Chicken Soup for the Soul 20th Anniversary Edition (50 page)

Jack Canfield
is the co-creator of the
Chicken Soup for the Soul
series, which
Time
magazine has called “the publishing phenomenon of the decade.” Jack is also the coauthor of many other bestselling books.

Jack is the CEO of the Canfield Training Group in Santa Barbara, California, and founder of the Foundation for Self-Esteem in Culver City, California. He has conducted intensive personal and professional development seminars on the principles of success for more than a million people in 23 countries, has spoken to hundreds of thousands of people at more than 1,000 corporations, universities, professional conferences and conventions, and has been seen by millions more on national television shows.

Jack has received many awards and honors, including three honorary doctorates and a Guinness World Records Certificate for having seven books from the
Chicken Soup for the Soul
series appearing on the New York Times bestseller list on May 24, 1998.

You can reach Jack at
www.jackcanfield.com.

Mark Victor Hansen
is the co-founder of Chicken Soup for the Soul, along with Jack Canfield. He is a sought-after keynote speaker, best-selling author, and marketing maven. Mark’s powerful messages of possibility, opportunity, and action have created powerful change in thousands of organizations and millions of individuals worldwide.

Mark is a prolific writer with many bestselling books in addition to the
Chicken Soup for the Soul
series. Mark has had a profound influence in the field of human potential through his library of audios, videos, and articles in the areas of big thinking, sales achievement, wealth building, publishing success, and personal and professional development. He is also the founder of the MEGA Seminar Series.

Mark has received numerous awards that honor his entrepreneurial spirit, philanthropic heart, and business acumen. He is a lifetime member of the Horatio Alger Association of Distinguished Americans.

You can reach Mark at
www.markvictorhansen.com.

Amy Newmark
is Chicken Soup for the Soul’s publisher and editor-in-chief, after a 30-year career as a writer, speaker, financial analyst, and business executive in the worlds of finance and telecommunications. Amy is a
magna cum laude
graduate of Harvard College, where she majored in Portuguese, minored in French, and traveled extensively. She and her husband have four grown children.

After a long career writing books on telecommunications, voluminous financial reports, business plans, and corporate press releases, Chicken Soup for the Soul is a breath of fresh air for Amy. She has fallen in love with Chicken Soup for the Soul and its life-changing books, and really enjoys putting these books together for Chicken Soup for the Soul’s wonderful readers. She has coauthored more than five dozen
Chicken Soup for the Soul
books and has edited another three dozen.

You can reach Amy with any questions or comments through
[email protected]
and you can follow her on Twitter @amynewmark or @chickensoupsoul.

Heidi Krupp
is the Chief Executive Officer of Krupp Kommunications, Inc. (K2). A 25-year media, marketing, and promotion veteran, Heidi Krupp-Lisiten has built Krupp Kommunications into an industry leader that creates and executes innovative public relations, branding, and marketing initiatives. Her leadership has sparked unique strategic programs on behalf of authors and globally recognized brands, such as Weight Watchers and Everyday Health. K2 has placed over 65 books on the New York Times bestseller lists, including the #1 bestsellers
The South Beach Diet
and
Your Best Life Now
. The business is now expanding into parenting, as these days Heidi also creates and executes activities for or just enjoys hanging out with her inexplicably cute (okay, she’s biased) toddler son, Caden, her amazingly cute (okay, she’s biased) dog, Isaac, and her husband, Darren. [Editor’s note — he’s also cute.]

W
hat an interesting project this was. It was great fun revisiting the original Chicken Soup for the Soul stories that started it all, and wonderfully affirming to ask and hear “yes” from the thought leaders of today when we asked them to join us with their new stories.

We owe a special thanks to our editor Jeanne Blandford, who created a new manuscript from the original
Chicken Soup for the Soul
, and then integrated our 20 bonus stories. She shepherded the entire project from start to finish. We also are grateful to Kristiana Pastir for overseeing the production process, and for proofreading the final layout along with editor Barbara LoMonaco and our assistant publisher D’ette Corona. And we are very happy that our VP Marketing Joelle Jarvis had the insight that led to this project.

Heidi Krupp’s able assistant, Suman Mampilly, kept us organized and on track with the staffs of all our new contributors, and what can

I say about Heidi except that she is the best and seems to know everyone. How she got busy people like Tony Robbins and Deepak Chopra and Dr. Oz to contribute stories for this book is beyond me!

Finally, we need to thank Jack and Mark for starting it all, and our Creative Director and book producer, Brian Taylor at Pneuma Books, for reinvigorating this book and our others with his new vision.

~Amy Newmark

R
eal people sharing real stories — for 20 years. Now, Chicken Soup for the Soul has gone beyond the bookstore to become a world leader in life improvement. Through books, movies, DVDs, online resources and other partnerships, we bring hope, courage, inspiration and love to hundreds of millions of people around the world. Chicken Soup for the Soul’s writers and readers belong to a one-of-a-kind global community, sharing advice, support, guidance, comfort, and knowledge.

Chicken Soup for the Soul stories have been translated into more than 40 languages and can be found in more than one hundred countries. Every day, millions of people experience a Chicken Soup for the Soul story in a book, magazine, newspaper or online. As we share our life experiences through these stories, we offer hope, comfort and inspiration to one another. The stories travel from person to person, and from country to country, helping to improve lives everywhere.

We all have had Chicken Soup for the Soul moments in our lives. If you would like to share your story or poem with millions of people around the world, go to chickensoup.com and click on “Submit Your Story.” You may be able to help another reader, and become a published author at the same time. Some of our past contributors have launched writing and speaking careers from the publication of their stories in our books!

Our submission volume has been increasing steadily — the quality and quantity of your submissions has been fabulous. We only accept story submissions via our website. They are no longer accepted via mail or fax.

To contact us regarding other matters, please send us an e-mail through
[email protected],
or fax or write us at:

Chicken Soup for the Soul

P.O. Box 700

Cos Cob, CT 06807-0700

Fax: 203-861-7194

One more note from your friends at Chicken Soup for the Soul: Occasionally, we receive an unsolicited book manuscript from one of our readers, and we would like to respectfully inform you that we do not accept unsolicited manuscripts and we must discard the ones that appear.

We would like to acknowledge the following publishers and individuals for permission to reprint the following material. (Note: The stories that were penned anonymously, that are public domain or were written by Jack Canfield or Mark Victor Hansen are not included in this listing.)

Hugging Is
from
Let’s Hug!
Reprinted by permission of Charles Faraone. ©1981, 1995 Once Upon A Planet.

On Courage
and
Sachi
from
Sacred Journey of the Peaceful Warrior
by Dan Millman ©1991 Dan Millman — Reprinted by permission of the author and H.J. Kramer, Inc., P.O. Box 1082, Tiburon, CA 94920. All rights reserved.