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Chicken Soup for the Soul: My Resolution: 101 Stories...Great Ideas for Your Mind, Body, and ...Wallet
1. Fun and inspirational title that is appropriate during the classic New Year's resolution season, but works all year as well.
2. The line is being updated with new covers, new interior layouts, excellent editing, and up-to-date stories. The line is also returning to the core values of its heyday, delivering 101 stories in every book.
3. Chicken Soup for the Soul earned the Guinness World Record for having the most books on the New York Times bestseller list at one time.
4. Last year, USA Today named Chicken Soup for the Soul #5 on its list of 25 books that left a legacy over the past quarter century.
Chicken Soup for the My Resolution gives you 101 great stories with practical ideas for today's times – for your mind, your body, and your wallet!
Everyone makes resolutions – for New Year’s, for big birthdays, for new school years. In fact, most of us are so good at resolutions that we make the same ones year after year. They can be life-changing or really quite simple.
Read 101 real stories from real people about their year-round resolutions to do with less and simplify their lives, go "green," lose weight, quit smoking, get fit -- sensibly, change careers and find new meaning in their lives, improve personal relationships, find more time for what's important, and many more practical, heartwarming, and humorous resolutions.
2. The line is being updated with new covers, new interior layouts, excellent editing, and up-to-date stories. The line is also returning to the core values of its heyday, delivering 101 stories in every book.
3. Chicken Soup for the Soul earned the Guinness World Record for having the most books on the New York Times bestseller list at one time.
4. Last year, USA Today named Chicken Soup for the Soul #5 on its list of 25 books that left a legacy over the past quarter century.
Chicken Soup for the My Resolution gives you 101 great stories with practical ideas for today's times – for your mind, your body, and your wallet!
Everyone makes resolutions – for New Year’s, for big birthdays, for new school years. In fact, most of us are so good at resolutions that we make the same ones year after year. They can be life-changing or really quite simple.
Read 101 real stories from real people about their year-round resolutions to do with less and simplify their lives, go "green," lose weight, quit smoking, get fit -- sensibly, change careers and find new meaning in their lives, improve personal relationships, find more time for what's important, and many more practical, heartwarming, and humorous resolutions.
- GenresNonfictionSelf Help
380 pages, Paperback
First published December 23, 2008
About the author
Jack Canfield
1,310 books1,764 followersJack 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 stated mission of Self Esteem Seminars is to train entrepreneurs, educators, corporate leaders and employees to achieve their personal and professional goals. The focus of The Foundation for Self Esteem is to train social workers, welfare recipients and human resource professionals.
In 1990,he shared with author Mark Victor Hansen his idea for the Chicken Soup for the Soul series. After three years, the two had compiled sixty-eight stories.
Canfield has appeared on numerous television shows, including Good Morning America, 20/20, Eye to Eye, CNN's Talk Back Live, PBS, The Oprah Winfrey Show, The Montel Williams Show, Larry King Live and the BBC.
Canfield's most recent book, The Success Principles (2005), shares 64 principles that he claims can make people more successful. In 2006, he appeared in the DVD, "The Secret," and shared his insights on the Law of Attraction and tips for achieving success in personal and professional life.
Jack Canfield was born on August 19, 1944, in Fort Worth, TX. He is the son of Elmer and Ellen (a homemaker; maiden name, Taylor). He attended high school at Linsly Military Institute, Wheeling, WV, 1962. He went to college at Harvard University, B.A., 1966; University of Massachusetts at Amherst, M.Ed., 1973. Canfield married Judith Ohlbaum in 1971 (divorced, November 1976); he married Georgia Lee Noble on September 9, 1978 (divorced, December 1999); he married Inga Marie Mahoney on July 4, 2001; children: (first marriage) Oran, David, Kyle, Dania; (second marriage) Christopher Noble. He is a Democrat and a Christian, and his hobbies include tennis, travel, skiing, running, billiards, reading, and guitar.
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 stated mission of Self Esteem Seminars is to train entrepreneurs, educators, corporate leaders and employees to achieve their personal and professional goals. The focus of The Foundation for Self Esteem is to train social workers, welfare recipients and human resource professionals.
In 1990,he shared with author Mark Victor Hansen his idea for the Chicken Soup for the Soul series. After three years, the two had compiled sixty-eight stories.
Canfield has appeared on numerous television shows, including Good Morning America, 20/20, Eye to Eye, CNN's Talk Back Live, PBS, The Oprah Winfrey Show, The Montel Williams Show, Larry King Live and the BBC.
Canfield's most recent book, The Success Principles (2005), shares 64 principles that he claims can make people more successful. In 2006, he appeared in the DVD, "The Secret," and shared his insights on the Law of Attraction and tips for achieving success in personal and professional life.
