Joe Vitale - The Art and Science of Results: The 9 Most Powerful Ways to Clear Blocks to Your Ultimate Success

THE ART AND SCIENCE OF RESULTS

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THE ART AND SCIENCE OF RESULTS

Dr. Joe Vitale

Published 2020 by Gildan Media LLC

aka G&D Media

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THE ART AND SCIENCE OF RESULTS. Copyright 2020 by Dr. Joe Vitale. All rights reserved.

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ISBN: 978-1-7225-0227-0

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Im an entrepreneur at heart; Im a guy thats interested in results. I am interested in philosophy, I am interested in psychology, but if I cant take it to the bank, if I cant see actual concrete results, whats the point?

Ive found that there are proven techniques to help people get the results that theyve been dreaming about, striving for. I know what its like to have sleepless nights wondering how youre going to pay bills. I know what its like to go through the dark night of the soul. I know what its like to be confused, to wonder, trying to figure out, how do I get results?

In this book Im going to talk about the missing secret to getting results, and about a number of ways to get clear so you can get results. Ill even explain what I mean with concepts like getting clear and results . What do I mean by beliefs ? What do I mean by actions , and which ones do you need to take and understand?

We have to look at science, where a scientist states a theory and then attempts to prove or disprove it. If they have proven it, they repeat it. If theyre able to repeat it, other scientists will come in to test that theory by trying to repeat it as well. Science is trying to find the formulas, steps, procedures, and theories that actually workin other words, the ones that get results. In this book Ill be looking at the science of getting results. Once I figured it out by testing it on myself, like a good scientist, I invite other people to test it on themselves. When we find it works, we will conclude that indeed there is a science to results, even though it hasnt been stated before.

Were talking about entrepreneurs who want to increase sales; artists who might want to sell their paintings or writings; somebody who wants to own a restaurant or open a new business. Were talking about people who might want a relationship when they havent had one. They might want to go into fitness when they havent been fit. Were talking about a wide range of results.

Consequently, we need flexibility within our formulas. That flexibility comes from personal creativity. Im a big fan of stating an intention, but Im also a big fan of allowing something greater than you to work. Call it your higher power; call it the creative aspect of your own mind; call it the balance of the left and right brain. Call it all kind of things, but theres a system that can feed you new information that is outside the realm of current science.

This is where creativity, the art, comes in. For me, its a blend of both. You want the science that gives you the guidelines. What is the formula? How do I achieve the result I want? But you also want the creativity, the art, the free-form improvisation that might give you a faster way to get results.

Science is always changing. You can go back through history and find out that science said that the earth was flat or that the sun went around the earth. New scientific discoveries have shown that some of the things that we thought were true arent true. So the blend of science and creativity is where the real power is.

Even though life and technology are constantly changing, if you look back to earlier centuries, youll find similar challenges. We still have the same desires. We want social approval; we want success, relationships, friendship. This will always be true in the human experience. We want the formulas, the science, and the tips for creating an art out of life. Thats what Im doing in this bookgiving people tools that are useful today, but can still be useful in the next century, although it will have its own set of challenges.

I was born in Ohio into lower-middle-class family. My father worked on the railroad, raising four kids. My mother working at home, playing the traditional role of housewife. I wanted to be an author early on. When I was a teenager, I decided that I wanted to write books, plays, novels, but it took about three decades for my overnight success to come. During that struggle, I did go through homelessness. I did go through poverty. I was homeless in Dallas. In Houston I lived in poverty for over ten years.

Throughout it all, I had big dreams, big goals, big intentions. I thought I was doing everything correctly, and in many ways I was. I wasnt involved in self-destructive behavior. I wasnt drinking or doing drugs or gambling. I was doing all the right things, but I wasnt getting the right results.

So let me give you the first clue: I had to discoverwith an earthshaking shock to my lifethat my beliefs were creating my reality. This is something that I want you to soak up and chew on. Ill explain it and give the science behind it. Throughout this book, Ill talk about how to change your beliefs with different tools.

When I was living in Dallas, I was homeless. It was hell, because I didnt have a home. People used to ask, What kind of car did you sleep in? A car would have been great. I didnt have a car, so I slept on public benches outside the library, and during the day I was in the library. I lived and hid in the Dallas Public Library.

Thank goodness for the library. For a book addict like me, that is kind of heaven. Back then, the Dewey Decimal System said the 600 section was where psychology, philosophy, metaphysics, and success material were. I pretty much lived there, and as I kept reading all these books Think and Grow Rich, The Magic of Believing, How to Win Friends and Influence People , the classics of success literatureover and over again, I saw that they talked about creating your own reality. Some of them were pretty blunt, saying that you create your own reality out of your beliefs. I heard this enough that I asked myself, What kind of nutty beliefs would create homelessness?