"Father of Personal Development" Long Dead But Not Forgotten

Jan. 13, 2011 - PRLog -- Charles F. Haanel (1866 - 1949), considered by many to be the "Father of Personal Development,"  has a new — and much improved! — home on the Internet — http://www.haanel.com. Mr. Haanel is the author of the self-help book The Master Key System, which served as the basis for the movie The Secret, as well as five other books that educate people in the science of self-mastery.

Designed and curated by Tony Michalski of Kallisti Publishing, the publisher of all of the books by Charles F. Haanel, Haanel’s new home on the web is a culmination of more than five years of research and work. At one time, the only biographical information about Haanel was an article written about him by Walter B. Stevens in St. Louis — History of the Fourth City in 1909. What the new web site brings now is a thorough and nearly complete biography of a man almost forgotten in the annals of time. From his grandparents immigration to the United States to Mr. Haanel's business ventures to his name being mentioned in a report made by the United States Congress, everything currently known about the man who authored The Master Key System is there.

The questions about Haanel and his works answered on the new web site include:

Did Haanel really try to keep his most famous work The Master Key System a secret?
What did a US Congressional Committee have to say about Haanel?
Did he write any books that haven't been found?
What was the nature of his various businesses — and was Haanel really successful?

Tony Michalski says that in 2000, "Kallisti Publishing released its first book, The Master Key System, making Charles F. Haanel our first author. Since then, we grew to publishing sixteen books — including every known book that Haanel ever wrote. This new web site for and about Charles F. Haanel is way of keeping the memory of the man who influenced our lives so deeply alive and well — for now and into the future."

Charles F. Haanel's new web site can be found at http://www.haanel.com.

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