Enthusiasm Makes the Difference Book

I don't know how Peale's work here deviated so far from the successful communication of concept and practice in "... positive thinking." After making my way halfway through the book 3 years ago, I picked it up again to be very quickly reminded of why it slipped away the first time. I had the misfortune of picking the book up again at the point where a client wanted his wife back and went to find her in the garden. Don't expect to be convinced to the level that Carnegie engages an audience (through his survey of thousands of entrepreneurs)- Peale draws only on anecdote and personal experience here to indirectly support the central thesis re: enthusiasm. There's some decent humor built into some of these experiences where Peale displays his passive aggressive non-confrontational behavior. It's simple for the reader to see that writing this work was therapeutic to the author as Peale doesn't hesitate to academically mock those whom he encountered that did not share his point of view.