<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:blogger='http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005" xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18704685</id><updated>2026-04-01T01:20:53.760-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Beyond Marketing by Dr. Joe Vitale</title><subtitle type='html'>Thoughts, news, riffs and reviews by Dr. Joe Vitale (&quot;Mr. Fire!&quot;) about marketing, publicity, selling, hypnosis, copywriting, books, fitness, metaphysics, &quot;The Secret&quot; and anything else he cares to comment on, including healing, humor, the Internet and yes, maybe even sex.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mrfire.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18704685/posts/default?alt=atom'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mrfire.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18704685/posts/default?alt=atom&amp;start-index=26&amp;max-results=25'/><author><name>Joe Vitale</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14590692940172533107</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://www.mrfire.com/joe-chair.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>430</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18704685.post-443421225533029640</id><published>2007-06-11T10:35:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2007-06-11T10:36:18.341-06:00</updated><title type='text'>This Blog Has Moved</title><content type='html'>I just moved my blog to a faster server and gave it a new  look, feel and name. If you take a moment to review it, I&#39;ll give you a gift -- a course called &quot;The Keys to Deliberate Creation.&quot; It&#39;s all explained on my blog--&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.mrfire.com&quot;&gt;http://blog.mrfire.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ao Akua,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Joe&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.mrfire.com&quot;&gt;www.mrfire.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;blogger-post-footer&quot;&gt;Visit Dr. Joe Vitale&#39;s blog for his stimulating thoughts on marketing, copywriting, metaphysics, hypnotic writing 
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&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mrfire.blogspot.com/feeds/443421225533029640/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/18704685/443421225533029640' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18704685/posts/default/443421225533029640'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18704685/posts/default/443421225533029640'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mrfire.blogspot.com/2007/06/this-blog-has-moved.html' title='This Blog Has Moved'/><author><name>Joe Vitale</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14590692940172533107</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://www.mrfire.com/joe-chair.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18704685.post-7385852086651929247</id><published>2007-06-09T14:23:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2007-06-09T14:36:34.761-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Wealth Shortcuts</title><content type='html'>There &lt;em&gt;are&lt;/em&gt; shortcuts to wealth.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But it isn&#39;t so much what you do but what you &lt;em&gt;think&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yes, you usually have to do something to get wealthy, but your thinking will determine what you do and influence what you see and achieve.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Clear the pathways in your mind to creating, attracting and receiving wealth and son of a gun, there it is, right there before your eyes and in your bank account.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But how do you clean those inner beliefs and thought limitations?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;How do you install a mindset of wealth and abundance based on the &quot;secret teachings&quot; of the greatest prosperity writers?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A tested new way is through a combined approach of listening to key messages from the classics of wealth literature *while* in a state of receptivity.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There are now a series of audios to help you do just that.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Some you simply listen to while driving.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Others you listen to while relaxing, with headphones.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;They are all described over at &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.thesecretshortcut.com/&quot;&gt;www.thesecretshortcut.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The series of audios are a type of &quot;push button&quot; approach to attracting wealth.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;They are by my friend, famous Las Vegas hypnotist Scott Lewis. He combines his expertise in hypnosis with the wealth literature of Napoleon Hill and Wallace Wattles and others.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Why not take a look?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.thesecretshortcut.com&quot;&gt;www.thesecretshortcut.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Ao Akua,&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Joe&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.mrfire.com/&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;www.mrfire.com&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;PS -- In a few days I&#39;ll be revealing my &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Secret of Productivity&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;. People have been asking me how I&#39;m able to create so many books, CDs, DVDs, products, services, courses and so on. Next week I&#39;ll reveal how you, too, can be prolific and productive and get things done with my method. Stay tuned.&lt;div class=&quot;blogger-post-footer&quot;&gt;Visit Dr. Joe Vitale&#39;s blog for his stimulating thoughts on marketing, copywriting, metaphysics, hypnotic writing 
