Today, I reached for a little book
This volume is a first edition of Norman Vincent Peale’s classic, “The Power of Positive Thinking.”
I can’t tell you how rewarding it is.
In it you’ll find the genesis of many of today’s self-help nostrums.
There are secrets of developing self-confidence, restoring your flagging energy, and achieving inner peace, and if you apply them exactly as suggested, they’ll probably work very well.
What I’m struck by as much as the content is the tone of the book, which is consistently polite and respectful. This is a welcome respite from the haranguing we’re exposed to relentlessly in contemporary media, and even in popular self-help books.
Perhaps the closest any current voice comes to Mr. Peale’s is that of Wayne Dyer. There’s no scorn or vitriol in either gentleman’s books, and that’s incredibly refreshing.
At times, Peale sounds totally up to date and pertinent, though his specific examples are quaint. He tells how old grandfather clocks, with their large pendulums promoted calmness because they seemed to whisper that there’s plenty of time.
Modern clocks tick so quickly that they frantically and nervously seem to say that we have to get back to work.
Substitute ubiquitous cell phone ring
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Dr. Gary S. Goodman is the
best-selling author of 12 books and more than
a thousand articles. A frequent expert commentator on radio and TV, he is quoted in prominent publications such as The Wall Street Journal and Business Week.
President of Clientrelations.com and Customersatisfaction.com, his seminars and training
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is a top-rated faculty member at more than 40
universities. Dynamic and fun, Gary brings over two decades
of management and consulting experience
to the table, with the best academic credentials in the speaking and training industry.
Holder of a Ph.D. from the
Annenberg School For Communication at USC,
an MBA from the Peter F. Drucker School of Management,
and a J.D. degree from Loyola, his clients include several
Fortune 1000 companies and successful family
owned and operated firms.
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