The Greatest Money-Making Secret in History! (cid:150) Joe Vitale (cid:150) Page 1 The Greatest Money-Making Secret in History! by Joe Vitale Author of the #1 best-seller, Spiritual Marketing, and way too many other books to list here The Greatest Money-Making Secret in History! (cid:150) Joe Vitale (cid:150) Page 2 Copyright ' 2003 by Joe Vitale. All rights reserved. All articles by contributors are used with their permission. The authors of those articles retain their own copyright. Cover cartoon by Sean D(cid:146)Souza of www.psychotactics.com Proofreading by Jenny Meadows This publication is designed to provide accurate information in regard to the subject matter covered. It is offered with the understanding that the author and publisher are not engaged in rendering medical or psychological service. This book is not intended to be a substitute for therapy or professional advice. NOTE: You may distribute this e-book freely to anyone you desire. For actual printed copies of this book, available in softcover or hardcover format, please visit www.amazon.com or www.1stbooks.com or call 1-888-280-7715 To contact the author of this book, please email [email protected] or visit his website at www.mrfire.com The Greatest Money-Making Secret in History! (cid:150) Joe Vitale (cid:150) Page 3 Dedication This book is dedicated to John Harricharan, best-selling author, spiritual advisor and dear friend (cid:150) a man who has given freely his entire life. The Greatest Money-Making Secret in History! (cid:150) Joe Vitale (cid:150) Page 4 Table of Contents Introduction: The Power of Giving by John Harricharan 1. The Greatest Money-Making Secret in History! 2. The Great Secret to Activating the Law 3. The Great Back-Door Secret to Wealth 4. Beware The Great Trap 5. My Great Confession 6. The Great Man Who Gave Away 30 Million Dollars 7. What Is True Giving, or, Do You Have An (cid:147)Equation Mentality(cid:148)? 8. Show Me The Money! 9. The Greatest Spiritual Mind Treatment 10. How to Think like God 11. Leo Buscaglia(cid:146)s Big Mistake 12. Does Free Have Value? 13. 47 Limiting Beliefs About Money (cid:150) And How to Release Them Right Now by Mandy Evans 14. Enlightenment by E-mail, or, How to Make Your Great TUT Come True 15. How Giving Led to $1,500,000 by John Milton Fogg 16. A Law That Never Fails by Dr. Robert Anthony 17. Giving Really Does Lead to Receiving by Bob Burg The Greatest Money-Making Secret in History! (cid:150) Joe Vitale (cid:150) Page 5 18. Giving and Receiving: The Fine Print No One Told You About by John Zappa 19. How to Get What You Want by Susie and Otto Collins 20. What to Give When You Don(cid:146)t Have Any Money by Christopher Guerriero 21. It Took Me 30 Years to Learn This Secret by Richard Webster 22. How Giving and (cid:145)Swiping(cid:146) Led to Passive Income by Larry Dotson 23. How Giving Made a Book a #1 Best-Seller by Mike Litman 24. The Principle of Giving and the Hypnotic Interchange Phenomenon by Allen D(cid:146)Angelo 25. Why Giving Is Really Hidden Selling by Jo Han Mok 26. The Couple Who Created A Debt-Free Spiritual Empire 27. How to Tell If You Will Be Rich 28. Where Will You Give Today? 29. The 3 Greatest Prosperity Books Of All Time About the Author The Greatest Money-Making Secret in History! (cid:150) Joe Vitale (cid:150) Page 6 (cid:147)If ever there is a lack of any kind, whether it is need for employment, or for money, or for guidance, or even for healing, something is blocking the flow. And the most effective remedy: Give!(cid:148) -- Eric Butterworth, Spiritual Economics: The Prosperity Process The Greatest Money-Making Secret in History! (cid:150) Joe Vitale (cid:150) Page 7 The Power of Giving An Introduction By John Harricharan It was a really hot summer’s day many years ago. I was on my way to pick up two items at the grocery store. In those days, I was a frequent visitor to the supermarket because there never seemed to be enough money for a whole week’s food-shopping at once. You see, my young wife, after a tragic battle with cancer, had died just a few months earlier. There was no insurance -- just many expenses and a mountain of bills. I held a part-time job, which barely generated enough money to feed my two young children. Things were bad -- really bad. And so it was that day, with a heavy heart and four dollars in my pocket, I was on my way