On one hand, Donald Trump is known for his rants of negativity on our public airwaves and of course on twitter. On the other hand, Donald Trump talks with a lot of confidence about what he has done, what he will do, and what is going to happen. In fact Donald Trump actually practices many of the positive thinking principles espoused by Norman Vincent Peale who is the rightmost figure in the next picture. These principles have inspired people to believe in their own capabilities and accomplish great things through significant planning and effort. While Peale emphasizes numerous positive thinking principles in his writings. Three of Peale’s principles are certainly transparent in Trump’s bombast.They are:

1.   You get what You expect.

Trump believes that his attitude is more important than any problem he faces. He does not seem to think about defeat. According to Peale one should not build obstacles to success in their mind.  This belief gives Trump hope to accomplish improbable tasks; in other words you are overcome because of what you you think. This means self-fulfilling prophecies are powerful.

2. What we say we experience.

Trump hardly talks about defeat even if he has just lost a major battle. For instance read how Trump describes what happened with the first version of his healthcare bill. He uses words such as victory and winning constantly. Peale stressed that there is a great deal of power in the words you use. Words affect your mood and outlook on things. Therefore, if you use words of pessimism you will create more negativity in your world. If you use optimistic and inspiring words, you will behave and react in a like manner.

3. Learn only from your success.

Peale suggested that learning from errors would make an individual more inclined to make more errors. In a similar manner, Trumps actions indicate that he thinks it is more important to learn from successes than failures. The belief is such behavior will make it easier to repeat what you did to create the success. To increase your chance of future success take notes about your successful behaviors and practice them as time permits.

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