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The influence of Norman Vincent Peale on Donald Trump's outlook and behavior, including his optimism and refusal to concede setbacks.
absorbed ’s central injunctions — relentless positive visualization, refusal to entertain “failure thoughts,” and faith in self as moral and practical authority — and those lessons became a through-li...
Norman Vincent Peale—the long‑time pastor of Marble Collegiate Church and author of The Power of Positive Thinking—was a major religious and rhetorical presence in Donald Trump’s youth and family life...
Norman Vincent Peale’s mantra of relentless self-confidence and visualization—popularized in The Power of Positive Thinking—left a clear imprint on Donald Trump’s public persona and approach to deal-m...
Mental-health professionals in the 1950s and later attacked Norman Vincent Peale’s Power of Positive Thinking as unscientific, anecdotal, and in some cases actively harmful to vulnerable patients, cha...