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Your Erroneous Zones
From the author of "Real Magic" and the multimillion-copy bestseller "Pulling Your Own Strings, " positive and practical advice for breaking free from the trap of negative thinking.
If you're plagued by guilt or worry and find yourself falling unwittingly into the same old self-destructive patterns, then you have "erroneous zones" -- whole face
...moreMass Market Paperbound, 320 pages
Published
May 28th 2001
by HarperTorch
(first published January 1st 1382)
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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
This is the very first "inspirational" or "personal growth" book I read. I read it when I was a senior at the University of Miami and I was taking an inter-personal communications course, and we were required to give a presentation on a book that may have changed our life in some way. I absolutely loved this book, and to this day I still love Wayne Dyer's philosophy. I think a lot of the information in this book may be outdated now (or maybe not), but Wayne has written so ...more
I love Wayne Dyer so when I was helping my MIL clear out and organize her huge book collection and found this old gem, I asked if I could have it. Let me tell you, it does not disappoint. Written in 1976 and his first book, it reads like he wrote it last week. Straight forward and real, this book will hit home for everyone! I'm going slow and learning, learning.
When I was young, I was arrogant and had lowly views about people reading "How to improve" books. The reasoning I had was, that people who had poor self-esteem or undergone mental depression would read these kind of material. Basically I stumbled upon this book, while I was trying to search another book of Dr. Wayne (" Pulling your own strings" ) as suggested by one of my friends and will be very grateful for that moment.
I realised many of my personal "errone...more
I realised many of my personal "errone...more
هذا الكتاب بلغته الأصليه وليس الترجمه ..
خرافي! لو أقدر أعطيه 10 نجوم من 5 عطيته ..
قرأته في 2006 ، تغيرت نفسيتي تماما وأذكر انيتخلصت من الكثير من المشاعر السلبيه اللي مالها سبب معين الا ترسبات قديمه .. جيد جدا لمن تكون في أسوأ مراحل حياتك النفسيه "2006" كانت بداية جيده بسبب هذا الكتاب.
كنت في أول سنه جامعيه والحياه متغيره لكن هذا الكتاب ساعدني اني أشوف وين المشكله وكيف احلها ..
أنصح فيه لأي أحد في أي عمر .. وأنصح بقرائته عدة مرات على حسب الحاجه :]
خرافي! لو أقدر أعطيه 10 نجوم من 5 عطيته ..
قرأته في 2006 ، تغيرت نفسيتي تماما وأذكر انيتخلصت من الكثير من المشاعر السلبيه اللي مالها سبب معين الا ترسبات قديمه .. جيد جدا لمن تكون في أسوأ مراحل حياتك النفسيه "2006" كانت بداية جيده بسبب هذا الكتاب.
كنت في أول سنه جامعيه والحياه متغيره لكن هذا الكتاب ساعدني اني أشوف وين المشكله وكيف احلها ..
أنصح فيه لأي أحد في أي عمر .. وأنصح بقرائته عدة مرات على حسب الحاجه :]
Este es el único libro que recuerdo, que cambió mi vida, en su momento.
Yo lo leí a los 18 años. Empecé a ver mis relaciones con los demás de manera diferente.
En ese tiempo estaba lejos de tener las experiencias y el conocimiento que tengo hoy, más aún, después de estudiar psicología, por eso ese libro en su momento me ayudó a abrir los ojos, a no caer en las trampas de los demas (que quizas crean sin intención), a no manejar culpas ni dejarmelas imponer, a no caer en manipulaciones, et...more
Yo lo leí a los 18 años. Empecé a ver mis relaciones con los demás de manera diferente.
En ese tiempo estaba lejos de tener las experiencias y el conocimiento que tengo hoy, más aún, después de estudiar psicología, por eso ese libro en su momento me ayudó a abrir los ojos, a no caer en las trampas de los demas (que quizas crean sin intención), a no manejar culpas ni dejarmelas imponer, a no caer en manipulaciones, et...more
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This book just makes a lot of sense. It completely blew my mind! Herein, Dyer presents us with a completely different paradigm, a new lens from which to look at ourselves and the world. He introduces very many fundamental principles on right living, most of which we are already aware of, but unwilling to apply or fear the consequences of doing so - being that we live in a society wherein we are constantly bombarded on a daily basis with hundreds of cultural messages that encourages us to obey, t...more
لولا هذه النوعية من الكتب لتحسّرت طويلًا أمام عيوب وعاهات شخصيتي التي اكتسبتها بسبب الرسائل السلبية التي تلقيتها منذ الصغر.
يركز الكاتب على مواطن الضعف لدى الإنسان أسبابها \ علاجها من وجه نظر مرشد نفسي مرت عليه حالات حجبتها طرائق التفكير السلبية \ الأنماط التربوية الخاطئة من الوصول للأهداف أو الاستمرار بالإنجاز ..
