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Amazing Results of Positive Thinking

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This is a review by God-fearing guy. When I first read this book, I just 'enjoyed' the quotes by the author. But when difficulties cornered my life, I once again turned to this book to find how 'meaningful and practical' they are.

It really works ! In the very first chapter, there is a prayer "I believe You have a plan for my life, so there must be some purpose.....". This prayer gives me a closer connection with God.

The wordings, "Always act as if it were impossible to fail and God will see you through" are really boosting for all aspiring personality.

The idea of shampoo for the brain is really catchy. Personally, to flush my negative feelings, I read Peale's books or other books of Inspiration, as soon as I wake up.

The law of abundance, the idea of health, handling difficult, overcoming pressure and the knowledge of spiritual forces.... everything gave me a new dimension in my thinking pattern.

This book is not only for those who meet failures but for those who are climbing up without the idea of The Supreme Power.

All I can say is that I had tried to read The Power of Positve Thinking several times but never was able to get into it. However after getting out of the Hospital having received a Stem Cell bone marrow transplant, I found myself in desparate need of a mental pick me up. I was simply not able to think positively about life or my health and I was also very weak physically. I found this little paperback on the shelf and took it into the bathroom. Each day I would read a couple of sentences or more. With the type of illness I had, it was very important that I develop and maintain a positive mental outlook in order to harness the "placebo effect" (being healthy because I think I am healthy would be an example). When I started my regimen of reading a little bit each day, I would say I was almost a zero in mental strength. Gradually, I started to get little pieces out of the examples of the book and I started practicing those pieces. I found that just these little steps yielded visible results. Eventually, I finished the book. Then I read it again in the same way. I have made a check list of things to do each day in order to maintain the mental strength I have acquired from reading the book. I am reading it for a 3rd time now. Recently I recommended to a friend to read it and found myself volunteering my original copy of this 1959 little paperback which sold for 60 cents at the time. ... I recommend this book to everyone.

I purchased this book for my daughter who is 21 years old and having some problems in her young life. She tells me that it is great and has helped her a lot in trying to sort things out. I find it very up lifting and believe it would be of great value to some one that has a problem with depression.

Peale is the master at comprehensively and clearly describing the process of achieving results through spirituality and positive thinking. Read everyone of his books and the information will be embedded into your soul and will literally push you toward success. The power of the human being is incredible and his books are vthe guide to apping into this immense force. Go and discover genuine and lasting success and peace in your precious life.

I would buy anything written by Dr Peale. His books are upbeat and pretty amazing considering they were written so long ago. They are still true today. I'm sending one to my Mom and brothers. Everyone should buy this book whether they believe in God or need some upbeat help for their own lives.

Changes your attitude towards life in the most positive way there could be. A must for everyone. I was lucky to have a dear aunt share it with me when I was only 23. I have read other more newer positive attitude books, but this is the NUMBER ONE.
NO ONE BEATS NORMAN VINCENT PEALE.

I've only just begun to read it and I am very satisfied with the book,This is a book everyone should read.......Thank You

It is often said that science and religion, being preicated on diametrically opposing premises, i.e., one on facts and the other on faith or belief, are irreconcillable. The Author finds accommodation between both in his non-agnostic reconcillation of the belief in positive thinking. Book is highly recommended for reading by the agnostic and those seeking a better outlook. The good Dr. is a great teacher and preacher of many years to his New York City congregation of intellectuals evidenced by this quasi-documentary writing.

Frank W. Swacker, Author
St. Petersburg, FL

Dr. Peale has always been a master communicator. He is one of my favorite authors. He makes the application of spiritual principles so real and so exciting to do. This classic is filled with his usual stories of people from myriad backgrounds who bear testimony to the fact that what he teaches works.

Chapter 13 is a slight deviation from the main topic of the book, but it loosely ties in. It is about the spiritual forces around us, the mysterious powers we do not fully understand, but occasionally catch glimpses of. This chapter puts some issues on the table to be probed later.

The only reason I didn't give this book a 5 rating is because in one place he tries to tie in religions other than Christianity. Jesus is the way, the truth, the life. He isn't an option.

I love a good self-help book. I understand that they are not written to replace our verticle relationship with God (God on top, we as His subjects) but know they can help with our horizontal relationships with one another. This book blurs the verticle and horizontal and as a result, promotes bad theology.
I won't wax on about this but give you one basic example. The author states that, God "wants real wealth for you, the wealth of life that is successful in all its aspects: economic, social, spiritual, intellectual, physical."
I wouldn't bring up the Bible in this review, but the fact is, the author does and the author speaks for God of the Bible. So where in the Bible does it say that God's plans for us include economic wealth? Are we failing to live up to what God wants for us when we are sick or lonely? No, we aren't. The fact is, God wants you to have a relationship with him through Jesus Christ and it is there where you will be given true and eternal wealth despite your economic status or health.
So, the author does an injustice to God by representing him as a God who is obsessed with your earthly riches and wealth. That's bad theology and is not helpful at all. I'm going back to Tony Robbins who seems to understand the horizontal value of self-help books much better.