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Norman Vincent Peale. Norman Vincent Peale (May 31, 1898 – December 24, 1993) was an American Protestant clergyman, [ 1] and an author best known for popularizing the concept of positive thinking, especially through his best-selling book The Power of Positive Thinking (1952). He served as the pastor of Marble Collegiate Church, New York, from ...
Positive mental attitude (PMA) is the philosophy of finding greater joy in small joys, to live without hesitation or holding back our most cherished, held in high esteem, and highest personal virtues and values. Empirical research suggests that individuals who engage in positive self-talk and maintain a mindful approach to their internal ...
Clement Stone, who parlayed $100 in savings into an insurance empire that financed millions of dollars of contributions to the campaigns of Richard M. Nixon and hundreds of millions to charities, died on Tuesday in Evanston, Ill. He was 100 and lived in Winnetka, Ill.... William Clement Stone was born in Chicago on May 4, 1902. His father died ...
Positive affirmations. “The need for change bulldozed a road down the center of my mind.”. — Maya Angelou. “For there is always light / If only we’re brave enough to see it / If only we ...
Learned optimism was defined by Martin Seligman and published in his 1990 book, Learned Optimism. [1] The benefits of an optimistic outlook are many: Optimists are higher achievers and have better overall health. Pessimism, on the other hand, is much more common; pessimists are more likely to give up in the face of adversity or to suffer from ...
Bob Proctor (author) Robert Corlett Proctor (July 5, 1934 – February 3, 2022 [ 1]) was a Canadian, new thought self-help author and lecturer. [ 2] He was best known for his New York Times best-selling book You Were Born Rich (1984) and being a contributor to the film The Secret (2006). [ 3] Proctor's teachings maintained the idea that a ...
BV4908.5. The Power of Positive Thinking: A Practical Guide to Mastering the Problems of Everyday Living is a 1952 self-help book by American minister Norman Vincent Peale. It provides anecdotal "case histories" of positive thinking using a biblical approach, and practical instructions which were designed to help the reader achieve a permanent ...
ISBN. 978-1-78844-102-5. OCLC. 156886959. Think and Grow Rich is a book written by Napoleon Hill and Rosa Lee Beeland released in 1937 and promoted as a personal development and self-improvement book. He claimed to be inspired by a suggestion from business magnate and later- philanthropist Andrew Carnegie.