Imagine for a moment that you love basketball and you're a huge fan of Michael Jordan who is arguable the greatest basketball player of all time. And you ask Michael Jordan if you can hang out, shoot some hoops, and maybe play a little one-on-one. Would that be amazing or what?!
Well, I had a similar experience of visiting with someone who is Michael Jordan's equivalent in the field of personal development - - I recently visited with Jack Canfield who is a world renowned expert at warming hearts and changing lives. Jack is, according to the Guinness World Book of Records, the best selling author of all time along with his coauthor Mark Victor Hansen - - together they created the Chicken Soup For The Soul book series.
I interviewed Jack about his recently published book entitled The Success Principles - - How To Get From Where You Are To Where You Want To Be. It's a big book (470+ pages) - I own it in hardcover form and in audio form (download it now at audible.com) and I listen to it frequently.
In this interview I focused my questions on one section of the book entitled "Build Your Success Team". Jack shared valuable insights including staying focused on your core genius, saying no to the good so that you can say yes to the great, and mastermind principles.
After the call Jack and I visited offline for 15 minutes. I told told him he was very good at being interviewed (easy to interview). I guess that comes from being on so many radio programs (600+) and on TV so many times.
And then Jack gave me some feedback...
He said "Tom, you're really good at this! You're calm and relaxed and have a natural style. You go with the flow and you keep bringing things back to focus. You're obviously living these principles and it comes through in the back and forth."
Wow!
I've got to tell you that after a compliment like that I felt like doing a few back flips. To receive such a kind compliment from one of my biggest heroes was a huge gift.
This audio interview with Jack Canfield is 43 minutes long. Click on the link below to listen to the complete audio interview:
Download jack_canfield_mp3_sm.mp3
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I liked the interview with Tom Heck and also the principles discussed.
Iam ordering the book.
Posted by: amos omolo | October 10, 2006 at 11:07 AM
How can you help someone with Bipolar 1 or schizophrenia, no amount of rah rah can counter that. I have one of these
conditions and at 46 I can tellyou it is a fight just to blend in with "normal" folks. I have 3 children, 300 plus clients. What do you advise? I am an optomist. Please do tell Jack
Posted by: TS | December 18, 2007 at 01:31 AM
Hi TS -- I'm responding to your question about helping someone with bipolar or schizophrenia. I recommend getting professional help from a team (not an individual - - not just one person) who see you as someone who is whole and healthy not as someone who is "broken" and needs "fixing". Read Dr. Edward Hallowell's book "Connect" and apply what you learn. Work on this with people you love and respect and who love and respect you. Tom
Posted by: Tom Heck | December 18, 2007 at 05:50 PM
Simply awesome...
Posted by: Giovanni | October 02, 2008 at 08:47 AM