A 5th Portion of Chicken Soup for the Soul
by Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen
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Jack Canfield and Mark Victor Hansen, world-renowned and universally loved motivational speakers, offer you their latest banquet of timeless tales and inspiring wisdom. Whether you are a longtime fan of the series or a first-time sampler, you will treasure Chicken Soup for the Soul's latest tribute to life and humanity. With topics ranging the emotional and experiential gamut, these heartwarming stories invite you to enjoy Chicken Soup in whatever way you find most comforting and appealing... by the spoonful, the bowlful or the whole soup pot in one sitting.
The authors of these stories share with you some of their most meaningful life experiences. Their narrative gifts will show more help you to find deeper meaning in your own experiences and to move forward into a richer, more fulfilling life. Remember, in your life and the lives of those you love, there is always room for more love, more wisdom, more inspiration, more shared stories and, of course, more Chicken Soup." show less
Jack Canfield and Mark Victor Hansen, world-renowned and universally loved motivational speakers, offer you their latest banquet of timeless tales and inspiring wisdom. Whether you are a longtime fan of the series or a first-time sampler, you will treasure Chicken Soup for the Soul's latest tribute to life and humanity. With topics ranging the emotional and experiential gamut, these heartwarming stories invite you to enjoy Chicken Soup in whatever way you find most comforting and appealing... by the spoonful, the bowlful or the whole soup pot in one sitting.
The authors of these stories share with you some of their most meaningful life experiences. Their narrative gifts will show more help you to find deeper meaning in your own experiences and to move forward into a richer, more fulfilling life. Remember, in your life and the lives of those you love, there is always room for more love, more wisdom, more inspiration, more shared stories and, of course, more Chicken Soup." show less
one of the topic was overcoming obstacles. Our life is so much related to this. Regardless of weather we are rich or poor, on whatever level or living class, obstacles in life will come and it is our duty to overcome it and be done with it. Make it a learning passage valuables to go on with our life.
I'm interested with a quote by Epicurus ' The greater the difficulty, the more glory in surmounting it '
I'm interested with a quote by Epicurus ' The greater the difficulty, the more glory in surmounting it '
There are 101 short stories by bestselling authors in this edition of the popular Chicken Soup series.
very good a must read
very good a must read
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Jack Canfield earned his Bachelor's of Arts from Harvard and a Master's degree from the University of Massachusetts. he also has an honorary doctorate from the University of Santa Monica. Canfield has been a high school and university teacher, a workshop facilitator, a psychotherapist and a leading authority in the area of self esteem and personal show more development for approximately 30 years. Canfield is the founder and co-creator of the Chicken Soup for the Soul book series, which has over 36 titles, 53 million copies in print and is translated into over 32 languages. He is the founder of Self Esteem Seminars in Santa Barbara, California, which trains entrepreneurs, educators, corporate leaders and employees in how to accelerate achievement. Canfield is also the founder of the Foundation for Self Esteem which provides self esteem resources and training for social workers, welfare recipients and Human Resource professionals. Some of his clients include Virgin Records, Sony Pictures, Merrill Lynch, Caldwell Banker, Federal Express, Bergen Brunswig Pharmaceuticals and the American Alzheimers Association. In 1987, Canfield was appointed by the California Legislature to the California Task Force to Promote Self Esteem and Personal and Social Responsibility. He is the co-founder of the National Association for Self Esteem, and a member of the association for Holistic Education, as well as the National Association for for Self Esteem, where he was also a past member of the Board of Trustees and the recipient of the 1993 National Leadership Award. He is also a member of the National Staff Development Council and the National Speakers Association. In 1989, Canfield was awarded the Certified Speaking Professional designation, an honor that is held by less than 5% of NSA's membership. In 1997, he was nominated by three of NSA's past presidents for the coveted CPAE designation. Canfield has appeared on such television shows as Oprah, The Today Show, 20/20, Eye to Eye, the NBC Nightly News and the BBC. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
309+ Works 46,950 Members
Mark Victor Hansen Mark Victor Hansen has been helping people reshape their personal vision of what's possible for themselves for over 26 years. Hansen's keynote messages of possibility and opportunity have helped create powerful changes in more than 2 million people in 38 countries. He has appeared on such as television shows as Oprah, CNN, Eye show more to Eye and The Today Show and been interviewed in Time, US News and World Report, USA Today, The New York Times and Entrepreneur Magazine. He is perhaps most well know for his position as co-editor for the "Chicken Soup for the Soul" series of books. Hansen has been called one of the "Top 10 Greatest Motivational Speakers." He's been inducted into the highly acclaimed circle of Horatio Alger recipients because of the path his life has taken. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Canonical title
- A 5th Portion of Chicken Soup for the Soul
- Original publication date
- 1998
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- Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, General Nonfiction
- DDC/MDS
- 158.1 — Philosophy & psychology Psychology Applied psychology Personal improvement and analysis
- LCC
- BL624 .A15 — Philosophy, Psychology and Religion Religions. Mythology. Rationalism Religions. Mythology. Rationalism Religious life
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- Chinese, English, Hungarian
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