Jack Canfield
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August 19, 1944
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Fort Worth, Texas, The United States
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Jack Canfield is an American motivational speaker and author. He is best known as the co-creator of the "Chicken Soup for the Soul" book series, which currently has over 124 titles and 100 million copies in print in over 47 languages. According to USA Today, Canfield and his writing partner, Mark Victor Hansen, were the top-selling authors in the United States in 1997.
Canfield received a BA in Chinese History from Harvard University and a Masters from University of Massachusetts. He has worked as a teacher, a workshop facilitator, and a psychotherapist.
Canfield is the founder of "Self Esteem Seminars" in Santa Barbara, and "The Foundation for Self Esteem" in Culver City, California. The ...more
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Jack Canfield on tour for the book "Chicken Soup for the Soul: Living Catholic Faith: 101 Stories to Offer Hope, Deepen Faith, and Spread Love"
Author appearance, November 12, 2009 07:00PM
Barnes & Noble, 189 Grove Drive, Los Angeles, CA, The United States
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Author appearance, November 12, 2009 07:00PM
Barnes & Noble, 189 Grove Drive, Los Angeles, CA, The United States
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Cynthia Brian on tour for the book "Be the Star You Are! for Teens: Simple Gifts for Living, Loving, Laughing, Learning, and Leading"
Author appearance, November 21, 2009 01:00PM
GBOP, 334 Hartz Avenue, 94506, Danville, CA, The United States
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Author appearance, November 21, 2009 01:00PM
GBOP, 334 Hartz Avenue, 94506, Danville, CA, The United States
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Cynthia Brian on tour for the book "Be the Star You Are! for Teens: Simple Gifts for Living, Loving, Laughing, Learning, and Leading"
Author appearance, December 02, 2009 07:25PM
Towne Center Books, 555 Main St., Pleasanton, CA, The United States
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Author appearance, December 02, 2009 07:25PM
Towne Center Books, 555 Main St., Pleasanton, CA, The United States
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"Don't worry about failures, worry about the chances you miss when you don't even try."
— Jack Canfield (Chicken Soup for the Soul)
— Jack Canfield (Chicken Soup for the Soul)
"Everything you want is out there waiting for you to ask. Everything you want also wants you. But you have to take action to get it."
— Jack Canfield
— Jack Canfield
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"Our job is not to figure out the 'how'. The 'how' will show up out of the commitment and believe in the 'what'"
— Jack Canfield
— Jack Canfield
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