No. This is not a review of Wayne Dyer’s Excuses Begone!
This post was sparked off by an article I read in the June 2015, Reader’s Digest, called ‘Dear Teacher,’. The articles has some priceless excuses written by parents to their child’s teacher. They were funny.
Not so funny are the excuses we make for our own behaviour and choices. Or that the fact that we need to make excuses at all. I think excuses (and I make them too, very often) are the lies we tell ourselves to avoid facing the truth about ourselves and our poor choices. The worst part is that, sometimes, we don’t even call them excuses. We believe them, entirely.
Coming back to Wayne Dyer’s book, here are a list of 18 common excuses he gathered from a poll on his website when he was writing Excuses Begone!
1. It will be difficult
2. It’s going to be risky
3. It will take a long time
4. There will be family drama
5. I don’t deserve it
6. It’s not my nature
7. I can’t afford it
8. No one will help me
9. It has never happened before
10. I’m not strong enough
11. I’m not smart enough
12. I’m too old (or not old enough)
13. The rules won’t let me
14. It’s too big
15. I don’t have the energy
16. It’s not my personal family history
17. I’m too busy
18. I’m too scared
Wayne Dyer has list an affirmation for each of these excuses. As for me, I’m throwing away my excuses with an ‘Excuses Begone’ and trying to be real.
Have you ever used any of these yourself? I know I’m guilty of using at least 15 of them. What’s your score? 🙂
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nice list of excuses.. i use – it’s going to be risky, will take too long time, i’m too busy a lot. Never thought until i read this post that some of the excuses become our beliefs later.
Mahathi Ramya recently posted..Mommy guilt
That’s relatable! Guess I say almost all of that at different scenarios. Thanks for the article, Corinne!
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Could relate this post .A lovely read.
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I can relate to only 5 of them!! I am the one who has has heard a lot of laughable excuses from students and learnt from them to avoid as they can be easily seen through.
Often I tell myself…I am too old, which is a lie, I know!!
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I use these excuses at different times… .. very interesting to know my score here too corinne, I too would like to throw away as much as I can to be real. Thanks for sharing
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Never thought that some of them are excuses… maybe as I use them 😉
Certainly an eye opener…. thumbs up for the post.
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Hi Corrine! Funny thing is that your name is very similar to my maiden name Rodriguez. I really like this post. Love the encouragement. Would love it if you joined my Facebook group Soul Care for the Entrepreneur. Keep blogging.