Carlsbad, CA: Hay House, Inc, Date: 2004. First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. Greg Bertolini (Author photograph). ix, [1], 259, [3] pages. Signed by the author with sentiment on the fep. Signed Love, Wayne Dyer. The author argues that intention is a force found in the universe that propels an individual into action and includes stories and examples of the principles of intention and ways to apply intention to everyday life. 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. 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 ...