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The Power of Positive Living by Norman Vincent Peale — WisdomDeck honest review
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The Power of Positive Living

by Norman Vincent Peale

Peale at ninety-two: positive thinking restated as positive living, with chapters on handling stress, failure, discouragement and ageing. It is a summary of a long career and the chapters on getting older are the freshest.

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Read it if…

you want late Peale, especially on age and setbacks.

Skip it if…

you already own The Power of Positive Thinking; this restates it.

Three things you will actually use

  1. Thinking is the rehearsal; living is the performance.
  2. Age is a fact; decline is a choice.
  3. Problems are signs of life.

Do this first

Read the chapter on discouragement and apply its three steps to one current problem.

Our verdict

Peale at ninety-two.

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