One Simple Idea: How the Lessons of Positive Thinking Can Transform Your Life
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| Rating | : | 4.64 (911 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1510707905 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 380 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-06-11 |
| Language | : | English |
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Phyllis S., NYC said Outstanding History of Positive Thinking and New Thought--A Truly Riveting Book. This book concerns the history of the positive thinking movement as broadly conceived. So you will find material on the philosophy of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Christian (and Jewish) Science, the law of attraction, Norman Vincent Peale, twelve-step programs, Father Divine, and then some. It is quite a ride. Somehow the author manages to keep the narrative interesting and coherent, and never gets lost in the details. A great many strands are woven together, quite skillfully. We see how one stream of thought influenced another, how one thinker built on the work of people who have gone before. The emphasis is on America--and there. "This is a superb book and a fine contribution to the body of literature about the New" according to John M McLean. This is a superb book and a fine contribution to the body of literature about the New Thought movement in the US. It reaches more broadly than most books on the subject, which is exactly the right approach. Rev. John M McLean, Nashville, TN. Too good to miss J. Konrad Absolutely wonderful book. I keep referring to it and I'm amazed the amount of material. Hard to say enough positive things. Anyone looking for uplifting ideas about the history of positive thinking would benefit.
Instead, it’s a history of the positive-thinking movement. It’s unlikely to change skeptics’ minds, but that’s not the point anyway: the point is to educate and inform, and the author does that splendidly. Beginning with German physician Franz Mesmer’s popular (but eventually discredited) theories of animal magnetism and moving through tuberculosis survivor Phineas Quimby (who realized the power to heal oneself came from the mind and not from an invisible fluid in the body) to Mary Baker Eddy (a Quimby patient who would go on to found Christian Science), Norman Vincent Peale in the mid-twentieth century, and on to contemporaries Joel Osteen, Tony Robbins, and Mehmet Oz, the author explores the way the idea of positive thinking has shifted and evolved as new hands touc
Yet no one has examined how this one simple ideato think positivelyhas morphed from metaphysics into mass belief.In One Simple Idea, Mitch Horowitz tracks the history of the positive-thinking movement from its pioneers to its most dramatic personalities, including Dale Carnegie and Norman Vincent Peale. Army’s Be all you can be” and Nike’s Just do it.”This paperback edition includes new exercises and methods, which readers can use to test the validity of positive-mind mechanics in their daily lives. The power of positive thinking. It is an idea deeply rooted in American culture, from Oprah to The Secret