1. Jack Canfield was born on August 19,1944 and is an American author and motivational speaker.
20 Facts About Jack Canfield
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Jack Canfield is the co-author of the Chicken Soup for the Soul series, which has more than 250 titles and 500 million copies in print in over 40 languages.
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In 2005 Canfield co-authored with Janet Switzer The Success Principles: How to Get From Where You Are to Where You Want to Be.
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Jack Canfield was born in Fort Worth, Texas on August 19,1944.
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Jack Canfield spent his teen years in Wheeling, West Virginia and graduated from the Linsly Military Institute in 1962.
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Jack Canfield began his career in 1967 when he taught a year of high school in Chicago, Illinois.
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Jack Canfield worked at the Clinton Job Corps Center in Iowa and the W Clement and Jessie V Stone Foundation in Chicago.
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In 1976 Jack Canfield co-authored 100 Ways to Enhance Self-Concept in the Classroom.
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Jack Canfield ran a residential Gestalt center called the New England Center for Personal and Organizational Development and was named one of the Ten Outstanding Young Men of America by the US Jaycees in 1978.
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Jack Canfield is the founder and CEO of The Jack Canfield Training Group in Santa Barbara, California and founder of The Foundation for Self-Esteem in Culver City, California.
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Jack Canfield holds a Guinness World Record for having seven books on the New York Times bestseller list at the same time.
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In 2006 Jack Canfield was featured in a self-development film called The Secret.
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Jack Canfield's best known books include: The Power of Focus, The Aladdin Factor, and Dare to Win.
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In 2005 Jack Canfield co-authored The Success Principles: How to Get from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be.
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Jack Canfield is a founding member of the Transformational Leadership Council.
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Jack Canfield coauthored Chicken Soup for the Soul with Mark Victor Hansen in 1993.
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Jack Canfield later co-authored dozens of additional books in the Chicken Soup for the Soul series.
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Jack Canfield married Judith Ohlbaum in 1971 and they had two sons together, Oran and Kyle, before divorcing in 1976.
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Jack Canfield left the family and moved in with a masseuse in 1976, while his wife was pregnant with their second son.
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Jack Canfield married Inga Marie Mahoney in 2001, and is stepfather to her children, Travis and Riley.