Jack Canfield was born on August 19, 1944, in Fort Worth, TX. He is the son of Elmer and Ellen (a homemaker; maiden name, Taylor). He attended high school at Linsly Military Institute, Wheeling, WV, 1962. He went to college at Harvard University, B.A., 1966; University of Massachusetts at Amherst, M.Ed., 1973. Canfield married Judith Ohlbaum in 1971 (divorced, November 1976); he married Georgia Lee Noble on September 9, 1978 (divorced, December 1999); he married Inga Marie Mahoney on July 4, 2001; children: (first marriage) Oran, David, Kyle, Dania; (second marriage) Christopher Noble. He is a Democrat and a Christian, and his hobbies include tennis, travel, skiing, running, billiards, reading, and guitar.
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August 8, 2017
Chicken Soup for the Soul: My Resolution: 101 Heartwarming, Healthful, and Humorous Resolutions . . . and how they turned out! Is a book that I would recommend to anyone who is looking for inspiration.
In this book the stories focus around resolutions, and as the book points at in the beginning, a resolution doesn’t always need to be made on New Year’s Eve. Any day of our lives we can start anew – because God gives us a sunrise each morning to put the past behind us and start anew.
Stories in the book focused not only around the more popular New Year’s Resolutions: Quit Smoking, stop drinking, diet/lose weight and exercise more, but stories also included being a better person, a better parent, a better teacher.
Some stories that were shared made me chuckle, some made me cry and others gave me a lot to think about. For example, one person shared how they tok a photo each day of the year to create a photo journal of their life. Another story shared how to help them see a better image of the world, they began a blessing journal.
I gave this book 4 out of 5 stars. It is a good book and I am glad I read it though a library loan, but it wasn’t something that I feel I needed to purchase and add to my library collection.
In this book the stories focus around resolutions, and as the book points at in the beginning, a resolution doesn’t always need to be made on New Year’s Eve. Any day of our lives we can start anew – because God gives us a sunrise each morning to put the past behind us and start anew.
Stories in the book focused not only around the more popular New Year’s Resolutions: Quit Smoking, stop drinking, diet/lose weight and exercise more, but stories also included being a better person, a better parent, a better teacher.
Some stories that were shared made me chuckle, some made me cry and others gave me a lot to think about. For example, one person shared how they tok a photo each day of the year to create a photo journal of their life. Another story shared how to help them see a better image of the world, they began a blessing journal.
I gave this book 4 out of 5 stars. It is a good book and I am glad I read it though a library loan, but it wasn’t something that I feel I needed to purchase and add to my library collection.
February 23, 2021
Great stories to keep you inspired.
January 9, 2016
I always enjoyed a good Chicken Soup for the Soul book, but this was a perfect compliment to start of the New Year with. The stories are insightful, but very few are tailored to those of the present day and age. Some do not tailor to the today's world and age. However, in the midst of a time where resolutions are being made and pursued, just to mostly been broken or forgotten about a few months down the road, this book is a comforting reminder that it's ok to want to change yourself and not always be successful doing so, but let the reason for failing to keep your resolution (whether it be "being more organized" or "exercise and eat healthy") be that you were living life to its fullest ability, accepting all the curveballs life throws at you, and doing what you love/being around those you love everyday. It's almost like a word from the old and the wise: a lesson, that no matter the story and time, stays relevant and true.
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August 5, 2013
2 1/2 stars.
Where are all the stories from younger people, people my age, in their mid-twenties? While TV and books would have you believe that my generation is more fucked up than ever, the conversations I've had with my incredibly wise fiance lead me to believe otherwise.
All the old cliches and tropes can be found here. It was entertaining enough to be able to get through the book, but there is nothing lasting or of true value. And where on earth are the stories about gay relationships or people that are something other than Christian?
Yeah, that's what I thought. Fail, Chicken Soup.
Where are all the stories from younger people, people my age, in their mid-twenties? While TV and books would have you believe that my generation is more fucked up than ever, the conversations I've had with my incredibly wise fiance lead me to believe otherwise.
All the old cliches and tropes can be found here. It was entertaining enough to be able to get through the book, but there is nothing lasting or of true value. And where on earth are the stories about gay relationships or people that are something other than Christian?
Yeah, that's what I thought. Fail, Chicken Soup.
April 8, 2016
Like most Chicken Soup for the Soul books, some of the stories are touching and inspirational whereas others might mean something to the author, but were just dull and pointless to me. A good read that does make you think of bettering your life.
June 23, 2009
Has to be on the list - Jeannie's on page 12.
September 8, 2017
Nice compilation, very inspiring.
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