The amazing results of positive thinking

by Norman Vincent Peale

Hardcover, 1987

Status

Available

Call number

ONT 248.4 PEA Ama1987 Copy 2

Genres

All Topics

General Nonfiction

Religion & Spirituality

Nonfiction

Collection

Other New Thought

Publication

Peale Center for Christian Living, 1987.

Description

"This is a result book....It is the story of the thrilling things that happened to people when they applied the principles of dynamic change to their lives." -- Norman Vincent Peale This accessible, all-encompassing guide will help you to achieve success and confidence, a sense of well-being, and an inner strength that you never dreamed possible. How? Through positive thinking -- a form of thought that involves looking for the best results from the worst conditions. Dr. Peale's time-honored methods include: * step-by-step advice for developing personal strength * confidence-building words to live by * sound, sensible ways to overcome self-doubt * effective strategies for achieving good health * a program to release the vast energies within you * accepting ourselves and our individual needs * embracing the spiritual forces that surround you… (more)

User reviews

LibraryThing member IonaS

I found this book to be even better than the more well-known ”The power of positive thinking” but this may partly have been because I read the book under review in a more reader-friendly edition with larger print and so forth, and also it had not been read so many times and therefore wasn’t

falling apart (it was a library book) like the former book.

Actually, it was very much the same as the afore-mentioned book, filled with life-improving techniques and success stories.

Rev. Peale begins the book by stating that positive thinking always works.

Again, we’re provided with innumerable quotations from the Bible, e.g. “Be strong and of good courage, be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed; for the lord thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest” (Joshua 1:9).

All these quotations in archaic language may be quite off-putting for those who are not particularly religious, but they can be uplifting nonetheless.

Peale informs us that our mind has to be trained to think positively. And positive thinking will not work unless you believe it will. If people do not get anywhere with positive thinking, it is because their faith is diluted. “They water it down with timid little doubts.”

Another quotation from Matthew 17:20 is:

“If ye have faith --- nothing shall be impossible unto you.”

Many of the success stories included in the book are contained in letters sent by the persons involved: these are very convincing.

In a chapter about how to be liked, we are told:

1) Like other people.
2) Try to bring out the best in other people.
3) Make your friends feel comfortable with themselves.
4) Be calm, poised and cheerful.
5) Be an up-beat personality (whatever that means).

We are told that problems are a sign of life. The more problems, the more we are a part of life.

To handle difficulty, get yourself as quiet, calm and composed as you can.

The author stresses the importance of using silence in meeting life’s difficult problems. Divine guidance is always spoken in a still, small voice. “Be still, and know that I am God.” (Psalm 46:10). And “In quietness and in confidence shall be your strength.” (Isaiah 30:15).

This is an uplifting, very readable book which explains in depth how positive thinking can transform one’s life for the absolute better. It is filled with dozens and dozens of success stories from real life.

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