to the supermarket to purchase a gallon of milk and a loaf of bread. The children were hungry and I had to get them something to eat. As I came to a red traffic light, I noticed on my right a young man, a young woman and a child on the grass The Greatest Money-Making Secret in History! (cid:150) Joe Vitale (cid:150) Page 8 next to the road. The blistering noonday sun beat down on them without mercy. The man held up a cardboard sign which read, "Will Work for Food." The woman stood next to him. She just stared at the cars stopped at the red light. The child, probably about two years old, sat on the grass holding a one-armed doll. I noticed all this in the thirty seconds it took for the traffic light to change to green. I wanted so desperately to give them a few dollars, but if I did that, there wouldn’t be enough left to buy the milk and bread. Four dollars will only go so far. As the light changed, I took one last glance at the three of them and sped off feeling both guilty (for not helping them) and sad (because I didn’t have enough money to share with them). As I kept driving, I couldn’t get the picture of the three of them out of my mind. The sad, haunting eyes of the young man and his family stayed with me for about a mile. I could take it no longer. I felt their pain and had to do something about it. I turned around and drove back to where I had last seen them. I pulled up close to them and handed the man two of my four dollars. There were tears in his eyes as he thanked me. I smiled and drove on to the supermarket. Perhaps both milk and bread would be on sale, I thought. And what if I only got milk alone, or just the bread? Well, it would have to do. I pulled into the parking lot, still thinking about the whole incident, yet feeling good about what I had done. As I stepped out of the car, my foot slid on something on the pavement. There by my The Greatest Money-Making Secret in History! (cid:150) Joe Vitale (cid:150) Page 9 feet was a twenty-dollar bill. I just couldn’t believe it. I looked all around, picked it up with awe, went into the store and purchased not only bread and milk, but several other items I desperately needed. I never forgot that incident. It reminded me that the universe was strange and mysterious. It confirmed my belief that you could never out give the universe. I gave away two dollars and got twenty in return. On my way back from the supermarket, I drove by the hungry family and shared five additional dollars with them. This incident is only one of many that have occurred in my life. It seems that the more we give, the more we get. It is, perhaps, one of those universal laws that say, "If you want to receive, you must first give." There is a little rhyme that goes like this: "A man there was, and they called him mad, The more he gave, the more he had." Most times, we think that we don’t have anything to give. Yet, if we look more closely, we’ll see that even the little we have could be shared with others. Let us not wait for a time when we think we’ll have lots and then we’ll give. By giving and sharing the little we have, we open up the storehouse of the universe and permit rivers of good to come our way. Don’t take my word for it. Just honestly try to give and you’ll be surprised at the results. Generally, the returns do not come back The Greatest Money-Making Secret in History! (cid:150) Joe Vitale (cid:150) Page 10 from those we give to. It comes back from sources we could hardly imagine. So give your way to riches. Take a chance on this universal principle. Take a chance on yourself. Universal principles always work. Sometimes the return from giving happens very quickly as in the true story above. Other times, it takes much longer. But be assured of this: Give and you will receive -- and you’ll receive lots more than you ever gave. And when you give, don’t do it with a heart of fear, but with a heart full of gratitude. You will be amazed at how it all works out. Open the gates of affluence in your life by giving a bit of what you have to those in need. As the great Teacher said, (cid:147)Give and it will be given unto you.(cid:148) Try it. You’ll like it. John Harricharan is the award-winning author of "When You Can Walk on Water, Take the Boat.(cid:148) See a free sample download at http://www.waterbook.com . 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