- Dale Carnegie
Dale Breckenridge Carnegie (originally Carnegey) (November 24 1888 - November 1 1955) was an American writer and the developer of famous courses in self-improvement, salesmanship, corporate training, public speaking and interpersonal skills. Born in poverty on a farm in Missouri, he was the author of "How to Win Friends and Influence People," first published in 1936, a massive bestseller that remains popular today. He also wrote a biography of Abraham Lincoln, …
- Robert Kiyosaki
Robert Toru Kiyosaki (born April 8, 1947) is an investor, businessman, self-help author and motivational speaker. Kiyosaki is best known for his "Rich Dad, Poor Dad" series of motivational books and other material. He has written 18 books which combined have sold over 26 million copies. Although beginning as a self-publisher, he was subsequently published by Warner Books, a division of Hachette Book Group USA, …
- Louise Hay
Louise Hay (1927-) is the American bestselling author of several self help books and the founder of a publishing company called Hay House Publishing.
- Tony Robbins
Anthony J. Mahavorick, pen name Anthony Robbins or Tony Robbins, (born on 29 February 1960 in North Hollywood, California, USA) is an American life coach, writer, and professional speaker. Some of his well known audio programs include "Personal Power II", "Get the Edge!" and "Lessons in Mastery."
- Charles Faulkner
Charles Faulkner, (born 29 February 1960), is an American life coach, motivational speaker, trader and writer. Has made numerous contributions to the field of Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP).
- Charles Faulkner
Charles Faulkner, (born 29 February 1960), is an American life coach, motivational speaker, trader and writer. Has made numerous contributions to the field of Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP).
- John Bradshaw
John Elliot Bradshaw (born June 29, 1933 in Houston, Texas) is an American educator, counselor, motivational speaker and author best known for his PBS television programs on topics such as addiction, recovery, codependency and spirituality. Bradshaw is active in the self-help movement, and is credited with popularizing such ideas as the "wounded inner child" and the dysfunctional family. His books are mainly works of popular psychology.
- Jack Canfield
Jack Canfield is an American motivational speaker and author. He is best known as the co-creator of the "Chicken Soup for the Soul" book series, which currently has over 115 titles and 100 million copies in print in over 47 languages. According to USA Today, Canfield and his writing partner, Mark Victor Hansen, were the top-selling authors in the United States in 1997.
- Jane Roberts
Jane Roberts was an American author who was known primarily as a psychic and trance medium or spirit medium who "channeled" a personality named Seth. She also purportedly channeled other personalities, including the deceased philosopher William James and the deceased painter Paul Cézanne. The publication of the Seth texts established her as one of the preeminent figures in the world of paranormal phenomena.
- Wayne Dyer
Dr. Wayne W. Dyer (born May 10, 1940 in Detroit, Michigan) is a popular American self-help advocate, author and lecturer. His 1976 book "Your Erroneous Zones" has sold over 30 million copies and is one of the best-selling books of all time. It is said to have "[brought] humanistic ideas to the masses".
- Dan Millman
Dan Millman is an author of thirteen self-help books, the most famous of which is the semi-autobiographical novel, "Way of the Peaceful Warrior" (1980). The winner of the 1964 World Trampoline Championship in London, he co-captained the 1968 NCAA University of California gymnastics team and has also worked as a gymnastics instructor at Stanford University and a professor of physical education at Oberlin College.
- Zig Ziglar
Hilary Hinton “Zig” Ziglar is an American author, salesperson, and motivational speaker. His latest book (as of 2006) is "Better than Good."
- Spencer Johnson
Dr. Spencer Johnson is known for his 1998 motivational book, titled "Who Moved My Cheese?: An Amazing Way to Deal with Change in Your Work and in Your Life". It has stayed on the "New York Times" Bestseller list, and has remained on the "Publishers Weekly" Hardcover nonfiction list. Johnson, born in South Dakota, received a B.A. degree in psychology from the University of Southern California in 1963, …
- Tristan J. Loo
Tristan J. Loo is an American life management consultant, trainer and author. He is best known as the author of "Street Negotiation: How to Resolve Any Conflict Anytime." Loo has helped build the foundation for community-oriented alternative dispute resolution in the United States by increasing public awareness about the benefits of managing conflict and creating peace through mediation and interpersonal communication skills.
