Jack Canfield

The Success Principles

1. IDEA 1

   Take full responsibility

   Canfield's first principle is to take complete responsibility for your life. Blaming others or circumstances gives away power to change outcomes. He calls this the foundation of every other principle in the book.

2. IDEA 2

   Responses shape outcomes

   Canfield describes a simple formula: an event plus your response produces the outcome. Since you cannot always control events, focusing on responses gives you control. Changing your response changes what happens next.

3. IDEA 3

   Know your purpose

   Canfield encourages readers to discover their life purpose. Knowing why you do something provides direction and motivation. Purpose makes hard work feel worthwhile and keeps people going when things get difficult.

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