Wayne Dyer is an internationally known author, speaker and trainer. His contribution stretches around the globe and his books, C.D's and DVDs have had an impact on hundreds of thousands of people. He is a man who makes a difference. Few would dispute this fact.
As I write this blog, I am struck over and over on how those individuals who make a difference to their community, their families or their world tended to have made a difference even as a child. They perhaps had a longing to contribute or a sense they were to do "something." Some of the people I have researched or interviewed had an epiphany, and a life lived in one direction suddenly was turned and lived in a completely different way, but the majority of the individuals I have spoken to or written of were also children who made a difference. As a matter of fact, many of those written about are still children.
Wayne Dyer is one who made a difference, one who knew at an early age that we humans are to be of assistance to the world. Born in 1940, Dyer spent a good portion of his adolescence and childhood in orphanages and foster homes. His father died early and his mother could not afford to support her children.
Wayne could have become depressed, unruly or bitter. What he did was champion the other children as they arrived at the orphanage, typically for the same reason young Dyer was there - parents could not afford to house and feed their young. Wayne would take a crying child and tell them it was a good place, there were no parents, and they would have fun. He would get them to look at their lives in a different frame. Wayne Dyer would build his career on what he seemed to know as a child - our thoughts shape our reality.
Graduating from high school in 1958, Wayne went on to serve in the United States Navy from 1958-1962. He received his D.Ed degree, and became a guidance counselor and a professor of counselor education.
At first, it appeared that Wayne would lead an academic career. He published in journals and ran a successful private practice. Life was good but there was more ways for Dr. Dyer to contribute. His lectures on positive thinking and motivational speaking drew more students than were actually enrolled. He was getting known for his ideas and his presentations. A literary agent convinced Dyer to take his popular ideas and put them in book form. Your Erroneous Zones was born. The book had rather "thin" sales at first, so Dyer quit his job and began a U.S. tour, selling books out of the back of his car and getting on any radio show he could. Over time, sales began to rise and the major networks became interested in this self-made man. He was eventually featured on national television and Dyer now began to build on that success with lectures and audio tapes (now CDs) and of course more and more books.
Reading Dr. Dyer's books, it is evident that he is a man who continues to grow both intellectually and spiritually. His beliefs became more clear and his writing took on deeper topics.
It is no surprise that books, CD's and lectures gave rise to a film. The Shift, a film produced as a full length movie, has Dyer being interviewed at a get-away spa as those visiting the spa are involved in their own life transitions. Dr. Dyer's goal is to continue to reach greater and greater audiences with the message that each individual has the power to shift their life at any time they decide. It is the belief of What One Man Can Do that we each make a difference and can choose to make that difference, be it positive or negative, depending on our choices. Wayne Dyer helps people with that decision and gives them tools to take the steps to live a life of passion and brilliance.
Action Taken: As Dr. Dyer writes, you will see it when you believe it.
You may find out more about Wayne Dyer at www.drwaynedyer.com
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