A Healthy Dose of Motivation: Includes 'The Aladdin Factor' and 'Dare to Win' [Abridged, Audiobook] [Audio Cassette]

Jack Canfield (Author, Reader), Mark Victor Hansen (Author, Reader)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 30, 2000

From the New York Times bestselling authors of the Chicken Soup for the Soul series come two of their most successful and inspirational titles together for the very first time!

How are you doing? Are you just okay or just getting by? Are you striving for personal happiness, creative fulfillment, and professional success in your life? Canfield and Hansen believe that not only are you entitled to have your wishes fulfilled, but you also deserve the very best out of life. A Healthy Dose of Motivation will show you that anything and everything is possible, if you dare to ask for it!

A Healthy Dose of Motivation combines two of Canfield’s and Hansen’s greatest lessons, The Aladdin Factor and Dare to Win, into one magical wellspring of knowledge and inspiration that takes a hard look at the one factor that keeps most of us from realizing our full potential: fear. This program shows that fear can be confronted and overcome simply and effectively by having the willingness and desire to ask for what we want.

Blending the authors’ trademark humor and candor with philosophy and motivational anecdotes, A Healthy Dose of Motivation enthusiastically explains:
• the key points to getting what you want
• how to stop limiting your expectations
• how to deal with rejection
• how to find your true purpose and learn to fulfill it

No matter what kind of obstacles you face, A Healthy Dose of Motivation will convince you that life’s opportunities really are unlimited.

Editorial Reviews

Review

“They warmed your soul with Chicken Soup. Now the brilliant motivational team of Canfield and Hansen reveal the secret to getting everything your heart desires.” —Ken Blanchard, co-author of The One Minute Manager

--This text refers to the Audio CD edition.

About the Author

Jack Canfield is the author of several books on self-esteem and has conducted seminars for more than half a million people worldwide.

Mark Victor Hansen is a popular speaker to business, professional, and educational associations. They are the authors of the phenomenally successful New York Times bestsellers Chicken Soup for the Soul, A 2nd Helping of Chicken Soup for the Soul, and A 3rd Helping of Chicken Soup for the Soul.

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Product Details

• Audio Cassette
• Publisher: Macmillan Audio; Abridged edition (September 30, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1559276150
• ISBN-13: 978-1559276153
• Product Dimensions: 7 x 4.7 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,073,234 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Jack Canfield, America's Success Coach, is the cocreator of the Chicken Soup for the Soul® series, which includes 40 New York Times bestsellers, and coauthor with Gay Hendricks of You've GOT to Read This Book! An internationally renowned corporate trainer, keynote speaker, and popular radio and TV talk show guest, he lives in Santa Barbara, California.

Customer Reviews

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24 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars THINK YOU CAN'T? GIVE A LISTEN TO THIS !, January 15, 2005

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Gail Cooke (TX, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: A Healthy Dose of Motivation: Includes 'The Aladdin Factor' and 'Dare to Win' (Audio CD)

While Jack Canfield and Mark Victor Hansen are described as motivators, it might be as accurate to describe then as rejuvenaters, resusitators, reinvigorators, all the boosts that a person needs to be happy and successful. Cheerleaders might also be an apt description as they're sure you can do it, and they make that clear in "A Healthy Dose of Motivation," which they read with all the vigor and charisma that marks their personal appearances.

These two gentlemen, as most know, are the authors of the incredibly successful Chicken Soup series, so they're more than familiar with the subject of fulfillment. Quite often, personal stories of those who have succeeded are the basis for their books, along with suggestions and clearly defined steps.

"A Healthy Dose of Motivation" consists of two texts from their repertoire: "The Aladdin Factor" and ""Dare To Win."

"The Aladdin Factor" deals with the importance of asking for what you want, and how to tolerate rejection. The destructive pattern of limiting yourself is featured in "Dare to Win," plus advice on how to rid yourself of self-destructive behavior.

Think you can't? Give a listen to "A Healthy Dose of Motivation," and you may discover that you can.

- Gail Cooke

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Extremely inspirational!, March 30, 2007

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Listening to these two program was very inspirational, heart-warming and motivational. Some of the anecdotes provided really brought tears to my eyes and touched me deeply. They really brought home to me that anything, ANYTHING is possible. I just started my own business five months ago and have faced many challenges. I bought the CD because of its title, I really needed "A Healthy Dose of Motivation" to keep going in my business. I got what I paid for, I feel very motivated and inspired to keep going despite any obstacles and with my renewed postive energy my business is growing in leaps and bounds! A great investment.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Two for the price of one..., December 23, 2007

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J. Gooch (Louisiana) - See all my reviews
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J. Canfield and M.V. Hansen have done it again! I bought this audio-book for a friend who has poor-eyesight, but loves to read. Also, he is fighting some personal issues right now. It's a Christmas present, so we'll know soon enough how happy he is to get it.

I know for a fact it's wonderful! I accidentally ran across "Dare to Win" in the library five years ago. I find myself reading it once or twice a year--not because I didn't get it the first time, but because as with all things "practice makes perfect". But really, what an inspiring message!! I generally read this one in the morning with coffee...sets the tone for the whole day:

I can do anything. As soon as I start doing it. I am somebody, even if it feels like nobody else thinks so. Happiness is a state of mind, not a situation. You are only a victim of the things you choose to be a victim of. Doesn't that sound like a great way to start the day?

(PS: You really DO only need to get through one day at a time...or when it gets really bad, just commit to one more hour--over and over and over again!

Life starts to get interesting when you get into the driver's seat instead of cowering in the backseat, or pulling that sullen teenager act in the co-pilot's seat...grow up and LIVE!)