Denis Waitley is the trainer or Mindvalley's The New Psychology of Winning Quest and one the most admired coaches in the Unites States. He has trained Apollo astronauts at NASA, winning US Olympians, Super Bowl Champions and business titans at major US corporations.

Denis Waitley

Mindvalley trainer and expert in high-performance humans

Denis Waitley is the trainer or Mindvalley's The New Psychology of Winning Quest and one the most admired coaches in the Unites States. He has trained Apollo astronauts at NASA, winning US Olympians, Super Bowl Champions and business titans at major US corporations.

Denis Waitley is celebrated as one of America’s most influential coaches—after all, he’s trained Apollo astronauts, US Olympians, Super Bowl champions, and business leaders.

His commitment focuses on enhancing human potential and helping individuals achieve their best.

That’s why he has dedicated decades to empowering people, sharing his peak performance insights across boardrooms, locker rooms, recording studios, and international stages. That includes Mindvalley’s The Psychology of Winning Quest, which is inspired by his best-selling personal growth book of the same name.

Credentials

Denis’ best-selling books and audiobooks have transformed over 10 million lives worldwide—and counting.

He served as Chairman of Psychology in the U.S. Olympic Committee’s Sports Medicine Council, responsible for the performance of all U.S. Olympic athletes.

He is known for interviewing hundreds of American prisoners of war (POWs) from Vietnam and discovering how they thrived in conditions of extreme adversity. His legendary book, The Psychology of Winning, is named in honor of them.

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