- Michael J. Gelb
Michael J. Gelb is a writer and trainer, specializing is personal development and corporate training seminars. His books include: * "How to Think like Leonardo Da Vinci" * "Da Vinci Decoded" * "Discover Your Genius" * "More Balls than Hands, …
- John Bytheway
John Bytheway is an American author and academic, who is well known as a comedic motivational speaker for youth within The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Born in Salt Lake City, Bytheway attended Brigham Young University (BYU) in Provo, Utah, receiving a Master's Degree in Religious Education. He also served as a missionary for the LDS Church in the Philippines. Bytheway is a religious studies instructor at BYU, currently focusing on the Book of Mormon.
- Anthony Minnuto
Anthony Minnuto (born August 7, 1973, in Hackensack, New Jersey) is a commercial real estate investor, author, philanthropist, and a television and radio guest. He has appeared on programs such as PBS and Real Estate Radio. He has also been featured in such publications as the "South Florida Sun-Sentinel", the "The Record" of Bergen County and the "Wall Street Journal".
- Jim Rohn
Jim Rohn is an American motivational speaker and author whose work has been influential in launching or furthering the careers of many others in the personal development industry, including Anthony Robbins, Mark Victor Hansen, Brian Tracy, and Jack Canfield. Born to an Idaho farming family in the mid 1900s, Mr. Rohn began his early adulthood without acclaim, leaving college after his first year, starting a family, and trying to get by as best he could as a salaried worker.
- Wallace Wattles
Wallace Delois Wattles (1860-1911) was an American author and a pioneer success writer. His most famous work is a 1910 book called "The Science of Getting Rich" in which he explains how to get rich. He personally "tested" the principles he describes in his book and they worked, as although he had lived most of his life in poverty, in his later years became rich. Other books by Wallace include "A New Christ", "Health Through New Thought and Fasting", …
- Patrick Reynolds
Patrick Reynolds (born December 2, 1954, in Miami Beach, Florida) is an American anti-smoking activist and former actor. He is the grandson of the tobacco company founder, R.J. Reynolds, and speaks of how he believes his family business has killed millions, including his own father and brother.
- Tom Sullivan
Tom Sullivan (born March 27, 1947 in Boston, Massachusetts) is an American performer, author, and motivational speaker.
- William R Patterson
William R. Patterson is Chairman and CEO of The Warcoffer Capital Group, LLC. He is the business and financial expert on XM Satellite Radio - The Power (XM). He is co-author of the business and personal finance book, "The Baron Son", which was featured in the Forbes Book Club and Black Enterprise magazine. In 2004, Patterson co-founded The Baron Solution Group, a company which conducts business and personal finance workshops for adults across the U.S. and abroad.
- Napoleon Hill
Napoleon Hill (October 26 1883-November 8 1970) was an American author who was one of the earliest producers of the modern genre of personal-success literature. His most famous work, "Think and Grow Rich", is one of the best-selling books of all time. In America, Hill stated in his writings, people are free to believe what they want to believe, and this is what sets the United States apart from all other countries in the world.
- Mark Farmer
Mark D. Farmer (born 10 July 1966, Las Vegas, Nevada) is an American life coach, motivational speaker and self-help author. Farmer has authored a number of motivational books, including "Goals: A Workbook", and founded an Internet Success Web site. Farmer has a B.A. with a minor in psychology, a J.D. and is the CEO of Total Life Success, a self development company based in Seattle, Washington.
- Maxwell Maltz
Maxwell Maltz (1899-1975) was a cosmetic surgeon who developed Psycho-Cybernetics, a system of ideas that can be employed to improve one's self image and in turn lead a more successful and fulfilling life. He wrote several books, among which "Psycho-Cybernetics" was a long-time bestseller that undoubtedly influenced many subsequent self-help teachers. In the preface to "Psycho-Cybernetics", Maltz writes: "I, myself, take no credit for the breakthrough, …
- Esther Hicks
Esther Hicks is an American spirit channeler, motivational speaker, and best-selling author. Esther Hicks identifies herself as the channel for a group of non-physical beings who call themselves "Abraham". Most commonly, this channeled material is referred to under the name Abraham-Hicks. She has co-authored eight books with husband Jerry Hicks and presents workshops for Abraham-Hicks Publications.
