"This book is written to suggest techniques and to give examples which demonstrate that you do not need to be defeated by anything, that you can have peace of mind, improved health, and a never ceasing flow of energy. In short, that your life can be full of joy and satisfaction. Of this I have no doubt at all for I have watched countless persons learn and apply a system of simple procedures that has brought about the foregoing benefits in their lives. These assertions, which may appear extravagant, are based on bonafide demonstrations in actual human experience." -Introduction

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CONTENTS

 Introduction what this Book can do for You—5

1. Believe in Yourself—11

2. A Peaceful Mind Generates Power—27

3. How to Have Constant Energy—44

4. Try Prayer Power—58

5. How to Create Your Own Happiness—77

6. Stop Fuming and Fretting—93

7. Expect the Best and Get it—109

8. I Don’t Believe in Defeat—129

9. How to Break the Worry Habit—145

10. Power to Solve Personal Problems—158

11. How to Use Faith in Healing—172

12. When Vitality Sags, Try this Health Formula—189

13. Inflow of New Thoughts Can Remake You—201

14. Relax for Easy Power—217

15. How to Get People to Like You—230

16. Prescription for Heartache—244

17. How to Draw upon that Higher Power—259

 Epilogue—272

Born on 31st May, 1898 in Bowersville, Ohio, Norman Vincent Peale was one of the most influential American clergymen of his time. He served as the pastor of Marble Collegiate Church, New York, from 1932 until his death, leading a Reformed Church in America congregation. Raised as a Methodist and ordained as a Methodist minister in 1922, Peale changed his religious affiliation to the Reformed Church in America in 1932 and began a 52-year tenure as pastor of Marble Collegiate Churchin New York City. He was an American minister and author known for his work in popularizing the concept of positive thinking. Peale authored forty-six books, including the international bestseller The Power of Positive Thinking. Dr. Peale's legacy continues today through the Peale Center for Christian Living, the Outreach Division of Guideposts.