A good idea stands the test of time.
I've read the book The Secret by Rhonda Byrne. And I just finished reading The Power of Positive Thinking by Norman Vincent Peale, written about half a century ago.
Out at dinner with a few friend and happened to mention that, and one friend looked at me and said that The Secret was really just The Power of Positive Thinking rewritten.
Sure enough, if you subtract the religion, and add some quotes from current popular folks like Jack Canfield, that pretty much accurate. And there is no shortage of books or people saying pretty much the same think, from people like Napoleon Hill on to Ralph Waldo Emerson.
It just goes to show that you can repackage a good idea and it will sell, but that doesn't necessarily mean that is is a new idea.
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