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The Success Principles(TM): How to Get from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be Paperback – December 26, 2006
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Jack Canfield, cocreator of the phenomenal bestselling Chicken Soup for the Soul® 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 Principles™ 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. Taken together and practiced every day, these principles will transform your life beyond your wildest dreams!
Filled with memorable and inspiring stories of CEOs, world-class athletes, celebrities, and everyday people, The Success Principles™ will give you the proven blueprint you need to achieve any goal you desire.
- Print length512 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherWilliam Morrow Paperbacks
- Publication dateDecember 26, 2006
- Dimensions6 x 1.28 x 9 inches
- ISBN-100060594896
- ISBN-13978-0060594893
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“If you could read only one book this year, you have it in your hands.” (Harvey Mackay, author of the New York Times #1 bestseller Swim with the Sharks without Being Eaten Alive)
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“I have personally learned a lot from Jack Canfield and I trust you will too.” (John Gray, Ph.., author of Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus)
“. . .an illuminating and easy-to-read book. Jack’s teaching is highly effective. . . .” (Ken Blanchard, author of The One Minute Manager(R) and Customer Mania!(R))
“. . .the best success classic to come along in decades. . . .” (Les Brown, author of Live Your Dreams and Conversations on Success)
“. . .a must-read for everyone who is looking to attain new heights in his or her life.” (Arielle Ford, author of Hot Chocolate for the Mystical Soul)
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.
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- Publisher : William Morrow Paperbacks; Reprint edition (December 26, 2006)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 512 pages
- ISBN-10 : 0060594896
- ISBN-13 : 978-0060594893
- Item Weight : 1.4 pounds
- Dimensions : 6 x 1.28 x 9 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #42,769 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Janet Switzer is a 30-year veteran of generating revenue for bestselling authors, celebrity entrepreneurs, and thousands of small businesses. She’s the New York Times bestselling coauthor of The Success Principles (HarperCollins), written with Jack Canfield and published in 41 languages. She’s also the #1 bestselling author of Instant Income (McGraw-Hill).
She has developed the day-to-day income strategies of many of the world’s leading experts including Chicken Soup for the Soul founder Jack Canfield; television personality Lisa Nichols; personal finance expert David Bach; motivational speaker Les Brown; underground business guru Jay Abraham; Oola cofounders Dave Braun and Troy Amdahl; and tapping-therapy founder Dr. Roger Callahan, among many others.
Her books, newsletter and programs are also used by entrepreneurs in more than 80 countries who benefit from adding published works, speaking careers, and seminars to their existing businesses.
To learn more, visit www.janetswitzer.com.
Jack Canfield is an award-winning speaker and an internationally recognized leader in personal development and peak performance strategies. As the beloved originator of the CHICKEN SOUP FOR THE SOUL® series, he's taught millions of individuals his modernized formulas for success, and now certifies trainers to teach his content and methodology all over the world.
Jack is the author and co-author of more than 150 books (including 66 bestsellers) with more than 100 million copies in print in 47 languages around the world. His bestselling book, THE SUCCESS PRINCIPLES: HOW TO GET FROM WHERE YOU ARE TO WHERE YOU WANT TO BE has been hailed as the new self-improvement classic. In 2014, SUCCESS magazine named him "One of the Most Influential Leaders in Personal Growth and Achievement." He holds the Guinness World Record for having the greatest number of books on the New York Times bestseller list at the same time.
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There is a saying in my native language that goes like this: "Self-praise stinks." Oh my, if that saying is true... then this book stinks all the way to heaven! The book is extremely long (artificially so), but on what seems like every second page, Jack Canfield congratulates himself on his monumental worldly achievements, his fabulous career, his immense wealth, and so on.
