03451cam a2200337 4500 141638356 TxAuBib 20130727120000.0 081215s2009||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2008053700 9781401921736 alk. paper 1401921736 alk. paper 9781401923105 1401923100 (OCoLC)262892427 TxAuBib Dyer, Wayne W. Excuses begone! : how to change lifelong, self-defeating thinking habits / Wayne W. Dyer. 1st ed. Carlsbad, Calif : Hay House, 2009. xiii, 257 p. ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references. Yes, you can change old habits -- Your two minds -- Your excuse catalog -- The first principle : awareness -- The second principle : alignment -- The third principle : now -- The fourth principle : contemplation -- The fifth principle : willingness -- The sixth principle : passion -- The seventh principle : compassion -- A new way of looking at changing old thinking habits -- The first question : is it true? -- The second question : where did the excuses come from? -- The third question : what's the payoff? -- The fourth question : what would my life look like if I couldn't use these excuses? -- The fifth question : can I create a rational reason to change? -- The sixth question : can I access universal cooperation in shedding old habits? -- The seventh question : how do I continuously reinforce this new way of being?. 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! (B&N.) 20130727. Thought and thinking. Change (Psychology.) Self-actualization (Psychology.) Habit breaking. TXLIV