Dr. Joe Vitale’s Blog

Consider this Part Two of my post on How to Lose Weight the Celebrity Way.

I picked up a recent copy of Sly Stallone’s magazine, called Sly. Sharon Stone is on the cover. It’s the December/January 2006 issue. I have no idea why it’s still on the stands in late March.

There’s a section in it with photos of hot older women. Older meaning over 40. Since I’m 52, most of them are younger women to me. But no matter.

Sophia Loren, for example, is now 71. What a beautiful woman she still is. She’s been in 90 films and is as gorgeous as the first time I saw her on the big screen.

Her secret?

From Sophia herself:

“There is a fountain of youth: it is your mind, your talents, the creativity you bring to your life and the lives of people you love. When you learn to tap this source, you will truly have defeated age. “

And from the Sly magazine article:

Loren wakes up every morning at 7 a.m., puts on her make-up, and then works-out.

I don’t know why she puts on her make-up first, but that’s how Sly reported it.

Anyway, note that this babe is 71 and still works-out every morning.

Working-out helps me with my thinking and creativity. I often get breakthrough marketing ideas while in my gym. www.gladiatorgym.com

It doesn’t seem to make me any better looking, but I’m no Sophia Loren to begin with, either.

Ao Akua,

Joe
www.mrfire.com

PS – When Nerissa and I were in Italy a couple of years ago, we drove right behind Sophia Loren’s villa. We would have stopped to say hey, but I wasn’t working-out back then. Next time, Sophia?

People still keep asking me how I lost 80 pounds and became the Charles Atlas of the Internet. I’m going to release my secret method for achieving health and fitness later in the year. For now, I can give you some clues based on what movie stars have done to gain weight.

Sly Stallone packed on weight for the movie Cop Land by not working-out and by eating pancakes every morning at Denny’s.

Robert De Niro added 40 pounds for the movie Raging Bull by not working-out and eating pasta every day.

For the new movie Find Me Guilty, Vin Diesel added 35 pounds to his normally athletic frame by skipping working-out and eating a quart of ice cream every day.

Need I say more?

Don’t exercise and eat pastas, breads and creams and you’ll gain weight.

By the same token, start working-out and avoid the stuff Sumo wrestlers eat (beer, pasta, cream and breads) and you’ll start to lose weight and get fit.

Consider: Each of the above actors gained the extra weight for their movie roles, but they also took it off after the final shoot.

What do you think they did to get back in shape again?

Let me give you a clue:

When I was in LA to train with T .R. Goodman www.procampsports.com, I met actors Ray Liotta and James Caan. Both men are in great shape.

Gee, I wonder why.

Liotta was doing sit-ups on a big rubber ball when he stopped to shake my hand.

James Caan had just finished working-out when he playfully gave me a hard time about the Muscle Milk www.bodybuilding.com/store/cs/milk.html I was drinking and jokingly said he wanted paid to have my picture taken with him. (He was very friendly and even gave me a private tour of the TV set for Las Vegas.)

Where did I meet both?

In the gym.

Need I say more?

Maybe I do…

I know you may not want to work-out.

The thing is, you don’t have to want to, you just have to do it.

There are plenty of days when I would rather not exercise.

I exercise anyway.

Whatever you may think about Nike, they have it right when they boldly state…

Just Do It.

Note: This goes for your marketing, as well.

Quit avoiding; start doing.

Just Do It.

Ao Akua,

Joe
www.mrfire.com

PS – Lindsay Lohan probably has something to say about losing weight, too. I’ll ask her when she calls me. Meanwhile, see http://mrfire.blogspot.com/2005/11/why-lindsay-lohan-wants-me-bad-or-how.html

I just learned that the long awaited movie, The Secret, will be released to the world on Thursday, March 23rd.

You’ll be able to watch the movie right online, using new technology called Vividas www.vividas.com/ that will work on any computer. Vividas will let you see full screen, broadcast quality video right on your screen via the web. I’m told Disney, Dreamworks and Universal Studios are using it for their movie trailers.

Vividas is for broadband users, but you’ll also be able to buy The Secret on DVD, too.

Believe me, you’ll want to buy this movie.

I am very excited. I’ve seen the movie and think it’s an inspiring masterpiece.

