Here’s what
happened:
I first met Jack
Canfield in July 2011 at the eWomen Network conference in Dallas where both
Jack and I were interviewed for an Oprah-inspired documentary to air on the OWN
network. Jack was interviewed right before me so when I walked into the room, I
had the unexpected opportunity to introduce myself to Jack and of course have a
photo taken with him. Other self-help experts interviewed for the documentary
include Lisa Nicols, Les Brown as well as others, some of whom are also known
for their appearance in the movie, The Secret. I was so excited to meet Jack
and be interviewed for the Oprah documentary that I didn’t even think to invite
Jack to be a guest on my radio show. It only occurred to me afterwards. Even
then I wasn’t sure how to go about it. I just knew it was something I wanted and
had to do. The goal was set. The seed had been planted. The dream had begun.
However, as things
like this often go, I just dreamed at how amazing it would be to have Jack on
my radio show and then got stuck at the dream stage. I just put it out there and in a sense let it
go as I had no idea how it could possibly all come together. Then as synchronicity, law of attraction, divine intervention or whatever you want to call it, a few months
later, I interviewed Steve Olsher, known as America’s Reinvention Expert, who
mentioned that he is co-starring in a new self-help movie called The Keeper of
The Keys starring Jack Canfield, Marci Shimoff and John Gray. How amazing was
that? This was the link to Jack that got the ball rolling. From there I
introduced myself to Robin Jay, the producer of the film.
Robin and I
totally hit it off and I knew I had to have her on my radio show too. I was
completely enthralled with her energy and her concept of taking the hell out of self-help
movies. I was then totally honoured when she invited me to attend the Red Carpet Movie Premiere
event in Las Vegas as well as the V.I.P. Luncheon to meet all the stars of the
movie. I came up with the idea to have all the stars and co-stars on my radio
show to promote her movie and give added exposure especially to the lesser
known co-stars of the film. It turned out to be an ideal opportunity to meet
them all in person and do some live instead of the usual recorded interviews. If
you haven’t yet listened to my interviews with these self-help experts posted
to date including an amazing interview with Marci Shimoff, please be sure
to do so at https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/howtothriveafter35.
Building on the
personal and professional connection I had already made with Jack, I invited
him to be a guest on my show to not only promote his role in The
Keeper of the Keys film, but also to promote his personal story of how he
became the success he is today as well as his newest book, The Golden Motorcycle
Gang which Jack is clearly very passionate about as you'll hear in the interview.
After many
emails with his office back and forth, I was told that I could have five
minutes with Jack following the V.I.P. luncheon event at the Palms restaurant
in the Caesar’s Palace hotel and that it was up to me to grab him after his
photo sessions. Needless to say I stood close by as I couldn't let the opportunity pass me by and managed to even get in on
the photo session too. I knew I only had a few minutes so we had to improvise
as to location for the interview. We quickly grabbed a booth in the restaurant as I didn't want to waste any precious time traveling to another location.
The unfortunate part is that the acoustics were not great and there is some
background noise in the interview, but that was the compromise I had no choice
but to make. Sitting in that booth one-on-one with Jack Canfield was surreal. After months since the idea came to me, it was finally happening. I was excited but not nervous. I was proud that I could be an example of what Jack teaches in terms of setting and achieving goals which is partly what we chatted about in the radio interview. There I was sitting in a restaurant booth directly across someone I have looked up to for years. After all, Jack Canfield is the co-author of the #1 New York Times best-selling Chicken Soup for the Soul series, which has sold more than 500 million copies in 47 languages. He is considered America’s number one success coach and authored the bestseller “The Success Principles”. Jack is also a featured teacher in the movies The Secret and Tapping the Source and most recently The Keeper of the Keys; and has appeared on more than 1,000 radio and television programs. Jack is also the CEO of the Canfield Training Group and the founder of the Transformational Leadership Council.
I did not ask Jack for anything. I did not ask him to endorse my book or the typical things that authors may ask of him. It meant more to me to just have the time with him to get to know one another, to share, to engage, to connect and to share him with the listeners of my radio show around the world. I invite you to listen to my interview with Jack and not miss a moment. I do apologize for the background noise, but if you can put that aside and focus on the content, I promise you will be engaged and inspired. I invite you to soak in Jack’s wisdom and learn from his experience and of course to get copies of his books and join his online community at http://www.jackcanfield.com.
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