Move Ahead With Possibility Thinking

by Robert H. Schuller

positive thinking

Genres: Self Help, Nonfiction, Psychology, Personal Growth, Christian

Mass Market Paperback

First published November 1, 1978

About the author

Robert Harold Schuller was an American Christian televangelist, pastor, motivational speaker, and author. He was ordained as a minister, who rocketed to stardom in 1955 preaching from the roof of a concession stand at the drive-in movie theatre, displaying a passion and a marketing towards other people.He had been incorporating elements of psychology, into each of his messages and for many in the Christian community, he was serving up a "feel-good gospel" and that the money he was spending on buildings was to be put to better use by giving it to the poor.

Reviews

[Erik · Rating 4 out of 5]

I read very little in the self-help or self-improvement genre, but this book was given to me expressly by a friend at work who said it had helped him and thought it might be useful for me, so I read it.

I very much agree with the main them of the book, which is that we can accomplish much more in life, gain more enjoyment, and bring more enjoyment to those around us by being the type of person who thinks of ways to make ideas successful rather than jumping first to all the reasons why we think something won't work.

I always have in my mind that book written about successful people always suffer from a survivorship bias — people who try and fail at something are much less likely to write a book about it. Any several parts of the book are directly about implementing big ideas and starting business, etc. I don't have any desire to start a business, but the author also put in plenty of ways to apply possibility thinking to the more mundane aspects of life and relationships.

Overall I found the book to have good ideas that I hope to be able to implement in my life, and the author's style is engaging. The author's big success was in establishment a very large and successful church in southern California in which he was the main preacher. So he ties in a lot of references to scripture and the teachings of Jesus from the Bible. I appreciated this aspect of the book and found that it was helpful for me in contextualizing the ideas as I am also a religious man.

[Cara · Rating 3 out of 5]

I read Dolly Parton's memoir, Dolly: My Life and Other Unfinished Business, and she recommended this book (which you could easily find used copies of if you go looking) as helpful during tough times. It's an easy read for the everyman. It succeeds at uplifting and is motivational for overcoming negative self talk. I didn't realize that when I bought it, but the author is a pastor, so you get plenty of scriptural. (The whole book is actually an uplifting sermon by a positive pastor.)

[Rick Fifield · Rating 3 out of 5]

Just like the title says Move Ahead With Possibility Thinking helps get a better outlook on life not with positive thinking but possibility thinking. It is what Robert H Schuller sold his whole life as a pastor at Garden Grove Community Church. Using Jesus as his ultimate possibility thinker the book is full of examples of people who ignore impossibility thinkers and achieve great things.

[Julianne Clark · Rating 5 out of 5]

I almost didn’t read this book. Thinking it was going to be mainly a religious publication. I am very glad that I gave it a chance. So very much useful and inspiring content. This book will stay in mu collection for reference and to reread.

[Giorgio Dechambre · Rating 5 out of 5]

I found this book very easy to read and understand. It was genuinely inspiring, and I loved both the stories and the practical insights. This is one of the true gems I found at a local thrift store, and it will definitely stay on my shelf for rereading.

[Rachael Vassar · Rating 5 out of 5]

Was a really good book and offers a lot of information on how to be a possibility thinker. Very inspiring and helpful!

[KmNO4 · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is NOT a self-help book - it is an extremely down-to-earth volume on partnering with God to live a life of audacious faith. :D

[Vanessa · Rating 5 out of 5]

read in 2005

[Nikish Chanekar]

A very innovative apprach to motivation. Before this i jus came across books that emphasize and reephasise positive thinking, so this was the first change for me in idead of motivation.Nice book to read and sound practical advice can be helpful if one can keep his wits toghther uses concepts introduced in the book.

[Shafik Keshavjee · Rating 5 out of 5]

BY FAR ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS EVR READ. READ IN LATE 80'S EARLY 90'S CHANGED MY THINKING FOREVER!
Exactly as the title suggests moving forward with positive thinking more apprpriately possibity thinking!

[Jonathan D Kopplin · Rating 4 out of 5]

Although the text is a bit dated from the mid-1970s, Schuller's book lays very simple time-honored success principles. His possibility thinking is a fore-runner to the growth mindset principles of today.

[Jo · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is good to read when you are to close to know what to do.

[Marlin Wenger]

Definitely something I need to be reminded