It’s far better than What the Bleep.

I’m in it, as well as my friends Esther Hicks, Jack Canfield, John Assaraf, Bob Doyle, Bill Harris, Bob Proctor, and a long list of other great gurus and teachers of today.

Yes, it brings to life the principles in my book The Attractor Factor www.attractorfactor.com but it also goes way beyond it.

If you haven’t seen the movie trailers for The Secret, go to http://www.whatisthesecret.tv/

The people behind my Executive Mentoring Program http://www.joe-vitale-executive-mentoring.com/info.html saw the movie in February, at a private screening I held, and they all loved it.

Mark your calendar: March 23rd is the day for you to see it.

Ao Akua,

Joe
www.mrfire.com

PS – Lindsay Lohan still hasn’t called me. I hope she’s ok. Maybe she didn’t see my blog entry about her from a few days ago.

I was just interviewed on yet another national radio show, partly to celebrate the success of my recent #1 bestseller, Life’s Missing Instruction Manual www.lifesmissingmanual.com and partly to see if I would fold under direct attack.

The host began the show with a doom and gloom speech that I’m sure appealed to the majority of people in America, if not the world.

He simply spoke what they were already thinking:

• Poor economy.
• Intense competition.
• Skyrocketing gas prices.
• Shipping charges raising.
• Pessimism about the future.
• Skepticism about the Internet.

You get the idea.

The world is a sad, sad place – at least according to him.

I listened to his dark opening remarks and wondered what he was talking about. I vaguely remembered that I once lived in the world he described. But I left it long, long ago, on the spaceship called Choice.

When the host introduced me, I began by saying —

“I just heard your description and I have to say that I don’t live in the world you described.”

“What world do you live in then?”

“I created my own world,” I said. “There are countless others like me who are making a nice living if not a record-breaking luxurious living by using the Internet, being creative, taking risks and having a blast.”

I went on to tell him how I just made my latest book a #1 bestseller by leveraging the Internet. I told him about the online marketing strategy behind www.themotherofallbribes.com and explained that others have used the same “ethical bribe” formula to sell books and other products.

I went on to tell him about my friend Pat O’Bryan, a once struggling blues guitar player who stood on my front steps one day and with an angry red face said, “All I want is to make enough money to pay my frickin rent.”

Pat was more colorful in his expression then, but today he’s got a following, a mailing list, a catalog of products at www.instantchange.com , and he will be hosting his first “Portable Empire” seminar in May – an event that sold-out six hours after he announced it.

I went on to tell the radio host about the clever college kid in England who raised more than a million dollars selling tiny pixel ads on a blank webpage. www.milliondollarhomepage.com

To his credit, the radio show announcer listened with an open mind. He asked me skeptically based questions, but I’m sure he was thinking of his audience, and what they were thinking as they listened to me rant on with a fiery plea for people to be inspired rather than depressed.

I did my best to continue to tell hypnotic stories that would awaken the positive in people. Just the day before I read a wonderful brief article in Ode magazine www.odemagazine.com/article.php?aID=4268 about how the world needs more positive stories.

It pointed out that the media makes us think the world is bad off when in fact we’re doing pretty darn good. Yes, we can improve. But we’re not going to hell in a hand basket, either. It’s up to media to help us focus on the positive. They need to tell us more stories about heroes and heroines, about the problems being solved rather than the problems we still have.

The radio show I was on is simply one of many that focuses on the darker side of the world. The truth is, this focus attracts more of the very thing it’s focusing on. Obviously, this is pure “Attractor Factor” www.attractorfactor.com at work.

I know the media may not change. They know it’s easy to grab listeners if they focus on negativity. It works. It sells.

So what can we do?

Maybe we as guests on radio shows — or as marketers promoting our products — can turn the focus to the positive by what we say, think, and do.

I went on that show and turned on the light.

I could have played into the hands of the host.

I didn’t.

You can do this, too.

It’s simply a choice.