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&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mrfire.blogspot.com/feeds/7385852086651929247/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/18704685/7385852086651929247' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18704685/posts/default/7385852086651929247'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18704685/posts/default/7385852086651929247'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mrfire.blogspot.com/2007/06/wealth-shortcuts.html' title='Wealth Shortcuts'/><author><name>Joe Vitale</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14590692940172533107</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://www.mrfire.com/joe-chair.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18704685.post-1985226871329975147</id><published>2007-06-07T17:53:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2007-06-07T18:04:26.670-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Your MonkeySphere</title><content type='html'>The reason you don&#39;t personally know a lot of people is because of your brain.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The reason most of the six billion people you don&#39;t know are grouped into categories is because of your brain.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Appears our noggins can only hold about 150 people -- people you know the first name of and feel comfortable with.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Beyond that amount your brain lumps people into things like races, stereotypes, organizations, cultures, etc.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is all because of something called the MonkeySphere.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Since I&#39;ve been recording and filming all week and am bushed right now, I don&#39;t have the time or energy to explain this concept to you.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But someone else has already done so.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;His writing is excellent, and for mature audiences only, and located at &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.pointlesswasteoftime.com/monkeysphere.html&quot;&gt;www.pointlesswasteoftime.com/monkeysphere.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Watch your bananas and go read it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Ao Akua,&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Joe&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.mrfire.com/&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;www.mrfire.com&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;PS -- A wikipedia article on the underlying research of the MonkeySphere is at &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunbar&quot;&gt;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunbar&#39;s_number&lt;/a&gt; Enjoy.&lt;div class=&quot;blogger-post-footer&quot;&gt;Visit Dr. Joe Vitale&#39;s blog for his stimulating thoughts on marketing, copywriting, metaphysics, hypnotic writing 
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&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mrfire.blogspot.com/feeds/1985226871329975147/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/18704685/1985226871329975147' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18704685/posts/default/1985226871329975147'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18704685/posts/default/1985226871329975147'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mrfire.blogspot.com/2007/06/your-monkeysphere.html' title='Your MonkeySphere'/><author><name>Joe Vitale</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14590692940172533107</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://www.mrfire.com/joe-chair.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18704685.post-1838389930533815177</id><published>2007-06-05T09:33:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2007-06-05T09:41:58.422-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Ask Me Anything</title><content type='html'>If you could ask me just one question about how to live a &quot;Zero Limits&quot; life, what would it be?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I&#39;ll be doing a free teleseminar soon where I can answer your question.  You can post it at --&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.AskJoeZeroLimits.com&quot;&gt;www.AskJoeZeroLimits.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This event is part of a global promotion for the release of my next book, &quot;Zero Limits,&quot; due out at the end of this month.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&quot;Zero Limits&quot; is the true story of the therapist who helped heal an entire ward of mentally ill criminals, using a simple Hawaiian healing method called &lt;em&gt;ho&#39;oponopono&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The book is by me and the therapist, and reveals his method for the first time in history. The method can be used to remove inner blocks to anything you want to heal or manifest.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is the most exciting thing I&#39;ve ever written about.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Aparrently I&#39;m not the only one to think so.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dr. Marc Gitterle said, &quot;I feel this book will be the definitive personal-change/self-help book for at least a generation, and viewed as a watershed event by historians. There is real potential for this book to start a movement that will end war, poverty and the environmental devastation of our beloved planet.&quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bestselling author Debbie Ford said,&quot;This riveting book can awaken humanity.&quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Author James Arthur Ray said, &quot;Joe Vitale has captured the truth that all great spiritual, scientific, and psychological principles teach at the most fundamental level.&quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Maverick marketer Craig Perrine said, &quot;This book is like a stick of dynamite and the moment you start reading the fuse is lit. It blows away all the complex and confusing success paradigms of the past and reveals a refreshing and clear path to transform your life with just one simple step.&quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Again, you can post your question at  -- &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.AskJoeZeroLimits.com&quot;&gt;www.AskJoeZeroLimits.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Ao Akua,&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Joe&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.mrfire.com&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;www.mrfire.com&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;PS -  You can get more details about the book, including how to get audios of the first seminar based on the ideas in the book, at &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.zerolimits.info&quot;&gt;www.zerolimits.info&lt;/a&gt;  You can also pre-order the book from Amazon. I&#39;m currently recording the audios for the book and they should be on itunes at the end of the month, as well.&lt;div class=&quot;blogger-post-footer&quot;&gt;Visit Dr. Joe Vitale&#39;s blog for his stimulating thoughts on marketing, copywriting, metaphysics, hypnotic writing 
