The Power of Positive Thinking in 1955. Meyer writes that "The Power of Positive Thinking" provides partial awareness to the limitations of the readers but does not supply the necessary self-confidence to overcome those limitations. He proceeds to compare Peale to a con man saying that the problem with Peale lies in the “paltriness of the confidence he preached. He did not really try to fool you into thinking you could do much, or be much, or live much. He did not make you aware of greater heights any more than of greater abysses.” Psychologist Martin Seligman, former APA president and founder of positive psychology,
The Mississippi Gambler (1953 film) of $3 million by the end of 1953. The Mississippi Gambler (1953 film) The Mississippi Gambler is a 1953 American Technicolor Western adventure film directed by Rudolph Maté. The film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Sound Recording (Leslie I. Carey). This film was the third Universal Studios film to bear this title--though with a different plot each time, "The Mississippi Gambler" (1929), "Mississippi Gambler" (1943). Mark Fallon (Tyrone Power) meets professional gambler "Kansas John" Polly (John McIntire), who takes him under his wing. As they board a riverboat bound for New Orleans, Kansas John advises him to