Charles F. Haanel

Charles Francis Haanel ( May 22nd 1866 in Ann Arbor, † November 27, 1949 ) was an American author in the field of New Thought movement and businessman. He became famous for his book The Master Key System (1912 ), which postulated the creative power of thought.

Life and career

As the son of Hugo (Paul ) Haanel and Emeline ( Cordelia Fox) Haanel Charles Francis moved with his family in his childhood to St. Louis. The Haanel family is of Swedish descent, but she lived in Silesia ( Prussia) before they emigrated to Canada and later to the United States. Charles F. Haanel was the fifth child of a total of 6 his family, according to the author, Walter B. Stevens from History of the Fourth City. According to the biography on Haanel.com six more children were born after him, of which only five reached adulthood.

Taken as office boy in salary ( 1886) for the ' National Enameling & Stamping Company ', he earned there for 15 years his livelihood in increasing employment relationship until he made ​​his own as a writer and businessman.

The Master Key System is a book about personal development, which promises to push the boundaries of what is possible ( health, wealth, etc. ) into nothingness. 1933, the book had reached sales of 200,000 copies.

Charles F. Haanel was a successful businessman with several legs. Among other things, he was president of the ' Continental Commercial Company ', the ' Sacramento Valley Improvement Company ' and the 'Mexico Gold and Silver Mining Company '.

Haanel died on Nov. 27, 1949 at his home of a heart attack when he was 83 years old. After his death, he was cremated and his ashes buried in the Bellefontaine Cemetery in St. Louis.

Bibliography

• The Master Key System. In 1912.
• Mental Chemistry. In 1922.
• The New Psychology. In 1924.
• A Book About You. 1928.
• The Amazing Secrets of the Yogi. , 1937.