Life's Missing Instruction Manual

Joe Vitale is President of Hypnotic Marketing Inc., and author of The Attractor Factor and The E-Code. He has been called "the Buddha of the Internet" for his combination of spirituality and marketing acumen. His articles are widely read and his professional clients include the Red Cross, PBS, Hermann Children's Hospital, and many other small and large international businesses.

• FOREWORD Gay Hendricks, Ph.D. xiiiACKNOWLEDGMENTS xvIntroduction: How to Use This ManualIntroduction 3You: Congratulations on Your LifeYour Point of Power Is Now 7“I Wish I Had Learned . . .” ~ Jim Edwards 9You Can Be Happy Now 9Life Doesn’t Have to Be Hard 10You Are Behind Your Eyes 10Your Feelings Are Hidden Thoughts 11Everything Is Energy Directed by Your Thoughts 12You Can’t Stop Your Thoughts but You Don’t Have to Listen to Them, Either 12Everything Is a Projection from Inside You 13Your Nature Is Your Current Act 14How to Know What You Want 14You Get More of Whatever You Focus on 15Whatever You Say after “I Am” Defines Who You Become 15What You Love or What You Hate Will Be Drawn to You 16Your Body Requires No Assembly 16Great Hair, Great Day 16Your Memory Will Never Be Accurate 17Love 17Sex 18Food 18Exercise 18Three Life Lessons I Wish I Had Learned Earlier ~ Dr. Paul Hartunian 19Internal Capabilities: Understanding Your Life’s PotentialAnything Is Possible 23You Create Your Future with a Pen 23Achieving Your Goals Is Easy 24Your Mind Operates under Its Own Conception 24How to Feel Better in One Minute 25A Smile Is Universally Understood 25Exercise: Laugh Like a Child with Milk Coming Out Your Nose 26Your Language Can Create Attractors 26Behind Every Behavior Is a Belief 27Reclaim Your Self-Esteem: Transform Your Self-Talk from Negative to Positive ~ Dr. Joe Rubino 27Three Secrets to Manage Your Time 33Naps Are Good 34Letting Go of Your Fears ~ Cindy Cashman 34How to Break Through the Hidden Obstacle Holding You Back from What You Truly Want~ Craig Perrine 38Who You See Is Who You Will Be . . . ~ Kevin Hogan 42To Everything, Turn! Turn! Turn! ~ Alan R. Bechtold 44What I Wish I’d Learned When I Was Younger ~ Bob Scheinfeld 48The Great Philosophers Were Only Giving You Their Views 49External Connections: Caring for Others in Your LifeThe Most Valuable Life Lesson You’ll Ever Learn ~ Chip Tarver 53Your Relationships Are for Your Growth 54Your Parents Did the Best They Could 54Your Children Will Become What They Become 55You Can Achieve Anything with Support 55Listening ~ John Milton Fogg 56What You Do Influences People Down the Chain 57People Like Nice People 58People Want to Be Loved 58Having a Role Model Can Bring Out the Best in You 58How to End an Argument 59How to Deal with an Enemy 59The Man Who Offered to Beat Me Up 59Everyone Is Going through Something 61Failing Life ~ Bill Harris 61Troubleshooting: Taking Care of YourselfThe Universe Always Says Yes 67Once You Get the Lesson, You Don’t Need the Experience 67Give What You Want to Receive 67You Get the Results You’re Supposed to Get 68This, Too, Will Pass 68Be Not Afraid 69What You Fear May Contain What You Seek 69Be Willing to Delay Gratification to Achieve Astonishing Results 70The Lesson That Takes a Lot of the Speed Bumps Out of Life ~ Ann Taylor 70Miracles Happen All the Time—No Exceptions 75Confusion Is the Wonderful State before Clarity 75The More Clutter around You, the More Clutter in You 75The Night Window Is Your Chance to Place Your Order 76Welcome Ghosts 76Do Not Strive for Perfection 78Perfect As Is ~ John Burton 79How You Feel Really Does Matter ~ Mandy Evans 80Forgiveness ~ Jeremy Likness 83Logic Doesn’t Exist 84How to Make a Decision 85You Will Always Want to Be Right and Rarely Will Be 86Everything You Hear Isn’t True 86Judgment Is Not Evil ~ Bruce M. Burns 87Names Do Hurt 87Predicting the End of the World Will Make You Look Bad 87All Time Happens Now 88What Time Is It For? 88Optimum Performance: Getting the Best Out of Your LifeIndian Wisdom: Two Wolves 91Don’t Be Afraid to Ask for Help 91To Change, Burn Your Bridges 92What to Do When You Are Afraid ~ Dr. Larina Kase 92My Inherited Fear of Financial Ruin ~ Dr. Robert Anthony 93Are You Playing the Role of Victim? ~ Nerissa Oden 98How to Get a Job 99Get a Pet 100Illness Is a Call from Your Body 100Pay Your Taxes 101The Favorite Question of Your Mind Can Drive You Batty 101Specifications: What You Need to Know About OthersPeople Idolize the Past, Complain about the Present, and Fear the Future 105People Never Question Their Own Beliefs, so Don’t Try to Change Them 105People Will Tend to Say Yes If You Start Them Saying Yes 106People Do Things Only for the Good Feelings They Get 106People Will Pay Any Amount of Money to Have Their Inner States Changed 107People Want to Be Happy–Period 107People Respond to Flattery 107People Will Never Argue with You If You Never Make Them Wrong 108People Always Act for Positive Reasons, Even If the Behavior Is Negative 108People Will Respond to You If You Get Out of Your Ego and into Theirs 109People Want to Be Recognized 109People Universally Feel Deprived 109People Are Collectors of Something, Whether of Books, Thimbles, or Recipes, Though They May Deny It 110People Will Continue with a Bad Habit until It Hurts 110People Will Do Whatever You Want as Long as They Don’t Have a Counterthought to Your Request.Handle the Objection and They Will Comply 110People Feel That Someone Else Is in Control and Desperately Seek Ways to Have Power Again 111People Will Follow Commands That Make Them Feel Superior 111People Are Deeply Affected by What Others Think 112People Only Act for Self-Serving Reasons,No Matter What They Say or What You Think 112People Unconsciously Respond to Your Unconscious Intentions 113People Will Never Change Their Human Emotions or Basic Desires—Only Their Dress and Their Tools Will Change 113Proper Usage: Defining Your Life’s PurposeYou Can Have Whatever You Want as Long as You Don’t Want It 117Rags to Rages ~ Mark Joyner 117Crazy Wisdom ~ Blair Warren 118Growing Old May Be a Choice 119Money Is Energy 120Marketing Is Not Evil 120Failure Is Not Death 123How to Handle Death 123The Only Thing You Can Count On 123The Healer’s Secret—How Can This Secret Transform Your Relationships? ~ William Wittmann, M.Ed., LMP 127Three Secrets ~ Marc Gitterle, M.D. 130Assembly Required: Creating Your FutureAlmost All First Steps Are Awkward 137Don’t Fall Back ~ Bill Hibbler 137A New Way to Easily Achieve Your Goals 140Spinning the Roulette Wheel to Self-Fulfillment ~ Dr. Rick Barrett 142The Top 10 Destructive Money Beliefs (and How to Overcome Them) ~ Dan Klatt 147Your Mind Is an Instrument for Poverty or Prosperity ~ Randy Gage 150When Bad Things Happen to Good People 150Everything You Do Will Be a Success 151Life is Short ~ Jillian Coleman 152The Owner’s Manual I Wish I Had Gotten at Birth ~ Pat O’Bryan 153Aude aliquid dignum 157ABOUT THE AUTHOR 158