Soup For Success

Soup For Success

In an exclusive interview,Jack Canfield,author of the blockbuster Chicken Soup for the Soul series,reveals the art,science and spirit of success

Vivek Kaul

Time magazine once called him the publishing phenomenon of the decade.J ack Canfield is the originator of the Chicken Soup for the Soul series of books,which now has over 225 books in print with a total sales of over 500 million copies worldwide in 47 languages.He is also America's top success coach and a leading expert in creating peak performance for entrepreneurs,corporate leaders,managers,sales professionals,corporate employees,and educators.In this interview,he speaks to CD about success,failure,goal-setting and his avid interest in commitment to life-long learning.Excerpts:

How critical are our beliefs in terms of manifesting what we want in our lives and becoming successful

The answer is very critical.In fact,it may be the most critical thing in becoming successful other than taking action,because beliefs and the emotions that that are created by them,like self-doubt and fear,are the things that stop people from taking action.Therefore,to be successful one needs to find some methodology for surfacing whatever limiting beliefs might be stopping you and then working to release those.

Can you give us an example

My favorite story about the power of beliefs is about Cliff Young,an Australian potato farmer who had always wanted to run in a long distance race,and in 1983 at the age of 61,decided to enter the Sydney to Melbourne Ultra Marathon,an 875 kilometer (544 mile) race.He was wearing overalls and gum boots,a t-shirt and a baseball cap.While everyone else was wearing Nike,Reebok and Asics running gear.The race organisers,worried about his health,asked if he'd ever run a long distance race before.He said no.They asked if he'd run a short race like a half marathon and he said no and responded the same to a question regarding a 10k.So then they asked him what made...