Everyone knows that you’re one of the best writers alive. Gary himself said it. And even though it is always amazing to watch how
you discourse about anything, it is even more amazing to grasp your knowledge of human nature, your sincerity and openess about your most intimate thoughts and how you and Gary simply
knew and know the true meaning of life (with both its pleasures and pains) You and Gary teach all of us how to live, love and leave a legacy with each piece you write. Thank you!

Fabio Henri

And thank you for also sharing your feelings about Mom and the depth of your attention to her and care for her. I’m sure she was tremendously proud of you and grateful for the time you devoted to her.

God, where we would be in this wacky world if it weren’t for people who loved us?

Oh, the “L” word.

Love. The little waif of human experience who takes a seat in the back of the bus because status, power, greed, vanity, ego boosting at any cost, and the others in that gang wanna hog the front seats.

Unless of course, you’ve been blessed to somehow attract someone who does love you. And if you’re lucky enough to attract more than one person who does, yer hittin’ on some set of karmic/celestial cylinders there.

And God Bless, you are.

Peter

I still remember with a strange sense of pride/satisfaction how Gary would single me out in seminars as the guy who had given him the single hardest copy-writing assignment of his life …

… and the ad he wrote is still producing leads for me over four years later.

A testimonial to his genius.

There probably isn’t a day go by that Gary doesn’t pop into my consciousness somewhere.

I work with Nancy J. on ads nearly every day, and we sometimes lament how much we both miss him - in our own seperate ways.

Anyway, thanks for helping Bond and Kevin keep Gary’s work and memory alive. Personally, I plan on somehow making every page of “The Gary Halbert Letter” website available to my kids as one of the finest marketing/sales/copywriting courses available on the planet.

Kip

Although I never had the pleasure of meeting you both, one of my most prized recordings is the conversation between you and Mr. Halbert called, “The Go To Guy”.

I try to listen to it every two or three months, and it is truly an empowering call about doing what it takes, being there when needed, and living up to the challenges of day to life and taking responsibility for your life, as well as the lives of people you care about.

In a word, it is about…, Integrity.

That is one of the common traits that you and the legendary Mr. Halbert seem to have in spades.

Looking forward to meeting you someday.

Regards,

Bernie

When I first met the big ugly guy he lived in a marina in Marathon and cruised around the Florida Keys in a fluoro-pink Cadillac and a Rolls Royce (depending on how he felt that particular day!).
That was Gary, he lived life at BOTH extremes of almost any scale you cared to mention. An incredibly generous, selfish, one eyed, open minded, damaged genius with a truly wicked sense of humour. Big man, huge heart, easy to love.

The thing is, I don’t know if I ever really thanked him for everything he did for me, or told him how much it mattered and I don’t want to make the same mistake with you…. so thanks, thanks for the friendship, thanks for the insight and thanks for sharing it all with us.

You rock.
Karen

Yeah, I think about Gary nearly every day myself - while I’m driving my taxi and studying his letters during my downtime. (Gary is gonna make a copywriter out of me yet.)

One of the best definitions of friendship I got was from an old friend of mine name John Cullen. He was an Iwo Jima combat vet that went on to become vice-chairman of what used to be Allied Stores. Mr. Cullen had a mind like a steel trap and a tongue that dripped battery acid. Believe me, he didn’t suffer fools gladly. I was honored that he considered me to be his friend.

One night after dinner, this is what he told me:

“In life, you’re lucky if you’ve got enough true friends to count on one hand. Those whom most people call friends are really no more than acquaintances. A true friend is someone who helps you when you’re down.”

Thanks for sharing your definition of what a true friend is.

Sincerely,

Chris H. McMorrow

I really hope one of you guys will write the real biography and put it on Amazon… it’s a shame to have such a great guy and to have learned so much from him, but all the stories I know of have had to be pieced together bit by bit by me from listening to a ton of the old tapes, seminars, etc.

It’d be great to have everything all in one book with Gary’s picture on the cover.

I have been reading your posts for quite some time now, and thanks to my mentor/coach Beth Ann Erickson, I was introduced to Gary Halbert and his letters, but was saddened to hear he had passed away. “Life is what happens when you’re making other plans,” sang John Lennon.

True friends are those that stick around through the bad times, the good times and everything else in between, and it sounds like Gary was the best, which is what I have been hearing from those who met or knew him, warts and all.

Blessings to you and thanks for sharing everything. I will be watching to see what you, Bond and Kevin come up with on Gary’s legacy.

Laura

Gary is still here… and will always be here.

He never left. He just relinquished his physical body.

Because he figured out how to bridge the schism.

right time and right place…

always in between-

Where we all always are…

where.

we.

all.

always.

are.