Excuses Begone!

How to Change Lifelong, Self-Defeating Thinking Habits

By: Dr. Wayne W. Dyer

Narrated by: Dr. Wayne W. Dyer

Length: 7 hrs and 30 mins

Publisher's summary

Within the tracks of this transformational audio download set, 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!

©2009 Hay House, Inc. (P)2009 Hay House, Inc.

Awesome!!!! Just what I needed to hear. Thank you

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

Its exactly what some of us need to hear to change our blueprint for a better life

Very helpful!

Would you listen to Excuses Begone! again? Why?

Yes, when I listened it for the first time it rewired my brain. Two years later, I am listening it again and some of the previous excuses I used do not exist any more.

What was one of the most memorable moments of Excuses Begone!?

The section about anti-excuses: affirmations to repeat yourself every time that the old excuses appear.

What does Wayne W. Dyer bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

When he talks about his own past, sounds sincere and trustful.

What insight do you think you’ll apply from Excuses Begone!?

The affirmation that " I deserve the best" .

Any additional comments?

Yes, Dr. Dyer is one of the two authors that have changed my life.; the other is Dan Goleman.

One of the BEST BOOK

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A book full of wisdom

You are what you believe, not what you were born with.
Ex of arthritis placebo surgery study the those that thought they got surgery healed.
Mind viruses were implanted by our parents that still effect our decisions today.
Overcoming memetic principles
1. Affirm: I believe I am perfectly capable of overcoming any early conditioning I have adopted as a part of my personality and my current life experience
2. Assert that anything that's been programmed into you and acts like a virus is perfectly capable of being deprogrammed if you decide it's worth the effort. I am much more powerful today than the old programs and mind viruses that I absorbed in my childhood.
Quiet the mind by practicing daily meditation. As learning to meditate is the greatest gift you can give yourself in this life. For it is only through meditation that you can undertake the journey to discover your true nature, and so find the stability of confidence you will need to live and die well. Find a way to give yourself that gift and access your conscious creative mind by eliminating unnecessary, unwanted, superfluous thoughts through meditation.
Use positive proclamations daily that our life enhancing and align you with the loving source of everything. What I desire is already here, I just haven't connected to it yet. It can't be stopped because my thoughts are aligned with the mind or intellect of God.
Whatever you believe is your nature. So encourage yourself with thoughts such as:
I am fed up with being frightened, shy, poor, unhappy, out of shape. Its all I've ever known, and it stems from the way I think and the beliefs I've come to accept that define my nature. If this is my nature, then I'm going to change it beginning right now.
If you're capable of conceiving it, then the act of visual conception combined with your passion for manifesting your idea into reality is all you need to activate your genius.
If you knew who walked beside you at all times on this path that you have chosen, you could never experience fear or doubt again.
If feel to busy, say this: I intend to take time for myself to live the life that I came here to live, and to do it without ignoring my responsibilities as a parent, spouse, or employee.
Implement this into daily schedule:
BREATHING IN, I CALM MY BODY. BREATHING OUT, I SMILE.
Decide to bring abundant awareness into your consciousness, shift your thoughts from I can't afford it to whatever I need in the form of assistance to guide me in the direction of my life is not only available but its on its way. You then consciously watch for the necessary funding to show up but you'll also be reminding yourself to believe that you have the ability to use abundance to elevate your life
Part 1: Affirmations to overcome excuses
1. It's difficult - I have the ability to accomplish any task I set my mind to with ease and comfort.
2. It's risky - Being myself involves no risks. It is my ultimate truth, and I live it fearlessly.
3. It takes a long time - I have infinite patience when it comes to fulfilling my destiny.
4. Drama - I would rather be loathed for who I am than loved for who I am not.
5. Don't deserve it - I am a Devine creation, a piece of God. Therefore, I cannot be undeserving.
6. It's not my nature - My essential nature is perfect and faultless. It is to this nature that I return.
7. Can't afford it - I am connected to an unlimited source of abundance.
8. No one will help - The right circumstances and the right people are already here and will show up on time.
9. Has never happened before - I am willing to attract all that I desire, beginning here and now.
10. Not strong enough - I have access to unlimited assistance. My strength comes from my connection to my source of being.
11. Not smart enough - I am a creation of the Devine mind, all is perfect, and I am a genius in my own right.
12. Too old - I am an infinite being. The age of my body has no bearing on what I do or who I am.
13. Rules won't let me - I live my life according to Devine rules.
14. It's too big - I think only about what I can do now.  By thinking small, I accomplish great things.
15. Don't have the energy - I feel passionately about my life, and this passion fills me with excitement and energy.
16. Personal family history - I live in the present moment by being grateful for all my life experiences as a child.
17. Too busy - As I unclutter my life, I free myself to answer the calling of my soul.
18. Too scared - I can accomplish anything I put my mind to, because I know that I am never alone.
Practice giving rather than asking for more. Practice being non judgemental and offering help where you previously offered criticism. Want what you want for yourself even more for someone else and observe how much better you are at eliminating those old "me first" thoughts that have demanded your attention in the past.
REPEAT THIS: I let go of old ways of thinking and I access awareness.
When you become aligned, your thoughts are no longer focused on what you don't want but rather on what you intend to manifest as a co-creator with source.
- your universal source of being never thinks in terms of what is missing, do you? - it never thinks in terms of what it can't have or do, do you?
- it never thinks in terms of what has never happened before, do you?
- it never thinks in terms of what others will think, say, or do, do you?
- it never thinks in terms of bad luck or the way things have always been, do you?
I GET WHAT I THINK ABOUT, AND I AM CHOOSING FROM HERE ON IN TO THINK IN HARMONY WITH MY SOURCE OF BEING UNTIL IT IS HABITUAL.
Its already here; I just need to connect to it.  Nothing can stop my creative ideas from materializing.  I've banished all doubt.  I'll soon be seeing evidence of my manifestations everywhere.
Implementing a Realigned Way of Being:
- Think in harmony with Source energy by taking on a small project.  Choose any subject - bees, light bulbs, feathers, pennies, and do nothing but keep it in your mind.  Generate pure positive energy around this topic.  See the object showing up, and feel good about this occurrence.  Let your mind be at living peace with this item, and then become an observer rather than a demander and notice what happens.
