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<\/p>\nExcuses Be Gone, as the title would indicate, is all about living an excuse free life in every way. The book goes through a variety of excuses\/reasons we might let get in our way of living an excuse free life. There are too many to go into in this review so if you have an interest in this topic, I\u2019d recommend you read the book.<\/p>\n
As is true to most Wayne Dwyer books I\u2019ve read, he is very spiritually based.<\/p>\n
One of the things that most stuck out to me is his discussion about mind viruses, which we all have. The thing that most resonated with me is how we take singular situations and make them apply to our whole loves and existence. For example, when we get a mind virus, we tell ourselves that if we don\u2019t succeed at something, even a little thing, then we\u2019re a failure as a person. While we know this is total BS and wrong, we do it all the time and it really takes a shift in our mindset to move from fear to love to overcome this mind virus.<\/p>\n
I also was especially moved by Dwyer\u2019s discussion of the concept of now-now-now and staying in the moment. This has been a theme in a lot of the books I have read in the past 18 months or so and a lesson I particularly need to keep at the forefront of my mind. This one small thing keeps us in the present, allows us to be more grateful and keeps us from worrying.<\/p>\n
It also lets us be a human being instead of a human doing. I have learned over the years that there is a major difference and most of the time when we are human doings we are hiding from the human being for some reason. It has helped me to remember that this moment is the only one I have, and the only one I know for sure I\u2019m going to get, so I better make the most of it.<\/p>\n
This reminds me of a mentor of mine from many years ago who talked about learning to be a great procrastinator so you can always be living in the moment. In other words if you can put things off that you aren\u2019t currently doing it allows you to be 100% with the person you are currently with or with the current thing you are currently working on.<\/p>\n
Another way to say this, which Dwyer does in the book, is to do things now, because it\u2019s the only moment you have, do it with the person you\u2019re with in the moment, and do good because that\u2019s why we\u2019re all here. So love that. Living this way will significantly increase the affect you have on others.<\/p>\n
I was also moved by Dwyer\u2019s discussion of allowing. If we allow and don\u2019t resist, we are able to stay fully present and that\u2019s really the only way to stay present. In my life I have had a tendency to push and go after what I wanted (which got me to a certain point) and have really had to learn the lesson of pulling things toward me instead of always feeling like I had to fight for what I wanted. Allowing things to come to me is a much better way to live \u2013 and it makes living with me easier too!<\/p>\n
Here is one of my most favorite quotes from the book:<\/p>\n
\u201cBy believing passionately in something that does not yet exist we create it. The nonexistent is whatever we have not sufficiently desired.\u201d<\/p>\n
This book was a bit of a slow read for me mostly because I wanted to sit with things and let them really sink in, so it took me about a month to get through it and I did intersperse other reading while I was reading this book.<\/p>\n
Even if you don\u2019t think you are a person who uses a lot of excuses, like I was, or it you are a person who is all about taking self-responsibility, like I am, you will still get a lot out of reading Excuses Be Gone if for no other reason than it will explain a lot and it will help you be better.<\/p>\n