Larry Winget is a professional motivational speaker

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, bestselling author

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 and television personality. Winget markets himself as "the trademarked 'Pitbull of Personal Development' and 'World's Only Irritational Speaker'".

Early life and family

Winget was raised in Muskogee, Oklahoma

Muskogee, Oklahoma

Muskogee is a city in Muskogee County, Oklahoma, United States. It is the county seat of Muskogee County, and home to Bacone College. The population was 38,310 at the 2000 census, making it the eleventh-largest city in Oklahoma....

. Both his parents were in retail. He graduated from Central High School in Muskogee, Oklahoma and from Northeastern Oklahoma State University in Tahlequah, Oklahoma. He is married to Rose Mary Winget and has two sons, Tyler and Patrick.

Books

• Just Do This Stuff (1995) ISBN 978-1881342076
• Profound Stuff (1995) ISBN 978-1881342083
• The Little Red Book of Stuff That Works (1995) ISBN 978-1881342045
• The Simple Way to Success (1996) ISBN 978-1881342120
• How to Write a Book One Page at a Time (1997) ISBN 978-1881342052
• Money is Easy (2001) ISBN 978-1881342212
• 60 Ways to Get Rich and Stay Rich in the Speaking Business (2002) ISBN 978-1881342311
• Shut Up, Stop Whining, & Get A Life: A Kick-Butt Approach to a Better Life (2004) ISBN 978-0471773450
• It's Called Work For A Reason (2007) ISBN 978-1592402816
• You're Broke Because You Want To Be: How to Stop Getting By and Start Getting Ahead (2008) ISBN 978-1592404292
• People Are Idiots and I Can Prove It!: The Ten Ways You Are Sabotaging Your Life and How To Overcome Them (2008) ISBN 1592404375
• No Time For Tact: 365 Days of The Wit, Words and Wisdom of Larry Winget (2009) ISBN 978-1592405794
• Your Kids Are Your Own Fault: A Guide For Raising Responsible, Productive Adults (2009) ISBN 1592404952
• The Idiot Factor: The 10 Ways We Sabotage Our Life, Money and Business (2009) ISBN 978-1592404674
• Shut Up, Stop Whining & Get A Life comic book version (2010)

Media

• Larry Live - CD/DVD based on Shut Up Stop Whining and Get A Life.
• The Notorious Larry Winget based on It's Called Work For A Reason.
• I'll Try To Be Nicer If You'll Try To Be Smarter - CD/DVD (no longer available).
• "Success Is Your Own Fault" Released as a national PBS Special
• "The Truth Be Told" a live DVD recorded in 2008 – 90 minutes
• "Larry: Unplugged, Unleashed and Out Of Control" - 2009

• Success Is Your Own Damn Fault released by Nightingale-Conant corporation and contains 6 CDs - 1 DVD and a workbook.
• "Get Out Of Your Own Way" released by Nightingale-Conant corporation and contains 4 CDs and 1 DVD.

Television appearances

• National PBS special Success Is Your Own Fault. This special also features a segment called, Larry: Unplugged, Unleashed and Out Of Control.

• PBS Special, Life, Prosperity and Parenting filmed in January 2010

• Big Spender on A&E
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   Television - Winget starred in this reality show where he confronted people on their overspending and helped them turn their lives around financially.

• CNBC's The Millionaire Inside: Debt-Free and Get Inspired - Winget appeared as part of a panel on both of these CNBC
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   specials as a millionaire money guru.

• Winget frequently appears on CNBC, MSNBC
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   and has appeared on the Today Show and CNN
  CNN
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   with Larry King
  Larry King
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   as a business/personal development/financial expert. Winget is also a regular on Fox News and Fox Business.

• Hyundai
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   - Winget has been featured in several Hyundai Car commercials as a financial expert.

• Winget was featured on VH1
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  's reality series, Tool Academy 3.

External links

• Official Website
• Transcript of his interview on CNN
• Winget's home featured on television