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Quote of the Day — Jack Canfield

May 18, 2026

Gratitude is the single most important ingredient to living a successful life. — Jack Canfield

1944–present

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Jack Canfield

1944–present

American author and motivational speaker born in 1944, co-creator of the Chicken Soup for the Soul series, which has more than 250 titles and 500 million copies in print, and co-author with Janet Switzer of The Success Principles.

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From the Show

Kim Monson built the entire Monday broadcast around gratitude, pairing Jack Canfield’s line with the news that Governor Polis had commuted Tina Peters’ sentence and with a running theme that an engaged, thankful citizenry is the antidote to bigger government. The quote framed conversations from auto insurance to election integrity in the May 18, 2026 broadcast on gratitude and the Peters clemency, which closed with Canfield’s companion line that people make their own luck through preparation and strategy.

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Commutation

In criminal law, a reduction of a convicted person’s sentence to a lesser one by an act of executive clemency,…

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Today’s Episode

Gratitude, the Peters Clemency, and the Price of Bigger Government

Roger Mangan on permissive use, Rich Guggenheim on his Senate run, Joondeph on political violence, and Susan Harris on the Tina Peters clemency. May 18,…

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