The Power of Positive Thinking by Norman Vincent Peale
TABLE OF CONTENTS
The Quality Book Club. First edition. 1956
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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
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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.