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Tim Ferriss · 2025-10-29

Selling 600+ Million Books, Success Principles, and More — Jack Canfield

Selling 600+ Million Books, Success Principles, and More — Jack Canfield

Recommended on this episode

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1001 Ways to Market Your Books

John Kremer (inferred)

“It's a great book”
“It's a book by John Kramer called How to Sell a Million Book, something like that. It's a great book. We bought the book and we took every idea that was in that book”— Jack Canfield
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Exploring the World of Lucid Dreaming

Stephen LaBerge (inferred)

“if people want to read Exploring the World of Lucid Dreaming... People can check out Steven Leair if you want to go into a really weird town”
“if people want to read Exploring the World of Lucid Dreaming, doorways are also really helpful for some of that. People can check out Steven Leair”— Tim Ferriss
MediaRecommended

The Soul of Success

Nick Nanton (inferred)

“you'll see one of the most amazing documentaries ever made I think... really good thing”
“Just go the Soul of Success on YouTube and you'll see one of the most amazing documentaries ever made I think because he's a Emmy-winning documentarian.”— Jack Canfield

The guest's own work

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Chicken Soup for the Soul

Jack Canfield

“So I went, "Chicken soup for the soul." and I got goosebumps. Told my wife she got goosebumps. Told Mark, he got goosebumps.”— Jack Canfield
BookBy the guestISBN verified

100 Ways to Enhance Self-Concept in the Classroom

Jack Canfield

“I'd written a book called 100 ways to enhance self-concept in the classroom. And I used to get a quarter 25 cents for every book that got sold.”— Jack Canfield
BookBy the guestISBN verified

The Success Principles: How to Get from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be

Jack Canfield

“that's what led to the success principles, which is the second kind of chapter of my life... how to get from where you are to where you want to be.”— Jack Canfield
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The 4-Hour Workweek

Tim Ferriss

“So it came out two years before the 4-hour work week. And I think I have a brief cameo in there probably because of the kickboxing stuff.”— Tim Ferriss
BookBy the guestISBN verified

Tools of Titans

Tim Ferriss

“your book, The Titans book, is just amazing. All these people telling you what worked... If you haven't read that, by the way, guys, please do. It's incredible.”— Jack Canfield

Also referenced (named, not recommended)

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Personal Power II

Tony Robbins (inferred)

“listening to Personal Power 2 on cassette tape to and from my job as I commuted on 101.”— Tim Ferriss
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Think and Grow Rich

Napoleon Hill

“His best friend was Napoleon Hill, who wrote Think and Grow Rich. And together, they wrote a book together.”— Jack Canfield
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The Success System That Never Failed

W. Clement Stone

“he wrote a book called The Success System that Never Failed. That's where I learned about motivation and setting goals and having vision and values”— Jack Canfield
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Before the Mayflower

Lerone Bennett (inferred)

“I found a book called Before the Mayflower and it was by a guy named Ron Bennett and it was a book about African-American history”— Jack Canfield
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The Greatest Salesman in the World

Og Mandino (inferred)

“he also produced a success magazine started by W. Clint and... Agmandino who wrote the greatest salesman.”— Jack Canfield
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The Road Less Traveled

M. Scott Peck (inferred)

“the book, The Road Less Traveled, the author of that book had done five interviews a day for the first year... that book was on the New York Times list for 12 years.”— Jack Canfield
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Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus

John Gray (inferred)

“we talked to John Gray who wrote Menor from Mars. We talked to Ken Blanchard who wrote the one minute manager.”— Jack Canfield
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The One Minute Manager

Ken Blanchard

“We talked to Ken Blanchard who wrote the one minute manager. We talked to Barbara D'Angelus who wrote a book on love”— Jack Canfield
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The Four Agreements

Don Miguel Ruiz

“he had these the four agreements... So my wife and I decided we'll take the four agreements and we'll work on each agreement for 3 months.”— Jack Canfield
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The Teachings of Don Juan: A Yaqui Way of Knowledge

Carlos Castaneda

“it was the teachings of Don Juan. I think a Yaki way of knowledge. That was the book that I was thinking of.”— Tim Ferriss