Wayne Dyer
Wayne Dyer Wayne Walter Dyer (May 10, 1940 – August 29, 2015) was an American self-help author and a motivational speaker . His first book, Your Erroneous Zones (1976), is one of the best-selling books of all time , with an estimated 100 million copies sold to date. [1] Wayne Dyer Dyer in 2009 Born May 10, 1940 Detroit , Michigan, US Died August 29, 2015 (aged 75) Maui County, Hawaii , US Occupation Author, motivational speaker Children 8 Early life Edit 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, [2] after his father walked out on the family, leaving his mother to raise three small boys. [3] 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 . [4] His dissertation was titled Group Counseling Leadership Training in Counselor Educat