Mark Victor Hansen is in high demand as a keynote speaker and seminar leader by many of North America's top corporations and professional associations. He is known as "The Master Motivator", and for good reason. During his career of over two decades, his message has reached over 1 million people, live, worldwide and in virtually every major city in the United States and Canada. Over 150 audiences a year are stimulated to personal and professional success by his electrifying presentation style, sprinkled with humor, loaded with empowerment strategies and thought provoking substance.

He has also made a profound difference through his empowering library of learning materials. These programs are often utilized as a key component in corporate sales training. In addition to his recorded materials, Mark is also a prolific writer with many best-selling books. Chicken Soup for the Soul, 101 Stories to Open the Heart and Rekindle the Spirit, since it's publication date in June 1993, has sold over 6 million copies and continues to top the best-seller lists nationwide. With universal themes from love and positive attitude to humor and relationships -- these stories touch people from all walks of life. Chicken Soup for the Soul, has been awarded "1994 Book of the Year" by over 20,000 bookstores nationwide. It's sequel, A Second Helping of Chicken Soup is a runaway best-seller as well, debuting on the same national lists, it has sold over 2 million copies since April 1995. Additional books are The Aladdin Factor, How to Ask for and Get Everything You Want (already #4 on the New York Times Best-selling Books), The Master Motivator, Principles and Ideas for Self-Motivation, and Chicken Soup for the Soul Cookbook, Stories and Recipes from the Heart.

He has been featured in several national magazines such as Entrepreneur, Success, Forbes, Working Woman and People Magazine as well as hundreds of newspaper articles, television appearances and over 500 radio talk-show programs. Mark Victor Hansen is reshaping the vision of what is possible in our lives and is credited with having a profound influence on the attitudes and actions of those who hear him.