Dawne Kovan’s Blog

In this article I will discuss the latest work by Dr Wayne Dyer – the book “Stop the Excuses – how to change lifelong thoughts” and the CD set “Excuses Begone – how to change lifelong self-defeating thinking habits”. Both of these complement each other and their combined effect is greater than their parts. I have read and reread, listened and re-listened and each time I do, I get more out of them.

Back at the beginning of 2007, Rhonda Byrne’s CD set “The Secret” fell into my lap. Did it change my life? You bet it did -  I picked up the idea and ran with it, because I knew that this was the missing piece that would set me free. Since then, I have regularly run seminars, mentored individuals and written this blog to spread the word.

However,  many times I hear people say that the LoA doesn’t work for them – and it hasn’t worked for their friends either. And, while I believe them, I know something isn’t right with it either.

If we look at the principles that are taught in The Secret, they tell us that all we have to do is ask and it will be given. And that’s a quote from the Bible, by the way, so it must be right. However, if it’s not happening for you or me, and is definitely happening for those people who are the teachers in the DVD, what on earth is going on? Have they kept a little nugget of secret for themselves?  Or are they just not very good teachers? I don’t think either of those questions can be answered in the affirmative, by the way. They are clearly honest and open in what they tell us and they are obviously skilled teachers.

What, then,  is it that keeps us away from what we want? We have asked and shown gratitude. We have visualised down to the smallest item. We have put up our vision boards and written post-it notes everywhere around the house. We have even learned how to make positive statements instead of negative ones and worked on keeping our thoughts positive, too. And yet everything stays the same.

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