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May 2001
by Avon Books
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Mass Market Paperback, 320 pages
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0061091480
(isbn13: 9780061091483)
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<blockquote>From the author of Real Magic and the multimillion-copy bestseller Pulling Your Own Strings, positive and practical ad...more
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Read in August, 1999
recommends it for:
those in need of answers
I read this book while in the midst of a nervous breakdown time in my life, I had alot of questions, without answers I began to suffer tremendously...Dr. Wayne Dyer helped me to understand the reasoning behind why I put my thoughts into play and how I can move to change the way I think without compromising myself. Amazing thought provoking writing and I read this book about once every three to four years, it is definitely therapeutic and insightful!
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While I admit if you fostered every single piece of advice in this book you'd probably become a big fat smelly bore (or like cousin Larry when he took that self-help class on Perfect Strangers), I did find this book rather stimulating and honest. I haven't read any other self-help books that I can think of (other than maybe Quarterlife Crisis and Hero with a Thousand Faces) and I found Dyer's book surprisingly thoughtful, insightful, literary and incredibly not stupid. He is sometimes contradict...more
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Read in September, 2008
I have about 50 pages left to this book (for a 235 page book) and although I've enjoyed parts of it and find it useful, I still don't think I'll be finishing it. I like Dr. Dyer but also feel that he's come a long way since writing this book. The book was written in 1976 and is terribly dated, both in some of the psychological "counseling" and also in the cultural references he makes. I also think that it's very dated in that, while reading one chapter, I kept thinking that Dr. Dyer ha...more
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Read in March, 2008
recommends it for:
Anyone with the courage to steadfastly decide how they choose to act.
This was a pretty decent through-going of a number of immobilizing emotions: description of the "erroneous zone" itself, the psychological "gain" from adhering to each, and the "fix."
I especially liked the last chapter, Ch. 12, wherein Dr. Dyer elucidates the type of life lived by the fully-self-actualized individual (not Maslowian, mind, but of Dyer's own definition).
All-in-all, time well spent, but I have a lingering suspicion that I would have gotten mo...more
I especially liked the last chapter, Ch. 12, wherein Dr. Dyer elucidates the type of life lived by the fully-self-actualized individual (not Maslowian, mind, but of Dyer's own definition).
All-in-all, time well spent, but I have a lingering suspicion that I would have gotten mo...more
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Read in February, 2008
recommends it for:
anyone who suffers from anxiety or excess stress
Having read some of Wayne Dyer's more recent works, I am not surprised to have loved this book. I took my time, reading it bit by bit, so that each chapter could really soak in. As a chronic worrier and stresser, this book helped me see where I could make changes in my life, how worrying and stress really do nothing to enhance my quality of living, and how life is an experience that we can easily miss out by labelling ourselves and restricting ourselves to such a limited, worrisome lifestyle. ...more
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Contrary to mistaken impressions of what words mean, your erroneous zones are not your ears, mouth, nipples, and other orifices. Those are your erogenous zones.
This was pretty good, Wayne Dyer back when he was a hippie psychologist, before becoming a new-age guru. It's more irreverent self-help psychology, like a more loving Dr. Phil perhaps.
I think anybody who reads this lightly and takes away from it what they like would do well. And I bet Wayne would say so too.
This was pretty good, Wayne Dyer back when he was a hippie psychologist, before becoming a new-age guru. It's more irreverent self-help psychology, like a more loving Dr. Phil perhaps.
I think anybody who reads this lightly and takes away from it what they like would do well. And I bet Wayne would say so too.
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Read in January, 2004
recommends it for:
People who want to stop blaming circumstances or other people for their state of mind
I was undergoing an emotional crisis (some call it PMS) and I was sitting in my home library. I looked around me and knew there must've been a book on those shelves that could give me some insight. That's when Erroneous Zones popped off the shelf to me. It helped me separate out my thoughts from my emotions and actually allowed me to feel my emotions more fully without attaching unreal stories to them.
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very useful in explaining our errors in thinking and feeling and gives good tips on how to attempt to deal with them..ofcourse i disagree with some of the author's points ,like the approval part and how religion is part of the problem...I always see this error in thinking in a lot of otherwise very good books,and i think this partly goes back to the western world's issues with the christian church
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Read in January, 2006
recommends it for:
people with erroneous zones
i think this book is great for everyone to read. i think being in the behavior field and just being a generally happy and healthy person a lot of it was obvious for me, but there are so many people who would be freed from themselves if they could live by this book. it's a great read about controlling your feelings and really only live with feelings that are worth it.
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Read it in two days. I thought that the overall message was great. Since reading it I've felt myself be tested to see if I would really apply the principles that I liked. I liked the parts about justice and fairness being an illusion, not blaming others, failure doesn't really exist, ignoring what other people think, and that emotions are a choice.
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Completely life-changing. Don't read this if you don't want to work hard at living a better life. If you do, Dyer has some amazing insights. He gives great info on where our habits come from, how to recognize them, and (most importantly) how to start addressing them. Also keep a notebook and pen nearby to take notes.
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Read in April, 2008
Excellent advice from a man who I see as a father figure. Chapter 7, Breaking the Barrier of Convention has a very Transcendental message.
Chapter 12, A Person who has eliminated all Erroneous Zones will be re-read over and over as a constant reminder of a great way to live life.
Chapter 12, A Person who has eliminated all Erroneous Zones will be re-read over and over as a constant reminder of a great way to live life.
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Best paperback book cover of all time (1977 Avon edition). The text itself is fun to read (there's a funny section in which Dyer retitles several love songs in order to remove their implicit -- and harmful he thinks -- messages of dependence), but advance with caution.
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I love reading his books. If you can catch him on one of his PBS speicals (the only place I've ever seen him), you will become entranced. The message he conveys is that we all have the power to make our own path in live and to be ultimately happy. Who doesn't want that?!
Read one Dyer, you've read them all. Only my opinion, Chopra and Dyer were simply another life phase I was going through. I no longer find either of relevance. And, yes that is the best I can do, (notice how memorable they are).
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Read in January, 2008
I'm still reading this one... I can't help myself. I love psychology and self-help books. I also have a problem with starting too many books at once and never finishing them! This book is right up my alley.
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I enjoyed this book when I read it, then saw an interview with Mr Dyer and found him to be all ego. Have seen him a couple times since and have the same opinion. The book lost its luster then.
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Read in January, 2006
recommends it for:
those interested in seeing themselves more clearly
Sound advice, but a little too dumbed down for me. If you need some good motivational/self-help/inspirational books, I probably got 15 that are written better than this one.
B/B = BORROW
B/B = BORROW
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I actually snagged this book from my mom when I moved out as a teenager, and looking back, that was a rotten thing to do. I should send her a new copy for Christmas, fifteen years later...
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Read in August, 2001
I really love Dr. Dyer's approach on life. This book helped my change my outlook on my life. Great as part of a greater library of self-realizing, self-actualzing books.
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