Wayne W. Dyer - Peace is the result of retraining your mind to process life as it is, rather than as you think it should be. - quote. Wayne Walter Dyer (born May 10, 1940) is an American self-help author and motivational speaker. His first book Your Erroneous Zones (1976) is one of the best-selling books of all time, with an estimated 35 million copies sold.