Tag: Story

 I may still be in Maui but that doesn’t mean I’ve forgotten you. This picture was taken without my knowing it. Here I am sitting on the beach with a Maui sunset in the background and a hula dancer swaying in front of my nose and yet my focus is on my Blackberry. I’m answering emails and writing blog posts. Is life beautiful or what? (Double click the photo to enlarge it.)

 I don’t think my personal trainer, Scott York, believed me when I wrote a while back that I finally climbed the fifteen foot rope out by my gym. I’ve been travelling and we haven’t seen each other for a while.

When he saw me climb the rope the other day, and took this picture of me up it, he kept muttering, “That’s amazing!”

He knew how much the rope challenged me.

He patiently waited while I tried again and again, over the last months, to go up that rope tower.

His belief in me is priceless.

A secret to success is to have people around you who believe in you almost more than you do.

I created my Miracles Coaching program for this reason. We all need to get clear of the inner blocks to success and we all need encouragement and support.

That’s why I have Scott on my side.

And that’s why the rope is no longer an issue in my life.

Ao Akua,

joe
www.mrfire.com

PS — Miracles Coaching is described at www.miraclescoaching.com My business mentoring is described at www.joevitalementoring.com 

 Nerissa and I met Stephen Colbert at my book signing yesterday.

He seemed very quiet.

He seemed very flat.

He seemed, from a personality standpoint, almost like a cardboard character of a man.

I offered him a copy of my latest book The Key but he didn’t even try to accept it.

I guess he had a lot on his mind.

Ao Akua,

Joe
www.mrfire.com

PS – I wanted to tell him about our new subliminal manifestation DVD on Attracting Wealth but Stephen Colbert really didn’t appear interested in anything I had to say. Some celebrities are like that. Alas.

 I’m now a great uncle.

No, it doesn’t mean I’m “great.”

It means my oldest nephew had a son and now I’m a Great-Uncle.

Anyway, meet Danny, above.

He’s eight months old and walks (almost) like a power-lifter ready to take down an army.

His eyes are alive and alert.

He doesn’t say much (yet) but I can tell he’s thinking.

Pretty cool.

Just wanted to share.

Ao Akua,

Joe
www.mrfire.com

PS – What do you think he’s thinking?

 Lynn Reardon, founder of LOPE, a loving service that rescues Texas ex-racehorses and finds them new jobs after their racing days are over, came to my book signing yesterday.

She told me how she used my attract a new car material to get a truck and I asked her to write the story for me. She sent me the following email, used here with her permission:

Dear Joe,

It was great to meet you yesterday at the book signing. I just finished reading Zero Limits last night too!

You asked about our new truck — but first off, let me warn you — all of my stories are long 🙂

I am one of those people who always drive beat-up vehicles. Until recently, LOPE’s truck was a mammoth 1992 dually truck — the clutch was dying, the A/C had been gone for years and the front driver’s door wouldn’t open. Still, I stubbornly held on to it, the notion that LOPE couldn’t afford a new truck firmly fixed in my mind.

The truck continued to decay, until finally I had to use my husband’s even MORE dilapidated, tiny Toyota truck to do ranch errands. That truck is shown in the DVD you saw — it was down to about 1.5 cylinders, went through gallons of oil and shook incessantly.

Did I mention I am stubborn?

Anyway, I saw your “attract a new car” website and also listened to you describe it with Bill Harris (on the Masters of the Secret interviews). Inspired, I decided to contact everyone I knew and tell them LOPE was ready for a new truck. I specified our ideal truck (F250, 4WD, excellent condition, icy A/C, “ranch tough” exterior, gooseneck hitch for towing, stick shift if possible) and casually mentioned (“oh by the way”) that LOPE was looking for creative solutions to financing the vehicle.

Our budget was small but our ambitions were mighty.

The response blew me away. Several people offered to research auctions for us; another sent a letter to local truck dealers requesting a discount for LOPE; someone else scouted Carmax daily. 

None of these quite panned out, but I sure appreciated the help and support.

But then one of our sponsors, Equine Express, recommended a dealer up near Fort Worth. Equine Express buys lots of trucks (they are a cross-country horse shipping business) from this dealer.  I called the dealer, and they were great to work with. They had a good truck for us, offered us a nice discount and figured out some wonderful creative financing — with a monthly payment LOPE could afford.

What type of truck was it? A Ford F250 with 4WD, low miles, icy A/C, a gooseneck hitch, tough truck bed rails (for tying down hay bales, etc) — and automatic transmission (well, I did say standard was optional). It even had rubber floors and vinyl seats — the ultimate in ranch chic!

So I boldly agreed to buy the truck over the phone — just needed to drive there to sign the papers & pick it up.

Attached is a photo of the truck — it’s the perfect ranch vehicle — I feel very rugged in it 🙂

That’s the first long story — pretty neat! I didn’t even have to sign up for your attract-a-new-car course (though I was planning to — seemed like a terrific deal) —  just reading the site inspired me to action.

There is a second long story — about how we picked up the truck in a tornado-laden storm — but I will spare your eyes and send that in another email.

Also attached is a photo of Woodford Lad, a racehorse we adopted out to a new home. As you can see, his new owner is very happy with him 🙂

Thank you again — your work has helped LOPE and racehorses like Woodford Lad very much.

Lynn
www.lopetx.org