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33-484: Mind Dynamics has been compared to Dale Carnegie , and encounter groups . Mind Dynamics trained businessmen in personal development techniques, but relied on unique activities rather than academic theories. The coursework also utilized techniques that focused on visualization, and meditation. Techniques drawn from the Unity Church included periods of silence, focusing the mind on positive elements, and distinguishing

66-456: A multi-level marketing pyramid scheme . Every employee in management positions at Holiday Magic was required to participate in the coursework. In December 1972, Mind Dynamics was investigated for practicing medicine without a license , and fraudulent representation of the potential benefits of participating in their coursework. The company was also investigated by the state of California for making fraudulent claims. A lawsuit brought forth by

99-637: A lifelong dream of becoming a Chautauqua lecturer. He ended up instead attending the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York, but found little success as an actor, though it is written that he played the role of Dr. Hartley in a road show of Polly of the Circus . When the production ended, he returned to New York, living at the YMCA on 125th Street. There he got the idea to teach public speaking, and he persuaded

132-551: A longstanding friendship with another Maryville author, Homer Croy . In 1904, at age 16, his family moved to a farm in Warrensburg, Missouri . As a youth, he enjoyed speaking in public and joined his school's debate team. Carnegie said he had to get up at 3 a.m. to feed the pigs and milk his parents' cows before going to school. During high school, he grew interested in the speeches at the various Chautauqua assemblies. He completed his high school education in 1906. He attended

165-721: Is a Choice also cites Silva Mind Control and self-talk as the basis for Mind Dynamics. Mind Dynamics has also been described by several authors on religious texts as an offshoot of Silva Mind Control. According to Jose Silva, Alexander Everett was a graduate of Silva Mind Control. Everett also drew on principles from the Unity Church , Egyptology and Rosicrucianism in developing Mind Dynamics. Other companies which had corporate relationships with Mind Dynamics included Leadership Dynamics and Holiday Magic , both of which were founded by William Penn Patrick , co-owner and Board Member for Mind Dynamics. Holiday Magic later folded, amidst investigations by authorities and accusations of being

198-486: The State Teachers College in Warrensburg , graduating in 1908. His first job after college was selling correspondence courses to ranchers. He moved on to selling bacon , soap , and lard for Armour & Company . He was successful to the point of making his sales territory of South Omaha , Nebraska, the national leader for the firm. After saving $ 200, Dale Carnegie quit sales in 1911 in order to pursue

231-563: The human potential movement . The organizations cited above were founded by prior instructors from Mind Dynamics who had been trained by Alexander Everett, including Stewart Emery (who founded Actualizations), Randy Revell (who developed Context Training), James Quinn (who organized Lifestream/LifeResults/LifeSuccess), and Thomas Wilhite (who founded PSI Seminars). Werner Erhard , subsequently associated with est (1971-1984), WE&A (1981-1991) and Landmark Education (founded 1991, known as Landmark Worldwide since 2013) taught in

264-412: The "Human Potential" at Esalen in the early 1960s. His writings and lectures on the mystical dimensions of psychedelics and on what he called "the perennial philosophy " were foundational. Moreover, his call for an institution that could teach the "nonverbal humanities" and the development of the "human potentialities" functioned as the working mission statement of early Esalen. Christopher Lasch notes

297-469: The "intuitive inner voice." Some of Mind Dynamics' techniques were compared to self-hypnosis , and mind control . Mind Dynamics has been described as part of the consciousness transformation movement, and has been compared to Scientology , est , Psycho-Cybernetics , and Amway . Heelas' The New Age Movement states that Mind Dynamics and Alexander Everett were influenced by Edgar Cayce , Theosophy , and Silva Mind Control , and Curtiss' Depression

330-620: The "soft skills" area were embedded in the programs, and enabled the familiarization of most of the Human Potential concepts. A key role was played by "EU Strategic objective 3, 4, and 5" that explicitly included transversal key competences, such as learning to learn, a sense of initiative, entrepreneurship, and cultural awareness". These training programs, lasting as much as 900 to 1200 hours aimed at enhancing creativity and innovation, including entrepreneurship, and contained at all levels of education and training Human Potential concepts. One of

363-677: The Carnegie company following Dale's death. Carnegie died of Hodgkin lymphoma on November 1, 1955, at his home in Forest Hills , New York. He was buried in the Belton cemetery in Cass County, Missouri . (most given out in Dale Carnegie Courses) Human potential movement The Human Potential Movement ( HPM ) arose out of the counterculture of the 1960s and formed around