The self-praise, overblown out of all proportion, is not limited to Jack Canfield himself. Here is how the book's co-author, Janet Switzer, is described in the "About the Authors" section:
<< Today, she's the marketing genius and business growth expert of choice for some of the world's top success gurus [...]. Additionally, Janet has counseled more than 50,000 companies and entrepreneurs worldwide in leveraging their intangibles and information assets for untold millions in potential windfall revenue. [...] She regularly speaks to thousands of entrepreneurs, independent sales professionals, corporate employees, and industry association members on the principles of success and income generation. Additionally, she helps achievers who are experts in their field attain worldwide status and million-dollar incomes by building publishing empires around their business strategies, training concepts, industry expertise, and unique market posture. >>
Erm, exaggerate much? Are we reading a book here, a work of literature, or some advertisement, a promotional leaflet perhaps? And it's not just the "About the Authors" section that makes you feel as if you were reading an advertisement produced by a corporate PR/marketing department -- you can't quite get rid of the feeling *throughout* the book. You get the idea: it's all about the many dozens, hundreds, thousands, and yes, "untold millions". Reading a passage like the above may be good for a laugh if you just read it *once or twice* -- but if the book contains very similar statements on practically every page, this gets tiresome soon.
It's not just the ceaseless self-praise that is repulsive about the book. The focus the book places on materialism is astounding. I agree that this is only the superficial impression, and that Jack Canfield does imply there are other values in life as well. However, those subtler undertones get completely drowned out in the odes Canfield tirelessly sings on material riches throughout the book. And here is the quote by Wallace D. Wattles, chosen by Canfield to introduce Chapter 60, that nicely sums up what's wrong about the overall tone of _The Success Principles_:
<< Whatever may be said in praise of poverty, the fact remains that it is not possible to live a really complete or successful life unless one is rich. >>
Oh, really? Well, it's definitely Mr. Wattles's and Mr. Canfield's prerogative to believe this -- but to those readers who believe otherwise, reading this book will be a struggle. By the way, I wonder what a certain figure named Jesus Christ would have thought of the above statement -- one only needs to recall his (mistranslated) "camel and eye of the needle" metaphor (Mt 19:24). Here is another sample:
<< Multimillionaire Dr. John Demartini is a resounding success by anyone's standards. He's married to a beautiful and brilliant woman -- Athena Starwoman, the world-famous astrologer who consults and writes for 24 well-known magazines, including Vogue. Together, they own several homes in Australia. And they spend over 60 days a year together circumnavigating the globe in their $3 million luxury apartment onboard the $550 million ocean liner World of ResidenSea -- a residence they purchased after selling their Trump Tower apartment in New York City. >> (chapter 15)
If that doesn't elicit a guffaw from you, I don't know what will. In fact, there are so many silly passages in the book resembling the one just quoted, that you sometimes feel the book should perhaps be sold with a warning label or sticker on it, "Do not open if your IQ is in three digits".
The "Acknowledgments" section of _The Success Principles_ implies that a great many people were involved in the production of the book: proofreading it, suggesting improvements, and so on. In light of this, it is surprising how the book appears to be so weak structurally. A clear, systematic, internal organization of ideas seems to be missing, despite the 6 sections and 64 chapters -- reading the book felt more like, "anything goes", and "let's throw this in as well". The book definitely seems overlong; you feel as if much of it could be cut; the text sometimes gives you the impression of just being an unending series of anecdotes, with a few homespun pearls of wisdom thrown in here and there. The book lacks depth, and seems comfortable with sliding on the surface most of the time.
The authors' intention apparently was to write in an as easy-to-understand way as possible -- in this, they definitely succeeded. However, there are two ways of writing simply (which is a commendable goal): discussing complex matters in an easy-to-understand way, without neglecting any complexities underneath; or just write in an easy-to-understand way, *ignoring* the complexities underneath. Unfortunately, _The Success Principles_ falls into the second category.
It is surprising to see so many 5-star reviews of the book here on Amazon. It's not just surprising, but suspicious. Most of the 5-star reviews seem confined to a few brief, general sentences of praise that *anyone* could have said even *without* reading the book; there seems to be no *personally felt* connection between the reviewer and how the book affected him/her. You also get a weird feeling while reading the many endorsements of _The Success Principles_ printed right inside the book. Again, the personal connection between the book and the quoted person, praising the book so effusively, seems to be absent. You get the impression as if the endorsements originated more in the way of, "Hey, buddy, can you please endorse my new book? I'll make sure to endorse yours the next time around."
