Dr. Norman Vincent Peale

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Dr. Norman Vincent Peale – Enthusiasm Makes the Difference
Theodore Locke’s/Guriko’s Notes

Positive thinking is how you think about a problem.
Enthusiasm is how you feel about a problem.
And the two together determine what you do about a problem.

Dedicated to:

Daryush Valizadeh
Quintus Curtius
Mike Cernovich
Scott Adams
Table of Contents

Who is Norman Vincent Peale? ..................................................................................................... 7

Why did you write this? ................................................................................................................ 7

Why should I read your notes? Why shouldn’t I just read the book instead? .................................. 9

1. What Enthusiasm can do For You ............................................................................................ 10
a. Modern Youth in Rebellion ............................................................................................................ 10
b. Little Goals Add Up ........................................................................................................................ 10
c. He could not care less, he said, but he did ..................................................................................... 10
d. Enthusiasm – the Spice of Life ....................................................................................................... 10
e. Enthusiasm Rebuilds a Collapsed Personality ................................................................................ 10

2. Enthusiasm that Never Runs Down .......................................................................................... 11
a. Enthusiasm Will Improve Your Personality .................................................................................... 11
b. Mental Ventilation Lets in Enthusiasm .......................................................................................... 11
c. Tell Yourself All the Good News You Know .................................................................................... 12
d. Every Morning a New Set of Facts ................................................................................................. 12
e. How to Have Continuing Enthusiasm ............................................................................................ 12
f. Keep the Fire of Enthusiasm Burning Under Your Goals ................................................................ 13
g. Enthusiasm and Finger Lickin’ Good .............................................................................................. 13
3. Enthusiastic Persuasion ........................................................................................................... 13
a. How to be a Real Salesman ........................................................................................................... 14
b. Enthusiasm Persuades and Persuasion Sells ................................................................................. 14
c. I Sell Aluminum Pots and Pans ....................................................................................................... 14
d. Enthusiasm and the Good Life ....................................................................................................... 15
e. Takes Guts to Practice Enthusiasm ................................................................................................ 15
f. Enthusiasm Equals Love ................................................................................................................. 15
g. He had Psychosclerosis! ................................................................................................................. 15
h. Do not be a Half Minder ................................................................................................................ 16
i. Airplane Washroom Episode .......................................................................................................... 16
j. Champion Golfers and Positive Thinking ........................................................................................ 16
k. Four Steps to Achievement or the Eight P Plan .............................................................................. 16

4. How Enthusiasm Cancels Fear and Worry ................................................................................ 16
a. The Power of Creative Spiritual Silence ......................................................................................... 16
b. Fear is Removable.......................................................................................................................... 17
c. Five – Point Program for Attacking Worry ..................................................................................... 17
d. I Almost Walk Out of a Church ...................................................................................................... 17
e. Don’t be Afraid of Other People .................................................................................................... 18
f. Worry and You Choke and Strangle ............................................................................................... 18
g. Walk Your Worries Away and Build Enthusiasm ........................................................................... 18
h. Formula for Handling a Worry Problem ........................................................................................ 18
i. Enthusiasm Makes Hard Days Good Days ...................................................................................... 18

5. Try Enthusiasm on Your Job ..................................................................................................... 19
a. The Boy Who Used Enthusiasm as a Stepping Stone..................................................................... 19
b. How Fred Hill Went Enthusiastic ................................................................................................... 19
c. Vital Center for Creative Living ...................................................................................................... 19
d. Come Alive With Enthusiasm ......................................................................................................... 19
e. What Would an Imaginative Person Do With Your Job? ............................................................... 20
f. What Enthusiasm Did for a Porter ................................................................................................. 20
g. How a Piece of Pie Activated Enthusiasm...................................................................................... 21
h. Enthusiasm Brings Good Days ....................................................................................................... 21
i. Formula For Making Any Day Good ................................................................................................ 21
6. Tense? Nervous? Let Enthusiasm Come to Your Aid .................................................................. 21
a. Business Man Healed of Tension ................................................................................................... 22
b. The Healing Power of Enthusiastic Faith ....................................................................................... 22
c. Forget Yourself and Tension Forgets You ....................................................................................... 23
d. Enthusiasm is Good Medicine ........................................................................................................ 23
e. Worry Beads, Fidget Stones and Twisted Paper Clips.................................................................... 23
f. To Stop being Tense – STOP! .......................................................................................................... 23
g. Daily Anti – Tension Technique ...................................................................................................... 24
h. Just a Final Word ........................................................................................................................... 24

