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Title: Power of Positive Thinking by Norman Vincen Peale ISBN: 0-449-91147-0 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 27 August, 1996 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.16 (93 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Best of the positive thinking books
Comment: Dr. Norman Vincent Peale is the father of the positive thinking book era. This book provides strategies to employ positive thinking. Positive thinking is a tool we can all use to improve our lives. It helps us persist through obstacles and roadblocks, set goals and achieve them. Recently I read Optimal Thinking: How To Be Your Best Self which explained the pros and cons of positive and negative thinking (positive thinking has some shortcomings we need to be aware of), how to make the most of (optimize) emotions and every situation. I recommend both of these books.
Rating: 5
Summary: Four Reasons to Buy "The Power of Positive Thinking"
Comment: The book: Intrinsically inspiring. Timeless and powerful. The Power of Positive Thinking shines light on the shadows of despair and heightens one's sensibilities to God-given potential. This is the original. It is the mother of all motivational books.
The author: The cornerstone of Peale's "appeal" is his ability to transcend mere psychological and touch the human soul. In doing so, he reaps the reward of the senior statesman of encouragement.
The reason: I recommend this books for the following four reasons:
1. To help others. As only the wise can lead the foolish, so only the motivated can encourage the fainthearted. Read this book-not for yourself alone-but for the lives of those you will touch.
2. To encourage your family. Empower your loved ones by being the leader you were meant to be. Don't tell them how to live, show them.
3. To stimulate your co-workers. It's called synergy. Yawn and the world yawns with you. Invest in a smile, and that smile is reflected in the hearts, minds and faces of those you've inspired. Enlarge your personality with the dynamic of positive thinking, and watch the world follow.
4. To inspire your friends. You are a leader. The question is: what direction are you leading your friends? The Power of Positive Thinking will put you on the right track.
Rating: 4
Summary: Excellent
Comment: This book is a good practical guide for Christians. Many of Peale's insights are very deep and wise, and would be of benefit to most people.
I think that Peale should have refrained from trying to 'prove' himself too much, however, as he makes too many appeals to the Bible. After all, it's well and good that Peale highlights verses such as Philippians 4.13: "I have the strength to face all conditions by the power that Christ gives me". But in order for Peale to uphold his view that the Bible is the true source of positive Christian living, he shouldn't refrain from highlighting verses such as Exodus 32:27-29, Deuteronomy 21.18-21, Numbers 15.32-36, or Hosea 13:16. How would these verses fit in with Peale's positive model of life? Just food for thought.
But overall, Peale's message is robust, positive, and sound. Indeed, Wisdom leads us to know that by aligning our thoughts with positivity, (the inherent nature of God), we can know the Truth, and the Truth shall set us free.
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Title: Six Attitudes for Winners (Pocket Guides) by Norman Vincent Peale ISBN: 0842359060 Publisher: Tyndale House Publishers Pub. Date: May, 1990 List Price(USD): $3.99 |
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Title: How To Win Friends And Influence People by Dale Carnegie ISBN: 0671723650 Publisher: Pocket Books Pub. Date: 15 February, 1990 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: How to Stop Worrying and Start Living by Dale Carnegie ISBN: 0671733354 Publisher: Pocket Books Pub. Date: 15 September, 1990 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill ISBN: 0449214923 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 12 May, 1987 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: YOU CAN IF YOU THINK YOU CAN by Dr. Norman Vincent Peale ISBN: 0671765914 Publisher: Fireside Pub. Date: 26 August, 1987 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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