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&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mrfire.blogspot.com/feeds/1838389930533815177/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/18704685/1838389930533815177' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18704685/posts/default/1838389930533815177'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18704685/posts/default/1838389930533815177'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mrfire.blogspot.com/2007/06/ask-me-anything.html' title='Ask Me Anything'/><author><name>Joe Vitale</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14590692940172533107</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://www.mrfire.com/joe-chair.jpg'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18704685.post-5542807531795382424</id><published>2007-06-03T03:46:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2008-12-11T15:41:37.400-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Bonnie Meets Francine and Learns The Mightest Motivator</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4MY0MxV0dm4gCWFtAk6HGbYGvGLCNMZhZ3YnemgQDRgeodlnrQPffq8sf-5PNWMSf_iTZ0_8XP43_zFGzB-hk2FxwiGnNT4h9jwt2I39_RspYlHperh_62oikwBFAQ0qGuf7G/s1600-h/DSC00842.JPG&quot;&gt;&lt;img id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5071889310093162098&quot; style=&quot;FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4MY0MxV0dm4gCWFtAk6HGbYGvGLCNMZhZ3YnemgQDRgeodlnrQPffq8sf-5PNWMSf_iTZ0_8XP43_zFGzB-hk2FxwiGnNT4h9jwt2I39_RspYlHperh_62oikwBFAQ0qGuf7G/s320/DSC00842.JPG&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;When my sister, Bonnie, visited me last week and saw my 2005 Panoz Esperante GTLM named &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.mrfire.com/francine/&quot;&gt;Francine&lt;/a&gt;, she lit up. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Bonnie has never been into cars, but she sure wanted in Francine. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;And once behind the wheel, she didn&#39;t want to let go, or get out.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;It was raining that day, so Bonnie didn&#39;t get to drive Francine.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Bonnie has been married for almost twenty-nine years. When her husband, Frank, got into the car, his eyes grew large and his smile grew wide. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I let him start the car. As he heard the roar of Francine&#39;s engine, he seemed to radiate bliss.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Bonnie looked at him and said, &quot;I haven&#39;t seen that look on your face in twenty-nine years.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Frank replied, &quot;Get me a car like this and you&#39;ll see it all the time.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Ao Akua,&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Joe&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.mrfire.com/&quot;&gt;www.mrfire.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;PS - If you think desire is bad, or the cause of all suffering, then you are believing a myth. Buddha actually said &lt;em&gt;misunderstood&lt;/em&gt; desire and &lt;em&gt;attachment&lt;/em&gt; to desire cause suffering, not desire itself. As &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.mandyevans.com/&quot;&gt;Mandy Evans&lt;/a&gt; points out in a guest article just added to my site, babies learn to walk because of natural desire. It&#39;s the most powerful force. It&#39;s your inner compass letting you know you are on your path. But most of us squelch it. What do you desire? &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;blogger-post-footer&quot;&gt;Visit Dr. Joe Vitale&#39;s blog for his stimulating thoughts on marketing, copywriting, metaphysics, hypnotic writing 
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&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mrfire.blogspot.com/feeds/5542807531795382424/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/18704685/5542807531795382424' title='9 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18704685/posts/default/5542807531795382424'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18704685/posts/default/5542807531795382424'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mrfire.blogspot.com/2007/06/bonnie-meets-francine-and-learns.html' title='Bonnie Meets Francine and Learns The Mightest Motivator'/><author><name>Joe Vitale</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14590692940172533107</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://www.mrfire.com/joe-chair.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4MY0MxV0dm4gCWFtAk6HGbYGvGLCNMZhZ3YnemgQDRgeodlnrQPffq8sf-5PNWMSf_iTZ0_8XP43_zFGzB-hk2FxwiGnNT4h9jwt2I39_RspYlHperh_62oikwBFAQ0qGuf7G/s72-c/DSC00842.JPG" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>9</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18704685.post-4607806115145384214</id><published>2007-05-31T10:40:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2007-05-31T07:01:56.264-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Principles of Change</title><content type='html'>A dear friend who knew me over thirty years ago, when I was in poverty and struggling, is baffled by my level of success today.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;She&#39;s still struggling.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I&#39;m not.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So she asked me an interesting question:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&quot;How&#39;d you do it?&quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sheesh. This is a question I get &lt;em&gt;a lot&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I&#39;ve tried to answer it here on this blog, on my &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.mrfire.com/&quot;&gt;main site&lt;/a&gt;, and in my various books.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I&#39;ll try to answer it yet again.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I think my change came from the following principles of conscious creation:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;1. Constant belief clearing.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I feel we live in a belief created universe. Most of us, myself included, are living our lives based on programming we aren&#39;t even aware of. Those unconscious beliefs are causing us to see the world the way we do, and to take the actions (or not take them) that we do. To get different results, you have to change the programming. I keep working on myself with books and audios and seminars. But I also know sometimes you need what I&#39;ve coined a &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.miraclescoaching.com/&quot;&gt;Miracles Coach&lt;/a&gt;. This is clearly the number one thing I&#39;ve done and continue to do to keep improving myself. The only limitations are my own. The way to change them is inside me. If I can&#39;t see the beliefs operating in me, I may need an outside trusted party to help me find them and release them. &lt;em&gt;This&lt;/em&gt; is the most important key to permanent change. &lt;em&gt;Everyone&lt;/em&gt; who finds their limiting beliefs and changes them will get new results. Everyone. And &quot;everyone&quot; includes &lt;em&gt;you&lt;/em&gt;. This is the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.missingsecret.info/&quot;&gt;Missing Secret&lt;/a&gt; to dramatic change.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;2. Constant action.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I rarely sit around waiting for things to happen. I&#39;ve tried many things that failed, and many that succeeded. Recently Suzanne, my chief assistant, compiled a bibliography of my work. It&#39;s forty-three pages long. How in the world did I create 43 pages worth of products? From constant action. Most people don&#39;t take any action because they talk themselves out of it. They are afraid of failure, or success. This is why step one (belief clearing) is so important. Take care of the doubts and you naturally take actions. I&#39;m the guy in the movie &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.thesecret.tv/&quot;&gt;The Secret&lt;/a&gt; that urges you to take inspired action, so it should come as no surprise to you that I still believe action is one of the essential keys to change. Action is a great way to &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.installthesecret.com/&quot;&gt;install and transcend&lt;/a&gt; &lt;em&gt;The Secret&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;3. Constant ruthless honesty.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Most people lie to themselves about what they really want. They say things that are socially acceptable or safe in some other way, instead of opening their heart and speaking the truth about their desires. Being ruthlessly honest with yourself helps you discover your passion, and passion is the fuel that brings you new levels of success. Passion is my secret to success. Passion is your guidance system that leads you to change. Passion adds fire to the Law of Attraction. Passion is one of the key principles of change.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Again, there are numerous principles of change, self-empowerment and deliberate creation. I&#39;ve written about them in my books, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.attractorfactor.com/&quot;&gt;The Attractor Factor&lt;/a&gt; and in &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.lifesmissingmanual.com/&quot;&gt;Life&#39;s &lt;em&gt;Missing&lt;/em&gt; Instruction Manual&lt;/a&gt;, and in forthcoming books, such as &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.zerolimits.info/&quot;&gt;Zero Limits&lt;/a&gt;, and &lt;em&gt;The Key&lt;/em&gt;. But if you want a quick answer to a big question, the above three points are it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Having shared them here with you, which one are you going to passionately act on right now?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Ao Akua,&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Joe&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.mrfire.com/&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;www.mrfire.com&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;PS - As you may already know, I also created several DVDs based on the Law of Attraction and Deliberate Creation to help you easily change. See &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.subliminalmanifestation.com/&quot;&gt;www.subliminalmanifestation.com/&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.missingsecret.info/&quot;&gt;www.missingsecret.info/&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.installthesecret.com&quot;&gt;www.installthesecret.com&lt;/a&gt; And of course there&#39;s always &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.miraclescoaching.com/&quot;&gt;www.miraclescoaching.com/&lt;/a&gt; You can change and experience self-empowerment, but you have to do &lt;em&gt;something&lt;/em&gt; to begin that change. Choose. Act. Now. GO!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;NOTE: Some books that can help you awaken and begin to change are ones by Steve Chandler, who I am reading lately. See his gems at &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.stevechandler.com/books.htm&quot;&gt;www.stevechandler.com/books.htm&lt;/a&gt; Great stuff.&lt;div class=&quot;blogger-post-footer&quot;&gt;Visit Dr. Joe Vitale&#39;s blog for his stimulating thoughts on marketing, copywriting, metaphysics, hypnotic writing 
