Volume 2 of the Command More Luck Series Edited and Presented by Charles Burke A Creation of Dawnings Publishing, Inc. http://www.dawnings.com A Friendly Reminder: The contents of this book are presented for informational purposes only. Each contributor has expressed his or her own personal opinions, and these opinions are neither intended nor offered as legal, financial or psychological advice. They are offered in good faith as the personal experiences of people who have found techniques and approaches that apparently work well for them. Please carry out due diligence and consult with your own trusted professional consultants (of whatever type) before putting into practice any of the suggestions presented here. This paragraph is to be taken as a standard disclaimer of responsibility in the event that you do fail to exercise due care and judgment in running your affairs and your life. 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Wishing you all the brightest light, Charles Burke, Japan I N S I D E T H E M I N D S O F W I N N E R S 4 CONTENTS The Special People in This Book ............................................................... 5 The Articles: Chapter 1. Charles Burke The Luckiest People Just Don’t Believe in It................... 6 Chapter 2. Malcolm Harvey Life Has Its Ups and Downs .......................................... 10 Chapter 3. Mary Martin Niepold Seeing What’s Already There ....................................... 19 Chapter 4. Joan Marie Whelan Anywhere Else But Here ............................................... 26 Chapter 5. Anita Bergen Change Your Attitude – Change Your Luck.................. 36 Chapter 6. Sami Laitinen Transforming Your Life from Dreams into Reality ....... 45 The Interviews: Chapter 7. Joe Vitale The Magic Escalator through Life ................................. 51 Chapter 8. Yanik Silver Who’s Too Young? ........................................................ 75 Chapter 9. Don McAvinchey America’s Spiritual Coach ............................................ 91 Chapter 10. Rick Beneteau Opportunities May Come Gift-Wrapped in Tragedy .. 117 Chapter 11. Clay Cotton It’s All Inside................................................................ 135 Chapter 12. Robert Sheinfeld The Invisible Path to Success ...................................... 169 Chapter 13. Stacey Hall & Jan Brogniez Fire 80% of Your Customers for More Success .......... 202 Chapter 14. John Harricharan A Joyous and Winding Road........................................ 225 Chapter 15. Linda Clemons Do a Checkup from the Neck Up ................................ 250 More Material: Keeping this book up-to-date ............................................................ 271 Links Mentioned in the Interviews.................................................... 274 Command More Luck – 2-chapter Excerpt....................................... 276 I N S I D E T H E M I N D S O F W I N N E R S 5 The Special People in this Book This page is both an acknowledgement of and a dedication to the fifteen people who made this book possible. A quick look at the Table of Contents on the previous page will give you their names. I met all but one of them at a seminar I attended in Atlanta early in 2001. It was presented by John Harricharan, and it featured a number of well-known Internet personalities as well as some people that I confess I hadn’t heard of before attending. A year earlier, I had written a book titled Command More Luck (see excerpt at the end of this eBook), but didn’t feel it was “complete” somehow. So I was casting around for ideas to help me round out the project and begin selling it properly. I don’t usually enjoy seminars, and I mostly try to avoid them. I had just read John’s book Power Pause, however, and had spent two or three days walking around the house mumbling “I wish I’d said that.” Then, I heard he was promoting a seminar in my old home town, Atlanta, and something in me knew I needed to attend this one. I did attend, and things began changing. On the first day, during one of the breaks between speakers, I turned to Yanik Silver, whose book Instant Internet Profits had been a great help in understanding how to plan website sales flow. After introductions, I totally surprised myself by asking if he would consider contributing a section to my book. I am enormously indebted to Yanik for his gracious agreement. If he had shot me down, this book might have died right there. Over the next three days, I approached several others about the project, and in every single case was greeted with enthusiasm and acceptance. So I dedicate this book to my fifteen new and very special friends, with the understanding that this book is really theirs. And to John and Yanik, I owe you special thanks for your roles in supporting my very first tentative steps in launching this project. Charles Burke Shirahama, Japan September 15, 2001 I N S I D E T H E M I N D S O F W I N N E R S 6 Chapter 1 Charles Burke http://www.moreluck.com and http://www.inside-the-minds-of-winners.com ello. I’m Charles Burke, the editor of this book, and author of Command More Luck, the first volume in this series. If you’ve glanced at the publisher’s page, you may already Hknow that I live in Japan. I moved here in May of 1985 and liked it so much I decided to stay here a while. Through a lucky break, I was introduced to a small, well-connected design company who just happened to need a copywriter. I had been writing for my own enjoyment, strictly as a hobby, for years, but never professionally. The advertising people liked my first efforts, however, and within a year I was writing catalogs for Toshiba, Isuzu and other well-known accounts. Back in the States, I’d never had much luck with my career moves, so that was heady stuff, sitting in on business meetings at companies that are famous the world over. After a couple of years of this, it gradually dawned on me that my luck was turning. What was I doing differently now? What had changed me? Or more to the point, what had I changed? Most of that material is covered in Command More Luck, my first book, so I won’t repeat it here. I will say, however, that I’ve remained fascinated with the elements of good fortune and what makes certain people luckier than others. Then early in 2001, I attended John Harricharan’s seminar in Atlanta, and I was suddenly in the same room with people I’d come to respect and admire after reading their books and following their progress on the Internet. Without any advance planning, I shocked myself by asking several of them if they would share some of their wisdom with my readers. Every one of them said yes, they’d be delighted to do so. I think that speaks volumes about the kind of people they are. These are incredibly busy folks who, in some cases, plan their time weeks and months in advance. And yet they made the time to sit and talk candidly about their own careers, their beliefs, and their luck. As I describe on the next page, most of them don’t actually believe in luck. So you’re in for a treat as you read this collection of conversations with people who are so very successful in their lives and in their careers, despite (or because of) this lack of belief. I N S I D E T H E M I N D S O F W I N N E R S 7 The Luckiest Folks Just Don’t Believe In It What You’re Getting & How You Can Use It By Charles Burke his book is cram packed with the words of some very smart, very successful people talking about the things they do to manage their own thinking, their own emotions, their Town lives.