Dr. Joe Vitale’s Blog

T.R. Goodman of www.procampsports.com is the fitness trainer to celebrities, professional star athletes, entire sports teams (mostly hockey), and…me.

He teaches an advanced fitness model that is more focused on health and longevity, where the average trainer just focuses on how you look. (You can look great but be ill inside your body. Total fitness is an inside-out achievement. Me, I want to live forever, and look good doing so.)

T.R. looks like a shorter version of actor Tom Selleck. He walks like a panther ready to take on six guys and Jackie Chan them into the ground. And he has a heart as big as Texas. That’s him buying me lunch in Venice, CA, right after another work-out in Gold’s Gym.

He has access to superstar actor James Caan and got me on the set of the hit TV show Las Vegas. While the set was dark, as they weren’t shooting in the studio that day, you can see Jimmy and me standing together on location, in his office on the show.

Jimmy himself took me to the set, driving me there on a little golf cart used to get around the studio lot.

He jokingly told me, “I usually only do these private tours for chicks.”

Truth is, he virtually never gives personal tours.

Afterwards we went back to his trailer. That’s his Bentley (which I want) parked beside it.

Inside the trailer I handed Jimmy a copy of my book, The Attractor Factor.

T.R. took pictures while I quickly told James Caan about the book. I can almost guarantee he’ll never read it, as he didn’t seem to connect to the book, but he said, “I should give this to my wife.”

I noticed something interesting taking place while I hung out with Jimmy in his trailer.

He was far more distracted than he was when I first saw him in the gym that same morning. (See my earlier post: Part One.)

I know he had just done some shooting on location elsewhere, he had just gotten back to his trailer, and he had more than a few things on his mind. It was natural that he couldn’t be as talkative or charming with me as he was earlier in the day. I’m grateful that he spent any time with me, considering who he is in the world.

Still, I noticed something that we can all learn from. Let me back up for a second and explain…

Well, on second thought, it might be better to let my observation be Part Three in this “What I Learned from James Caan” series.

So tune in tomorrow when I finish what I’ve started here.

Truth is, I need to gather my thoughts about how to reveal this to you, anyway.

This is an advanced psychological concept that may take some thought to explain.

So check back here tomorrow.

Ok?

Ao Akua,

Joe
www.mrfire.com

PS – While in LA I also met with sports hypnotherapist Pete Siegel, who I wrote about in an earlier post. I don’t think I’ve ever met a more self-confident man in my life. He’s a blend of an ancient warrior, street-smart no-nonsense results-only do-it-or-die trainer, and a mad genius in the body of a power lifting grizzly bear. I’ll try to find time to write about meeting him, as well. You’ll never forget it, either. His site is at http://www.incrediblechange.com/

PPS — Remember the Hawaiian shaman therapist who healed an entire ward of mentally ill criminals– without seeing any of them? (I wrote about him on an earlier blog post, too. See http://mrfire.blogspot.com/2005/11/living-bliss-or-my-awakening-at-hands.html) He’s planning to come to Texas and would love to give a short talk about his work. If you’re in the Austin area and might be interested, check back here later for more details, or sign up for my ezine at www.mrfire.com I’ll be sending out the details to my list when I know more. Expect miracles.

I just received this picture and the story behind it.

Turns out Jessica Biel, star of the hit TV series Seventh Heaven, used my book, The Attractor Factor, to land a movie role.

She’s obviously holding the book. She says she loves it.

The new movie she’s in is described at http://festival.sundance.org/filmguide/popup.aspx?film=6590

I just returned from LA, saw this, and had to tell you about it.

Ao Akua,

Joe

www.mrfire.com

PS — I’ll post Part Two of my meeting with James Caan tomorrow or the next day. You’ll be astonished by what I describe. I’m hesitant to reveal what took place, but I’m going to take a deep breath and just do it. Stay tuned.

This morning I met actor James Caan at Gold’s Gym here in Venice.

He’s the mega-star of numerous movies, of course, from The Godfather to Misery to Rollerball. And’s he’s in the weekly TV show Las Vegas.

I was in the gym, getting a nutritional assessment done, when someone tapped me on the shoulder.

I jumped up, turned around, and was facing the legend himself.

My first response was to act like a bug-eyed fan too tongue-tied to say anything but smirk and beam like an idiot.

But Jimmy — as he likes to be called — is about as down to earth as they get. He’s got a tough-as-nails exterior, a charming street-smart playful sense of humor, and an open heart.

He saw I was drinking a bottle of Muscle Milk, grabbed it and said, “What’s this shit here? Muscle Milk? The guys around here won’t let you have anything with the word muscle in it.”

At that point I was at ease with James Caan as I was with anyone. I started to get in the spirit of things and playfully said, “I’m not here to grow muscles. I was told they could help me grow hair.”

Jimmy said, “Yea, they helped me grow one or two hairs over the years.”

Outside of Gold’s Gym, in front of Jimmy’s Bentley, our trainer T.R. Goodman took our picture.