يركز الكاتب على مواطن الضعف لدى الإنسان أسبابها \ علاجها من وجه نظر مرشد نفسي مرت عليه حالات حجبتها طرائق التفكير السلبية \ الأنماط التربوية الخاطئة من الوصول للأهداف أو الاستمرار بالإنجاز ..
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
أذكر أنني قرأته قبل ثلاثة أعوام ..
وكان واحد من أفضل الكتب التي ساعدتني على فهم
بعض نقاطي السيئة ، ومواطن ضعفي ..
أعتبرته كتاب ملهم ، وساعدني في الحقيقة على إيجاد
الحلول الكثيرة ..
ومازلت حتى الآن أقوم بقراءة بعض إقتباساته بين فترة وآخرى ..
وكان واحد من أفضل الكتب التي ساعدتني على فهم
بعض نقاطي السيئة ، ومواطن ضعفي ..
أعتبرته كتاب ملهم ، وساعدني في الحقيقة على إيجاد
الحلول الكثيرة ..
ومازلت حتى الآن أقوم بقراءة بعض إقتباساته بين فترة وآخرى ..
if one wants to come out of the society's given hang ups and all the so called 'taboos' which society, our parents, our teachers, has enforced on us,it would be vanished after reading the book. The book forces you to think rather than blindly follow whatever is told to you. if one implements what is return in this - he might be labelled as a rebel.
I read this book while Im so upset cuz of negative ppl around me. I start thinking about each question he asks .I took a long breath before answering a question cuz these questions are more closer to the situation I were. I love it , it opended many doors of thinking ahead to me. I felt Im really an adult and has power to change wat I want.
Great book! It made me take a serious look at my reactions to people and situations and realize that I am not a slave to my learned behaviors. You have the power to change at any time! Also no one can make you feel angry/sad/happy - you have control over your own thoughts and feelings. It definitely came along at the right time for me!
While I really wanted to enjoy this book because I like his later writings, so much of what's in here is too basic for me. If you're starting along the path of personal growth, this would be an excellent early choice, but if you've been journeying for a while, you'll find more value starting with Dyer's later books.
The author has written a dozen books. This is his first, it's pretty good, lots of great advice, he goes from this book to "outer space". Reincarnation, time traveling, etc. Back to this book; it's excellent! The author examines areas where you might make improvements, and he encourages you. It is a great read!
Jake
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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 woul...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 woul...more
The best book by Wayne Dyer. The book that made him famous. I have reread this book many times since first reading it over 35 years ago, and I still think it is the most practical advice I have ever read about how to take charge of your life.
The basics of life-management that we all know that we should know..but not courageous enough to realise and practice..and enjoy the beauty,simplicity and straight-forwardness of this book..a time-less classic..again don't just read it, own it !
To be fair, I don't get much from self help books. During the 1970's people kept giving them to me as gifts and I felt obliged to read them. This particular book was very popular at the time - I was given at least two copies. Sigh.
Wayne Dyer's "Your Erroneous Zones" is a brilliant look at mankind's irrefutable power of choice. It offers a tremendous list of alternatives to our "erroneous behaviors" and describes the behavioral profile of a person who has freed themselves from such habits.
It was good until the end, then I didn't like the profile of the fool that he painted. You come out looking like a self-centered rude person. I did like a lot of the tips through out the book.
No me ha gustado nada. Demagógico, incoherente, contradictorio... lo tiene todo. Lo único bueno es que enumera los problemas psicológicos más comunes que podemos sufrir, pero para esto hubiera bastado con una decena de páginas.
One of the qualities most valuable to me is the power to be resilient. This book seems to me an excellent guide to understanding how this process occurs internally.
This book helped me see my life in a new, and much better light. I was responsible for how I reacted to things. I could choose to react differently! Wonderful stuff.
Unlike the Power of Now, Dr. Dyer gives lists of tips to changing yourself. Very helpful in encouraging me to think positive, especially since I was just laid off.
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
This was the first of Wayne Dyer's books that I read. It is an insightful and well-written books that I have reread several times.
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90 percent of our happiness is our own reaction to things and only 10 percent what happens to us.
I like this book. I don't agree with all of it but I like it. Good, positive message.
I like this book. I don't agree with all of it but I like it. Good, positive message.
A superb little book that really makes you re-evaluate your basic motives. I must take the time to read it again!
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Wayne Walter Dyer is a popular American self-help advocate, author and lecturer. His 1976 book Your Erroneous Zones has sold over 30 million copies and is one of the best-selling books of all time. It is said to have "[brought] humanistic ideas to the masses".
He received his D.Ed. degree in counseling from Wayne State University. He was a guidance counselor in Detroit at the ...more
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