The Tough-Minded Optimist
by Norman Vincent Peale
Optimism that has looked at trouble: handling criticism, loss, sickness, fear, with Peale's stories and prayers. His answer to the charge that positive thinking is soft.
Read it if…
you think positive thinking is naive and want his rebuttal.
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Skip it if…
you want secular resilience.
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Three things you will actually use
- Optimism must be tough or it is useless.
- Face the fact; then face it with faith.
- Trouble is the test of the method.
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Read the chapter on handling criticism.
Our verdict
Optimism, toughened.
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