Jimmy said, “This is gonna cost you big bucks, Joe.”

“I left my wallet in my room,” I said.

James Caan turned to T.R. Goodman and jokingly said, “Why do you keep bringing me people who forget their wallets? I’m tired of this shit.”

Jimmy started to get in his Bentley www.bentleymotors.com but stopped and said to me, “Joe, if you want to see some lousy writing, come to the set. These guys write like they’re still in kindergarten.”

“You talking about your Las Vegas TV show?”

“Yea, that’s all I do anymore is the Vegas stuff. They need your help, I’m telling ya.”

Jimmy got in his black stallion and drove off. But I would see him again later. He even asked my opinion about a new reality TV show he’s part of — something brutal yet inspiring — and he amazed me by listening to my answer.

Stay tuned for more updates…Including Jimmy’s reaction when I gave him a copy of my book, The Attractor Factor…and including a personal tour of the set of Las Vegas.

Onwards,

Joe

www.mrfire.com

PS — I asked James Caan to sign a photo to me. He said, “What? A signed photo? Are you gay or what?” He got a picture and wrote, “To Joe, you’re the biggest pain in the ass.” Gotta love him.

This morning I met Ray Liotta, the intense actor of Cop Land and Goodfellas and Field of Dreams.

We both have the same personal trainer, TR Goodman. I’m visiting in LA, going to the famous mecca of bodybuilding in Venice: Gold’s Gym. Ray works out five days a week. I caught him this morning as he was doing crunches on top of a big ball. Though he was winded, he took time to shake my hand and smile. I love a celebrity who still acknowledges the common person.

I’m hoping to meet him again tomorrow and, if he doesn’t mind, have a picture with him.

Back in the gym, the place was packed with people, all friendly, all focused on improving their bodies. It was an inspiring sight.

I didn’t pay too much attention to the people there, but for a moment I caught a gorgeous blonde walking by me. I quickly turned back to TR and the equipment he was showing me. I wanted to stay focused and not get distracted.

Imagine my surprise when this hottie says, “Hi Joe!”

I knew this was a mistake.

I’m in LA.

I’m in Gold’s Gym.

Nobody knows me here.

I look at my shirt to see if my name was on it.

Then I look behind me to see if there was another Joe in the room.

And then I look back at the blonde, who’s still smiling at me.

TR says, “You know Ali, don’t you Joe?”

I take another look at this mysterious charmer and then it hits me — It’s The E-zine Queen, Alexandria Brown. www.ezinequeen.com

I ran over, hugged her, and chatted for a second.

It’s true: You never know who you might meet in La.

Or in a gym.

But let’s talk about Harry Potter.

He’s no doubt mad at me again.

My new podcast went from obscurity to #3 on Pocast Alley.

If this keeps up, I may beat him just like I did last April, when my book The Attractor Factor, became number one twice.

When will Potter ever learn?

Marketing is always more powerful than magic.

And I do both.

Joe
www.mrfire.com

PS — I’m supposed to meet actor James Caan tomorrow. I’m excited!

PPS — My podcast is now #1 — It beat Harry Potter!!! I’ll post a new audio on it tonight, thanks to my friend Mark Ryan, who called me earlier. Take THAT, Potter!

Well, my office is finally done.

Here are three pictures of part of it, taken today with my brand new Sony Cyber-Shot DSC-T5 (which is too cool for words).

The conference table and hand-made rocking chair are in the library area directly outside of my actual office. That’s a laptop on the table. I don’t normally use it at home, but I’m getting ready to take a trip and wanted to charge it up

The wall of books is inside the actual “command center” of my new office. When I’m sitting at my main computer, the wall is right behind me. Some of my most cherished books are on those shelves.

The shot of the two monitors is where I am sitting right now. The left monitor is for email and word processing; the right monitor is for web browsing. It’s a nifty sytem to have both working.

You can actually set up nine monitors to work on one computer, but I felt it would be way too distracting. I’d feel like I was sitting at NASA.

Obviously, you don’t need much to run an online empire.

A chair and a laptop could do it.

I do a lot of business by email on my Blackberry 8700.

But when you hit it big, spare no expense in making your work environment comfortable and efficient. You’ll be much more relaxed and productiive that way.

There is a lot more to my office — with many large glass-door book cases housing my private collection of rare books on P.T. Barnum, marketing, copywriting, publicity, psychology, metaphysics, magic, bodybuilding, success, hypnosis and more — but at least these pictures give you a sense of what Mr. Fire’s headquarters looks like on the inside.

Onwards…

Ao Akua,

Joe
www.mrfire.com

PS – I’m once again adddicted to the hit TV show 24. It’s the most hypnotic television show I’ve ever seen EVER. Long live Jack Bauer, or Kiefer Sutherland, or whatever his real name is.

PPS – I’m headed to LA today. I may post something from the road, but don’t expect any real updates for a week or more. I hope to have a major surprise for you when I return. Have a great one and…Expect Miracles.