You Can If You Think You Can
by Norman Vincent Peale
Stories of people who overcame odds through belief, paired with Peale's prescriptions for building faith in yourself: do not be afraid, think big, drop the word 'impossible', keep going. It is repetitive and warm and the title sums it up.
Read it if…
you want encouragement by anecdote.
Skip it if…
you want technique; there is little.
Three things you will actually use
- Belief precedes capability, then capability earns belief.
- Drop 'impossible' from your working vocabulary.
- Keep going; most people stop just short.
Do this first
Read three of the stories and write what each person actually did, not what they believed.
Our verdict
Encouragement by anecdote.
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