicked and moaned and otherwise had a fit, I and maybe a dozen others went with the flow.

I used the down time to write, read, and relax. One of the books I had stuffed in my bag was good for my mind, was a delight to read, taught me a few things, and prompted me to write this post.

According to Richard Restak, in his book, The New Brain: How the Modern Age Is Rewiring Your Mind, your brain is plastic.

You can teach your brain new tricks, skills, languages and more with repetition, intention, awareness, and patience.

He says there is a 10-year rule stating that virtually anyone can become a genius — or at least a superior performer — in a niche if they apply themselves in that area for a decade.

As I think about how I became an author, then a copywriter, then a publicist, then a speaker, and then an Internet marketer, I can see I spent decades learning those subjects and honing my skills.

I read books. Studied authors. Bought courses. Invested in weekend seminars and trainings. I put myself through a relentless and disciplined self-study and home-study quest to learn and grow.

I still do this today. I was stuck at the San Jose airport because I had flown there to attend a weekend seminar. And just last weekend I held the world’s first Manifestation Weekend www.BeyondManifestation.com where already successful people came from all over the world to see how much more successful they could be.

The point:

If you want to become a marketer, or copywriter, or author, or anything else, you should expect to invest time, energy and money to learn the craft. You should expect it to take longer than a weekend. You can start the process in a moment, with a decision, and you can see progress very quickly, but mastery will take a little longer.

Maybe even ten years.

But if you don’t start now, where will you be in 10 years?

Ao Akua,

Joe
www.mrfire.com

PS – Speaking of starting right now: I can easily train you in my Hypnotic Marketing Formula, and I can teach you how to go Beyond the Attractor Factor — and I can do it while you sit right where you’re sitting now. All you have to do is watch me on your monitor, talking direct to you. The technology that makes this possible is called M2S, which means Multi-Media Seminar. You can see it explained and demonstrated at http://hypnoticmarketingformula.com/ or http://www.beyondattractorfactor.com/ Go see.

PPS – If you haven’t seen my Hypnotic Selling Secrets course – the giant definitive DVD, CD, and e-book collection on Hypnotic Writing, Hypnotic Selling, and Hypnotic Marketing, which now includes virtually all of my previous e-material listed below – then zip over to www.hypnoticsellingsecrets.com/g.o/10386 right now. The last 39 sets go off the market tomorrow night at midnight. In fact, you currently cannot get any of my products listed below —

http://www.AttractorFactorBlueprint.com
http://www.HypnoticGold.com
http://www.HypnoticLibrary.com
http://www.HypnoticMarketing.com
http://www.HypnoticWriting.com
http://www.AdvancedHypnoticWriting.com
http://www.HypnoticSellingStories.com
http://www.HowToWriteHypnoticArticles.com
http://www.HowToWriteHypnoticEndorsements.com
http://www.HowToWriteHypnoticJointVentureProposals.com
http://www.HypnoticSellingTools.com
http://www.HypnoticWritingSwipeFile.com
http://www.ImpulseInternetMarketing.com
http://www.SubconsciousInternetMarketing.com
http://www.CreateAdvertisingThatSells.com
http://www.HypnoticTrafficTools.com
http://www.EmotionalSellingTools.com
http://www.HowToTurnTestimonialsIntoTraffic.com

The only way to get them is revealed at http://www.nitromarketing.com/fool/ If you’re ready to train your brain, then invest in Hypnotic Selling Secrets right now. Go for it.

Some wonderful soul sent me a blunt email saying I didn’t manifest or attract my BMW Z3 or my BMW 645ci luxury sports cars.

He said, “You PAID for them!”

I was a little stunned.

What was he thinking?

Of course I paid for them.

Then it dawned on me that he was confusing the means with the source.

In other words, money, cars and other stuff always come from someplace — they don’t just appear in front of you in a cloud of white smoke (though I won’t rule that out) — but where they come from is the channel, not the source.

This is a biggie.

I first heard this truth from my friend Bob Proctor, who is in the movie I’m in, The Secret. www.whatisthesecret.tv

Bob said, “You think money comes to you from your job, but it comes to you through your job.”

As soon as I realized that wealth could come to me in a wide variety of surprising ways, I was well on my way to learning the art of manifestation.

It’s the same with attracting a car or house or spouse or whatever you want. When you start using the 5 steps in The Attractor Factor www.attractorfactor.com, or you start practicing the message in The Secret, you activate new thoughts within you, which will lead you to surprising new ways to “manifest” or “attract” what you intend. But if you over analyze the new ways, you could dismiss the magic behind them.

For example, in my book The Attractor Factor I explain how I desired a BMW Z3. Out of that desire came something brand new to me and the rest of the world: the idea of a high-ticket eclass, or coaching by email.

The idea came from inspiration. It was triggered by my intention. By my following through, I received the cash I needed to buy that car. I still have the car and I still love it.

But if you look at the car and say “You PAID for it!,” then you miss the magic of how I received the money to pay for it.

The same thing happened when I attracted my BMW 645ci luxury sports car.

I wasn’t looking for a new car. I was teaching others how to attract a new car using some of my ideas at www.attractanewcar.com As I went through the process of playing with possibilities and thinking about a new car I might enjoy, I chose one, just for funsies, with the rest of the class.

But as I completed the teleseminar and later offered people the chance to buy the audios on how to attract a new car, I received enough money from the sales to buy my BMW 645ci. So I did. And I love it, too.

Again, if you look at that new car and say “You PAID for it!”, then you miss the magic of how it all came about.

The important lesson is to look to the source, not the channel.

Source is supplying everything.

If you want something, go to source.

Source has everything.

Ao Akua,

Joe
www.mrfire.com

PS — The recent Manifestation Weekend explored all of this in great depth. If you haven’t checked out www.BeyondManifestation.com, you might want to give it a look. But remember, the product there isn’t ready for sell yet. If you want to know when the next Manifestation Weekend will be held, or if you want to be notified when the audios of the last event are ready for purchase, just send a blank email to [email protected] Thank you.

PPS – If you’re trying to attract perfect health — you know, so you can enjoy driving arround in all those new cars you attract — you might enjoy knowing about this: If you or someone you know is worried about high cholesterol, send them to www.CardioSecret.com You’ll find a free e-book there that is very eye-opening. And the natrual product is a breakthrough in this area. It can help lower bad cholesterol, raise good cholesterol, and help prevent heart attack and stroke, too. Go see.