Jack Canfield — Selling 600+ Million Books, Success Principles, and How He Made The 4-Hour Workweek
A Tim Ferriss Show conversation with author and speaker Jack Canfield, co-creator of Chicken Soup for the Soul, about his early life, the China publishing deal and how he built a publishing career. PARTIAL COVERAGE: the episode runs about 98 minutes and the available caption text is cut off, so this summary covers only roughly the first 60 percent, up to his move to The Success Principles. Sales figures and personal accounts are Canfield's own claims.
Executive Summary (TL;DR)
A Tim Ferriss Show conversation with author and speaker Jack Canfield, co-creator of Chicken Soup for the Soul, about his early life, the China publishing deal and how he built a publishing career. PARTIAL COVERAGE: the episode runs about 98 minutes and the available caption text is cut off, so this summary covers only roughly the first 60 percent, up to his move to The Success Principles. Sales figures and personal accounts are Canfield's own claims.
Key Takeaways
How the host met Canfield
Ferriss says that around 2005 or 2006 he volunteered for a Silicon Valley entrepreneur group, invited Canfield to speak, and that Canfield later encouraged his book idea.