How do YOU achieve SUCCESS…Positive Mental Attitude. III

Welcome back and thank YOU!

Remember Obsessuccess is all about YOU and YOU achieving YOUR SUCCESS!

No one else, just YOU and YOU alone.

YOU are the most important person in the world.

For YOUR consideration, Dr. Norman Vincent Peale’s best-selling book from 1952 “The Power of Positive Thinking.”

This bestselling book took positive thinking to a whole new level.

Dr. Peale’s original title to his book was going to be The Power of Faith, but after his editor at Prentice Hall received a copy of the manuscript and read it, he told Dr. Peale that he didn’t like that title.

He went on to share with Dr. Peale that within the manuscript there was a much better title.

Dr. Peale asked him what the better title was and the editor at Prentice Hall said, “It is The Power of Positive Thinking,” because you use that phrase over and over again throughout the book.”

So together they decided to use that title and the rest is history.

The book “The Power of Positive Thinking” has become a worldwide phenomenon.

Now let’s take a moment and examine the title of the book and the words “power of positive thinking.”

In truth, Dr. Peale wrote his best-selling book with no concept of a power in thinking positively.

It was his editor that realized the “better” title, one that is much more appealing to the public and one that would help sell more books for Prentice Hall.

When you read the book, you discover that the power Peale writes about does not come from positive thinking, but the power comes from faith, which is why Dr. Peale originally wanted to title the book The Power of Faith.

So, what is faith?

The definition of faith is a strong unshakeable BELIEF.

It is a BELIEF that YOU do not necessarily have to see to believe. It is having complete confidence and an absolute conviction in someone or something.

Ancient scripture also tells us that faith (belief) is dead if it doesn’t have works (actions).

Therefore, we know that to accomplish YOUR SUCCESS DECISION YOU MUST HAVE BELIEF and take ACTION.

BELIEF is the second step in OBSESSUCCESS: The Philosophy of Achievement.

The power of BELIEF is not remotely the same as the power of positive thinking.

Real power comes from BELIEVING not thinking positively about something.

The Obsessuccess Philosophy of Achievement states that YOU MUST BELIEVE in YOUR DECISION and YOUR BELIEF MUST BE unshakeable.

We have seen examples of men and women down through the ages that have BELIEVED so strongly and held firm to that BELIEF that they did whatever necessary to achieve their SUCCESS DECISION.

These men and women made their DECISION, BELIEVED and then they took action to ACHIEVE their SUCCESS.

YOU BELIEVE so strongly in YOUR SUCCESS DECISION that YOU would sacrifice anything for that DECISION.

YOU have been taught YOUR entire life that YOU can achieve YOUR SUCCESS by just thinking positively or by having a positive mental attitude, but now YOU know that even the author of one of the best- selling books on the subject didn’t believe that.

He believed YOUR true power was in what YOU BELIEVED.

See YOU next time,

BE OBSESSUCCESS!