Excuses Begone!: How to Change Lifelong, Self-Defeating Thinking Habits
18 typical excuses are presented:
1. It will be difficult
2. risky
3. take too long
4. create family drama
5. I dont deserve it
6. its against my nature
7. I cant afford it
8. no one will help me
9. it hasnt happened before
10. Im not strong/smart enough
12. Im too old/too young
13. the rules/laws wont let me
14. its too big
15. I dont have the energy
16. I dont have the time
17. its in my family history
18. Im afraid.
The second section lists principles for overcoming excuses:
– awareness
– alignment
– now
– contemplation
– willingness
– passion and compassion
Then you ask yourself questions
Why did I buy another book about how to fix my life?
Ha!
What the author doesnt consider is that the identities of some people are based on their excuses and if you were to take away their excuses there would be little left. If it was easy to overcome your false self and inconsistencies you would have done so by now, another book probably isnt going to help. My suggestion, create a new identity for yourself breaking all links to the nearly futile existence you now inhabit. Of course, you have to balance when to use any new identity, but its going to be a thrill or vacation from the stuffy life you now lead. A new identity, the essence of its power is derived from being completely different than what you have going on now.
