Wayne Dyer | |
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 Wayne Dyer in 2009 | |
| Born | May 10, 1940 Detroit, Michigan, US |
| Died | August 29, 2015 (aged 75) |
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| Children | 8 |
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| Allegiance | United States |
| Branch | United States Navy |
| Years of service | 1958–1962 |
| Rank |  Petty officer second class |
| Website | www |
Wayne Walter Dyer (May 10, 1940 – August 29, 2015) was an American motivational speaker and self-help writer. Dyer graduated from Wayne State University with a bachelor's degree in History and Philosophy, a master's degree in psychology, and a Ed.D. in Guidance and Counseling in 1970. He started off as a high school guidance counsellor before starting a prosperous private treatment practice. A literary agent invited him to write a book when he rose to prominence as a professor of counsellor education at St. John's University. The outcome was his debut novel, Your Erroneous Zones (1976), which sold an estimated 100 million copies and is among the best-selling books of all time. Dyer's career as a self-help author and motivational speaker began with this, and he went on to write 20 more best-selling books and create several well-liked specials for PBS. Dyer's early work concentrated on psychological themes like motivation, self actualisation, and assertiveness, influenced by thinkers like Abraham Maslow and Albert Ellis. His work began to focus on spirituality around the 1990s. Motivated by Swami Muktananda and New Thought, he promoted ideas like the "power of intention," worked on several projects with alternative medicine advocate Deepak Chopra, and frequently appeared on the Oprah Winfrey Show.
