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Jack Canfield
American
Author
Born:
Aug 19
,
1944
Goals
Life
Me
People
Success
You
Related authors:
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Frederick Douglass
Helen Keller
Henry David Thoreau
Joyce Meyer
Mark Twain
Og Mandino
Zig Ziglar
One of life's fundamental truths states, 'Ask and you shall receive.' As kids we get used to asking for things, but somehow we lose this ability in adulthood. We come up with all sorts of excuses and reasons to avoid any possibility of criticism or rejection.
Jack Canfield
Life
You
Criticism
Lose
Rejection
States
Kids
Possibility
Ability
Somehow
Shall
Adulthood
Come
Excuses
Sort
Up
Truths
Get
Any
Ask
Asking
Used
Avoid
Reasons
Fundamental
Things
Receive
In order to get what you want, you must first decide what you want. Most people really foul up at this crucial first step because they simply can't see how it's possible to get what they want, so they don't even let themselves want it.
Jack Canfield
You
People
First
Possible
Must
See
Crucial
Step
Simply
Most
First Step
Because
How
Up
Get
Order
Want
Decide
Themselves
Really
Even
Foul
Self-esteem is made up primarily of two things: feeling lovable and feeling capable. Lovable means I feel people want to be with me. They invite me to parties; they affirm I have the qualities necessary to be included. Feeling capable is knowing that I can produce a result. It's knowing I can handle anything that life hands me.
Jack Canfield
Life
Me
People
Result
Made
Feeling
Primarily
Feel
Invite
Parties
Knowing
Qualities
Self-Esteem
Affirm
Up
Handle
Hands
Lovable
Want
Anything
Capable
Produce
Means
Included
Things
Necessary
Two
A 'harmonized' life these days sounds like a tall order. Between housework, homework, workwork, and busywork, there are perpetually too many things to do, and not enough time to find that mythical balance. Nothing is more frustrating than feeling like you're doing doing doing but getting nothing truly done that you really want.
Jack Canfield
Life
Time
You
Balance
Feeling
Nothing
Homework
Too
Enough
Enough Time
Find
More
Mythical
Between
Days
Like
Tall
Housework
Doing
Sounds
Perpetually
Truly
Than
Done
Getting
Order
Want
Frustrating
Really
Many
Things
I worked from 10 p.m. until 1 a.m. every night for a year to write the first 'Chicken Soup for the Soul' book.
Jack Canfield
Soul
Book
First
Year
Every
Write
Until
Soup
Chicken
Worked
Every Night
Night
I wanted to be a Teacher with a big T: teach the whole planet. It led me into writing and speaking to large groups.
Jack Canfield
Teacher
Me
Writing
Big
Led
Wanted
Planet
Teach
Speaking
Large
Whole
Groups
Large Groups
You can't heal what you don't acknowledge.
Jack Canfield
You
Heal
Acknowledge
'The Chicken Soup for the Soul' books are the result of over 20 years of teaching seminars and giving speeches. The first book contains all of the stories that I used in my seminars to illustrate the points that I wanted to make.
Jack Canfield
Soul
Book
Result
Giving
First
Books
Points
Contains
Over
Make
Soup
Years
Chicken
Seminars
Wanted
Stories
Used
Teaching
Illustrate
Speeches
As for real chicken soup, I have it once or twice a week.
Jack Canfield
Once
Week
Real
Soup
Chicken
Twice
Twice A Week
I believe people should live full lives and not settle for anything less.
Jack Canfield
People
Live
Believe
Settle
Anything
Should
Full
Less
Lives
Working with people from all walks of life, from full-time moms to CEOs at large companies, I've distilled many universal truths about success. There's a secret I've learned that works quite well at helping you to achieve what you want: Decide what you want.
Jack Canfield
Life
Success
You
People
Achieve
Walks
Secret
Distilled
About
Well
Learned
Truths
Quite
Want
Decide
CEOs
Working
Full-Time
Companies
Large
Helping
Many
Works
Moms
Universal
I picked Harvard because it was in a big city, and a lot of girls' schools were nearby. And I liked President Kennedy, who went to Harvard.
Jack Canfield
Girl
Big
President
President Kennedy
Harvard
City
Picked
Liked
Schools
Because
Big City
Were
Lot
Who
Nearby
Kennedy
When I realized I wanted to do more writing and less traveling around the world teaching live seminars, I decided to write the first 'Chicken Soup for the Soul(R)' book. I knew I wanted to have 100 stories in the book, so I wrote or edited two stories a week for a year.
Jack Canfield
Book
Writing
World
First
Year
Live
More
Week
Write
Knew
Wrote
Around
Edited
Soup
Chicken
Seminars
Wanted
Stories
Decided
Realized
Teaching
Less
Traveling
Two
For me, my core genius lies in the area of teaching and motivating. I love to do it, I do it well, and people report that they get great value from it. Another core genius is compiling and writing books. Along with my co-author Mark Victor Hansen and others, I have written, co-authored, compiled and edited more than 200 books.
Jack Canfield
Love
Great
Me
People
Writing
Genius
Value
Mark
Others
Books
Lies
More
Area
Written
Along
Great Value
Well
Another
Edited
Motivating
Than
Report
Get
Victor
Teaching
Core
For the first ten years after I got out of graduate school, I studied success. I read every book I could get my hands on and took every training I could find, and that allowed me to become an expert in this area. I learned how to create high self-esteem and success in my own life and in the lives of others.
Jack Canfield
Life
Success
Me
Book
Training
School
First
Become
Own
Every
Others
Took
Out
High
Find
Ten
My Own
Ten Years
Area
Could
Studied
Allowed
Self-Esteem
Read
Learned
Got
How
Years
Get
Hands
Hands-On
Graduate
Graduate School
After
Expert
Create
Lives
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