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Wayne Walter Dyer (May 10, 1940 – August 29, 2015) was an American self-help author and a motivational speaker. Dyer completed a Ed.D. in guidance and counseling at Wayne State University in 1970. Early in his career, he worked as a high school guidance counselor, and went on to run a successful private therapy practice. He became a popular professor of counselor education at St. John's University, where he was approached by a literary agent to put his ideas into book form. The result was his first book, Your Erroneous Zones (1976), one of the best-selling books of all time, with an estimated 100 million copies sold. This launched Dyer's career as a motivational speaker and self-help author, during which he published 20 more best-selling books and produced a number of popular specials for PBS. Influenced by thinkers such as Abraham Maslow and Albert Ellis, Dyer's early work focused on psychological themes such as motivation, self actualization and assertiveness. By the 1990s, the focus of his work had shifted to spirituality. Inspired by Swami Muktananda and New Thought, he promoted themes such as the "power of intention," collaborated with alternative medicine advocate Deepak Chopra on a number of projects, and was a frequent guest on the Oprah Winfrey Show. Early life Dyer was born in Detroit, Michigan, to Melvin Lyle Dyer and Hazel Irene Vollick. He spent much of his first ten years in an orphanage on the east side of Detroit, after his father walked out on the family, leaving his mother to raise three small boys. Dyer was later adopted by a loving but strict couple. After graduating from Denby High School, Dyer served in the United States Navy from 1958 to 1962. He received his Ed.D. degree in counseling from Wayne State University. His dissertation was titled Group Counseling Leadership Training in Counselor Education. Career Dyer, a Detroit native, worked as a high school guidance counselor there and as a professor of counseling psychology at St. John's University in New York City. He pursued an academic career, published in journals, and established a private therapy practice. His lectures at St. John's University, which focused on positive thinking and motivational speaking techniques, attracted many students. Literary agent Arthur Pine persuaded Dyer to document his theories in his first book, called Your Erroneous Zones (1976). Dyer quit his teaching job and began a publicity tour of the United States, doggedly pursuing bookstore appearances and media interviews ("out of the back of his station wagon", according to Michael Korda, making the best-seller lists "before book publishers even noticed what was happening"). After Your Erroneous Zones dozens more books followed, many of them also best-sellers. Among them were Wishes Fulfilled, Excuses Begone and The Sky’s the Limit. The success of these books eventually led to national television talk show appearances including The Merv Griffin Show, The Tonight Show, and The Phil Donahue Show. Dyer proceeded to build on his success with lecture tours, a series of audiotapes, PBS programs, and regular publication of new books. Dyer's message resonated with many in the New Thought Movement and beyond. He often recounted anecdotes from his family life and repeatedly used his own life experience as an example. His self-made man success story was a part of his appeal. Dyer told readers to pursue self actualization, calling reliance on the self a guide to "religious" experience, and suggested that readers emulate Jesus Christ, whom he termed both an example of a self-actualized person and a "preacher of self-reliance". Dyer criticized societal focus on guilt, which he saw as an unhealthy immobilization in the present due to actions taken in the past. He encouraged readers to see how parents, institutions, and even they, themselves, had imposed guilt trips upon themselves. Although Dyer initially resisted the spiritual tag, by the 1990s he had altered his message to include more components of spirituality when he wrote the book Real Magic and discussed higher consciousness in the book Your Sacred Self. Influences Wayne Dyer claimed Nisargadatta Maharaj as his teacher and cited the quotation: "Love says: 'I am everything'. Wisdom says: 'I am nothing'", from a compilation of talks on Shiva Advaita (Nondualism) philosophy I Am That. He was influenced by Abraham Maslow's concept of self-actualization and by the teachings of Swami Muktananda, whom he considered to be his Master. In his book, Wishes Fulfilled; Mastering the Art of Manifesting, Dyer also credited Saint Francis of Assisi and the Chinese philosopher Lao Tzu as foundational influences in his work. Books Pulling Your Own Strings (Copyright 1978) was Dyers' second work as sole author. It developed the idea of habitual "belief systems" hampering our personal effectiveness. Chapter 7, "Never Place Loyalty to Institutions and Things Above Loyalty to Yourself," included "Strategies for eliminating institutional victimisation." The Sky is the Limit (copyright 1980) was the third work by Dyer as sole author. In it, Dyer introduced the concept of the "critical inch", that portion of life in which the ultimate meaning of our lives is considered. He was critical of the "hurry up" Western world. In Chapter 8, "Cultivating a sense of Purpose," he recommended such strategies as "Do something you have never done before," "Make a point to talk to a stranger today," and "Stop defending things as they have always been." Criticism Psychologist Albert Ellis wrote that Dyer's book Your Erroneous Zones was probably "the worst example" of plagiarism of Ellis's Rational Emotive Therapy (RET). In a 1985 letter to Dyer, Ellis claimed that Dyer had participated in an Ellis workshop on RET before he published Your Erroneous Zones, in which Dyer appeared to understand RET very well. Ellis added that "300 or more people have voluntarily told me... that [the book] was clearly derived from RET." Dyer never apologized nor expressed any sense of wrongdoing. Ellis admonished Dyer for unethically and unprofessionally failing to credit Ellis's work as the book's primary source, but he never took legal action and that is because in the final analysis, he actually felt overall gratitude for Dyer's work, writing: "Your Erroneous Zones is a good book, ... it has helped a great number of people, and ... it outlines the main principles of RET quite well,... with great simplicity and clarity." In Your Erroneous Zones, Dyer makes reference to Albert Ellis in chapter seven. However, Dyer claimed (on pages 150–155 of his memoir I Can See Clearly Now, which was published by Hay House Publishing in 2014, one year before Dyer's death) that the entire premise of Your Erroneous Zones was principally derived from three years of audio tapes of the lectures that he gave while acting as a professor at St. John's University in New York. In 2010, writer Stephen Mitchell filed a lawsuit against Dyer and his publ.... Discover the Wayne Dyer popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Wayne Dyer books.