7. Enthusiasm Work Miracles in Problems ................................................................................... 24
a. Enthusiasm Equal to the Toughest Problems ................................................................................ 24
b. Outsmarting a Gold Digger ........................................................................................................... 24
c. He got Himself a New Wife ............................................................................................................ 24
d. The Philosophy of Enthusiasm ....................................................................................................... 25
e. Not a Hair on His Chest and not a Positive Thought in His Head................................................... 25
f. Struggle is a Part of Nature ............................................................................................................ 26
g. The Magic of Believing .................................................................................................................. 26
h. Self Motivators as Problem Solvers ............................................................................................... 27
i. He Could Take any Problem Apart and Put it Together Right ........................................................ 27

8. Enthusiasm – Powerful Motivation that Makes Things Happen ................................................ 28
a. Good Losers Become Steady Losers ............................................................................................... 28
b. Put Up a Real Fight – Enthusiasm Will Go For You ........................................................................ 29
c. One of the World’s Greatest Positive Thinkers .............................................................................. 29
d. Enthusiasm and the First Motor .................................................................................................... 30
9. Enthusiasm Builds Power Under Your Difficulties ..................................................................... 30
a. He Hit the Bottom With a Bang ..................................................................................................... 30
b. A Hobo Who Knew His Stuff .......................................................................................................... 30
c. He Stopped Running From Himself ................................................................................................ 31
d. First Alcoholism Then Cancer ......................................................................................................... 31
e. The Worst Trouble Comes to the Best Men ................................................................................... 31
f. Don’t Be an If Thinker – be a How Thinker! .................................................................................... 31
g. Enthusiasm and the Tumbling Barrel ............................................................................................ 32
h. Airline Hostess Faces Death – But! ................................................................................................ 32

10. The Contagion of Enthusiasm ................................................................................................ 33
a. Spiritual Heart Treatment.............................................................................................................. 33
b. Contagion of Enthusiasm Makes Great Salesmen ......................................................................... 33
c. Branch Rickey’s Enthusiasm Leads to Hall of Fame ....................................................................... 33
d. Ball Player Learns Some Spiritual Know-How ................................................................................ 34
e. The Importance of Enthusiasm to the Self – Image ....................................................................... 34
f. Eleventh Commandment Suggested .............................................................................................. 34
g. Seven Steps to a Comeback ........................................................................................................... 35
h. Guidance Through Enthusiastic Faith ............................................................................................ 35

11. Enthusiasm and Our Future ................................................................................................... 36
a. Is the Playboy Syndrome Losing Its Momentum? Important! ....................................................... 36
b. New Dynamic Leadership On the Way! Important! ...................................................................... 37
c. All Young People Need Is Something Real To Go For ..................................................................... 39
d. Don’t Be Discouraged – the Payoff Is In Sight ............................................................................... 39
e. Hundreds Now Living Never Had a Thrill ....................................................................................... 39
f. Enthusiastic Spiritual Strategy Gets Them ..................................................................................... 39
g. Big News – Spiritual Excitement Is Here ........................................................................................ 40
h. Sing Outs are Pushing Out the Far Outs ........................................................................................ 41
12. Enthusiasm Makes the Difference .......................................................................................... 42
a. Have a Made-up Mind and Move On Up ....................................................................................... 42
b. Tired Sick Couple Find Rejuvenating Enthusiasm .......................................................................... 42
c. Enthusiasm Knocks Out Barriers to Better Life .............................................................................. 43
d. Drama in the Subway! Important! ................................................................................................ 43
e. Hard-hitting Surprise for a Gang of Hoodlums .............................................................................. 45
f. Boy Saved by Letting Go and Letting God ...................................................................................... 45
g. Never Build a Case Against Yourself .............................................................................................. 45
h. Turn Typhoons Into Tail Winds ...................................................................................................... 46
i. Listless Carl Reactivated By Enthusiasm ......................................................................................... 46

Quotes ....................................................................................................................................... 47

Books to read ............................................................................................................................. 49

Acknowledgments ...................................................................................................................... 50
Who is Norman Vincent Peale?

