Mark Victor Hansen
- World-Renowned Industry Leader
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Mark Victor Hansen Quick Facts
- Main Areas
- Inspiration, Motivation, Entrepreneurship
- Best Sellers
- Chicken Soup for the Soul, The One Minute Millionaire, The Power of Focus (over 100 million books in print from all his books)
- Career Focus
- Author, Speaker, Coach, Seminar Leader
- Affiliation
- M.V. Hansen & Associates, Inc., One Minute Millionaire, LLC, and Chicken Soup for the Soul Enterprises, Inc.
In the area of human potential, no one is more respected tha Mark Victor Hansen. For more than thirty years, Mark has focused solely on helping people from all walks of life reshape their personal vision of what’s possible. His powerful messages of possibility, opportunity, and action have created powerful change in thousands of organizations and millions of individuals worldwide.
He is a sought-after keynote speaker, bestselling author, and marketing maven. Mark’s credentials include a lifetime of entrepreneurial success and an extensive academic background. He is a prolific writer with many bestselling books, such as The One Minute Millionaire, Cracking the Millionaire Code, How to Make the Rest of Your Life the Best of Your Life, The Power of Focus, The Aladdin Factor, and Dare to Win, in addition to the Chicken Soup for the Soul series. Mark has made a profound influence through his library of audios, videos, and articles in the areas of big thinking, sales achievement, wealth building, publishing success, and personal and professional development.
Mark is the founder of the MEGA Seminar Series. MEGA Book Marketing University and Building Your MEGA Speaking Empire are annual conferences where Mark coaches and teaches new and aspiring authors, speakers, and experts on building lucrative publishing and speaking careers. Other MEGA events include MEGA Book New York – BEA, MEGA Giving & Receiving and MEGA Marketing Magic.
He has appeared on Oprah, CNN, and The Today Show. He has been quoted in Time, U.S. News & World Report, USA Today, New York Times, and Entrepreneur and has had countless radio interviews, assuring our planet’s people that “You can easily create the life you deserve.”
As a philanthropist and humanitarian, Mark works tirelessly for organizations such as Habitat for Humanity, American Red Cross, March of Dimes, Childhelp USA, and many others. He is the recipient of numerous awards that honor his entrepreneurial spirit, philanthropic heart, and business acumen. He is a lifetime member of the Horatio Alger Association of Distinguished Americans, an organization that honored Mark with the prestigious Horatio Alger Award for his extraordinary life achievements.
Mark Victor Hansen is an enthusiastic crusader of what’s possible and is driven to make the world a better place.
Free Articles & Book Excerpts
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Mark Victor Hansen Audio & Video Programs
Dreams Don’t Have Deadlines
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Sell Yourself Rich
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The Aladdin Factor
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How to Think Bigger
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Mega Book Marketing University Home Study (2002-2007)
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Building Your Mega Speaking Empire Home Study (2003-2006)
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Mega Marketing Magic Home Study (2004, 2006)
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Mark Victor Hansen Books
Chicken Soup for the Soul series (co-authored with Jack Canfield)
http://www.markvictorhansen.com/
The One Minute Millionaire: The Enlightened Way to Wealth (co-authored with Robert Allen)
http://www.markvictorhansen.com/
The Power of Focus (co-authored with Jack Canfield and Les Hewitt)
http://www.markvictorhansen.com/
The Aladdin Factor (co-authored with Jack Canfield)
http://www.markvictorhansen.com/
How to Make the Rest of Your Life the Best of Your Life (co-authored with Art Linkletter)
http://www.markvictorhansen.com/
Cracking the Millionaire Code (co-authored with Robert Allen)
http://www.markvictorhansen.com/
Articles by this expert
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The Scientific Process Behind Making Wishes Come True
I have told people thousands of times that they have just got to ask for what they want. And I find that most people only have one problem with this directive: They do not know what they want! You Cannot Ask for What You Want Unless You Know What It Is! In this exercise I am going to start ...I have told people thousands of times that they have just got to ask for what they want. And I find that most people only have one problem with this directive: They do not know what they want! You Cannot Ask for What You Want Unless You Know What It Is!
