wisewords
their conscience? Excuses are the explanations we use for
hanging on to behaviors we don’t like about ourselves; they
are self-defeating behaviors we don’t know how to change.
A Conversation
In Excuses Begone! I review 18 of the most common excuses
people use, such as “I’m too busy, too old, too fat, too scared
or it’s going to take too long or be too difficult. “eW spend a big
with Wayne Dyer
hunk of our lifetimes contemplating what we can’t have, what
we don’t want and what’s missing in our lives. What we have to
I
nternationally renowned author and speaker Wayne Dyer, learn is to put our attention and focus on contemplating what it
Ph.D., has devoted his life to helping others become healthier is we would like to attract, and not on what is missing.
and happier. He is the author of more than 30 books and pro-
ducer of the motion picture, The Shift. His newest book, Excuses Q. You talk about mind viruses. What are these? A virus has
Begone! How to Change Lifelong, Self-Defeating Thinking Hab- three purposes: to duplicate, to infiltrate and to spread from one
its, was inspired by the ancient teachings of the Tao Te Ching. host to the next. Ultimately, even a single virus can shut down an
entire system. A mind virus is different in that there is no form to
Q. What common excises do people use in grappling with it; these are ideas placed in our heads when we are little. We get
programmed by well-meaning people like our parents and their
parents, our culture, religions and schools. We get conditioned
to believe in our limitations and what’s not possible.
After a while, we start really believing these things are
true. People who have had self-defeating behaviors for a long
time, such as people who have been overweight since they
were children or people with longtime addictions, actually
believe there is no other alternative.
Q. What’s the payoff for living a life filled with excuses?
There’s a payoff for everyone. The reason we hang on to
self-defeating behaviors is because it’s easier not to take respon-
sibility. If you’re blaming something or someone else for the way
you are, then that person, those people, those circumstances
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