When Hurricane Rita aimed itself at Texas, I took a deep breath and wrote a plea for people to think positive. I didn’t want everyone to fall into victim mentality. Myself included. The media painted a worse-case scenario. I didn’t. https://www.mrfire.com/article-archives/new-articles/stop-rita.html

When I write sales letters, I do my best to focus on the positive. I want to share my love, my excitement, my passion. An example is my article on “Evil Marketing? What a Bufflao Rancer Taught Me About Selling.” https://www.mrfire.com/article-archives/new-articles/no-bs.html

If you don’t believe the world is actually getting better and better, then read Paul Zane Pilzer’s book The Next Millionaires. I interviewed him for my www.HypnoticGold.com program and think he’s an inspiring genius. Read anything by him. www.paulzanepilzer.com

The point is, you have the power to make a difference.

The world doesn’t have to change before you do.

In fact, when you change, the world changes.

The next move is yours.

Ao Akua,

Joe
www.mrfire.com

PS – I’m worried. Lindsay Lohan hasn’t called me yet. Didn’t she see my blog entry about her the other day?

Last night I dreamed I went on a quest into a dark jungle to find The Secret www.whatisthesecret.tv to health, wealth and happiness.

When I returned from my travels, glad to get to my tent, tired but excited by what I had dug up, famous singer/actress/model Lindsay Lohan was waiting for me.

I was a little surprised, but I just figured I attracted her. www.attractorfactor.com

After all, 7th Heaven actress Jessica Biel loves my book The Attractor Factor and actor James Caan accepted my book when he and I hung out together on the set of Las Vegas. https://www.mrfire.com/photogallery.html

So having Lindsay Lohan in my tent wasn’t too surprising.

So I said hey.

She wanted to hear about my trip into the wilds. She seemed excited and fascinated, her hypnotic eyes locked on mine as I told her my tale.

I told her that weeks earlier I stumbled across a rare plant that could be turned into a tea that helped people start youthing rather than aging.

Despite her young age, and her wealth, and her fame, she was smart enough to know this could be a huge money-maker.

She wanted to know more.

I reached for my dirty burlap bag, and pulled out the root of the plant I had found.

She sensed this was something historic.

“This will help people lose weight and grow younger?” she asked.

“I’m sure of it,” I said. “Look at me. Don’t I look younger already?”

She stared at me as if I were a talking car, but she nodded.

“You look great!” she said.

Nothing like having a sexy movie star compliment you.

She added, “You won’t even need to bribe people to buy this stuff like you did at www.themotherofallbribes.com.”

“I’m not so sure,” I told her. “People don’t take action unless they are motivated to do so. An ethical bribe gets them to get off their butts. They may not even buy the Fountain of Youth in a bottle without some added incentive. We in marketing call it The Psychology of the Second Interest.”

I explained to her that even though my latest book, Life’s Missing Instruction Manual, is good for people, they won’t buy it right now unless something extra moves them to do so.

That’s why I’m offering more than $13,000 in bonuses when people get the book at www.lifesmissingmanual.com

And it’s that very bribe that caused my book to rocket to #1 at Amazon and stay there for four days.

It’s still a Top Bestseller right now.

Lindsay seemed impressed.

She moved closer to me.

I held my breath, not sure what she wanted.

“Joe, can I ask you a question?” she seductively whispered, almost like one of her songs on her new music CD www.lindsaylohanmusic.com.

“Ah….er…yes,” I replied, stiffening.

I wasn’t sure what she was going to ask.

Finally, she spoke:

“Can I go with you on your next trip into the jungle?”

Hmmm. Lindsay Lohan wants to put on a backpack and take a trip into the darkness of the forest with me.

What should I say?

I know what my beautiful Nerissa would want me to say.

That’s about when I woke up.

If I were a student of Jung or Freud and better understood dream interpretation http://www.dreammoods.com/, I might know what this dream was really trying to tell me.

Do you have any idea?

Ao Akua,

Joe

www.mrfire.com

www.HypnoticMarketingInc.com

PS – Despite what you might be thinking about hypnotic stories and hypnotic language and other hypnotic secret things found in www.HypnoticWritingWizard.com, the above was a dream I really had last night. I’m not making it up. Really.

PPS – I wonder if Lindsay Lohan had the same dream? In one of her songs the lyrics could be speaking about me: “I can’t live without you…Can’t breathe without you…I dream about you…” http://www.metrolyrics.com/lyrics/2144148763/Lindsay_Lohan/Over