The Power of Positive Thinking for Young People

by Norman Vincent Peale

'Trust yourself. You cannot be successful or happy without confidence in your own powers and abilities. To succeed you need self-confidence . . . this book will help you to believe in yourself and release your inner powers. ' Norman Vincent Peale in chapter 1. BE WHO YOU WANT TO BE - AND GET THE LIFE YOU WANT TO LIVE This book is a carefully adapted version of The Power of Positive Thinking, one of the most inspiring bestsellers of all time. It aims to help young people to use the power of positive thinking to build successful lives. Dr Peale gets right to the heart of the most common problems faced by teenagers, and offers a series of practical steps for solving them. He provides young people with the positive approach needed to achieve the major goals in life, showing them how to maximise their talent and energies, to give them confidence when they need it most.

Genres: Self Help, Nonfiction

224 pages, Paperback

First published December 1, 1954

About the author

Dr. Norman Vincent Peale (1898–1993) was a minister and author (most notably of The Power of Positive Thinking) and a progenitor of the theory of "positive thinking".

Peale was born in Bowersville, Ohio. He graduated from Bellefontaine High School, Bellefontaine, Ohio. He has earned degrees at Ohio Wesleyan University (where he became a brother of the Fraternity of Phi Gamma Delta) and Boston University School of Theology.

Raised as a Methodist and ordained as a Methodist minister in 1922, Peale changed his religious affiliation to the Reformed Church in America in 1932 and began a 52-year tenure as pastor of Marble Collegiate Church in Manhattan. During that time the church's membership grew from 600 to over 5000, and he became one of New York City's most famous preachers.

Reviews

[Robin · Rating 5 out of 5]

Amazing book that I could use reading over and over again. However, even though Norman Vincent Peale has been synonymous with positive thinking, I did notice that he had many moments of discouragement and leaning towards negative thinking but it was his wife, Ruth Stafford Peale, who encouraged him to look to the positive side of things. Great reading.

[Joevarian · Rating 3 out of 5]

Tidak bisa dipungkiri, buku ini dahulu cukup berperan besar dalam membentuk rasa percaya diri saya. Namun, ketika saya membaca ulang buku ini, saya kok jadi agak merasa creepy dan aneh. Buku ini secara umum berisi hal-hal yang cukup membantu, namun kenyataan bahwa penulisnya adalah seorang agamis maka ia memasukkan hal-hal mengenai agamanya sendiri. Karena itulah saat ini saya tidak terlalu respek dengan buku ini.

[Christian · Rating 5 out of 5]

I took my time on this one. Again I'll go back to chapter 11 of this wonderful self help book which quotes a psychologist named William James : "The greatest discovery of my generations is that 'human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes of mind'." Sums it up all well. Again also another one I would recommend to anyone who hasn't read it yet.

[Novruz · Rating 4 out of 5]

I am not a religious person, but the book has many practical advice.

[Michael David · Rating 5 out of 5]

I think I'm pushing it. I'll be 30 in a little over a year, so it takes a special kind of qualification to be considered 'young.' It doesn't matter, though, as the concepts and suggestions found in this book can be applied even when the reader is elderly. Mr. Peale simplifies concepts every one of us is familiar with, and distills those in this book. While this book is, essentially, useless for those who try to live their best daily, it's a book one could rely on in times of duress.

I usually don't like reading books such as these. I don't read to be inspired: I am as self-reliant as one could be, and I honestly prefer reading modern classics (most of which are tragedies) that force me to be rooted in reality. There are times, however, that my empathy towards other people is at a dangerous nadir: I'm usually reclusive, and prefer the company of my self than other people, but I've matured enough to know when these feelings teeter towards unhealthiness.

I felt like that misandry yesterday, so I chose to read a book like this in order to refuel my concern for others and remove the gunk of apathy from my well-oiled system. I don't have a problem with people, after all: I just don't give a damn about many of them. When I start to feel as if I no longer care about anyone, I need to step back, relax, and refocus.

It's a great thing that I got this book on sale, because it was just what I needed. I love being stoic and ignoring my surroundings, but when my stoicism becomes offensive and my behavior transmogrifies towards antagonism and vitriol, books like these are great vaccines against toxicity. I need to reminds myself of God's grace time and again. Reading this book, I'm reminded of the Doctor Strange film:

Arrogance and fear still keep you from learning the simplest and most significant lesson of all ... it's not about you.

And now, having finished the book, I feel a bit more refreshed, and a tiny bit nicer.

[Amira · Rating 5 out of 5]

Amazing ♡

[Jills J Francis · Rating 5 out of 5]

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