The Power of Positive Thinking is unparalleled in its extraordinary capacity for restoring the faltering faith of millions. This book will show you how you can deal more effectively with tough situations and difficult people, and dramatically improve your performance and confidence. You will learn:
• How to eliminate that most devastating handicap—self doubt
• How to free yourself from worry, stress and resentment
• How to climb above problems to visualize solutions and then attain them
With inspiring examples and anecdotes, the book successfully delivers stimulating ideas and practical techniques to adopt optimism and live a victorious life. The Power of Positive Thinking is a phenomenal bestseller that has inspired millions of people across the world.
About the author
Born in the Ohio
hamlet of Bowersville on May 31, 1898, Norman Vincent Peale was the son of a
physician turned Methodist minister. He grew up to become the author of 46
books, including the inspirational best seller of all time, Tbe Power of
Positive Thinking. He was also a motivational speaker on countless platforms;
the co-publisher of the world’s leading inspirational magazine, Guideposts; and
for 52 years, the beloved pastor of Marble Collegiate Church in New York City.
Following his ordination, Dr. Peale gained a reputation as a dynamic pastor
whose churches grew. At University Methodist Church in Syracuse, N.Y., he met
and married Ruth Stafford, his life partner for 63 years. They were a perfect
compliment – he energetic and creative, and she organized and managerial.
At age 34 Dr. Peale accepted a call to Marble Collegiate Church. A common sight
in his years as pastor were tourists lined up around the block to hear him.
With Marble as his base, Dr. Peale launched far reaching innovations in the
decades of the 1930’s, 40’s, and 50’s. In 1933 he began a weekly radio
broadcast that continued for a record setting 54 years. The year 1938 saw the
founding of the innovative clinic for Christian psychotherapy, the Institutes
of Religion and Health. In 1940 the Peale Center was organized to print and
distribute his sermons and in 1945, along with business man Raymond Thornberg,
Peale founded Guideposts Magazine.
In 1984 Peale was awarded the Presidential medal of Freedom by Ronald Reagan.
Dr. Peale
died at his home in Pawling on Christmas Eve.
1993.