Norman Vincent Peale is one of the most influential clergymen of his time, is the author of
forty-six books, including the international bestseller The Power of Positive Thinking. Dr.
Peale's legacy continues today through the Peale Center for Christian Living, the Outreach
Division of Guideposts.

Why did you write this?

Two years have passed since I have first discovered the Red Pill, the Manosphere and the
Alt-Right. A lot of things have changed since then; I’ve changed in a lot ways since then. It’s
been and continues to be a wild ride, thanks to you.

I read a lot, weight-lifted a lot, polished up my relationships, started to dress properly and
studied dutifully to become a Man worthy of the word. But something was missing in my life.
My body was trained, my skull in order, my heart in the right place but I was lacking
something.

I could feel it on my lips but I couldn’t spell it out, I could feel it tingling within my mind but I
could not visualize it, it was a maddening feeling with which I learned to live until I saw
myself in the mirror one day while I was shaving. I did not see myself as much as I took a
deep gaze into myself and it struck me – my eyes were cold as ice. They were alive but dead
at the same time. I saw no spark, no fire, I only saw nothingness.

I lacked enthusiasm. There was no project on my schedule which made me jump up at 4 AM
in the morning with joy. No adrenaline inducing task which would make my juices go flowing
into overdrive as my heart tried to pump with fervor.

I’ve remembered Thoreau and laughed at myself and my situation as I’ve been living a life of
quiet desperation. Not anymore. I sat down before my computer, half shaven, with water
droplets dropping onto my desk and making a mess, and typed into Amazon the word
‘enthusiasm’.

Enthusiasm Makes the Difference by Norman Vincent Peale was the first hit on the list. I’ve
acquired it without really researching if it was a good book and started reading immediately.

Automatically I started taking notes. More and more notes until I’ve finished up with the text
you are seeing before you right now. Why? Honestly, just, because. I got sucked in, I felt a
connection, I just started doing and did not start asking questions of the ‘why’ kind.

Funny story actually because as I was plowing through this book I also read MAGA Mindset:
Making You and America Great Again by our very own Mike Cernovich and not long before I
read How To Fail At Almost Everything and Still Win Big: Kind Of the Story of My Life by Scott
Adams of Dilbert fame in which he espouses the positive effect of affirmations.

Why is it a funny story? Because after I started writing down my affirmations I reread The Art
of the Deal by The Don.
Here is a quote from MAGA Mindset which I will use to illustrate as to why Norman Vincent
Peale’s books (and my notes) can and will be of use to you for your life.

As one of the world’s few experts on mindset, I recognized Trump’s behavior during the
Republican primaries was not random, as many pundits had erroneously claimed, but in fact
was based on a deep background in mindset.

Later evidence confirmed that this was the case, as during a campaign speech in Iowa, Trump
mentioned that he had studied under, and attended church with, Norman Vincent Peale, the
ground-breaking author of The Power of Positive Thinking.

Trump’s mindset training began at an early age, as he grew up in the Presbyterian Church
during the positive thinking movement led by Peale. In a speech during the Iowa primary
campaign, Trump told the audience: “I went to Sunday school. Dr. Norman Vincent Peale, The
Power of Positive Thinking, was my pastor. To this day one of the great speakers I’ve seen.
You hated to leave church. You hated when the sermon was over. That’s how great he was at
Marble Collegiate Church.”

I never heard of Norman Vincent Peale before and now I find his writings after needing a big
dose of energy and here I am reading in another bestseller released days ago in which I
discover how heavily The Don supposedly was influenced by the teachings of Mr. Peale.

Coincidence, luck, mere chance? Probably, but I like to think otherwise. It makes for a nice,
little, funny story. And we all love nice, little, funny stories.

