Book · 2011 · Religion
The Power of Positive Thinking
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It's a fascinating read.
Megyn Kelly · The Megyn Kelly Show · Aug 2024 Listen at 1:26:05 What they say about it
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The best things said about it
It works. The Power of Positive Thinking is one of the most oult books I've ever read. specifically because it is presented as the exact opposite of such and thus seeps directly into your subconscious.
Personal growth books like Norman Vincent Peale's The Power of Positive Thinking and Dale Carnegie's works.
A man named Norman Vincent Peale was pastor of a place called Marble Collegiate Church in New York City and he popularized this idea in these techniques in America with his book The Power of Positive Thinking.
Norman Vincent Peale, whose book The Power of Positive Thinking in the 50s and 60s is a big influence on young Donald Trump.
If you remember the Woody Guthrie episodes we talked about how during the Great Depression starving farmers and their kids were listening to prototypes of Norman Vincent Norman Vincent peele's the power of positive thinking right which is basically this shares DNA with Prosperity Gospel stuff with the secret and Maryanne Williamson.
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Why people recommend it
The Power of Positive Thinking by Norman Vincent Peale is a classic mid-century self-help manual advocating for optimistic faith, mental resilience, and the practical application of religious belief to overcome personal obstacles. The book received extensive discussion across several podcasts regarding its profound cultural legacy and its shaping of modern American thought. Robert Evans examined the book on Behind the Bastards, connecting its core ideology to the new thought movement and tracing its historical DNA alongside prosperity gospel principles, noting its formative influence on figures like Donald Trump. Larry Elder and Megyn Kelly also explored this connection on The Megyn Kelly Show, observing that Trump's upbringing in Peale's church deeply ingrained the positive mindset and mental fortitude promoted in the text. Meanwhile, Tony Robbins shared on On Purpose with Jay Shetty that he had the opportunity to interview Peale early in his career. Other hosts, such as Arthur Brooks on Modern Wisdom and Shaan Puri on My First Million, referenced the historical significance of the work while discussing gratitude, endurance through pain, and the enduring evolution of the self-help industry from the twentieth century onward.
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Robert Evans and kind of the main semi-secular figure we get out of the new thought movement is norman vincent peele who… 5
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“and kind of the main semi-secular figure we get out of the new thought movement is norman vincent peele whose book the power of positive thinking in the 50s and 60s is a big influence on young donald trump”
Discussed
“If you remember the Woody Guthrie episodes we talked about how during the Great Depression starving farmers and their kids were listening to prototypes of Norman Vincent Norman Vincent peele's the power of positive thinking right which is basically this shares DNA with Prosperity Gospel stuff with the secret and Maryanne Williamson”
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“Now Napoleon him Hill himself would know no more great success in his life but in 1952 a book he inspired and helped to craft did become a big success. The power of positive thinking by Norman Vincent Peele.”
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“It works. The Power of Positive Thinking is one of the most oult books I've ever read. specifically because it is presented as the exact opposite of such and thus seeps directly into your subconscious.”
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“So, it's like the power of positive thinking and thinking and grow rich are just um that kind of like focused thinking type behavior of like casting a spell or whatever, but without all the fun stuff.”
Megyn Kelly We've talked about this before, but he was raised going to the church of Norman Vincent Peale, who wrote 'T… 2
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“We've talked about this before, but he was raised going to the church of Norman Vincent Peale, who wrote 'The Power of Positive Thinking,' and it's a fascinating read.”
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“uh to listen to Norman Vincent Peele uh the power of positive thinking”
Arthur Brooks He had a very famous self-help book in the 60s called the power of positive thinking. 1
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“He had a very famous self-help book in the 60s called the power of positive thinking.”
Ben Bowlin a man named Norman Vincent peel was pastor of a place called marble Collegiate Church in New York City and… 1
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“a man named Norman Vincent peel was pastor of a place called marble Collegiate Church in New York City and he popularized this idea in these techniques in America with his book The Power of Positive Thinking which I know you've heard of”
Dan Harris there's a book called the show positive thinking there's another book called Think and Grow Rich 1
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“there's a book called the show positive thinking there's another book called Think and Grow Rich”
James Clear So The Power of Habit, The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up, The Power of Now, The Power of Positive Think… 1
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“So The Power of Habit, The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up, The Power of Now, The Power of Positive Thinking, The Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fuck, The blah, blah, blah.”
Jim Kwik I looked at these titles—classics, incredible biographies of men and women in history, personal growth book… 1
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“I looked at these titles—classics, incredible biographies of men and women in history, personal growth books like Norman Vincent Peale’s The Power of Positive Thinking and Dale Carnegie’s works.”
Larry Elder The Power of Positive Thinking by Norman Vincent Peele who was his Pastor when he was growing up on that level 1
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“The Power of Positive Thinking by Norman Vincent Peele who was his Pastor when he was growing up on that level”
Scott Adams so you have to understand his entire life arc starts with going to a church where his pastor was norman vin… 1
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“so you have to understand his entire life arc starts with going to a church where his pastor was norman vincent peale the famous author who wrote the power of positive thinking”
Shaan Puri I'm reading uh I just got the uh power of positive thinking. That's another one from the 1930s. 1
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“I'm reading uh I just got the uh power of positive thinking. That's another one from the 1930s.”
Tony Robbins I remember I interviewed uh um what was the name? Norman Vincent Peele, Dr. Peele, who wrote the original p… 1
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“I remember I interviewed uh um what was the name? Norman Vincent Peele, Dr. Peele, who wrote the original power of positive thinking book when I was 32.”
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“We've talked about this before but he was raised going to the church of Norman Vincent Peale who wrote The Power of Positive Thinking.”
Passing
“Like Norman Vincent Peale, The Power of Positive Thinking, Dale Carnegie, I mean, Napoleon Hill, all the classics, right?”