Reaching Your Potential

by Norman Vincent Peale

The immensely popular author of The Power of Positive Thinking and other inspirational works presents fifteen of his most popular and most touching sermons in this handsomely bound edition.

Genres: Nonfiction, Self Help

176 pages, Hardcover

First published December 31, 1990

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

[J. J. Arias · Rating 3 out of 5]

To be honest, I used to make fun of books with titles like this one. I've have never read any 'self-help, positive-thinking' books with the exception of a few Scott Peck books. I think this was a good book though, and found it helpful in combating the way life wears you down. It would do me good to read it again.

[Mhaye · Rating 5 out of 5]

super nice.. life changing book!

[Gaurav Prabhu · Rating 4 out of 5]

A gem of a read. Helpful in difficult times. Good also to gift.

[Christopher Lewis Kozoriz · Rating 5 out of 5]

"By the grace of God you can do tremendous things. It makes no difference how little training, money, or status you have to begin with. The great question is what you do with what little you have." (Norman Vincent Peale, Reaching Your Potential, Page 30.)

The first few chapters dealt with unlocking the potential that God has placed in you and then started to veer off a bit. Still, however, all chapters and information dealt with the power of your potential and how to reach it.

I love how Dr. Peale weaves stories throughout his works about actual cases of people who have dealt with the subject matter he is counselling on. This work is no different, there are case studies of people like you and me who have overcome great weaknesses, troubles and put into practice strategies, skills and techniques to ultimately reach the potential that God has put within them.

The seeds of greatness are within you! This book will help cultivate the soil of these seeds and may God cause you to grow into everything He has made you to be.

[Terris]

I should read this again soon. Terris