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Excuses Begone!: How to Change Lifelong, Self-Defeating Thinking Habits |  | Author: Dr. Wayne W. Dyer
Publisher: Hay House
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Pages: 288
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Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 5.9 x 1.1
ISBN: 1401921736
Dewey Decimal Number: 158.1
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Publication Date: May 26, 2009
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Within the pages of this transformational book, Dr. Wayne W. Dyer reveals how to change the self-defeating thinking patterns that have prevented you from living at the highest levels of success, happiness, and health. Even though you may know what to think, actually changing those thinking habits that have been with you since childhood might be somewhat challenging. If I changed, it would create family dramas . . . I’m too old or too young . . . I’m far too busy and tired . . . I can’t afford the things I truly want . . . It would be very difficult for me to do things differently . . . and I’ve always been this way . . . may all seem to be true, but they’re in fact just excuses. So the business of modifying habituated thinking patterns really comes down to tossing out the same tired old excuses and examining your beliefs in a new and truthful light. In this groundbreaking work, Wayne presents a compendium of conscious and subconscious crutches employed by virtually everyone, along with ways to cast them aside once and for all. You’ll learn to apply specific questions to any excuse, and then proceed through the steps of a new paradigm. The old, habituated ways of thinking will melt away as you experience the absurdity of hanging on to them. You’ll ultimately realize that there are no excuses worth defending, ever, even if they’ve always been part of your life—and the joy of releasing them will resonate throughout your very being. When you eliminate the need to explain your shortcomings or failures, you’ll awaken to the life of your dreams. Excuses . . . Begone! |
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 Excuses Begone! November 22, 2009
R. Brent Harris (Utah)
I will admit I am a Dyer fan, but this book is powerful. Anyone who reads, or listens, preferrably both if you know what I mean, will see their lives change right before their eyes. Again, powerful.
Now my Friends REALLY listen! November 4, 2009
M. J. Kenny (Hereford AZ USA)
I knew I had to have this book after seeing Dr Dyer on PBS! I always try to be optimistic but now I notice how much more people are very negative and I counter their negativity with something much more positive. I feel "lighter" and much more free. My days are filled with creativity and accomplishments!
You can change any excuse pattern October 27, 2009
Colin Lewis (Europe)
Excuses Begone! is entrenched in the lessons taught by Lao Tzu, psychologists William James and Abraham Maslow and Theologian Thomas Troward, in addition to the work of Henry David Thoreau and more recent scientific research that "what you are is what you believe, not what you were handed genetically." In fact Dyer uses no less than 160 quotes from other sources to back up his wonderful paradigm to help us shift into an excuse-free life.
Referring to the scientific work of Richard Brodie, in his book Virus in the Mind Dr Dyer says much of our thinking is "a thought belief, or attitude in your mind that....spread(s) to and from other people's minds." Effectively our thoughts are contaminated with an excuse virus. We are all essentially hosts of a virus that Dr Dyer refers to as a Catalogue of Excuses. Many of which were picked up as children.
"By the age of six or seven we've all been programmed with an endless inventory of memes that act very much like a virus." "Once a meme is in your mind, it can and will subtly influence your behavior."
Similarly Bertrand Russell told us "From childhood upward, everything is done to make the minds of men and women conventional and sterile." And Lao Tzu told us "Every human being's essential nature is perfect and faultless, but after years of immersion in the world we easily forget our roots and take on a counterfeit nature." Dr Dyer adds;
"Your subconscious mind may be so programmed that you allow all of these memes or mind viruses to dictate your options in life."
The good news is according to Dr Dyer and the detailed research;
"You can change any excuse pattern, no matter how long or pervasive the conditioning process."
Throughout Excuses Begone! we are introduced to many examples in Dr Dyer's life of how he has overcome `the virus excuse in his own mind' infected he says growing up in multiple foster homes, overcoming addictions, cant's and even labels that he had in later life as being `absent-minded.'
As a great overview of what we can expect by ridding our mind of the excuse virus quoting from Walden, by Henry David Thoreau Dr Dyer writes "I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate his life by a conscious endeavour."
"There are four words in Thoreau's quote that I want to highlight--encouraging, unquestionable, elevate, and conscious."
1. Excuses Begone! is encouraging you to challenge patterns and feel inspired by a newfound awareness of the life hidden beneath your excuses. Invite yourself to move out of established thought patterns, and realize that there is nothing standing
in your way of living at your highest levels.
2. You have an unquestionable ability to eliminate excuses--they'll get up and go when they're revealed as the false beliefs that they are.
3. You elevate your life by taking responsibility for who you are and what you're choosing to become. You can transcend the ordinary, mundane, and average with thoughts of greater joy and meaning; you can decide to elevate your life, rather than have it stagnate or deteriorate with excuses.
4. You can bring your desires to consciousness by disconnecting the power from your subconscious so that it can't continue to run your life. Your subconscious (habitual) mind is accessible, so unearth the excuses buried deep within you. Become conscious!
I think that is a great way to look at Thoreau's philosophy and certainly a way I would welcome living my life.
Excellent advice for those wanting positive change in their lives. October 25, 2009
Stephen E. Labuda, Jr. (Cd. Victoria, Tamaulipas, Mexico)
Excuses Be Gone is a wonerful resouce that has saved my relationship. Anyone serious about changing their outlook on life and becoming a whole person that we all should be, this is the resource for you.
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This is Dr. Dyer's finest, finest work! If you want to start the wheels of change turning please award yourself this audiobook. I have read everything he has ever written and it is ever awe inspiring and it never fails to connect to my soul. A must have for all those seekers who want peace in their life with any problem! Buy it for yourself and anyone you love!
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