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396-595: The Human Potential Movement, as is exemplified in Doman's assertion that "Every child born has, at the moment of birth, a greater potential intelligence than Leonardo da Vinci ever used." In the middle of the 1960s, George Leonard did research across the United States on the subject of human potential for the magazine Look . In his research, he interviewed 37 psychiatrists, brain researchers, and philosophers on

429-538: The Human Potential Movement. As Elizabeth Puttick writes in the Encyclopedia of New Religions : The human potential movement (HPM) originated in the 1960s as a counter-cultural rebellion against mainstream psychology and organised religion. It is not in itself a religion, new or otherwise, but a psychological philosophy and framework, including a set of values that have made it one of the most significant and influential forces in modern Western society. Aristotle used

462-626: The Mind Dynamics organization, providing a link between Mind Dynamics and several subsequent Large-group awareness trainings (LGATs). Former MDI President Robert White founded Lifespring and ARC International which delivered the Life Dynamics seminars in Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Sydney. Dale Carnegie Dale Carnegie ( / ˈ k ɑːr n ɪ ɡ i / KAR -nig-ee ; spelled Carnagey until c. 1922; November 24, 1888 – November 1, 1955)

495-501: The State of California in 1973 requested that Mind Dynamics be barred from what California referred to as its unlawful practice of medicine. William Penn Patrick was named as a party with Mind Dynamics in the lawsuit. Mind Dynamics ceased operating in 1973, after being investigated and charged with fraud and practicing medicine without a license. According to an article in Forbes , as of 1974,

528-985: The State of California was still seeking to enjoin the company from making fraudulent claims, and practicing medicine without a license . Neal Vahle's The Unity Movement lists nine personal growth organizations which grew out of Mind Dynamics, including: est and The Forum , Landmark Education , Lifespring , Lifestream , LifeResults, LifeSuccess , Context Training / Context International, PSI Seminars , Personal Dynamics in Switzerland, Life Dynamics in Japan and Hong Kong, Alpha Seminars in Australia, Hoffman Quadrinity Process , Dimensional Mind Approach , Pathwork , and Actualizations . Vahle goes on to describe similar techniques used by these groups which were incorporated from Mind Dynamics' practices. Berger's Agit-Pop also gives examples of EST, Lifespring and Actualizations as groups that grew out of Mind Dynamics and helped form

561-580: The YMCA manager to allow him to instruct a class in return for 80% of the net proceeds. In his first session, he had run out of material. Improvising, he suggested that students speak about "something that made them angry", and discovered that the technique made speakers unafraid to address a public audience. From this 1912 debut, the Dale Carnegie Course evolved. Carnegie had tapped into the average American's desire to have more self-confidence, and by 1914, he

594-509: The book and entered in the working and management community. Specifically targeted books on Human Potential have emerged in Europe and can be found in the works of specific authors. For the "Anglo" cultural area, the work of John Whitmore contains a harsh critique of mainstream approaches to human potential as fast cures for self-improvement: "Contrary to the appealing claims of The One Minute Manager , there are no quick fixes in business". For

627-470: The book that he had critiqued over 150,000 speeches in his participation in the adult education movement of the time. His first marriage ended in divorce in August 1931. On November 5, 1944, he married his former secretary, Dorothy Price Vanderpool (1913–1998), who also had been divorced. Vanderpool had a daughter, Rosemary, from her first marriage. She and Carnegie had a daughter, Donna Dale. Dorothy ran

660-473: The collective effect of individuals cultivating their own potential will be positive change in society at large. The HPM has much in common with humanistic psychology in that Abraham Maslow 's theory of self-actualization strongly influenced its development. The Institutes for the Achievement of Human Potential , founded in 1955 by Glenn Doman and Carl Delacato, was an early precursor to and influence on

693-564: The concept for reflection on the factors that contribute the most to a well-lived and fulfilling life, often using the terms subjective well-being and happiness interchangeably. Interest in Human Potential concepts is growing in Europe thanks to training courses aimed at managers, graduate students, and the unemployed, mainly funded by the European Union in public development courses in the 1980s and 90s. In these courses, modules such as communication skills, marketing, leadership and others in