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Then she poured a small amount of dead sea something or other on my hands and asked me to wash them. I did.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&quot;When was the last time you washed your hands?&quot; she asked.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Though it was Saturday, I said, &quot;Last Monday.&quot;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;She laughed, and then pointed out how dirty my hands were. Apparently the dead sea stuff was getting dead dirt off my hands.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;The little lady then asked me if she could do my fingernail. I agreed&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;She began to scrub my index finger&#39;s nail with some dead sea block of something or other. As she did, she asked, &quot;When was the last time you had a manicure?&quot;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&quot;A manicure? Probably in a past life. I&#39;ve never had one.&quot;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The girl went on with her sales pitch. I was going along with the demo, thinking all along I would just buy this stuff for Nerissa. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;But I have to admit I was enjoying the interaction and becoming interested in the products. It was hypnotic selling at work. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Though the girl seemed a little awkward in her presentation, she was doing fine in engaging me.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;But the punch line was yet to come.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;At the end of her spiel, I bought just under one hundred dollars of her goods.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;She then announced, &quot;My name is Melinda and you were my first customer.&quot;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;I was stunned.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Almost speechless.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&quot;You&#39;ve &lt;em&gt;never&lt;/em&gt; done this before?&quot; I asked.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&quot;Today&#39;s my first day,&quot; she replied. &quot;You&#39;re my first customer.&quot;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Her boss was standing behind the kiosk and came out to confirm that yes, indeed, Melinda just made her first sale.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Goes to show you that you can never determine what people are thinking, what their skills or experience level might be, or much else, until you put them on the stage. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;And even then you won&#39;t know for sure.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;This is true for you, as well.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;So go out there and try something new today.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;em&gt;Ao Akua,&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;em&gt;Joe&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.mrfire.com&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;www.mrfire.com&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;PS -- &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.zerolimits.info/&quot;&gt;&quot;I love you&quot;&lt;/a&gt; is now actress Cathy Lee Crosby&#39;s mantra. 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&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mrfire.blogspot.com/feeds/8357516587529852434/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/18704685/8357516587529852434' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18704685/posts/default/8357516587529852434'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18704685/posts/default/8357516587529852434'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mrfire.blogspot.com/2007/05/what-do-these-have-in-common.html' title='What do these have in common?'/><author><name>Joe Vitale</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14590692940172533107</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://www.mrfire.com/joe-chair.jpg'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18704685.post-2657401041580274495</id><published>2007-05-09T14:55:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2007-05-10T11:30:06.407-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Seed Money vs. Just Giving?</title><content type='html'>Suzanne tells me my office gets this question a lot --&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&quot;I recently got the Seed Money book download from your site. I have one or two questions for you around this. I&#39;m sure you get plenty of questions everyday and don&#39;t have time to personally answer all of them. Even if you added this to an upcoming blog it would be helpful. &lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;In the seed money book, it talks about using the principal of affirming getting a ten-fold return on your money. However, in your Greatest Money Making Secret book (which I really loved) you state that you should give with absolutely no expectation of any return. Just give straight from the heart. &lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Surely it is possible to do both - give from the heart and also affirm that what you give will return to you ten fold. I would love to hear your views on this. &lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Also in your Greatest money making secret book you state that you should only really give to those people/places that have truly uplifted/inspired you. I can see the merit in this. However, surely you can also affirm that whatever I give out (be it money, smiles, compliments, energy etc.) will return to me tenfold. In this case, even shopping at the local store or filling the car up with gas can be included in this affirmation. &lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Is this different from the seed money principle? In your experience does what I am suggesting not work? My own feeling is that any &quot;transaction&quot; that I have with the universe on any level can be returned to me tenfold. Surely the universal intelligence can&#39;t tell the difference between me giving to a needy charity and me giving when I shop at the store, so long as the emotion involved is the same. &lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;I would love to hear from you. Best wishes. - Graham&quot;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My answer is brief and to the point: you&#39;re talking about two different things.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Seed Money is giving ten percent as a &quot;seed&quot; to grow or attract more money. You can plant those seeds anywhere: stores, churches, people, gas stations, good causes. When you plant a seed, you &lt;em&gt;expect&lt;/em&gt; it to grow. So when you give, you expect a return.