By aligning with a field of possibilities in a non-judging, non-demanding, yet totally accepting way, you'll notice the manifestation into your life space of that which you're aligned with in your thoughts.  Release any ideas that you're impotent when it comes to co-creating your life.
- Practice catching yourself when you're engaged in the habit of negative thinking.  Monitor any thought that expresses, It can;t, It won't, or It's not my luck; and CHANGE it to an aligned thought such as, IT WILL, IT MUST, or IT'S ALREADY HERE AND I KNOW IT WILL ARRIVE ON SCHEDULE WITH DIVINE TIMING.  Change these misaligned thoughts (excuses) on minute, one hour, one day at a time.
- Affirm: I AM ALIGNED WITH MY SOURCE IN ALL OF MY THOUGHTS, AND WITH GOD, ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE.
- Affirm: I CHOOSE TO STAY FULLY PRESENT IN THE NOW, AND THIS IS THE ONLY PLACE THAT I WILL COME TO KNOW GOD!
Affirm: I CONTEMPLATE MYSELF SURROUNDED BY THE CONDITIONS I WISH TO ATTRACT INTO MY LIFE!
contuosuly as many times as you can in a 5 minute period.  The ACT OF REPETITION helps the thought become a habituated method of alignment.
Must live in the NOW as every future occurrence always happens in the NOW.
Must remove judgement by allowing what is rather than resisting
We become what we think about so it's pretty important to pay attention to this thoughts.
Self-actualizing people never use their minds to think about what they DONT wish to attract. Their minds focus on the conditions they wish to produce.
It's as if by thinking about what you desire you release a zillion little invisible yet alert worker bees who guide you to the act of creation.
The presence of excuses is evidence you focus on what you can't have/do, rather than the infinite possibilities that are inherent in your divine creative self
To rid excuses, must practice contemplating what you intend to manifest and simultaneously detach from the outcome.
Contemplate like God does with thoughts of HOW MAY I SERVE, rather than "what's in it for me".
Affirmation: I am worthy of attracting unlimited abundance and prosperity into my life, regardless of what life experiences have gone before me.  I only reinforce and contemplate images that are in harmony with this vision.
Affirmation: I am entitled to be respected, loved, and happy; to feel fulfilled and prosperous; to exercise; and to enjoy all moments of life!  This is my vision, and i'm more than willing - I'm absolutely DETERMINED that this is what will come my way.
Affirmation: There's nothing I'm unwilling to think or do (as long as it's aligned with my God) in order to bring my dreams to reality and become all that i am destined to become.
It may be helpful to think of your passion as the presence of the creative Source inside you.  Talk to this invisible yet tangible presence within and thank it for never abandoning you.  Go for walks with it and even imagine holding hands with it.  Ask tit questions and listen to what it has to say, making mental notes of how it is directing you.  Fell ENORMOUS GRATITUDE for the reality of this presence, and allow it to guide you in any way it wishes.
SUGGESTIONS FOR A PASSION FILLED LIFE (Pg 130)
- Do something every day to keep the awakened God within from falling back asleep.  Remember that your feelings of excitement are the result of the way you think, and when you thoughts harmonize with Source energy, you begin to feel your passion.  Therefore, you must keep a constant watch on your mental activity.  Maintain a journal to record what fires you up - the more you write, the more you invite passion to live within you.  Go on the Internet and view sites that talk about and promote ideas you feel enthusiastic about.  Phone or email someone out there who shares the same vision as you.  Open a private bank account that contains seed money to fund a passion.  Whatever you do, remind yourself that this is YOUR PASSION and you're feeding and nurturing it every day.  As this becomes your habituated way of being, you'll see the universe cooperating and offering experiences that match your desires.
- Develop a sense of awe that then leads to the creation of passion by beginning to look at everything as though you're seeing it for the 1st time.  Don't let the concept of boredom even creep into your thoughts. Look at your entire life in this way:  Make love to your wife like it's the first time.  Read to your children like it's the 1st time.  Go for your daily run like it's the 1st time.  Every new moment is a gift!
Affirmation: I invite the presence of God to be with me in the form of my passion.
Story of the Stone (Value of compassion pg 133):  A woman comes upon a precious stone in a stream in the mountains.  She comes accross a hungry traveler who sees the stone and asks for it and she gives it to him along with some food.  He leaves happy but only returns to give the stone back and says "i know if its value but am returning it with the hopes that you give me something more precious.  Please give me what you have within yourself that enabled you to give me your most valued possession so freely".
When kindness and courtesy is nurtured, everything in life seems to move toward more harmony and peace, and better feelings are achieved when giving rather than receiving.
Dalai Lama speaks on compassion (pg 135): Compassion is the single most important quality that humanity needs to learn.  It is the way to find happiness and health and to feel successful.
War and violence would become extinct in 1 generation if at the age of 5, children were taught to mediate on compassion for 1 hour a week for the rest of their lives.
The very second you feel yourself retreating to excuses, repeat this mantra: "HOW MAY I SERVE", then act upon the answers your receive.
Affirmation:  YOU DO NOT ATTRACT WHAT YOU WANT; YOU ATTRACT WHAT YOU ARE!  So make compassion what you are.
Giving selflessly:  Do it NOW, it's the only moment available.  Do it with the person you're with in the moment, and do good, because that is why you're here.
Suggestions for Living from Compassion:
- Upon waking, let the words "THANK YOU" flow from your lips, for this will remind you to begin your day with gratitude and compassion.  Make it a DAILY practice by thinking first of someone else and then making a decision to actively do something, anything, that will bring a smile to their face.   When you become conscious of wanting to do something kind for another person, you move into a higher way of being.  It takes your thoughts off self and the "What's in it for me", and puts them on "HOW MAY I SERVE" which is precisely how GOD is operating.  When you're aligned with a compassionate outlook, your entire day will reflect this kind of awareness. 
Here are some examples: Email a note of appreciation, say a kind word to one of your children, apologize to an individual you've needed to make amends with, pick some flowers and hand them to someone, give away a personal items like a book or jewelry to send a smile.  What you're doing is aligning with compassion and setting up your day to work in this way.  Note how excuses disintegrate when your thoughts are on being kind toward others.
Affirmation:  I AM A BEING OF COMPASSION.  I EXTEND LOVE OUTWARD EVERYWHERE BECAUSE THIS IS MY NATURE.
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The 7 questions:
1. Is it true? (ch 12)
2. Where did the excuse come from? (ch 13)
3. What's the payoff? (ch 14)
4. What would my life look like if I couldn't use this excuse? (ch 15)
5. Can I create a rational reason to change? (ch 16)
6. Can I access universal cooperation in shielding these old habits? (ch 17)
7. How do I continually reinforce this new way of Being? (ch 18)

