The Power of Positive Thinking / Norman Vincent Peale

RATINGS

Overall: 4 / 5 stars

Text Level: Easy

Entertainment: Medium

Self-Help: High

Genres: Nonfiction, Self Help, Spirituality, Inspirational, Leadership, Psychology, Religion, Christian

Page Count: 240

Is this book right for my inmate and me?

Are you lacking faith in your abilities to succeed in life’s challenges? Are you constantly filling your mind with past mistakes and regrets that makes you feel only the worst outcomes may happen? Read this book.

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Review By: Blackbird (Inmate)

Use faith to find fulfillment to release inmates and their families from troubled pasts.

For Norman Vincent Peale, to find success in life, it must begin with a strong foundation based on faith in a higher power. Using the bible as his starting point, Dr. Peale developed a series of practical techniques that readers could follow to find joy, peace and success as they go through their lives. This book was written through his experiences and work over years of helping people suffering from numerous ailments.

The Power of Positive Thinking is filled with many personal accounts from individuals that sought out Dr. Peale’s ministry to find greater mental health. This book covers a variety of self-help improvement topics for those seeking growth. Whether you are dealing with self-doubt, alcoholism, work, or anger, the author gives readers easy-to-follow steps to find improvement.

Self-doubt is something very common in jail. Many of us, even when portrayed on the outside a level of confidence, are often holding onto long-held anxiety and fears that we are not good enough. Whether it is with family, friends, or work, we doubt constantly what we are capable of so we retreat to the comfort zone of past negative choices. This only leads to further doubt when new opportunities arise because we believe our pasts will be too much to overcome. Peale allows us as readers to break this vicious, self-destructive cycle through daily activities based on positive faith.

Inmates hoping to partner their Christian faith with self-help practice to work past a variety of negative habits and thought patterns they have built up over the years will find this a great book. After reading this book, I could see it being a great companion piece for daily Bible reading, due to the fact of the numerous scripture passages shared throughout the work. In all, I found this book uplifting and strengthening in my faith for God and myself.