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

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 standingin 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.

This is one of the best books I have ever readWayne you are and were an amazing brotherThanks a billion

Nice book. It all connects, but it is not all good and perfect. Some of us are still hoping and praying.

I’ve never been one for self care but this was amazing and has added so much self knowledge making me a better and happier person I would recommend this for everyone

I dont know that everything or even anything in this book is new but the manner in which Dyer has put together the process of changing yourself is outstanding and workable. As one reviewer wrote, he does embrace a lot of new age stuff that doesnt fly with me but he also embraces many of the timeless folks as well.I think he is a genuine guy, seeing the world as he does and sharing that view with the rest of us. In this book the one story of the hermit and the King is worth the price of admission. In it you learn that the most important time is now (all we have) the most important person is the one in front of you and the most important thing to do is good for that person. If we all 'got' that we could change the world for good.As a student and teacher of change myself I have to say he brought together better than I could some of my own experiences and feelings. Like all change is making that one decision now, not tomorrow but now. As a recovering alcoholic it was/is one day at a time ... the key to changing your behavior (you cant change others) is in that moment, right now, this minute.I am a fan of Wayne Dyer and was not disappointed with this book. Another great insight if we'll take it.

Have bought from this seller before and have always been very pleased with products. However this time while most of the cds in this set are in excellent condition (as stated in description) cd #5 is so badly scratched as to be unplayable. Otherwise, still very pleased with rest of product.

I found this book (or probably this book found me) in the perfect time of my life. I had been depressed and scared and stuck in a rut for quite some time.The book changed my perspective, and mostly my thoughts. I highly recommend this book to all those who are prisoners of their own mind, those who know they can be so much more but are too scared to do it. Enjoy!

So this is my third venture into Dyer's books...and on the positive side I have to say that there is some good info here. I purchased this as an audio book, which I don't recommend because Dyer's delivery is BORING and monotone. Tried to listen to in the car but it was putting me to sleep so I had to stop. Anyhow, while there is some really good info in here...I kept getting irritated by Dyer's repeated sneaky ways of reminding us of just how successful he is and how much money he has. So he has not lost his own ego at all...which makes his recommendation to all of us to let go of our ego ring just a bit shallow!Sometimes he comes right out and tells you that he has so much money he is just swimming in it and it just keeps coming in (I guess so, from unsuspecting people like me!), and other times he just slides in the references to his homes on Maui, his TV shows and meetings, etc. Yawn. For example, instead of just saying something like he had some guests over to his home, and going from there to make his point, he has to make sure he tells you that he was having some important guests over to his home on Maui. Really? The only reason to say it that way is to shove once again in our faces how much money and fortune and THINGS he has. He is still all full of EGO and that makes his message, which is ultimately a good one, ring a bit shallow coming from him. He comes off just sounding incredibly pompous and self-centered, which made me decide never to buy any of his books again. Oh I'm sure he'll be just fine...out there on his home on Maui entertaining all of his famous TV producer friends......

Amazing information that's applicable to all of us.I never thought that all the nonsense I thought were reasons, where actually excuses.

J'ai été très déçu de ce livre. L'auteur ne fourni aucune méthode concrète, que des conseils de seconde zone du type " Soyez le Tao car le Tao est Dieu" ou des trucs de ce genre. Il mélange sa passion pour les philosophies taoïstes et le développement personnel sans pour autant donner de méthodes concrète et pratique. Il y a quelques petits trucs intéressants mais rien de réellement puissant ni utile au quotidien. Je trouve que cet auteur fait parti de gourous du développement personnel, ceux qui ont abusé de l'effet de mode. Bien qu'il ai écrit plusieurs livres pendant des années je suis très surpris que le contenu de cet ouvrage soit si pauvre. Mis à part des conseils d'autos suggestions et d'affirmation il n'y a rien dans ce livre de très utile. Passez votre chemin et préférez un autre ouvrage.

ExcelenteUma verdadeira investigação de nossas desculpas para procrastinar, para não assumir nossas responsabilidades... enfim, mais um volume no caminho do autoconhecimento.

The author explains in a simple style how we are driven by wrong thoughts and thought patterns. He shows that our way of thinking is no longer helping us. We have to change our approach to life and everything will get better.A must read.

AmazingAnother way of seeing things