Canfield Jack - Chicken soup for the enterepreneurs soul: advice and inspiration on fulfilling dreams

CHICKEN SOUP FOR THE ENTREPRENEURS SOUL

CHICKEN SOUP
FOR THE
ENTREPRENEURS
SOUL

Advice and Inspiration for
Fulfilling Dreams

Jack Canfield
Mark Victor Hansen
Dahlynn McKowen
John P. Gardner Jr.
Elizabeth Gardner
Tom Hill
Kyle Wilson

Health Communications, Inc.
Deerfield Beach, Florida

www.hcibooks.com
www.chickensoup.com

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Chicken soup for the entrepreneurs soul: advice and inspiration on fulfilling dreams / Jack Canfield... [et al.].
p. cm.
eISBN-13: 978-0-7573-9500-0
eISBN-10: 0-7573-9500-7

1. EntrepreneurshipAnecdotes. 2. BusinesspeopleAnecdotes. I. Canfield, Jack, 1944

HB615.C536 2006
658.4'21dc22

2006043513

2006 John T. Canfield and Hansen and Hansen LLC

All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise without the written permission of the publisher.

HCI, its logos and marks are trademarks of Health Communications, Inc.

Publisher: Health Communications, Inc.
3201 S.W. 15th Street
Deerfield Beach, FL 334428190

R-01-07

Cover design by Larissa Hise Henoch
Inside book formatting by Dawn Von Strolley Grove

T his book is dedicated to those who have taken
risks to achieve their own dreams, and in finding
success, have inspired others to do the same.

Contents

David Anderson

Sue Ellen Cooper

Peter Vegso

Cookie Lee

Austin Ligon as told to Terri Duncan

Jim McCann

Gary Heavin

Mark Victor Hansen

John Assaraf

Doris Christopher

Daryl Bernstein

David Green as told to Gail Kulhavy

Mo Siegel

Sandra Yancey

Drew and Myra Goodman

Tommy Polk

Paul J. Krupin

Tarina Tarantino as told to Terri Duncan

Jeff Taylor

Renee Griffith

Adam Ginsberg as told to Ken McKowen

Stephen Fairchild

Fred Joyal

Fred DeLuca

Mark Silva as told to Banjo Bandolas

Bernie Marcus and Arthur Blank

Carol Gardner as told to Julie Long

Harland Stonecipher

David Roth

Chris MacAskill

Paula Deen as told to Terri Duncan

Shep and Ian Murray

Rachel de Azevedo Coleman

Trent Hemphill and Joel Hemphill Jr. as told to Terri Duncan

Janis Dale

Wing Lam as told to Gina Romanello

Jack Canfield

Assunta Ng

Stefan Doering

Herman G. Rowland Sr.

Amilya Antonetti

Don Katz

Tom Hill

Shelly Hartmann as told to Terri Duncan

J. Mignonne Wright

Bob Young

Kathy Heasley

Judi Sheppard Missett

Stephanie Chandler

Marc Allen

Doug Ducey

Jim Rohn

Shari Fitzpatrick

Tom Chappell as told to Julie Long

Tom Antion

Curt Jones with John Paul Penrod

Madeline Balletta

John Paul DeJoria

Donald J. Hall Jr.

The road goes ever on and on
Down from the door where it began.
Now far ahead the road has gone,
And I must follow, if I can,
Pursuing it with eager feet,
Until it joins some larger way
Where many paths and errands meet.
And whither then? I cannot say.

J. R. R. Tolkien

We wish to express our heartfelt gratitude to the following people who helped make this book possible:

Our families, who have been chicken soup for our souls!

Jacks family: Inga, Travis, Riley, Christopher, Oran and Kyle for all their love and support.

Marks family: Patty, Elisabeth and Melanie Hansen, for once again sharing and lovingly supporting us in creating yet another book.

Dahlynns family: Ken and kiddos Lahre, Shawn and Jason, for their help and patience. Another book is completed, and it is now time to celebrate!

Toms family: Betty and children Terri Olsen, Marie Kernell, Terri Chier, Michelle Kelsay, Nina Zinn, Scott Hill and their families for their love and support. Terri Olsen for her dedication to this project in making it a success; Heather Bonham and Jim Nelson for their untiring work and writing.

John and Elizabeths family: Burt, Wade, Bryant and Peden for being our inspiration. Betty and Dick Dickerson for their love and support. Dick and Katie Baker, Mary Haviland, Brandy Seiffert and Angel Tilton for their talent, support and effort in making this project possible.

Kyles family: Heidi, Rebekah and Daniel for their consistent love and support. Also the entire JRI and YSS team for their incredible work and dedication.

Our publisher Peter Vegso, for his vision and commitment to bringing Chicken Soup for the Soul to the world.

Patty Aubery and Russ Kalmaski, for being there on every step of the journey, with love, laughter and endless creativity.

Dette Corona for her amazing insight, valuable advice and true friendship.

Barbara LoMonaco, for nourishing us with truly wonderful stories and cartoons, and Dena Jacobson for being there to answer any questions along the way.

Patty Hansen, for her thorough and competent handling of the legal and licensing aspects of the Chicken Soupfor the Soul books. You are magnificent at the challenge!

Veronica Romero, Teresa Esparza, Robin Yerian, Jesse Ianniello, Lauren Edelstein, Patti Clement, Laurie Hartman, Maegan Romanello, Cassidy Guyer, Noelle Champagne, Jody Emme, Debbie Lefever, Michelle Adams, Dee Dee Romanello, Shanna Vieyra and Gina Romanello who support Jacks and Marks businesses with skill and love.