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fort worth , texas united states 19 august 1944 jack canfield.jpg jack canfield
 jack canfield iii motivational speaker , author
jack canfield

jack canfield -lrb- born august 19 , 1944 -rrb- is an american author and motivational speaker .
he is the co-author of the `` chicken soup for the soul '' series , which has more than 250 titles and 500 million copies in print in over 40 languages .
in 2005 canfield co-authored `` the success principles '' .