I believe this booklet to be a tremendous work of practical art and importance. It lit up a fire
under my ass which keeps me MAGA levels of energized.

It is my sincerest hope that it will also serve as a spark for you to get up from your ass and do
that project you’ve been delaying off due to reasons.

Norman Vincent Peale is a clergyman and God, Jesus, Christianity and patriotism are his
favorite cup of tea. If they are not yours I (and he) respect that. Replace God with the
Universe, Jesus Christ with the Energy of the Universe and Christianity with the Way. You
can’t replace America though, ha-ha, nothing can for Freedom itself is irreplaceable.

This book and my notes are not meant to convert or preach but to offer help and support.
Why should I read your notes? Why shouldn’t I just read the book instead?

You should read the book. Go read the book. Honestly. It’s fantastic.

I made the notes for myself to find certain passages within the text that I find truly inspiring
and have helped me push through difficult days.

Three chapters I’ve literally retyped word, by word because I was astonished at how much
the problems stayed the same even though almost half a century passed since then. You’ll
recognize them by the phrase ‘Important!’

The History of Humankind is truly a Circle, a Cycle. Everything stems from the fact that the
Left/Globalists are always attacking and demanding while the Right/Nationalists are
defending and giving.

Mike Cernovich explains our current quagmire succinctly in his article titled ‘Why the Left
has been Winning and How to Beat them’.

It’s time to flip the script. It’s time to start attacking, start demanding, start pushing because
if there is one thing I’ve learned after reading this book is that FREEDOM IS NOT FREE (Free
Speech is also not free, remember?), it must be fought for over and over again.

It’s a never ending cycle we’ll have to accept lest we get pushed into oblivion by the lunatics
which are the Left/Globalists.

At the end of my notes you will see a collection of quotes and works of other authors
mentioned within this book.

If you hate everything about what I wrote then I’d recommend to at least give the quotes a
try because I’ve been reading and rereading them from the moment I finished the book:
they are, simply put, like sparks which kindle the fire within my Soul into a raging inferno
which if focused into a laser can tear down any and all enemies on my path, internal and
external.

I share my notes with you, fellow readers, hoping that they may also help you, even in the
smallest of ways. I believe that well applied enthusiasm can help you in every project you
decide to undertake: Game, making money, traveling, job prospects, relationships…
everything.
1. What Enthusiasm can do For You

a. Modern Youth in Rebellion

- People nowadays lack drive and vitality --> they have never been awakened.
- Only when one has been awakened can he realize his full potential.
- Enthusiasm makes the difference between success and failure.
- People who achieve most in life are activated by enthusiasm.
- Enthusiasm has never been part of a negative cult.
- Pessimists are eager to be able to say: ‘I told you so.’ Such people seldom if ever are
constructive, which could be the reason they hope you won’t be either.
- Enthusiasm breeds faith and faith stimulates action.

b. Little Goals Add Up

- Little goals --> the attainment of one small goal gives a feeling of success and teaches
us technique.
- Do not attempt too much too fast, only to end up in defeat and exhaustion.
- Only those who take the chance will ever attain complete creativity.
- Enthusiasm --> lifts living out of the depths and makes it mean something.

c. He could not care less, he said, but he did

- I could not care less --> people who pride themselves on indifference to the normal
way of life --> jaded and bored it is their defense against living because life demands
total commitment and commitment is apt to bring pain as well as challenge.
- The most important question: ‘What is next?’
- Unsatisfied hunger of humans – the hunger for God.
- Whenever a person consciously or unconsciously desires spiritual rejuvenation and
begins working toward it on a simple and genuine basis, amazing things do begin
happening.
- Become the ball of fire --> sparked by enthusiasm.

d. Enthusiasm – the Spice of Life

- Basic elements of enthusiasm: heat, intelligence and profound motivation which
drives off apathy and cynicism.
- Fight and win over all obstacles and enjoy doing it.
- Do not simply exist – LIVE!

e. Enthusiasm Rebuilds a Collapsed Personality

- Spiritual power as a source of living.