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Ways To Positively Impact Other People â Leadership
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Living Beyond Yourself
How many years will you live? When you âpass on,â what will you pass on? When you leave this existence, what will you leave behind that will outlive you?nnAre you at a point in your life where you are asking, âWhat is my life all about?â Have you achieved sufficient success that you are now asking what is next? Are you looking for something that will truly make the most of your energy and talents and will give you a sense of creating a lasting legacy?nnIf you are seek
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Key Steps in Building Character
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Favorite Quotes & Thoughts from Mark Victor Hansen
• It’s time to stop tiptoeing around the pool and jump into the deep end, head first. It’s time to think big, want more, and achieve it all!
• Don’t wait until everything is just right. It will never be perfect. There will always be challenges, obstacles, and less than perfect conditions. So what. Get started now. With each step you take, you will grow stronger and stronger, more and more skilled, more and more self-confident, and more and more successful.
• You control your future, your destiny. What you think about comes about. By recording your dreams and goals on paper, you set in motion the process of becoming the person you most want to be. Put your future in good hands—your own.
• Great people are great because they solve countless, seemingly insolvable problems—you can too if you choose to.
• To realize a dream, you must have a dream to realize.
• Lack of forgiveness causes almost all of our self-sabotaging behavior.
• It matters only that you manifest your genius; it doesn’t matter when. It’s never too late or too early.
• Each of us must do massive right thinking, take massive right action, and get massive right results, right here, right now.
• Predetermine the objectives you want to accomplish. Think big, act big, and set out to accomplish big results.
• End your day by privately looking directly into your eyes in the mirror and saying, “I love you!” Do this for thirty days and watch how you transform.
• Now is the only time there is. Make your now wow, your minutes miracles, and your days pay. Your life will have been magnificently lived and invested, and when you die you will have made a difference.
• The majority of people meet with failure because they lack the persistence to create new plans to take the place of failed plans.
• You don’t become enormously successful without encountering some really interesting problems.
Contacting Mark Victor Hansen
M.V. Hansen & Associates, Inc.
P.O. Box 7665
Newport Beach, CA 92658
Phone: 949-764-2640
Fax: 949-722-6912
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Mark Victor Hansen is best known as co-author of the Chicken Soup of the Soul series. Ten years ago, I read the original Chicken Soup book, Chicken Soup for the Soul: 101 Stories to Open the Heart and Rekindle the Spirit, and I would highly recommend it as the place to begin. It is one of my inspirations for the title of this book.
When my wife got pregnant, she read Chicken Soup for the Expectant Mother’s Soul, and I read Chicken Soup for the Father’s Soul. The list of Chicken Soup books fits an endless variety of occupations, characteristics, and interests. The series is truly a phenomenon.
For those looking to increase their wealth, I would recommend one of Mark’s newer projects, a book called The One Minute Millionaire, which he co-wrote with Robert Allen. In this work, the authors combine forces to produce a step-by-step guide for becoming a millionaire in a short period of time.
The unique format of the book actually provides two books for the price of one. On the right-hand pages, you can read the fictional story of Michelle, a waitress and mother of two, and her struggle to come up with $1 million to get her children back from her in-laws. On the left-hand pages are short, inspirational stories and lessons for becoming an “enlightened millionaire.”
I would also highly recommend subscribing to Mark Victor Hansen’s e-zine, Rich Results. It is a fabulous newsletter packed with information designed specifically for people who want to create a better life for themselves. And the best part…it’s free!
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In 2000, Mark was honored with the prestigious Horatio Alger Award, and Northwood University honored him as the Outstanding Business Leader of the Year. He has been featured on television and radio on such shows as The Oprah Winfrey Show and the Today Show, as well as in magazines and newspapers like U.S. News & World Report and USA Today.