The Power of Positive Thinking - Introduction - What This Book Can Do for You

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The Power of Positive Thinking by Norman Vincent Peale explains how simple, practical techniques can help readers resist defeat from everyday problems and cultivate peace of mind, improved health, and a continuous flow of energy. It argues that hardships need not dominate thoughts, and that obstacles can be cast from the mind while spiritual power is channeled through thinking. Based on observations from teachings and documented experience, the book promises meaningful changes in relationships, usefulness, well-being, and health through sincere, persistent practice.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryReligion & Spirituality

FormatPDF

Pages286

Reading Time12 h 1 min

AccessFree to download

Introduction

What This Book Can Do for You

1 - Believe in Yourself

2 - A Peaceful Mind Generates Power

3 - How to Have Constant Energy

4 - Try Prayer Power

5 - How to Create Your Own Happiness

6 - Stop Fuming and Fretting

7 - Expect the Best and Get It

8 - I Don't Believe in Defeat

9 - How to Break the Worry Habit

10 - Power to Solve Personal Problems

11 - How to Use Faith in Healing

12 - When Vitality Sags , Try This

13 - Inflow of New Thoughts Can Remake You

14 - Relax for Easy Power

15 - How to Get People to Like You

16 - Prescription for Heartache

17 - How to Draw upon That Higher Power

Epilogue

The Power of Positive Thinking by Norman Vincent Peale TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction -What This Book Can Do for You ..3 1 -Believe in Yourself .......................6 2 -A Peaceful Mind Generates Power ..........23 3 -How to Have Constant Energy ..............40 4 -Try Prayer Power .........................55 5 -How to Create Your Own Happiness .........75 6 - Stop Fuming and Fretting .................93 7 -Expect the Best and Get It ..............110 8 - I Don ' t Believe in Defeat ...............132 9 -How to Break the Worry Habit ............149 10 -Power to Solve Personal Problems .......163 11 -How to Use Faith in Healing ............178 12 -When Vitality Sags , Try This ...........196 13 - Inflow of New Thoughts Can Remake You ..209 14 -Relax for Easy Power ...................226 15 -How to Get People to Like You ..........240 16 -Prescription for Heartache .............255 17 -How to Draw upon That Higher Power .....271 Epilogue ....................................285 The Quality Book Club. First edition. 1956 This ebook version Copyright © 2006 [www.Self-Improvement-eBooks.com](www.Self-Improvement-eBooks.com) All Rights Reserved Introduction What This Book Can Do for You THIS BOOK IS WRITTEN to suggest techniques and to give examples which demonstrate that you do not need to be defeated by anything, that you can have peace of mind, improved health, and a never ceasing flow of energy. In short, that your life can be full of joy and satisfaction. Of this I have no doubt at all for I have watched countless persons learn and apply a system of simple procedures that has brought about the foregoing benefits in their lives. These assertions, which may appear extravagant, are based on bonafide demonstrations in actual human experience. Altogether too many people are defeated by the everyday problems of life. They go struggling, perhaps even whining, through their days with a sense of dull resentment at what they consider the "bad breaks" life has given them. In a sense there may be such a thing as "the breaks" in this life, but there is also a spirit and method by which we can control and even determine those breaks. It is a pity that people should let themselves be defeated by the problems, cares, and difficulties of human existence, and it is also quite unnecessary. In saying this I certainly do not ignore or minimize the hardships and tragedies of the world, but neither do I allow them to dominate. You can permit obstacles to control your mind to the point where they are uppermost and thus become the dominating factors in your thought pattern. By learning how to cast them from the mind, by refusing to become mentally subservient to them, and by channeling spiritual power through your thoughts you can rise above obstacles which ordinarily might defeat you. By methods I shall outline, obstacles are simply not permitted to destroy your happiness and well being. You need be defeated only if you are willing to be. This book teaches you how to "will" not tobe. The purpose of this book is a very direct and simple one. It makes no pretense to literary excellence nor does it seek to demonstrate any unusual scholarship on my part. This is simply a practical, direct action, personal improvement manual. It is written with the sole objective of helping the reader achieve a happy, satisfying, and worthwhile life. I thoroughly and enthusiastically believe in certain demonstrated and effective principles which, when practiced, produce a victorious life. My aim is to set them forth in this volume in a logical, simple, and understandable manner so that the reader feeling a sense of need, may learn a practical method by which he can build for himself, with God's help, the kind of life he deeply desires. If you read this book thoughtfully, carefully absorbing its teachings, and if you will sincerely and persistently practice the principles and formulas set forth herein, you can

FAQs

What results does the book promise from practicing its principles?

The book claims readers can experience peace of mind, improved health, and an ongoing flow of energy. It also states that relationships may improve and life can become fuller, happier, and more useful through consistent practice.

How does the author say people can rise above everyday obstacles?

It teaches that obstacles can be controlled by refusing to let them dominate the mind. Readers are encouraged to cast problems from thought and channel spiritual power through thinking so happiness and well-being are preserved.

What is the book’s basis for confidence in the method?

The introduction links the approach to a long-running system taught through spiritual techniques, with observations across hundreds of people and reports of consistent results. The author presents these demonstrations as documented and established through time and teaching experience.

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