It is a universal principle that you get more of what you think about, talk about, and feel strongly about.
— Jack Canfield
I started out as a high school teacher in inner-city Chicago and realized quite quickly that my students weren't that motivated.
I believe that people make their own luck by great preparation and good strategy.
When you scratch the surface, every one of us has something that we deeply want to contribute to the world. All we have to do is step up and do it.
Greater self-esteem produces greater success, and greater success produces more high self-esteem, so it keeps on spiraling up.
'The Chicken Soup for the Soul' books are the result of over 20 years of teaching seminars and giving speeches. The first book contains all of the stories that I used in my seminars to illustrate the points that I wanted to make.
One individual can begin a movement that turns the tide of history. Martin Luther King in the civil rights movement, Mohandas Ganhi in India, Nelson Mandela in South Africa are examples of people standing up with courage and non-violence to bring about needed changes.
Self-esteem is made up primarily of two things: feeling lovable and feeling capable.
