Whether you realize it or not, the negative experiences you’ve lived through often influence your decisions. Your brain learns from difficult situations and painful memories, and these experiences get ...

Most Americans know the legend of Johnny Appleseed. In school—and via a famous Disney cartoon—we learned that he wandered barefoot through the western territories in America’s pioneer days, scattering ...

"Let's go with positive thinking!""Let's stop negative thinking."In many of the training sessions I have attended so far, I ...

Are you an entrepreneur who is struggling to achieve business growth? Maybe you feel like everything is right, but things just aren’t happening as you want them to. If this is the case, it may be time ...

Chasing happiness can be like chasing an elusive ghost and some say they know how to obtain it through positive thinking. Norman Vincent Peale popularized positive thinking with his best-selling book ...

Long before Dr. Norman Vincent Peale wrote his best-selling book on The Power of Positive Thinking, people knew that those who tended to think negatively about life in general, and their own ...

Part 8 of a series in which I gather insights from leadership, diversity, and wellness experts. Positive thinking isn't just about looking on the bright side. It's a powerful tool that can ...

I’ve always been intent on educating the world about the power of positive thinking. There is so much more than just deciding to "think positive." And I'm sure we can all agree that it’s not always ...

Negative thinking considers the weaknesses of human nature, the disadvantages of change, and how things can go wrong. Positive thinking considers the goodness of people, the advantages of change, and ...

When published in 1952, The Power of Positive Thinking was a progenitor of what came to be known as the “prosperity gospel” (a belief popularized by televangelists that God intends Christians to be ...

Tupperware culture, and the culture of most direct selling businesses, is infused with the rhetoric of positive thinking manuals, a genre of writing with a long history in the United States. American ...