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    Changing How You Think Can Change Your Life

    By Johnson F. Odesola

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    Changing how you think can change your life. And not just in narrow, limited ways. Changing your attitude and your mind-set can drive profound changes throughout all areas of your life. This isn’t just wishful thinking or self-help hype – it’s backed up by sound science. Research consistently shows that optimists – those with a positive outlook on life – live very different lives from pessimists. Consider the impact of optimism in these two areas of life. In fact, many companies now use optimism tests as one element of their hiring practices. Optimistic salespeople, for example, consistently outsell those who are less optimistic, and are less likely to quit. In sports, optimistic professional athletes and coaches perform better under pressure than pessimistic ones. Of course, the belief that optimism is a key driver in success is not new. In the 1950s, for example, Norman Vincent Peale published The Power of Positive Thinking. The book’s message – that faith, prayer and positive thinking were the keys to a successful life – has much in common with modern secular research on optimism. And it was wildly successful. The book had a record-setting run on best-seller lists, and formed the basis of what could be called an “empire of inspiration” analogous in many ways to the multimedia empires of today’s top self-help gurus. Peale wrote a weekly syndicated newspaper column, published a monthly magazine, and even sold long-playing records of his sermons, forerunners of today’s success audiotape programs.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherJohnson F. Odesola
    Release dateJan 31, 2018
    ISBN9781370163021
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    Johnson F. Odesola

    Johnson F. Odesola is a seasoned multi-disciplinary professional. His qualifications and experience range from Theology, Law, Education, Engineering, and Administration. An accomplished author of more than 100 books and many research publications on Education, Theology, Law, Sociology, HIV/AIDS, Cultural issues, Missiology, History and Health related Issues. He began with a Diploma in Civil Engineering from the Polytechnic, Ibadan before turning to Theology where he holds a BA (honours) degree from Greenwich School of Theology, London; MTH in Missiology/Anthropology from Queen’s University and another Ph.D in Christian Education from Ashlan University and another Ph.D in Intercultural Studies from Trinity International University. He also holds a LLB (Hons), LLM (Labour Law) and is currently researching for PhD in Law (Human Rights) from the University of Africa in Zambia. He is a professor of Divinity with Trinity International Institute of Advance Studies and widely sought after resource person in Youth, Leadership and Church conferences across the glob. He is Pastor in the Redeemed Christian Church of God and is married to Rachel Adebisi, a Pastor and Child Educationist and they are blessed with three Children, Titi, Uche and Enoch and Grand Children.

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