When I was in my 20s and barely employable, I bought dozens of Norman Vincent Peale tapes.

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When I was in my 20s and barely employable, I bought dozens of Norman Vincent Peale audiotapes.

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Norman Vincent Peale ran Marble Collegiate Church from 1932 to 1984--from the Great Depression to the American renaissance of entrepreneurial capitalism.

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Another writer from the same era, Norman Vincent Peale (1898-1993) wrote a bestseller in 1952 called The Power of Positive Thinking.

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These towering optimists of 20th century America lived fantastically long lives: Napoleon Hill (1883-1970), Norman Vincent Peale (1898-1993), John Wooden (1910-2010), Ronald Reagan (1911-2004).

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His brand of therapy owes more to Norman Vincent Peale than to Sigmund Freud, but there is scientific support for the power of positive thinking.

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Wooden is a throwback to an earlier, Norman Vincent Peale-era America.

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The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin and hotelier Orison Swett Marden's Success magazine (founded in 1897) were mere warm-ups to Dale Carnegie's How to Win Friends and Influence People (1936) and Norman Vincent Peale's The Power of Positive Thinking (1952).

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