Excuses Begone! How to Change Lifelong, Self-Defeating Thinking Habits

by Dyer, Wayne W.

• ISBN13: 9781401922948
• ISBN10: 1401922945
• Edition: 4th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-01-01
• Publisher: Hay House Inc.

Summary

In Excuses Be gone! Dr. Wayne W. Dyerreveals how to change lifelong, self-defeating thinking patterns that prevent you from living at the highest levels of success, happiness, and health. You may knowwhatto think but find it terribly difficult tochangethinking habits that have been with you since childhood. This business of changing habituated thinking patterns is really the business of eliminating the same old tired excuses. People are forever using excuses and defending those excuse patterns as if they were actually true. Such statements asIt would be very difficult for me to change. . .If I changed, it would create family dramas. . .I'm too old or too young to change. . .I've always been this way . . . It's in my DNA so I canrs"t change. . .I canrs"t afford the things I truly want and I've always been this wayare all excuses that are used regularly without challenging the truth of these thinking habits. When you eliminate excuses that explain your shortcomings or failures, yours"ll awaken to your infinite possibilities. Removing the excuses involves examining these thinking habits under a new and truthful light. In this groundbreaking work, Wayne presents a compendium of conscious and subconscious excuses employed by virtually everyone, along with a new paradigm that guides you to put those excuses to rest once and for all. Yours"ll learn to apply specific questions to any excuse, and then proceed through the steps of theExcuses Begone!paradigm. The old habituated ways of thinking will melt away as you experience the joy of releasing excuses and the absurdity of hanging on to them. There are no excuses worth defending ever, even if they've always been part of your life. This book represents Wayners"s effort to help anyone whose self-defeating thoughts are persistently present, learn how to discard those old thinking habits, and discover the infinite possibilities of life!

Author Biography

Dr. Wayne W. Dyer is an internationally renowned author and speaker in the field of self-development. He is the author of more than 30 books, has created numerous audio programs and videos, and has appeared on thousands of television and radio shows. Wayne holds a doctorate in educational counseling from Wayne State University and was an associate professor at St. John's University in New York. Website: www.DrWayneDyer.com

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. xi
Identifying and Removing Habitual Thinking
Yes, You Can Change Old Habits	p. 3
Your Two Minds	p. 17
Your Excuse Catalog	p. 33
The Key Excuses Begone! Principles
Introduction to Part II	p. 67
The First Principle: Awareness	p. 69
The Second Principle: Alignment	p. 79
The Third Principle: Now	p. 89
The Fourth Principle: Contemplation	p. 99
The Fifth Principle: Willingness	p. 109
The Sixth Principle: Passion	p. 121
The Seventh Principle: Compassion	p. 133
The Excuses Begone! Paradigm Shift
A New Way of Looking at Changing Old Thinking Habits	p. 147
The First Question: Is It True?	p. 163
The Second Question: Where Did the Excuses Come From?	p. 175
The Third Question: What's the Payoff?	p. 187
The Fourth Question: What Would My Life Look Like If I Couldn't Use These Excuses?	p. 203
The Fifth Question: Can I Create a Rational Reason to Change?	p. 215
The Sixth Question: Can I Access Universal Cooperation in Shedding Old Habits?	p. 227
The Seventh Question: How Do I Continuously Reinforce This New Way of Being?	p. 241
Endnotes	p. 255
About the Author	p. 257
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