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| The Success Principles: How to Get From Where You Are to Where You Want to Be | 
 enlarge | Authors: Jack Canfield, Janet Switzer
Publisher: Collins
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (253 reviews)
Sales Rank: 24569
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 512
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.9
Dimensions (in): 9.3 x 6.5 x 1.5
ISBN: 0060594888
Dewey Decimal Number: 158
EAN: 9780060594886
ASIN: 0060594888
Publication Date: December 28, 2005
Release Date: December 28, 2004
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If there's anyone qualified to write a self-help book on success, it's Jack Canfield, who's worked his way from scraping by as a teacher to holding a Guinness world record for having seven books simultaneously on The New York Times Best Sellers list. As a coauthor of the Chicken Soup for the Soul series, he's sold more than 80 million books, and now lives "in a beautiful California estate" with his days of dining on spaghetti and tomato paste long behind him. "All you have to do is decide what it is you want, believe you deserve it, and practice the principles in this book," he says, and success is yours. His advice is straightforward (examples: "reject rejection" and "surround yourself with successful people"), but rather derivative, with quotes from the likes of JFK, Colin Powell, Aldous Huxley, and fellow motivation author Napoleon Hill.Canfield's definition of success is primarily monetary, and he includes plenty of anecdotes depicting average folks who saved themselves from the brink of bankruptcy after following his principles. He could tone down the braggadocio; readers don't need to know that he's stayed in resorts in Hawaii, Italy, Australia, and Morocco. Despite those gripes, his cheerleader-caliber enthusiasm should benefit anyone looking to improve their lot in life. --Erica Jorgensen Amazon.com Exclusive Content  Jack Canfield, creator of the Chicken Soup for the Soul series, reveals secrets to success with 64 timeless principles in The Success Principles. Get a successful start right now and watch a video featuring Jack Canfield and his words of wisdom on how to transform your life, how to take responsibility, and why his new book is suited for everyone.
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The Principles Always Work
If You Work the Principles Get ready to transform yourself for success. Jack Canfield, cocreator of the phenomenal bestselling Chicken Soup for the SoulA series, turns to the principles he's studied, taught, and lived for more than 30 years in this practical and inspiring guide that will help any aspiring person get from where they are to where they want to be. The Success Principlesa will teach you how to increase your confidence, tackle daily challenges, live with passion and purpose, and realize all your ambitions. Not merely a collection of good ideas, this book spells out the 64 timeless principles used by successful men and women throughout history. And the fundamentals are the same for all people and all professions -- even if you're currently unemployed. It doesn't matter if your goals are to be the top salesperson in your company, become a leading architect, score straight A's in school, lose weight, buy your dream home, or make millions of dollars-the principles and strategies are the same. From learning these basics, you can then tackle the important inner work needed to transform yourself. After this inner work, you can turn to building a "success team" and the important ways of transforming your relationships for lasting success. Finally, because success always includes a financial dimension, you can learn to develop a positive money consciousness along with the habits that will ensure that you have enough to live the lifestyle you want, while keeping the importance of tithing and service central to your financial practice. Taken together and practiced every day, these principles will transform your life beyond your wildest dreams! Filled with memorable and inspiring stories of CEO's, world-class athletes, celebrities, and everyday people, The Success Principlesa will give you the courage and the heart to start living the principles of success today. Go for it!
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"To be human is to aspire to success: in life, home, relationships, work, education, creative expression, and indeed in every aspect of daily living. Bestselling author of the Chicken Soup. series Jack Canfield delivers a work that can inspire, instruct, and practically nurture the impulse for success in all its manifold expressions. The Success PrinciplesT is a watershed book for a renewed era of Success-oriented culture, touching on every aspect of our lives. From sales and marketing professionals to small business owners, and from teachers to students and parents, Canfield offers 64 practical and inspiring principles to get any aspiring person from where they are to where they want to be. The Principles Always Work
If You Work the Principles Get ready to transform yourself for success. Jack Canfield, cocreator of the phenomenal bestselling Chicken Soup for the SoulA series, turns to the principles he's studied, taught, and lived for more than 30 years in this practical and inspiring guide that will help any aspiring person get from where they are to where they want to be. The Success Principlesa will teach you how to increase your confidence, tackle daily challenges, live with passion and purpose, and realize all your ambitions. Not merely a collection of good ideas, this book spells out the 64 timeless principles used by successful men and women throughout history. And the fundamentals are the same for all people and all professions -- even if you're currently unemployed. It doesn't matter if your goals are to be the top salesperson in your company, become a leading architect, score straight A's in school, lose weight, buy your dream home, or make millions of dollars-the principles and strategies are the same. From learning these basics, you can then tackle the important inner work needed to transform yourself. After this inner work, you can turn to building a ""success team"" and the important ways of transforming your relationships for lasting success. Finally, because success always includes a financial dimension, you can learn to develop a positive money consciousness along with the habits that will ensure that you have enough to live the lifestyle you want, while keeping the importance of tithing and service central to your financial practice. Taken together and practiced every day, these principles will transform your life beyond your wildest dreams! Filled with memorable and inspiring stories of CEO's, world-class athletes, celebrities, and everyday people, The Success Principlesa will give you the courage and the heart to start living the principles of success today. Go for it! "
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 Not a lot of new info, but some great questions are asked April 19, 2008
I wanted to hold off on a review of this book until I'd had time to read it thoroughly and do all of the exercises in writing, which I have now done. I will present the pros and cons of this book, as I see them, and hopefully it will help someone on the fence about buying this.
