The Missing Revenue Source

That would be Joe Vitale’s Missing Revenue Source. But not missing for much longer.

Reader FP emailed me with this latest piece of Joe Vitale made-up nonsense:

Have you ever had one of those days where gravity just isn’t working for you?

Where you can’t seem to keep your feet planted on the ground and you wind up sort of floating around in the atmosphere?

Of course not.

Why not?

Because gravity is a LAW.

It doesn’t work some days and not work other days.

It’s always working, and you are experiencing the effects of it all the time, at every moment.

But you probably never spilled a cup of coffee and said, “Damn that Law of Gravity!”

Instead, you realized it was your actions coupled with the exiting law that caused the accident.

Well, the Law of Attraction is exactly the same.

Except it isn’t. It does not work “every time” like the law of gravitation that Vitale wants to compare it to. And if you don’t believe me, Vitale proves it himself later on in his own words, when he reveals that to benefit fully from the law of attraction, you will need to:

… order a copy of my new audioprogram “The Missing Secret: How to Use The Law of Attraction to Attract What You Want — Every Time.”

… for (get this) a mere $119.95.

And right there is the proof the law (sic) of attraction isn’t like the law of gravitation. I don’t need an audio (or any other kind of) book by Joe Vitale to tell me how to make the law of gravitation work for me. My computer monitor stays firmly on my desk thank you very much regardless of what my “subconscious thoughts” or “deep-seated collection of beliefs” might be attempting to the contrary. And it really does work “every time”. The law (sic) of attraction, on the other hand, is just a made up marketing gimmick. And I have to say, marketing is one thing Vitale is pretty good at. Unable to make any money on The Secret, he is selling (wait for it)  “The Missing Secret”.  Pure genius!  Send Joe $120 (plus tax and shipping) and he’ll send you a load of drivel that was missing from The Secret.  The only puzzling thing is why it took him so long.  I guess he didn't want it that much.

Remember that Joe says, in his article:

You can’t “do” the Law of Attraction wrong.

If you can’t do it wrong, why would you need any instructions on it from Vitale? 

Don’t buy this snake oil from Vitale. He doesn’t need your money.

Comments

[Stewart Paterson]

It seems to me the law of attraction only works for affluent Westerners. Joe Vitale seems destined to attract many sums of $119.95
And yet ....
The people of Darfour can't seem to attract their way out of their troubles and in 2004 the peoples of Indonesia, Sri Lanka, India, Thailand, and Myanmar managed to attract themselves a Tsunami. The children in Zimbabwe can't seem to attract themselves any schools and in Bangladesh they've just attracted themselves a typhoon.
Damn that law of attraction.

[TomSFox]

It’s a LAW - not a feel-good principle or some kind of new-age voodoo flake-out.

Oh, and there I was thinking it's a feel-good principle or some kind of new-age flake-out.
But it says right there it isn't!
Silly me!

By the way, love your work, keep it up!

[Mysterious Browser]

"But you probably never spilled a cup of coffee and said, 'Damn that Law of Gravity!'"

Haha, that's pretty funny. My favorite outburst of impotent rage after I've done something clumsy is, "god damn inconvenient physics!!!"

Aside from that I usually just blame Russell Crowe ...

[ohwilleke]

I don't know about that. I spent a fair amount of money and time in college learning to use a law of gravity that I knew was incorrect on day one (Newton's) and it work take me at least a year and a lot more money to get a firm grasp on the more accurate law of gravity known as Einstein's theory of general relativity.

[Cyn_ical]

Joe Vitale =Mr Fire ,,,is he telling us he’s the devil? after enduring 6 months of the slow demise of my spouse who signed up for Mr Fire’s Miracles Coaching program at a hefty price, I’ve come to the obvious conclusion that he is nothing but evil at it’s purest form.

His “Miracles Coaching Program” is outsourced to a thinktank(HA), as is his Ho opononono BS program. The thinktank has strong ties to the Landmark education group (imagine that!).

I don’t see an end insight for my spouse, who idolizes Mr Fire (hahaha), but I clearly see the end of our relationship. Sad but true the miracle worked its black-magic

[Tom Foss]

I think I can safely speak for the majority here when I say how sorry I am that you've been forced to endure such painful decisions and loss because of the thoughtless actions of dishonest charlatans like Vitale. It's sad to see someone give so freely and fully into harmful woo that they would risk losing their life and marriage rather than doubt the guru.

I wish you the best of luck in this difficult time, and (if I may be so bold to speak in general) the skeptical community is here to help you. I haven't, but I know others have had experiences similar to yours and may be able to offer some advice or support. Hitting the forums at the James Randi Educational Foundation might be a good place to start looking if you need it.

Again, best of luck.