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

by Wayne W. Dyer

Overview

#1 New York Times Bestseller!

Toss Out Those Tired Old Excuses . . . Once and for All!

In Excuses Begone! Dr. Wayne W. Dyer reveals how to change lifelong, self-defeating thinking patterns that prevent you from living at the highest levels of success, happiness, and health. You may know what to think but find it terribly difficult to change thinking 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 as

· It 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 can’t change . . .
· I can’t afford the things I truly want  and I’ve always been this way

. . . are all excuses that are used regularly without challenging the truth of these thinking habits.

When you eliminate excuses that explain your shortcomings or failures, you’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. You’ll learn to apply specific questions to any excuse, and then proceed through the steps of the Excuses 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 Wayne’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!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781401926168
Publisher:	Hay House Inc.
Publication date:	05/26/2009
Sold by:	Penguin Random House Publisher Services
Format:	eBook
Pages:	208
Sales rank:	282,237
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

Affectionately called the "father of motivation" by his fans, Dr. Wayne W. Dyer was an internationally renowned author, speaker, and pioneer in the field of self-development. Over the four decades of his career, he wrote more than 40 books (21 of which became New York Times bestsellers), created numerous audio programs and videos, and appeared on thousands of television and radio shows. His books Manifest Your Destiny, Wisdom of the Ages, There’s a Spiritual Solution to Every Problem, and the New York Times bestsellers 10 Secrets for Success and Inner Peace, The Power of Intention, Inspiration, Change Your Thoughts—Change Your Life, Excuses Begone!, Wishes Fulfilled, and I Can See Clearly Now were all featured as National Public Television specials.Wayne held a doctorate in educational counseling from Wayne State University, had been an associate professor at St. John’s University in New York, and honored a lifetime commitment to learning and finding the Higher Self. In 2015, he left his body, returning to Infinite Source to embark on his next adventure.Website: www.DrWayneDyer.com

Table of Contents

Introduction xi

Part I Identifying and Removing Habitual Thinking

Chapter 1 Yes, You Can Change Old Habits 3

Chapter 2 Your Two Minds 17

Chapter 3 Your Excuse Catalog 33

Part II The Key Excuses Begone! Principles

Introduction to Part II 67

Chapter 4 The First Principle: Awareness 69

Chapter 5 The Second Principle: Alignment 79

Chapter 6 The Third Principle: Now 89

Chapter 7 The Fourth Principle: Contemplation 99

Chapter 8 The Fifth Principle: Willingness 109

Chapter 9 The Sixth Principle: Passion 121

Chapter 10 The Seventh Principle: Compassion 133

Part III The Excuses Begone! Paradigm Shift

Chapter 11 A New Way of Looking at Changing Old Thinking Habits 147

Chapter 12 The First Question: Is It True? 163

Chapter 13 The Second Question: Where Did the Excuses Come From? 175

Chapter 14 The Third Question: What's the Payoff? 187

Chapter 15 The Fourth Question: What Would My Life Look Like If I Couldn't Use These Excuses? 203

Chapter 16 The Fifth Question: Can I Create a Rational Reason to Change? 215

Chapter 17 The Sixth Question: Can I Access Universal Cooperation in Shedding Old Habits? 227

Chapter 18 The Seventh Question: How Do I Continuously Reinforce This New Way of Being? 241

Endnotes 255

About the Author 257