Motivation for those of us in 1st world countries

Lots of great advice on motivation and mindset. I thought many of his 'principles' were very useful and well thought out. Some of his advice will only work for a certain 'class' of people - he seems to make the assumption that everyone who is able to listen to this audiobook has the same ability to create opportunities. I'm not sure that is true, but I fall into his demographic, so it was motivational for me.

listen to it monthly.

I have listened to it 4 times, and plan on doing it periodically. I enjoyed his voice too, pretty calming.

This book changed my life!

I'm not one to write a review normally but this book changed my life. I am so grateful for every word in this book because it spoke to me in a way nothing else has. This book when put into action will make it impossible to be the same person you were before reading it.
I can now admit I was an "excuse queen" and this book confronted things I didn't even know we're problems and shifted the way I looked at all aspects of my life. Before I even finished the book, the things I put into practice helped me to be much more at peace with all the things I had been putting blame on and making excuses for. It was such a relief to take accountability for how I feel and the way I perceive things. I also got a promotion and large raise shortly after applying the principals from the book. I feel like such an infomercial but it is true! It was a promotion and raise i wanted and felt worthy of but I had created so much negativity and excuses around it I had pretty much given up and resolved at the New Year it was not meant to be. While before January ended I got it and I know it has everything to do with this book and the the incredible Wayne Dyer.
I have been a fan of Wayne and Hay House for several years and this book blows any other book or program I have experienced out of the water. The small investment in this book will come back to you before you even finish it in multiples. Thank You!

Most Powerful Motivational Book Ever Written!

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

This Book will move you into the next level of your life.

Any additional comments?

Must read book for anyone who would like a better life.

what I needed

This is the book I needed to gear at this point in my life. Have a friend who is currently quite angry with me because I have requested that she adult and cease the constant excuse making when she is around me. We are on a separate journey in this life, and I shall continue down the path of personal responsibility for my actions and thoughts.

Life changing

I believe this book will change my life forever. It certainly has motivated me to follow the instructions in the book. I had read the hard covered book and purchased the audio book for continued listening while in my car or office. My clients,my family and my friends are benefiting from my reading this book. I truley feel This book can change your life for the better,if you let it.I believe in this book so much that I have bought one for my Daughter and one for my brother. I dare say I will be sending more as I discover people in need of EXCUSES BEGONE.