- Doreen Virtue
Doreen is the author of more than 30 books about angels and other mind-body-spirit topics, translated into 26 languages, including the best-selling Healing with the Angels and Messages from Your Angels books/angel cards. Doreen holds degrees in counseling psychology from Chapman University. Doreen has been an activist since childhood when her mother would take her door-to-door to gather petition signatures.
- Robert Dilts
Mr. Dilts is also the co-inventor of a unique biofeedback device known as the NeuroLink , which simultaneously monitors and records activity in heart rate, body temperature and the electrical activity on the left and right sides of the body. Dilts' State Enhancement Coach software combines these key measurements of nervous system activity with artificial intelligence and NLP methods and principles to help people achieve optimal states of health, learning and personal performance.
- Al Siebert
Dr. Al Siebert, Portland, Oregon, is director of The Resiliency Center and an internationally recognized researcher into the inner nature of highly resilient survivors. He is an ex-paratrooper with a PhD in clinical psychology from the University of Michigan and an undergraduate degree from Willamette University in Oregon. He has taught management psychology seminars for over thirty years at Portland State University, has served as his county's school board chairman, …
- Wayne Allyn Root
Wayne Allyn Root (b.July 20, 1961 in Mount Vernon, New York) is a business mogul, television celebrity, TV producer, best-selling author, professional sports handicapper, and prospective Libertarian Party presidential candidate based in Las Vegas, Nevada.
- Libby Gill
Libby Gill is a U.S. personal coach, motivational speaker, and author.
- David Deangelo
David DeAngelo is the pseudonym of a notable member of an American Seduction community Deangelo is credited with founding "Double Your Dating", a company providing dating advice to men and marketed primarily over the Internet. Within the community he has achieved status akin to a guru.
- Thomas V. Morris
Thomas V. Morris (or Tom Morris as he is also known) is a philosopher, a former Professor of Philosophy at the University of Notre Dame, South Bend, Indiana, founder of the Morris Institute of Human Values, and author of several books. He is also a popular business and motivational speaker. Over the course of this aspect of his career, Morris has focused on the application of philosophical themes and concepts to business and professional life.
- Julia Thorne
Julia Stimson Thorne (16 September 1944 - 27 April 2006) was a writer and the first wife of U.S. Senator John Kerry.
- Robert Ringer
Robert Ringer is an American entrepreneur, motivational speaker, and author of several best-selling self-help books. He is married to a Panamanian former stewardess and "Playboy" magazine centerfold model Ester Cordet, who was Playmate of the Month in the October 1974 issue of Playboy. They met at a party held at the Playboy Mansion.
- John Bingham
John Bingham (born 1948) is an American marathon runner and author, nicknamed "The Penguin", who has achieved widespread recognition for promoting running to the general public. Bingham is the author of several books and the "No Need for Speed" column in "Runner's World".
- Timothy Gallwey
W. Timothy Gallwey is an author who has written a series of books in which he has set forth a new methodology for coaching and for the development of personal and professional excellence in a variety of fields, that he calls "The Inner Game." Since he began writing in the 1970s, his books include "The Inner Game of Tennis", "The Inner Game of Golf", "The Inner game of Music", "Inner Skiing" and "The Inner Game of Work".
- Julia Cameron
Julia Cameron (born 4 March, 1948) is an American author and artist. She is perhaps most famous for her book "The Artist's Way" (1992), though she has written many other non-fiction works, as well as novels, plays, musicals, and screenplays. She was married to Martin Scorsese in 1975, with whom she collaborated on three films and has one daughter, Domenica Cameron-Scorsese, who was born in 1976.
- John T. Reed
John T. Reed is a former real estate investor who has authored and self-published over twenty books. He has been recommended by the National Association of Realtors as a serious investigator in the industry.
- Doe Lang
Doe Lang, Ph.D., is the president of the New York-based image-consulting firm Charismedia, which so far has enrolled more than 150,000 people. She has also performed on Broadway and has appeared in many TV soap operas. She has also authored many self-help books, the most popular of them being "Charisma".