Norman Vincent Peale’s Top 10 Positive Pearls of Wisdom
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“Anybody can do just about anything with himself that he really wants to and makes up his mind to do. We are all capable of greater things than we realize.â€
“Throw your heart over the fence and the rest will follow.â€
Norman Vincent Peale was a minister and the author of the famous book The Power of Positive Thinking. That book and other works from Peale went on to sell tens of millions of copies. During the depression he, JC Penney and Thomas Watson – of IBM fame – spent time on philantrophy. Peale also had his own radio show for over half a decade.
Here are some of my favourite tips from Peale...
1. Focus on today.
“Don’t take tomorrow to bed with you.â€
Focusing on this day today and on tomorrow when it arrives can save you a lot of stress and improve your focus and performance. Of course, you may need to plan for tomorrow. But thinking about it compulsively will just shatter your focus and ensure that you won’t be able to concentrate on what’s in front of you today. You can – over time – build a habit of spending more time in the present and less time in imagined future scenarios or old memories. You may do this through things like focusing on your breathing or on your inner body. You can read about in 8 Ways to Return to the Present Moment.
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