Image:Jcanfield.jpg '''Jack Canfield''' is an American Motivational_speaker, trainer and Author. He is best known as the founder and co-creator of The_New_York_Times No. 1 best-selling "Chicken_Soup_for_the_Soul" book series, which currently has over 65 titles and 80 million copies in print in over 37 Languages. According to USA_Today, Canfield and his writing partner, Mark_Victor_Hansen, were the top-selling authors in the United_States in 1997. With a BA from Harvard, a Masters from University_of_Massachusetts, and an honorary doctorate from the University_of_Santa_Monica, Canfield has been a high school and university teacher, a Workshop Facilitator, a psychotherapist, and for the past 30 years, a leading authority in the area of Self-esteem and Personal_development. Canfield is the founder of "Self Esteem Seminars" in Santa Barbara, and "The Foundation for Self Esteem" in Culver_City,_California. ''Self Esteem Seminars'' trains Entrepreneurs, educators, corporate leaders and Employees on how to accelerate the achievement of their personal and professional goals, while ''The Foundation for Self Esteem'' provides self-esteem resources and trainings to Social_workers, welfare recipients and Human_resource professionals. Canfield is also the President of Souperspeakers.com, a speaking resource service that provides Inspirational_speakers for event planners worldwide. Canfield has traveled to over 21 countries, delivering hundreds of keynote speeches, workshops and trainings each year. As part of his presentation style, he always uses inspirational, motivational and uplifting stories to help his audiences discover, experience and retain key concepts and approaches. After each session, audiences everywhere had encouraged him to put his stories into a single book. In 1990, while on an airplane home, he felt that it was time. He shared his idea with Author, Mark Victor Hansen, during breakfast one day. Hansen liked the idea, and so began the ''Chicken Soup for the Soul'' phenomenon. But with their busy schedules, translating what worked on the Podium onto the written page proved more challenging than either of them had anticipated. After three long years, the two had compiled just sixty-eight stories — a far cry from the 101 they believed was the magic number for a successful book. Nonetheless, their successful partnership has spawned many other titles that have made them enormously famous. Canfield has appeared on numerous television shows, including Good_Morning_America, 20/20, Eye_to_Eye, CNN’s ''Talk Back Live'', PBS and the BBC. Today, he speaks shares his success strategies with companies and associations worldwide. ==External links== * http://www.jackcanfield.com/contact.htm * http://www.chickensoup.com/ * NLP Trainings Reviews Review of Jack Canfield Workshop * http://www.barberusa.com/motive/canfield_jack.html Category:_American_writers Category:_Motivational_writers Category:_Motivational_speakers