Norman Vincent Peale S Treasury Of Joy And Enthusiasm

Joy and enthusiasm, Peale points out, are eminently cultivable qualities - and they are the basic ingredients of a good life. These qualities have changed the lives of countless people - and now they can, and will, change yours.

"I am convinced that the fortunate individuals who achieve the most in life are invariably activated by enthusiasm." -- Norman Vincent Peale If you have a tough time coping with life's disturbances, disappointments, and challenges, this book is for you. Dr. Peale offers a simple, sure-fire solution for stress: a healthy dose of enthusiasm. Enthusiasm is the magic ingredient that can make the difference between success and failure, and it can help you to: • improve your problem-solving abilities • overcome your fears • sharpen your mind • make your job more rewarding • calm your tensions • build self-confidence • kindle the powerful motivation that makes things happen

Share the experiences of people who have lived fulfilled and happy lives -- by practicing joy and enthusiasm. * Norman Cousins, who reversed a crippling disease by practicing the Biblical truth, "A merry heart doeth good like a medicine." * Dr. Peale's friend, who saw excitement in a windy March morning and poetry in raindrops on bare branches * The insurance salesman who changed from failure to success by applying the "as if" principle * And many more, including: Dr. Peale's own "Creed for Optimism" -- promising yourself to be too large for worry, too noble for anger, too strong for fear, and too happy for trouble. "From the Paperback edition.

A personal selection of the prose, poetry, and quotations he has found most helpful and inspiring in his long service as minister, family counselor, and adviser to millions of people.

An entertaining, intimate and deeply moving portrait of the legendary industrialist. For six decades J.R.D. Tata headed India's largest industrial conglomerate with uncommon success. This was only one aspect of his life. He was also a man of great sensitivity who suffered at the loss of friends and was pained by the poverty he saw around him: a philanthropist who wanted India to be -a happy country' and did all that he could to make it so: a man with a passion for literature, fast cars, skiing and, of course, flying. This book, by the author of the best-selling The Last Blue Mountain, records JRD's thoughts on a variety of subjects. In these pages he speaks of the House of Tatas and his style of management, about how he nearly joined the freedom struggle in the early 1940s, about the -thrill of living a little dangerously', his love of music and wine, and the writers he likes to read. He speaks also, with striking candour and insight, about the failures of socialism, the future of India and his association with stalwarts like Jawaharlal Nehru. Jayaprakash Narayan, Vallabbhai Patel, Indira Gandhi and Henry Kissinger. Towards the end of the book, in the final year of his life, we see him come to terms with death, God and the afterlife.

You can have the enthusiasm that makes an exciting difference. Above all else, our greatest desire is to have life. Not mere existence, but a quality of life, a combination of joy, excitement, zest, achievement, purpose and peace of mind.

An anthology of inspirational stories, poems and quotes from such celebrated figures as Dwight Eisenhower, Helen Keller, Marcus Aurelius, Benjamin Franklin. Albert Schweitzer, William Shakespeare and numerous others.