Why, then, 2 stars for _The Success Principles_, instead of just 1? Because reading it is not a complete waste of time. The book does contain important insights, many good anecdotes, and lots of impressive quotes. The quotations are more impressive, in fact, than the main text of the book. Here is a sample of a nice anecdote, from chapter 16:
<< Legendary violinist Isaac Stern was once confronted by a middle-aged woman after a concert. She gushed, "Oh, I'd give my life to play like you!" "Lady," said Stern acidly, "that I did!" >>
And here are a couple of impressive passages written by Canfield himself:
<< When you perform any task in real life, researchers have found, your brain uses the same identical processes it would use if you were only vividly visualizing that activity. In other words, your brain sees no difference whatsoever between visualizing something and actually doing it. >> (chapter 11)
<< I've had people in my seminars who, when they finally *truly* forgive someone, release long-term migraine headaches within minutes, find immediate relief from chronic constipation and colitis, release their arthritis pain, improve their eyesight, and immediately experience a host of other physical benefits. One man actually lost 6 pounds in the following 2 days without changing his eating habits! I have also seen people subsequently create miracles in their careers and financial lives. Believe me, it is definitely worth the effort. >> (chapter 29)
The thing I liked most about _The Success Principles_ were the many delightful quotations interspersed throughout the text. Here are a few of them to give you a foretaste:
<< If you can't, you must, and if you must, you can. >> (Anthony Robbins, in chapter 15)
<< You are the average of the five people you spend the most time with. >> (Jim Rohn, in chapter 25)
<< You are a living magnet. What you attract into your life is in harmony with your dominant thoughts. >> (Brian Tracy, in chapter 26)
<< You must begin to understand, therefore, that the present state of your bank account, your sales, your health, your social life, your position at work, etc., is nothing more than the physical manifestation of your previous thinking. If you sincerely wish to change or improve your results in the physical world, you must change your thoughts, and you must change them IMMEDIATELY. >> (Bob Proctor, in chapter 56)
<< Too many people spend money they haven't earned, to buy things they don't want, to impress people they don't like. >> (Will Rogers, motto of chapter 59)
<< It is one of the beautiful compensations of this life that no man can sincerely try to help another without helping himself. >> (Ralph Waldo Emerson, motto of chapter 62)
“It’s amazing what happens to your self-confidence when you get eyeball to eyeball with yourself and you forcefully tell yourself what you’re going to do. Whatever your dream is, look at yourself in the mirror and declare that you are indeed going to achieve it—no matter what the price.”
~ Jack Canfield from The Success Principles
You probably know Jack Canfield as the creator of the Chicken Soup for the Soul series or maybe you caught him on The Secret. He’s been living these “Success Principles” for the last several decades and his life is a demonstration of their power.
There’s a LOT of mojo in this book.
It’s kinda funny to do a PhilosophersNote on it because it’s essentially one (really!) Big Idea after another. In fact, I could prolly write at least 50 Notes on these “Success Principles”… but that’d kinda defeat the purpose of these Notes.
So, I trust you’ll enjoy and, if you’re feelin’ it, I *HIGHLY* recommend you get the book. (I first listened to it and then read it on my Kindle—both ways rock. :)
Here are some of the Big Ideas:
1. Push-Ups - Do your own!
2. Principle #1 - Take 100% responsibility.
3. Principle #2 - Be clear why you’re here.
4. Make an “I Want” List - So waddya want?
5. It’s All About Attitude - How’s yours?
All great things take time. Let’s keep that in mind as we become inverse paranoids who live on purpose, know what we want, do our push-ups and enjoy the success that is our destiny,
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P.S. If you are lazy try reading this book when you have nothing to do I survived this for 3-6 months of reading for 600 pages.
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Other than that, fabulous, and I will try to follow the principles. Thanks Jack!

I have read it once, and I am now slowly working through it again, starting to apply the principles suggested. The book is laid out in a clear fashion, and contains a great deal of useful techniques. It invites you to really challenge your views of the world and your place within it. It goes on to suggest ways to get yourself 'unstuck'.
It isn't for the faint-hearted, as it does require some application to read and digest what it is saying. I have found it really useful as a sort of textbook, and I will be referring to it frequently. I found it eminently readable, and have thoroughly enjoyed it. Time will tell as to how the content will affect the way I live life, but at the end of the day, any effect and the extent of that effect is ultimately down to me. This book provides the pointers.
