Influences on his life and teaching include Unity Church, est, the Landmark Forum, yoga and meditation; as well as the Anonymous fellowships and the work of Bill W.
Air Training Command | Air Education and Training Command | Reserve Officers' Training Corps | V-12 Navy College Training Program | training | Air Training Corps | United States Army Training and Doctrine Command | United Nations Institute for Training and Research | United States Olympic Training Center | Training Day | training camp | British Commonwealth Air Training Plan | Recruit training | Commando Training Centre Royal Marines | Army Specialized Training Program | Training | recruit training | Officers Training Academy | National Council of Educational Research and Training | Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps | Flight training | Federal Law Enforcement Training Center | basic training | Students' Army Training Corps | International Military Education and Training | Fort Des Moines Provisional Army Officer Training School | Erhard Seminars Training | Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps | 306th Flying Training Group | Werner Erhard |
Groups and trainings such as Lifespring, Erhard Seminars Training, IMPACT Trainings, The Forum, Newfield Consulting, Seres Naturales, Landmark Education and Benchmark claimed to have worked to improve people's overall level of satisfaction and interpersonal relations through group interaction.
Groups, movements and individuals discussed in the book include UFO religions, Scientology, the New Age movement, Aum Shinrikyo, Meher Baba, Sufism, Children of God, Divine Light Mission, Deepak Chopra, Aleister Crowley, Werner Erhard, Erhard Seminars Training, and Landmark Forum, Falun Gong, Hare Krishna, Heaven's Gate, Peoples Temple, and many other groups.