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726-451: The concept of an extraordinary potential that its advocates believed to lie largely untapped in all people. The movement takes as its premise the belief that the development of their "human potential" can contribute to a life of increased happiness , creativity , and fulfillment , and as a result such people will be more likely to direct their actions within society toward assisting others to release their potential . Adherents believe that

759-426: The core concepts, Maslow's hierarchy of needs , a theory of psychological health predicated on fulfilling innate human needs, became popular in Europe in the 80s mainly as a support to understanding consumer's needs, and only after its use as a key marketing concept. Philip Kotler's book "Marketing Management" was particularly influential in the 80s in popularizing several human potential concepts that were "embedded" in

792-535: The core ideas in his books is that it is possible to change other people's behavior by changing one's behavior towards them. Dale Carnegie was born November 24, 1888, on a farm in Maryville , Missouri. He was the second son of farmers Amanda Elizabeth Harbison (1858–1939) and her husband James William Carnagey (1852–1941). Carnegie grew up around Bedison, Missouri , southeast of Maryville and attended rural Rose Hill and Harmony one room schools. Carnegie would develop

825-543: The idea that there should be a human potential movement". HPM was regarded by some as being related to psychedelic culture such as hippies and the Summer of Love . According to author Andrew Grant Jackson, George Harrison 's adoption of Hindu philosophy and Indian instrumentation in his songs with the Beatles in the mid 1960s, together with the band's highly publicised study of Transcendental Meditation , "truly kick-started"

858-476: The impact of the human potential movement via the therapeutic sector : "The new therapies spawned by the human potential movement, according to Peter Marin, teach that "the individual will is all powerful and totally determines one's fate"; thus they intensify the "isolation of the self". George Leonard , a magazine writer and editor who conducted research for an article on human potential, became an important early influence on Esalen. Leonard claims that he coined

891-783: The phrase "Human Potential Movement" during a brainstorming session with Michael Murphy, and popularized it in his 1972 book The Transformation: A Guide to the Inevitable Changes in Humankind . Leonard worked closely with the Esalen Institute afterwards, and in 2005 served as its president. Martin Seligman emphasized positive psychology during his term as president of the APA beginning in 1998. Positive psychology focuses on cultivation of eudaimonia , an Ancient Greek term for "the good life" and

924-456: The principles of potentiality and actuality to analyze causality , motion , biology, physiology , human psychology and ethics in his tractates on Physics , Metaphysics , Nicomachean Ethics , and De Anima . Abraham Maslow published his concept of a hierarchy of needs in a paper in 1943. He argued that as people's basic survival needs are met, so their desire to grow in mental and emotional dimensions increases. He also coined

957-474: The subject of human potential. He found that "Not one of them said we were using more than 10% of our capacity", a common misconception which has since been proven false. During the course of his research, Leonard met Michael Murphy , a co-founder of the nascent Esalen Institute (established in 1962) that at the time was running educational programs for adults on the topic of "human potentialities". Leonard and Murphy became close friends and together "put forth

990-476: The term "metamotivation" to describe the motivation of people who go beyond the scope of the basic needs and strive for constant betterment. Michael Murphy and Dick Price founded the Esalen Institute in 1962, primarily as a center for the study and development of human potential, and some people continue to regard Esalen as the geographical center of the movement today . Aldous Huxley gave lectures on

1023-551: Was Public Speaking: a Practical Course for Business Men (1926), later entitled Public Speaking and Influencing Men in Business (1932). In 1936, Simon & Schuster published How to Win Friends and Influence People . The book was a bestseller from its debut. By the time of Carnegie's death, the book had sold five million copies in 31 languages, and there had been 450,000 graduates of his Dale Carnegie Institute. It has been stated in

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1056-535: Was an American writer and teacher of courses in self-improvement , salesmanship, corporate training , public speaking, and interpersonal skills. Born into poverty on a farm in Missouri , he was the author of How to Win Friends and Influence People (1936), a bestseller that remains popular today. He also wrote How to Stop Worrying and Start Living (1948), Lincoln the Unknown (1932), and several other books. One of

1089-515: Was earning $ 500 (about $ 15200 today) every week. During World War I he served in the U.S. Army spending the time at Camp Upton . His draft card noted he had filed for conscientious objector status and had a loss of a forefinger. By 1916, Dale conducted a sold out lecture at Carnegie Hall , which influenced his decision in 1919 to change the spelling of his last name in honor of the steel magnate, Andrew Carnegie , and easier for others to remember. Carnegie's first collection of his writings

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