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tithing is paying the money you &lt;em&gt;owe&lt;/em&gt; the universe for what you have already received. You do it wherever you have received spiritual nourishment: people, places, things. You don&#39;t expect a return because you already received the return. You give to pay back.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As for where to give and is the universe watching: my rule of thumb is only give where your heart directs. From there, you will receive more -- as long as you don&#39;t have any &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.missingsecret.info/&quot;&gt;limiting beliefs&lt;/a&gt; about money which would stop or slow the flow.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Ao Akua,&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Joe&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.mrfire.com&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;www.mrfire.com&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;PS - The &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Seed Money&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; book is described at &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.mrfire.com/article-archives/copywriting-samples/seed-money.html&quot;&gt;www.mrfire.com/article-archives/copywriting-samples/seed-money.html&lt;/a&gt; My book, &lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The Greatest Money-Making Secret in History&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;, is at Amazon.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;blogger-post-footer&quot;&gt;Visit Dr. Joe Vitale&#39;s blog for his stimulating thoughts on marketing, copywriting, metaphysics, hypnotic writing 
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&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mrfire.blogspot.com/feeds/2657401041580274495/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment/fullpage/post/18704685/2657401041580274495' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18704685/posts/default/2657401041580274495'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/18704685/posts/default/2657401041580274495'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mrfire.blogspot.com/2007/05/seed-money-vs-just-giving.html' title='Seed Money vs. Just Giving?'/><author><name>Joe Vitale</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14590692940172533107</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://www.mrfire.com/joe-chair.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18704685.post-5498622910926075315</id><published>2007-05-09T10:56:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2008-12-11T15:41:39.422-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Question: Prosperity or Problem?</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVENZ9V8YiManTKw8ZgoiuxHfsgHpoQrAaxZ5-fHZ3WOh-E52WeacBKsXxtbTgBBxI7zLD2vyIGk6Dx3wVcsxEjyhIDw3FkESdj0nJD6qlcZ3YBJNrPVTJt4eunjHPIz9OKIR8/s1600-h/large+cocobolo+humidor.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5062236909307745698&quot; style=&quot;FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVENZ9V8YiManTKw8ZgoiuxHfsgHpoQrAaxZ5-fHZ3WOh-E52WeacBKsXxtbTgBBxI7zLD2vyIGk6Dx3wVcsxEjyhIDw3FkESdj0nJD6qlcZ3YBJNrPVTJt4eunjHPIz9OKIR8/s320/large+cocobolo+humidor.jpg&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When it comes to money, most people are full of limiting beliefs they don&#39;t have a clue they have.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But not everyone is like that, of course.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This morning I spoke to an old world craftsman who makes high-end, unique, rare, collectible wooden cigar humidors.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The people he caters to don&#39;t care &lt;em&gt;at all&lt;/em&gt; about price. They simply want what they want.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;From a marketing standpoint, I admire the woods craftsman for serving a niche. That&#39;s always a smart move.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;From a consumer&#39;s standpoint, I love to hear of people who have transcended their money worries.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Not enough people let go of their concerns about money. What they don&#39;t realize is that it&#39;s their concern that is causing their concern.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You don&#39;t have the problem first and then get concerned.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You get the problem because you were concerned to begin with.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When you worry about money, your focus is in the wrong place.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Your worry attracts something to worry about.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I&#39;m not saying disregard your bank balance. I&#39;m saying focus more on what you want -- on your passions and your love -- and keep an eye on money but not a concern about money.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I&#39;m also saying that the more you &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.missingsecret.info/&quot;&gt;get clear&lt;/a&gt; inside of your money issues, the less you have money issues.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you want some help in this area, consider the audios Mindy Audlin and I just put online at &lt;a href=&quot;http://aoakua.unity4u.hop.clickbank.net/&quot;&gt;http://aoakua.unity4u.hop.clickbank.net/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;They&#39;re called &quot;The Secret of Money.&quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Ao Akua,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Joe&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.mrfire.com/&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;www.mrfire.com/&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;PS - The picture above is of a large cigar humidor made out of hypnotic cocobolo wood by artisan &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.arlinliss.com/&quot;&gt;Arlin Liss&lt;/a&gt;. Arlin knows the secret of money. And so do his clients.&lt;div class=&quot;blogger-post-footer&quot;&gt;Visit Dr. Joe Vitale&#39;s blog for his stimulating thoughts on marketing, copywriting, metaphysics, hypnotic writing 
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