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The Complete Plays
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How Dr. Wayne W. Dyer Taught Me That Life Is Worth Living
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Your Erroneous Zones by Dr. Wayne Dyer Summary
Turbo-LearningYour Erroneous Zones by Dr. Wayne Dyer Summary In the introduction chapter of "Your Erroneous Zones," Wayne Dyer sets the stage for the book by sharing his personal perspective on...
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10 Secrets for Success and Inner Peace
Dr. Wayne W. DyerFrom New York Times bestselling author Dr. Wayne W. Dyer, 10 Secrets for Success and Inner Peace is a thoughtprovoking book for those of us who have chosen to consciously be on our...
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Handbook for the Soul
Benjamin Shield, Richard Carlson & Marianne WilliamsonAmerica's most celebrated spiritual writers offer inspiring words on the state of the soul today. This collection of more than thirty original essays addresses both the importance ...
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21 Days to Find Success and Inner Peace
Dr. Wayne W. DyerA guide to the secrets of leaving negativity behind and finding purpose in just 21 days.Discover your true life purpose, open your mind and your heart to opportunity and potential,...
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The Essential Wayne Dyer Collection
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Memories of Heaven
Dr. Wayne W. Dyer & Dee GarnesThe #1 New York Times–bestselling author of Change Your Thoughts, Change Your Life collects astonishing true stories of children who vividly remember heavenfrom the time before the...
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Daily Love
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The Man Who Sees Dead People
Joe PowerFor almost a decade, psychic medium Joe Power has used his extraordinary powers to investigate highprofile, unsolved crimes around the world, including, most recently, the disappea...
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The Dreamer Of Calle San Salvador
Roger OsborneSpellbinding, horrific, poetic, apocalyptic, heartrending, disturbing, prophetic, seditious, compelling and utterly fascinating the dreams of Lucrecia de Leon have lain virtually ...
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We Consciousness
Karen NoeAfter bestselling author Dr. Wayne W. Dyer left the physical plane in 2015, psychic medium Karen Noé began receiving very profound and specific messages from him for his familyand ...
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Pulling Your Own Strings
Dr. Wayne W. DyerINSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLER, WITH OVER 3 MILLION COPIES SOLD From the #1 bestselling author of Your Erroneous Zones, a directed and practical book that shows you how to stop being ...
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You Are The One
Kute BlacksonA charismatic visionary and transformational teacher offers a bold new look at spiritual awareness providing the tools needed to live a life truly inspired by love for a whole new ...
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Wayne Dyer - Quotes Collection
Quotes MetaverseWAYNE DYER QUOTES COLLECTIONBIOGRAPHY, ACHIEVEMENTS AND LIFE LESSONSABOUT WAYNE DYERWayne Walter Dyer, born on May 10, 1940, in Detroit, Michigan, emerged as a prominent figure in...
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The Miracle Mentality
Tim StoreyOvercome toxic thoughts and negative thinking with Tim Storey’s easytofollow instructions and simple guidance.During challenging times, toxic thoughts can drag you into a mindset t...
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Mood Enhancing Plants
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The Boy in the Cupboard
Shane DunphyThree heartstopping stories of children trapped by their parents' pasts ... Craig, the little boy who can't speak English, isn't allowed to use his real name and hides food around ...
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You Are What You Think
Dr. Wayne W. Dyer“Whether you think a thing is possible or impossible, either way you'll be right. And you'll see the rightness of your thoughts manifesting everywhere you go." Wayne Dyer365 musin...
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Eighteen Lessons from Wayne
Ann Marie GannessOne day you wake up and you realize that the sun is shining. You feel the wind blowing on your face almost like it was the first time. Then nighttime comes and the stars in the sky...
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Getting In the Gap
Dr. Wayne W. DyerThe practice of meditation takes us on a fabulous journey into the gap between our thoughts, where all the advantages of a more peaceful, stressfree, healthy, and fatiguefree life ...
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The Secret Path
Paul Brunton'The treasuretrove of the real self is within us, but it can be lifted only when the mind is still.'Paul Brunton was one of the 20th century's greatest explorers of, and writers on...
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More Than 60 Ways To Make Your Life Amazing
Lynda FieldFrom the bestselling author of 60 Ways to feel Amazing comes this highly practical and inspirational guide for women who want to live life to the full. Whatever the issues are in y...
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A Note Of Madness
Tabitha SuzumaLife as a student is good for Flynn. As one of the top pianists at the Royal College of Music, he has been put forward for an important concert, the opportunity of a lifetime.But b...
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Free to Be
Shirin EtessamDo you find yourself feeling unfulfilled? Unworthy? Like you’ve checked all the boxes and built a life, a career, a family but still, something is missing?From an early age we’re t...
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Your Erroneous Zones
Dr. Wayne W. DyerTHE RECORDBREAKING, #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER – OVER 35 MILLION COPIES SOLDThe first book by Wayne Dyer, author of the multimillioncopy bestseller Pulling Your Own Strings and n...
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Co-creating at Its Best
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