First, the pros. Some of this information may be regurgitated from other(and dare I say, better) authors, but some of it was new to me. I have read MANY self-help books and have done a lot of personal work. I've read quite a few of the books that Jack Canfield recommends reading already. So I'm not a newbie to inner work or success methodology. I would not say I'm a master at life, though- hardly. He asks some questions within this book that I have never encountered before, and I have to say they were profound. Not just about what I want to do in the present, but how my past is limiting me. His questions did help me uncover some transparent beliefs that were rather obvious, but that I'd never questioned too deeply. I have to say that I'm not sorry I bought the book, for these insights alone. Another pro is all of the inspiring quotes within. I really enjoyed getting my daily dose of positive words from reading this book.
On to the cons, as I perceive them, anyway. Again, much of what he writes has already been written, some of it quite a few times before. I got really tired of his push to buy his other books, especially Chicken Soup for the Soul. Enough already. We get that you want to sell a billion copies of the book- if I want it, I'll buy it. Stop talking about it.
Which leads me to my next con. While I believe, as he does, that reading and education are vital to continuing your growth, his list of books to read is huge. I realize that he is trying to help people, but I wonder if he's just encouraging some people to use reading one "success" book after another to avoid living their life. Maybe not, but it's just a thought. Reading doesn't replace experiencing life.
The other caution I would bring up is the financial counseling that he attempts to give in this book. To the best of my knowledge, he is not licensed to advise people on their finances, and I think he should refrain from this. Some of his advice goes directly against the most up-to-date financial expertise(see the book Why Smart People Do Stupid Things with Money). Just take this part of his writing with a big grain of salt. I know that he is a wealthy man himself, but he is not in a position to guide others so carelessly to riches.
It is obvious that he believes having as many services and chores delegated as possible. While I would love to be a millionaire and never have to do dishes, cook for myself, or clean my house, that isn't going to happen any time soon. What he fails to bring up is that these hiring these services are often more trouble than they're worth. Obviously, for a billionaire executive, this doesn't apply. But to the average person, hiring a person to do every single thing you don't like to do is absurd. You have to make a choice sometimes between keeping up with the Joneses and keeping your life simple. Success isn't necessarily having as many servants and material things as you think you need, anyway.
Overall, I'd say this book is worth reading. Just be aware a lot of it is not new info, and some of it is not advisable.
 Decent overview, read with a caveat April 17, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is a fairly decent "quick and dirty" overview of the ideas many of the popular "success" gurus are selling, complete with web/contact info (which would have been fine at the back of the book, but they are in numerous footnotes throughout the main text, which is really annoying).
Several good ideas are here, and all in one place, but you have to wade through a LOT of self-congratulatory passages from Canfield, and there are some glaring contradictions--in one chapter he talks about getting your financial house in order, even mentioning Kiyosaki's definition of an asset. BUT, like all success gurus, he is always pushing success being all about more money and more stuff ("doodads" in Kiyosaki's books). Success is NOT necessarily about money and stuff, not to everyone.
Canfield also talks about relationships and marriage, yet admits to having a prenup, which says something right there about how he truly feels about marriage. Read up on many of these gurus and you'll see that many of them have been married more than once. Makes you wonder, doesn't it?
The book serves as a decent compendium of several success principles, if you can get past the contradictions and the bragging. I read it after reading Helping Me Help Myself by Beth Lisick.
Buy used.
 A great and useful book, except... April 16, 2008
I believe this book can be very useful for anyone who want's to be successful in life, if you consistently practice the principles relayed within. However, it's true that (as one disillusioned reviewer stated) this book will not change your life. No book has the power to change your life, since a book is an inanimate object. But this book does have valuable information that can be used to expand one's awareness as to what works (and what doesn't) to get one what he or she wants in life.The only way a person can change his or life is through "decisions". And making the decision to read this book and actually apply the principles consistently can have a big impact on one's success in life. My main criticism of this book is that it does not provide one with a good "decision-making model" (or any decision-making model), as "Awaken the Giant Within" (by Anthony Robbins) does. And since your destiny in life and the quality of your life is determined entirely by your decisions (other than things over which you have no control), a good decision-making model is imperative for any book that attempts to provide all that you need to know about how to become really successful and get what you want in life.
 The BEST Ever Book ON Creating Abundance! April 12, 2008
Hi,
I am a life coach and therapist. Many of my clients seek help with creating abundance and love in their lives. I refer them to this new book by Jack Canfield. It is well put together, well researched, and it gives my clients something to study when we are not in session. Many of 'The Secret' forerunners are caught up in greed. Jack Canfield is not one of these. He sincerely wants to help others to have a better life. I highly recommend this book to anyone who wants to create more abundance in their lives.
Whitneay T. Vanwells
BOUGHT AS GIFT April 6, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Bought this for my wife who is a Pastor / Life Coach. She said she got a lot of good principles from it.
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