Are You Here To Be A Successful Author? 129Jack Canfield
“The way you see the world, your definition of its perfection is a mirror
back to you about what your purpose is.”Jack Canfield is best known as the co-creator and coauthor of the #1
New York Times best-selling Chicken Soup for the Soul® book series. As
the CEO of Chicken Soup for the Soul Enterprises he has also helped
grow the Chicken Soup for the Soul® brand into a virtual empire of books,
children’s books, audios, videos, CDs, classroom materials, a syndicated
column and a television show, as well as a vigorous program of licensed
products.
He is also a highly sought after world-class corporate trainer and public
speaker who has spoken to over 600 organizations in over 20 countries around
the world. With a background that includes being a high school teacher, a
psychotherapist, a corporate trainer, and a success coach, Jack has been an
internationally recognized leader in the fields of self-esteem and peak
performance. He is the Chairman of the Board of The Foundation for Self-Esteem
in Culver City, CA, was appointed in 1987 by the California Legislature to the
historic California Task Force to Promote Self-Esteem and Personal and Social
Responsibility, and was a co-founder of the National Association for Self-Esteem.
Jack has conducted intensive personal and professional development
seminars for over 750,000 people worldwide. He has spoken to hundreds of
thousands of others at numerous conferences and conventions and has been
seen by millions more on television shows such as Oprah Winfrey, The Today
Show, Fox and Friends, America’s Talking AM, The Caryl & Marilyn Show, 20/20,
Eye to Eye, CNN’s Talk Back Live!, The John Bradshaw Show, Home Team with
Terry Bradshaw, PBS, the BBC, QVC, Home Shopping Network and the NBC and
CBS Nightly News shows.
He has conducted over 2500 workshops and seminars and has consulted
with over 600 school systems, universities, corporations and associations in all
50 states and in over 20 countries including Canada, Mexico, Dominican Republic,
British West Indies, Great Britain, Ireland, Greece, Norway, Iceland, Denmark,
Morocco, Oman, Turkey, Australia, Tahiti, Singapore, Malaysia, India, and Hong
Kong.
His publications include over 120 books (including the best-selling
Chicken Soup for the Soul® series with eleven #1 New York Times bestsellers) as
well as The Aladdin Factor, Dare to Win, Heart at Work, Self-Esteem in the
Classroom, 100 Ways to Enhance Self-Concept in the Classroom, The Power of
Focus: How to Hit Your Personal, Financial and Business Goals with Absolute
Certainty and his most recent book—The Success Principles: How to Get from
Where You Are to Where You Want to Be. He is also the creator of a three-and-a-
half-hour video training program originally developed for California welfare
recipients entitled The GOALS Program, now with over 2,000,000 welfare
recipients and people-at-risk in 25 states having participated in this motivational
success program over the last eight years.